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21) The hate u give
Author
Series
The Hate U Give volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
22) Hideout
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing to a summer lake community after causing the hit-and-run death of a young mother, desperately afraid brothers Jack and Ryan are pursued by detectives Colleen Greer and Richard Christie before creating a terrifying hostage situation.
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth volume 35
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 225 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an interfering resident goes missing, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth uncovers lies, intrigue, and scandal during his investigation and quickly finds himself on the trail of a killer.
Author
Series
Dog Man volume 8
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Petey the Cat is out of jail, and he has a brand-new lease on life. While Petey's reevaluated what matters most, Li'l Petey is struggling to find the good in the world. Can Petey and Dog Man stop fighting like cats and dogs long enough to put their paws together and work as a team? They need each other now more than ever, Li'l Petey--and the world--is counting on them!"--OCLC.
Author
Series
A Dave Robicheaux novel volume 22
Language
English
Description
Detective Dave Robicheaux's world isn't filled with too many happy stories, but Desmond Cormier's rags-to-riches tale is certainly one of them. Robicheaux first met Cormier on the streets of New Orleans, when the young, undersized boy had foolish dreams of becoming a Hollywood director. Twenty-five years later, when Robicheaux knocks on Cormier's door, it isn't to congratulate him on his Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. Robicheaux has discovered...
26) Wild fire
Author
Series
Shetland Island mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Hoping for a fresh start, an English family moves to the remote Shetland islands, eager to give their autistic son a better life. But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn beside their home, rumors of her affair with the husband spread like wildfire. As suspicion and resentment of the family blazes in the community, detective Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, was active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town . . . and made throngs of enemies along the way. Did a random intruder murder the woman as...
28) Death of a maid
Author
Series
Hamish Macbeth volume 22
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Less than delighted when he wins the maid services of Mrs. Gillespie, a notorious and malicious gossip, in the local church raffle, Hamish Macbeth suddenly finds himself investigating the death of the local cleaning woman.
29) The likeness
Author
Series
Dublin Murder Squad volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traumatized detective Cassie Maddox struggles in her career and relationship with Sam O'Neill while investigating the unsettling murder of a young woman whose name matches an alias Cassie had used as an undercover officer.
Author
Series
Private Justice volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Four years after the loss of her husband and son in a boating accident, Kate Marshall spots a boy on a mall escalator who she is convinced is her son and seeks the help of private detective Connor Sullivan when the police doubt her story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Attending the lavish birthday celebration of a World War II hero, police chief Bruno becomes intimately tangled in the family's dynamics when one of their close friends dies under suspicious circumstances.
Author
Series
Richard Jury volume 22
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
323 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Hamish macbeth volume 25
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Announcing his engagement to associate Josie McSween, police sergeant and once-confirmed bachelor Hamish Macbeth struggles with prenuptial jitters while investigating the murder of a woman whose complicated case introduced him to his fiancee.
34) Dog Man
Author
Series
Dog Man volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
George and Harold create a new comic book hero in Dog Man, a crimefighter with the head of a police dog and the body of a policeman, who faces off against his archnemesis Petey the cat.
36) Simple
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When beautiful and talented Pittsburgh law student Cassie Price is found murdered, the authorities initially investigate a local handyman before suspicion falls on the victim's ambitious boss, a golden boy gubernatorial candidate.
37) Hush
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Blue volume 04
Language
English
Description
"Top cop. Devoted sister. Now Inmate 3329. But prison bars won't stop Harriet Blue from seeking justice for the murder of her brother. Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop--as Harriet Blue is learning on a daily basis. So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who put her inside. But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her...
Author
Series
A Bruno Chief of Police novel volume 14
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The suspicious death of an American in an ancient French castle catapults Bruno into a case involving an art historian's false claims, a young falconer, and a Vichy law officer with a complicated past.
39) That darkness
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this psychological suspense, Cleveland forensic investigator Maggie Gardiner and police detectives endeavor to identify a Jane Doe and apprehend her killer. Homicide detective Jack Renner, tired of seeing the guilty walk free, has become a vigilante and will challenge everything Maggie believes about justice, morality, and the true nature of evil"--