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Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Description
In the early days of World War II, the infamous German Luftwaffe embark upon an expedition to Antarctica, hoping to set up a military base to support their goal of world domination. Though the military outpost never comes to fruition, what the Nazis find on the icy continent indeed proves dangerous...and will have implications far into the future.
In the present day, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala embark for the freezing edge of the world...
Author
Series
A Gardiner and Renner thriller volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Cleveland forensics expert Maggie Gardiner and her partner, Jack Renner, investigate after two young people turn up dead at a secure facility for juvenile offenders.
Author
Series
Rizzoli and Isles novels volume Book 12
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The crime scene is unlike any that Detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles have ever before encountered. The woman lies in apparently peaceful repose on her bed, and Maura finds no apparent cause of death, but there is no doubt the woman is indeed dead. The victim's eyes have been removed and placed in the palm of her hand, a gesture that echoes the terrifying films she produces. Is a crazed movie fan reenacting scenes from those disturbing...
5) Red flags
Author
Series
Locard Institute thriller volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
D.C. crime scene analyst Dr. Ellie Barr and pathologist Dr. Rachael Davies, former adversaries-turned-allies, must work together to find a missing baby, the child of a Washington power couple, in a kidnapping linked to a lobbying effort to loosen regulations on a billion-dollar gaming empire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
486 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver returns with his next blockbuster thriller featuring forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme. Amelia Sachs is hot on the trail of a killer. She's chasing him through a department store in Brooklyn when an escalator malfunctions. The stairs give way, with one man horribly mangled by the gears. Sachs is forced to let her quarry escape as she jumps in to try to help save the victim. She and famed forensic...
Author
Series
Lincoln Rhyme volume 15
Language
English
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Description
"A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment's supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion, the police learn, is a message to the entire city of carnage to come. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to investigate and soon learn that the sociopathic intruder, who calls himself "the Locksmith," can break through any lock or security system...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew race to identify a link between an ancient Egyptian treasure, a 1927 daredevil aviator's disappearance and the sinking of a modern fishing trawler to prevent a scheme by a cutthroat arms dealer."--
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
454 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
After an undersea lab conducting research on a rare jellyfish known as the blue medusa mysteriously disappears and a bathysphere harboring Joe Zavala is attacked by an underwater vehicle and left helpless on the sea floor, Kurt Austin puts the NUMA team on the case.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After a brush with death while chasing down a brutal murderer with the FBI, serial killer expert Dr. Charlotte Stone wants nothing more than to retire to her research on criminal psychology. But when a colleague, Special Agent Lena Kaminsky, suspects her missing sister has fallen prey to the vicious Cinderella Killer, Charlie rushes to her side. Along with Special Agents Tony Bartoli and Buzz Crane--and of course, Michael Garland, the ever-present,...
Author
Series
Rizzoli and Isles volume 10
Language
English
Description
Visiting sixteen-year-old "Rat" Perkins at isolated Evenson boarding school, Maura Isles is astonished to learn that all of his classmates are survivors of violence and are being instructed in scientific detective skills, a discovery that coincides with Jane Rizzoli's investigation into the murder of a boy's foster family.
Author
Series
Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles volume 7
Language
English
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Description
Invited to witness the X-ray scanning of a mummy, medical examiner Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the mummy is actually a recent murder victim, and joins forces with Boston PD detective Jane Rizzoli in an investigation that uncovers other similar crimes.
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
ix, 419 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala catch a distress call from a nearby freighter. Leaping into action, they locate a damaged vessel and a dead captain clutching a shotgun. While searching the freighter for clues, Kurt and Joe are ambushed by crew members who seem terrified and disoriented, almost brainwashed. The trawler they were hauling has vanished, taken--the men say--by baffling lights that circled the ship....
14) A dying fall
Author
Series
A Ruth Galloway mystery volume 5
Language
English
Description
An old friend's death sends Ruth to Lancaster to investigate an important archaeological discovery, but what she finds is a mystery that may have gotten her friend murdered.
Author
Series
Ruth Galloway mystery volume 14
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Pandemic lockdowns have Ruth Galloway feeling isolated from everyone but a new neighbor--until Nelson comes calling, investigating a decades-long string of murder-suicides that's looming ever closer. Three years after her late mother's death, Ruth is finally sorting through her things when she finds a curious relic: a decades-old photograph of Jean's Norfolk cottage with a peculiar inscription. Ruth returns to the cottage to uncover its meaning as...
Author
Series
Lincoln Rhyme volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Hunting down a killer and master illusionist whose first murder took place at a prestigious New York music school, investigator Lincoln Rhyme and his protegee, Amelia Sachs, work together to prevent an act of vengeance.
17) Migrations
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean's tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she so loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She arrives in remote Greenland with one purpose: to find the world's last flock of Arctic terns and follow them on their final migration. She convinces Ennis Malone, captain of the Saghani,...
18) The Rosie result
Author
Series
Don Tillman volume 3
Language
English
Description
Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they're about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in, so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs? The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don to decide how much to guide Hudson and how much to let him be...
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Series
Language
English
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"Kurt Austin must find a vanished ship and stave off a global catastrophe in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler. A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship... until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them. More than a decade later, Kit thinks she's put Diane behind her forever, and she's begun to fulfill the scientific dreams Diane awakened in her. But the ...