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Author
Publisher
Contraluz
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"¿Qué habrá hecho esta estrella del mundo del espectáculo para acabar en el corredor de la muerte? En un desfile de personajes tan reales que superan la ficción, El nombre de los tontos está escrito en todas partes es la historia de la conquista accidentada del estrellato de un buscavidas de clase obrera que nada tiene que perder, ni siquiera su buen nombre. Tras haber sobrevivido a las presiones de una "mamánager" que lo llevan a lo más alto...
4) See you soon
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times Bestselling Author Mariame Kaba, a poignant, beautifully illustrated story of a little girl's worries when her Mama goes to jail, and the love that bridges the distance between them."--Amazon.
5) Countess
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Virika Sameroo lives in colonized space under the Æcerbot Empire, much like her ancestors before her in the British West Indies. After years of working hard to rise through the ranks of the empire’s merchant marine, she’s finally become first lieutenant on an interstellar cargo vessel. When her captain dies under suspicious circumstances, Virika is arrested for murder and charged with treason despite her lifelong loyalty to the empire. Her conviction...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"-- Provided by publisher.
7) Guilty wives
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"No husbands allowed. Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating...
Author
Series
Wrongful conviction novels volume 1
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the atmospheric poetry of Langston Hughes and set in the heart of Denver's black community, this gripping crime novel pits three characters in a race against time to thwart a gross miscarriage of justice--and a crooked detective who wreaks havoc...with deadly consequences. What happens to a dream deferred--especially when an innocent man's life hangs in the balance? Langston Brown is running out of time and options for clearing his name...
9) Saving Emma
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little Brown, and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the wrongful conviction of Elijah Matthews for the Innocence Project, attorney Boady Sanden discovers a link between Elijah’s case and the death of his best friend, Ben, and when Ben’s 14-year-old daughter makes a fateful choice, he will do anything to bring her home and free an innocent man.
Author
Series
Midwife mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Language
English
11) What once was mine: a twisted tale : what if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?
Author
Series
Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 12
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety...
13) The rope
Author
Series
Anna Pigeon mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"In The Rope, the latest in Nevada Barr's bestselling novels featuring Anna Pigeon, Nevada Barr gathers together the many strings of Anna's past and finally reveals the story that her many fans have been long asking for. In 1995 and 35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City and nursing a broken heart, Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, Anna goes...
Author
Series
Rogues and remarkable women volume 1
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune—and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child—until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son's nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, Duke of Repington, has perils of its own. Especially when Patience discovers...
Author
Series
Wrongful conviction novels volume 2
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Denver, 1992. Claudette Cooper and Moses King have been failed by the justice system. Claudette was sexually assaulted and brutally attacked - blinded by the perpetrator, she's not able to identify him until she has a dream about the attack where she sees the face of Moses King. When Claudette testifies that she's identified her attacker from her dream, Moses is wrongfully convicted and sent to prison for the crime. Lawyer Liza Brown has seen firsthand...
Author
Series
Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 7
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have one week to traverse the Australian Outback, locate Charlotte Badger and her pirate cronies, and find evidence to prove their parents innocent of stealing rare opals.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The mixed race son of a puppeteer, Caleb tries to clear his father's name when the latter is accused of theft, but this quest ensnares Caleb in a net of deceit, conspiracy, and intrigue in mid-eighteenth century Devon.
18) The Guardians
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real suspects, no one with a motive. The police soon settled on Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a client of Russo's"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In fifteenth-century England, commoner Nell and her best friend since infancy, Prince Ned, the future king, try to escape after being wrongfully imprisoned in the Tower of London. Includes historical notes and timeline.
Author
Series
Chaos in the cards volume 1
Publisher
[Quinton Li Editorial]
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Iris Galacia's tarot cards do more than entertain gamblers. With the flip of her fingers she can predict the future and uncover a person's secrets. But under the watchful eye of her mother, she is on thin ice for pursuing a passion in the family business, and then cracks start to form until she eventually she falls through. She is given an ultimatum - a test to prove her worth: earn a thousand coins or leave the business, and the family. Enter Marin...
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