Francis
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Language
English
Description
A criminal lawyer returns home to investigate the disappearance of the wife of an old family friend--and soon discovers a web of secrets and betrayals darker than she could have imagined Grace Dearden is a woman so beautiful and virtuous that no one would dare question her excellence or standing in the community. When Grace disappears--seemingly evaporating into the eerie Norfolk marshes--and police investigations fail to find her, her husband, Will,...
2) Betrayal
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Language
English
Description
Betrayal takes many forms in this psychological mystery replete with murder, adultery, and scandal from international bestselling author Clare Francis
Businessman Hugh Wellesley’s life takes an unexpected turn when he learns that the corpse of a murdered woman—his mistress, Sylvie Mathieson—has been dredged from the River Dart. Embroiled in a company buyout and unwilling to admit to his affair, Wellesley is
...Businessman Hugh Wellesley’s life takes an unexpected turn when he learns that the corpse of a murdered woman—his mistress, Sylvie Mathieson—has been dredged from the River Dart. Embroiled in a company buyout and unwilling to admit to his affair, Wellesley is
3) Monster
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
4) Kick
Author
Language
English
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Description
For the very first time in his decades-long career writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.
Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. And heading for juvie. He's a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his Highland, New Jersey, soccer team. His team is competing for the State Cup, and he wants to prove he has more than just star-player potential. Kevin's never been in any serious
...5) Black Boy
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Language
English
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Description
A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author's grandson. When it exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, Black Boy was both praised and condemned. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there...