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Alex Cross novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 15
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He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids it was headline news. Then one of them was found--dead. For such a high-profile case, they needed Alex Cross, police psychologist, and Jezzie Flanagan, a Secret Service agent, and even they were no match for the killer.
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Alex Cross novels volume 13
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Detective Alex Cross rejoins the police force in the wake of a series of murders in Washington, D.C., and finds himself working to outmaneuver the killer's penchant for inducing hysteria with increasingly sensational killings.
Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game--this time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other. A spate of elaborate murders in Washington...
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Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 32
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In the thirty-second installment of Donna Leon's bestselling series, a connection to Guido Brunetti's own youthful past helps solve a mysterious murder. On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri...
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Alex Cross novels volume 10
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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In this international thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Alex Cross must face the world's most dangerous agents, criminals, and assassins—leaving the fate of the world in his hands alone.
The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross. In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates...
The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross. In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates...
5) The closers
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 11
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Years after the death of a sixteen-year-old girl is ruled a suicide, detective Harry Bosch receives DNA evidence that reopens the case, which involves an investigation of a white supremacist with close ties to the LAPD.
In Los Angeles in 1988, a sixteen-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. The death appeared at first to be a suicide - but some of the evidence contradicted that scenario,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil, who was unarmed, at the hands of a police officer. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community and...
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Superintendent Battle mysteries volume 2
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Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences.
One of the young guests at a party thrown on the gracious estate, Chimneys, is found murdered. Bundle, Lord Caterham's daughter, and Superintendent...
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Alex Cross novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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As a psychopath escapes from jail in the U.S. to begin murdering again, a similar killer goes on a rampage in Europe. It befalls to Alex Cross, the Washington detective, to bring the two men to justice.
9) The burning
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Kate Burkholder thrillers volume 16
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2024.
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"Newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body. According to the coroner, the deceased, an Amish man named Milan Swanz, was chained to a stake and burned alive. It is an appalling and eerily symbolic crime against an upstanding husband and father. Kate knows all too well that the Amish prefer to handle their...
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After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever...
12) Fallen: a novel
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Will Trent series volume 5
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When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions, not enough answers. To find her mother, she'll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and they'll both need the help of trauma doctor Sara Linton. But Faith isn't just a cop anymore -- she's a witness. She's also a suspect. The thin blue line hides police corruption, bribery, even murder. Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to...
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Women's Murder Club volume 4
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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Charged with police brutality after a routine arrest goes wrong, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer waits for her trial in the town of Half Moon Bay, where she discovers a link between a string of murders and a case she worked on years earlier.
15) Hope flames
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Hope novels (Jaci Burton) volume 1
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Thirty two and finally setting up her veterinary practice in the town she once called home, Emma Burnett is on her own and loving it. Independent and driven, shes not letting any man get in the way of her dreams. Not again. Thats fine with Luke McCormack. Divorced and hardly lacking in female company when he needs it, hes devoted to the only faithful companion in his life, his police dog. Still, theres something about Emma he cannot shake. When a...
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IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Wee-woo! Wee-woo! A police car's siren blasts. Police officers depend on their cars to do their important work. What types of scenes does a police car go to? What equipment is inside a police car and how does it work? Take young readers behind the scenes to discover how police officers use their cars from sunrise to sunset. Engaging, leveled text and photos showing police cars in action combine to help readers learn more about these important community...
17) Police dogs
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Police dogs can do everything from tracking criminals to helping prevent riots. With its keen sense of smell and good hearing, a police dog is invaluable to itshuman partner. Learn more about these amazing animals, including how they are chosen, the training they go through, and the missions they complete.
18) Jack & Jill
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Alex Cross novels volume 3
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A child killer is stalking the inner city of Washington, D.C., his latest victim Shanelle Green, an adorable first grader from Sojourner Truth School. This killing is especially unsettling to Detective Alex Cross. Sojourner Truth is the school his son Damon attends, just four blocks from his home. While the death of an inner-city black child doesn't garner much media attention, another murder is making big headlines. The same day that Shanelle was...
19) Police cars
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Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to police cars through simple, predictable text and related photos.
Get out of the way! Here comes a police car! In this title, kids just starting to read independently can learn about the parts and jobs of these speedy vehicles. Easy, predictable text and crisp photos give readers support while simple features add context. Head...
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Grant County series volume 3
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An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver. But a horribly mutilated corpse yields up few answers. And a suspicious rash of subsequent "suicides" suggests that a different kind of terror is stalking the youth of Heartsdale, Georgia-a nightmare that is coming to prey on Sara Linton's loved ones.
A small town is being transformed into a...
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