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1) The edge
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"The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets--can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Sikwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless...
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Joe Pickett novel volume 24
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English
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"A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to...
3) The women
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"When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps...
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"Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she's given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle...
5) Iron Flame
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2023.
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English
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"Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College--Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance....
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Lincoln lawyer novel volume 7
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English
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Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman convicted of killing her husband. Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry...
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Garrett Sinclair volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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"Garrett Sinclair escapes from prison to rescue his team from the manipulations of two tech moguls and learns of a devastating family secret in the process. Influential tech magnate Mitch Drewson calls on Sinclair and the Dagger team to protect his Project Optimus. An ambitious endeavor to empower citizens to protect financial and personal data in the face of increasingly authoritarian federal governments, Project Optimus is a threat to Aurelius Blanc's...
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Class mom volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
10) One last shot
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Alaska Air One Rescue volume 1
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Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
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303 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"When music star Oaken Fox joins Alaska Air One Rescue for a reality show, he must work with Boo Kingston, a female EMT who isn't impressed with his fame. She needs a trained rescuer - especially if they're going to find a group of lost hikers. But when a blizzard hits and the search goes south, can he become a real hero, or are they headed for tragedy?"--
11) Family Heirlooms
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Miracles of Marble Cove volume 14
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2012
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295 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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An unexpected call from Shelley's estranged father sends her into a tailspin. A mystery woman is asking a lot of questions about Old First Church and its pastor.
12) Ringing true
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Miracles of Marble Cove volume 16
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
�2012
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300 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Beverly begins campaigning to be Marble Cove's next mayor and not only has Jeff's work taken him to faraway places, but he seems uncharacteristically distant as well. Now that she is committed to him, is he getting cold feet? Meanwhile, Diane is excited when her college-professor sister-in-law Jeanette arrives for a visit, but a routine checkup brings Diane news she hoped never to hear again. Margaret reluctantly agrees to teach an art class for...
13) Hopes and dreams
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Miracles of Marble Cove volume 15
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
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295 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Marble Cove's annual Lobster Fest is just around the corner, and Margaret begins having strange dreams, Beverly throws her hat into the mayoral race ring, Diane's first book sells poorly, and Shelley is chagrined when Dan invites his boss for dinner with little notice. As a group, the women search for Jeremiah Thorpe's elusive bounty, and hope to unravel the treasure's fate.
14) Winds of change
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Miracles of Marble Cove volume 10
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Shelley is excited when a student pastry chef offers to work for her as an intern, but she finds that the young woman's fancy baking skills make her question her own abilities. Is she even in the right buisness? Can she set aside her insecurities and make the most of this unique opportunity?"--
15) All things new
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Miracles of Marble Cove volume 20
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
�2013
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Beverly steps into her new role as town mayor but a figure from her past threatens to disrupt her newfound sense of purpose. Meanwhile, Diane finds herself writing about her cancer, Shelley's mother makes a rare visit and Margaret is stunned when Allan is suddenly hospitalized.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
Seiten
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English
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"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
17) Edge of madness
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Edge of collapse volume 2
Publisher
Paper Moon Press
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
v, 302 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In a world without power, can one man protect his son? When small-town cop Noah Sheridan takes his son Milo to a local ski resort, the power going out is the last thing he expects. Until phones and vehicles stop working, too. What starts as a father-son holiday soon turns deadly. And when an impending blizzard cuts off the town from the rest of civilization, it'll take everything Noah has to keep his family and friends alive... When the country goes...
18) Edge of darkness
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Edge of collapse volume 3
Publisher
Paper Moon Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
iii, 347 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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A world without power grows dark and deadly... Liam and Hannah continue their dangerous journey, but their every step is dogged by a deadly adversary. Hunted and exhausted, will they have what it takes to get home? In Fall Creek, Noah struggles to protect his son and his friends. With the town running out of food and fuel, and the cold as brutal as ever, they're forced to make compromises that may place them in even greater danger... When the country...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
20) Nightwatching
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Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. She hears a noise—old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it’s the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs.
She sees the figure of a man appear down the hallway, shrouded in the shadows. Terrified, she quietly wakes her children and hustles them into...