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Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
El mundo de afuera (The Outside World) takes place in Medell�in. There, time is wrapped in a mist, and voices seem like whistles that get lost among tree branches. A castle-like structure stands watch in the overgrown outskirts of the city, and a blond girl runs out the door. Eyes watch, captivated by this unusual presence, and the girl disappears into the forest. It is 1971, and this girl's father, don Diego, has been kidnapped. El Mono is the...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Three years after her sister's murderer walked free and Alex Craft skillfully achieves her vengeance without detection, she begins to form a friendship with the preacher's daughter and draws the attention of popular Jack Fisher, until the dark side of Alex finds its way out.
Author
Series
Embassy Row novels volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After being hospitalized for insisting that her mother was murdered, not killed in an accidental fire, Grace goes to live with her grandfather for a fresh start, but when she sees her mother's murderer again, her past comes back to haunt her.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Detective Cara Kennedy thought she'd lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder-and she will stop at nothing to find the truth in this riveting mystery from the author of City Under One Roof. On a frigid February day, Anchorage Detective Cara Kennedy stands by the graves of her husband and son, watching as their caskets are raised from the earth. It feels sacrilegious, but she has no choice....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
While alone in New York City, seventeen-year-old Aidan looks for someone to hook up with, but that lapse in judgement leads to a case of mistaken identity that puts him on the run from the authorities, ruthless terrorists, and his own troubled past.
12) The warning
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Returning home after a power-plant accident, Maggie and Jordan discover something is very wrong and as friends and family morph into terrifying strangers, their search for the truth puts them in the crosshairs of a sinister presence.
Author
Series
Laura Nelson novels volume 5
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
�2015.
Language
English
Description
A tragic accident ends Laura Nelson's career as a surgeon. After accepting a position as Vice President for Research in a large pharmaceutical company, Laura works to finalize the imminent approval of the company's groundbreaking new drug. But Jake Harter, a malicious Food and Drug Administration employee, cannot let that happen. He is obsessed with Adawia Abdul, the beautiful Iraqi scientist who discovered the drug. As soon as the drug is approved,...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
To tell you the truth . . . everybody lies. Lucy Harper's talent for writing bestselling novels has given her fame, fortune and millions of fans. It's also given her Dan, her needy, jealous husband whose own writing career has gone precisely nowhere. Now Dan has vanished. But this isn't the first time that someone has disappeared from Lucy's life. Three decades ago, her little brother Teddy also went missing and was never found. Lucy, the only witness,...
15) Roman ice
Author
Publisher
Dave W. Bartell
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
His rich discovery will make history… if someone doesn’t steal it first.
Archaeologist Darwin Lacroix wants to rewrite history -- that ancient Romans used lava tubes to secret around Europe. But generations of his family have been laughed out of academia for suggesting it. He too is ready to quit when a diamond cache in Iceland is linked to artifacts in the London Underground. When a powerful cartel seizes control of the hunt, Darwin’s quest...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
High school outcast and anonymous social media gossip Ruby comes face-to-face with her own ghost in a blood-splattered prom dress and realizes someone wants her dead, so she investigates and discovers the town is full of secrets and scandals.
18) Made glorious
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This diabolical and devilishly clever twist on Shakespeare's Richard III follows Rory, a scholarship kid teased for her weight, as she tells us exactly the lengths she'll go to secure the leading role in Bosworth Academy's senior musical.
Author
Series
Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2006, c2002
Language
English
Description
When a skeleton is unearthed at a Reykjavik building site, Inspector Erlendur and his colleagues set out to unravel a complex decades-old crime that may have ties to his own troubled family history.
20) The good lie
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Moore is an expert on killers. She’s spent a decade treating California’s most depraved predators and unlocking their motives—predators much like the notorious Bloody Heart serial killer, whose latest teenage victim escaped and then identified local high school teacher Randall Thompson as his captor. The case against Thompson as the Bloody Heart Killer is damning—and closed, as far as Gwen and the media are concerned....
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