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Harry Bosch volume 17
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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LAPD detective Harry Bosch simultaneously investigates a killer who has been operating undetected for thirty years and a political conspiracy that has its origins in his police department.
2) The highway
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When two girls disappear on a remote stretch of Montana road, former police investigator Cody Hoyt and his former rookie partner Cassie Dewell begin an investigation that will lead them into the hunting ground for a killer whose viciousness is outmatched only by his intelligence.
3) X
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English
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"Of #1 New York Times-bestselling author Sue Grafton, NPR's Maureen Corrigan said, "Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters." With only two letters left, Grafton's many devoted readers will share that sentiment. X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss. X: The shortest entry in Webster's Unabridged. Derived from Greek and Latin and commonly found in science, medicine, and religion. The most graphically dramatic...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Pursuing a big story in anticipation of his imminent layoff, Los Angeles reporter Jack McEvoy investigates the murder confession of a teen drug dealer and realizes that the youth may be innocent, a discovery that pits him against a killer operating below police radar.
5) Five
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a young woman's corpse is discovered in a meadow, Detective Inspector Beatrice Kaspary from the local Salzburg murder squad knows that this is no ordinary homicide.
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Alex Delaware volume 29
Language
English
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"Well-used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes, whose attempt to secure legal custody of her baby niece is thwarted by Alex's forthright report to the court. Alex plays down the threat until LAPD's Milo Sturgis rushes to his side with the shocking word on the street that a hit's been taken out on him. But while Alex may be in grave danger, it won't...
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Kate Burkholder volume 1
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English
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Kate Burkholder, a former Amish resident of Painters Mill, is returning as police chief sixteen years after a series of brutal murders took place there, but when a new victim is found under her watch, she struggles with a secret that could hurt both her and her family.
9) Deadly Heat
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Nikki Heat volume 5
Language
English
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NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat, continuing to pursue the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered her execution over a decade ago, teams up with her lover to find the old spy, while a serial killer terrorizes the Twentieth Precinct, singling Nikki out as the recipient of his twisted messages.
10) Written off
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Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Mystery writer Rachel Goldman's life is turned upside down when the main character of her detective novel series appears in real life and asks for her help in catching a serial killer who may be targeting Rachel as his next victim.
11) The sixth idea
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detectives Leo and Gino look into the murders of two online friends who were meeting in person for the first time, an investigation that leads to the identification of other victims and a search for answers sixty years in the past.
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In death volume 31
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a series of murders including those of a limousine driver and a high-priced escort, an infuriated NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas enters her husband, Roarke's, rarified circle to prevent the imminent killing of another victim.
13) The Burning Wire
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Lincoln Rhyme volume 9
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English
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Quadriplegic forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme leads his team--NYPD detective Amelia Sachs, officer Ron Pulaski, and FBI agent Fred Dellray--to find and stop a killer who uses electricity as modus operandi. Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme's net.
14) Motive
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English
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"A much loved woman's dead body is found in her apartment, victim of horrendous overkill even as her dining room table is perfectly set for a romantic dinner. Turns out her devoted boyfriend has an alibi and, with few clues leading to a suspect, LAPD's Lieutenant Milo Sturgis calls in psychologist Alex Delaware for help. Then another woman's shot execution style; three bullets in the back of her head leave her husband with a profitable business. He's...
15) Silent mercy
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English
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Investigating the murders of two women whose bodies were left in houses of worship, prosecutor Alexandra Cooper rules out initial suspicions about hate crimes and begins a race against time to prevent further killings.
16) Unsub
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English
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"A riveting psychological thriller inspired by the never-caught Zodiac Killer, about a young detective determined to apprehend the serial murderer who destroyed her family and terrorized a city twenty years earlier. Caitlin Hendrix has been a Narcotics detective for six months when the killer at the heart of all her childhood nightmares reemerges: the Prophet. An UNSUB--what the FBI calls an unknown subject--the Prophet terrorized the Bay Area in...
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In death novel volume 49
Language
English
Description
"She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless. The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. His company's human resources department has already paid out settlements to a couple of his young victims--but they don't know that his crimes go...
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Bosch volume 7
Language
English
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The LAPD asks Terrence McCaleb to investigate a series of puzzling murders, and he quickly discovers that the profile of the killer matches someone with whom he has worked in the past--Detective Harry Bosch.
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[Molly Murphy mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a captain in the New York City police force, is stumped. He's chasing a murderer whose victims have nothing in common nothing except for the taunting notes that are delivered to Daniel after each murder. And when Daniel receives a note immediately after Molly and her young son Liam are in a terrible train crash, Daniel and Molly both begin to fear that maybe Molly herself was the target. Molly's detective instincts...
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A Monkeewrench novel volume 9
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gregory Norwood is Minnesota's most beloved philanthropist, and the story of his son's overdose was splashed across the front page of all the papers. When a photojournalist sets out to get a candid shot of the highly successful businessman on the one year anniversary of his son's death, he's shocked to find Norwood dead with a smoking gun in his hand. The city is devastated, and Minneapolis detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are called in to...