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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. In a town of spin-doctors and wealthy power brokers, he will discover one truth: when fortunes are at stake, no one's integrity, love, or life is safe.
2) Cross fire
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Detective Alex Cross is forced to put his wedding with Bree on hold when he is called upon to investigate the murders of a corrupt congressman and a shady lobbyist; as the gunman continues his spree, FBI agent Max Siegel is called in, and he and Alex fight over jurisdiction while Alex's adversary, Kyle Craig, threatens Alex's family.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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On his birthday, detective Alex Cross is informed that his niece, Caroline, has been brutally murdered and Cross' investigation leads him to a fantasy-driven scene in Washington, D.C., where he realizes he is tracking a serial killer, but danger mounts when Cross connects the deaths to some very important people.
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Language
English
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"Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, DC. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to crack the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread -- the victims are all criminals....
5) The walker
Publisher
Distributed by Thinkfilm
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Washington, D.C. Carter Page is a popular socialite who serves as confidant, companion and card partner to the wives of the most powerful men in America. When Carter's dearest friend finds herself on the brink of a scandal, he covers for her, Suddenly, he finds himself the chief suspect in a criminal investigation and this well-connected man-about-town becomes an outcast, hounded by the police and forced to hunt down the true culprit in order to clear...
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English
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Dana Cutler is called in to investigate when the attack of one Supreme Court justice and the unexpected retirement of another seem to be linked to Sarah Woodruff, a convict on death row who submitted her appeal to the court just as the seats became vacant, and Dana soon uncovers a surprising link between Sarah's alleged victim and a powerful United States intelligence agency.
Author
Publisher
Top Five Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
No one noticed anything suspicious about the death of a wounded soldier at Bull Run at the height of the Civil War--not, that is, until almost a hundred years later. In 1957 a young Washington, D.C., police sergeant, Ben Carey, he discovers there is something not quite right about this decaying old home. It harbors some dark secrets--connecting him to the long-dead soldier and others in ways he can't understand.
10) Hell's corner
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
John Carr, aka Oliver Stone, accepts the president's request that he, once again, serve his country and take on a high-risk covert mission, but when a bomb explodes in Lafayette Park just as the British prime minister is leaving the White House, Stone is paired with British MI-6 agent Mary Stone to track down unknown assailants.
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