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Jane Smith volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date." -- Provided by publisher.
42) 7th heaven
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Women's Murder Club volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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Investigating the arson deaths of a wealthy couple, San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant DA Yuki Castellano find the case further complicated by the disappearance of a former governor's son, internal pressure, and the media.
44) The second chair
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Dismas Hardy becomes involved in a case involving the teenage son of a prominent San Francisco family who has been arrested for the murders of his girlfriend and English teacher, while an unseen killer terrorizes the city.
45) The Whole Truth
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Marie Lightfoot novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2000]
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True-crime writer Marie Lightfoot's next book is based on the case of a charming minister's love affair with a beautiful, wealthy member of his church which ended with the murder of his wife. The accused now sits on death row, while his lover is free. Marie senses there is more to this story, and the case's disturbing twists teach Marie that underestimating the criminal mind can be deadly.
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The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi--Greg Iles's epic tale of love and honor, hatred and revenge that explores how the sins of the past continue to haunt the present. Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles...
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"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she...
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2018.
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"He was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later a Super Bowl veteran. He was a star tight end on the league-dominant New England Patriots, who extended his contract for a record $40 million. Aaron Hernandez's every move as a professional athlete played out in the headlines, yet he led a secret life--one that ended in a maximum security prison ... Drawing on original and in-depth reporting, this is an explosive true...
49) The silent cry
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Detective William Monk and nurse/sleuth Hester Latterly team up when it becomes clear that his investigation of a series of brutal rapes in the St. Giles area of Victorian London is somehow related to the brutal beating of her latest patient Rhys Duff, the son of a respected solicitor.
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Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department...
51) Mortal allies
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Sean Drummond novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2002]
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When JAG lawyer Sean Drummond is forced to team up with Katherine Carson, an arch rival from law school, to defend a gay officer accused of killing the son of a South Korean war hero, they discover that the case is part of a deadly conspiracy.
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As police evacuate a fire-threatened Los Angeles neighborhood, they discover the corpse of an apparent suicide. More gruesome is what they find in his lap: a photo album of seven murdered women. The suicide is identified as a former suspect in one of the murders. Lionel Byrd had been tried for the murder of Yvonne Bennett. It was Elvis Cole's discovery of an exculpatory videotape that allowed Byrd to walk free. But the discovery of the album shows...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 20
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"In the major-league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory." "Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits - drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours...
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2016.
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"In this exciting thriller from Mary Higgins Clark, the #1 New York Times bestselling "Queen of Suspense," a news reporter tries to find her birth mother just as she is assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband. Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of stardom after she begins covering a sensational murder trial for the six p.m. news. She should be thrilled, yet her growing desire...
55) Native son
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Bigger, a young black man in Chicago, kills his first victim in a moment of panic. He then goes on to kill again. The book describes the feelings of freedom and identity Bigger gains from these acts.
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In this legal thriller, a young judge in Portland, Oregon, struggles to save his marriage and his career after he becomes personally involved in the murder case he's adjudicating. The judge, Richard Quinn, is a deeply principled man who has proven himself an honorable and fair-minded public servant. When an extremely wealthy undertaker is murdered in his mansion in the West Hills of town, Quinn is chosen to preside over the case. The dead man's widow,...
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Jensen brand (William Johnstone) volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
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"Smoke Jensen is mighty proud of his son Louis for finishing law school. But he can't help being a little disappointed that Louis isn't returning to the Sugarloaf Ranch. Instead, he's setting up his own law practice in nearby Big Rock--a career choice that turns out to be every bit as dangerous as fending off cattle rustlers. The boy's first case lands him smack in the middle of a heated dispute between two riled-up ranchers over water rights. If...
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"In the past three months, three brutal murders were committed in the ritzy area of west Los Angeles--each one on the night of the full moon. Lt. Luis Cordova is heading a special undercover task force in search of the killer before he can strike again. And he finds him! Roberto Salazar, a gardener working in the wealthy neighborhood, is idling in his truck waiting for the work day to begin when the police search his truck and find a startling piece...
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"Hardy and Glitsky are embroiled in a murder that begins in the upper echelons of San Francisco society, where money and political influence collide." "It starts with a double homicide. Because of the high profiles of the victims - a politically connected socialite and his glamorous fiancee - the mayor of San Francisco herself demands that a high-ranking detective be put on the case. And so Abe Glitsky is thrust into the controversial investigation."...