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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Jurassic Park , comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics as it's happening now, told as only Michael Crichton can tell it, with lightening fast pacing and thrilling chases. Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is not the world of the future -- it's the world right now. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct?...
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English
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"Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her...
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Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After a top secret, multi-national military experiment goes horribly wrong in the deserted city of Pripyat in 1992, it uncovers a nightmarish 25,000-year-old plot that could spell the end of humanity. Blending real world events with an overarching, fictional narrative; The Legion Saga will take you from ancient Atlantis and onwards, through the entire human history. Throughout this series, you will begin to question what is reality and what is fiction;...
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Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This series is getting stronger with every book. -- Dear Author on Silent Witness This new collection includes the first 5 titles in The Dylan Scott Mystery series by Shirley Wells. PRESUMED DEAD Dismissed in disgrace from the police force for assaulting a suspect, Dylan Scott has no job, his wife has thrown him out and -- worse luck -- his mother has moved in. So when Holly Champion begs him to investigate the disappearance of her mother thirteen...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Winner of the 2019 Banjo Prize for Fiction She's isolated. Trapped. Hunted. An almost unbearably tense Australian survival thriller. Not much daylight left now. So begins the field diary of Alix Verhoeven, whose impulsive acceptance of an offer to spend Easter on a remote island has turned into a terrifying ordeal. Hiding in a tiny cave, she carefully rations out her meagre supplies, while desperately trying to figure out how to escape the men hunting...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"He's the only one who can stop a massacre... The unputdownable action thriller from Australia's no.1 true crime writer. Riley Jax, convicted murderer. Once a promising engineer in the army, he lost everything in a single night when he killed a man -- an act he cannot remember. It's a devastating gap in an otherwise perfect memory. Now he's facing a new life, one behind bars, where he has to learn a whole different set of rules and only the toughest...
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Publisher
WildBlue Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Buckle your seatbelts for three high-flying aviation thrillers -- written by experienced pilots including a New York Times -bestselling author. Lockout Whoever has electronically disconnected the flight controls of Pangia Flight 10 as it streaks toward the volatile Middle East may be trying to provoke a nuclear war. With time and fuel running out, the pilots are forced to put animosities aside and risk everything to wrest control from the electronic...
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Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Staff Sergeant Alexandra Foster, a small-town girl from Missouri, arrives for deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan. She makes new friends and enemies but most of all she faces the reality that not everyone in the world is free. The torture, rape, and murder of young women in the country are rising due to one man. He's known to commit these crimes against women and then hide for months in the shadows until he reveals himself again. Will Alex have the...
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Publisher
Open Road Media Romance
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Three "exhilarating" romantic suspense novels from the USA Today -bestselling author of Catch a Shadow (AllReaders.com). A seven-time RITA Award-winning romance author, Patricia Potter's foray into romantic suspense has been "a dazzling success ... with romantic flair and emotional intensity that is classic Potter" ( Library Journal ). Here are three of her most stunning tales of women falling dangerously in love while running for their lives. Cold...
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Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This tale is about the lives of three people who became friends at university and how their lives became a nightmare. The beautiful Amanda was torn between Harry and Simon, but was she right to marry Harry when Simon took a job in Norway? When Simon returned from Norway, he had a great idea and went into business with Harry, maintaining the services of a major hotel group. One night, Harry was called out as the air conditioning in their client's...
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CamCat Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Not all secrets are buried deep... enough. Chris Black has spent two decades searching for answers deep within the world's oceans and is no stranger to the risks of undersea life. Alongside Mac Johnson, his childhood friend and former Navy SEAL, Chris has cheated death above and below the ocean's surface more times than he can count. But nothing has prepared him for the violence he and his team encounter in their own backyard of Carmel-by-the-Sea,...
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English
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An uncanny thriller from the acclaimed author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Medical school students Fettes and Macfarlane are charged with the unenviable task of receiving and paying for the institution's research cadavers. When Fettes recognizes the dead body of a woman he saw alive and well just the day before, he suspects murder. Macfarlane, however, insists that the authorities would never believe they had nothing to do with her...
14) Hiding Places
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Harrison lodge is full of hiding places where young Kate can discover all the secrets no one wants her to know. Eleven-year-old Kate keeps her knowledge to herselfone sister's stash of marijuana, the other's petty cash pilfering, her grandfather's contraband candy bars. She protects her mother and Gran, too, screening out critical comments from the hotel suggestions box. But suddenly the stakes are raised; her grandfather's best friend is murdered...
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Publisher
Graydon House Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Will hit you right in the heart" -- Bustle A PopSugar Best Book of Spring! "An exceptional psychological thriller." -- Publishers Weekly STARRED review "Leaves you wanting more." -- Liv Constantine, author of the national bestseller The Last Mrs. Parrish "A smart, wickedly plotted psychological thriller brimming with dark surprises" -- Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author "Intense, creepy, and classic Rouda. A chilling story, told...
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English
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"Twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town--burning down homes and businesses. An immense manhunt ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been in vain. The mayor...
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English
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This thrilling nautical mystery begins with an empty ship coasting through the dark and unfolds into a courtroom drama. On a cold, foggy night, a little sailboat called the Sea Witch is cruising calmly through the dark when a freighter suddenly rears out of the mist on a collision course. The crew of the small craft leaps into action, straining the Sea Witch 's sails to the limit, barely getting her out of the way. John Sands, captain of the Sea Witch...
18) Shaw Vengeance
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Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Amid an escalating series of attacks, Australian Intelligence Service Agent Max 'Prince' Shaw hunts for the leader of a local terror group, known as The Pilot. Driven to stop the unfolding events, Max is thrown into a relentless pursuit across Australia, from Sydney to Canberra and Melbourne. Willing to do whatever it takes to protect the innocent, Max is ruthless and determined, but conflicted, as he is put on a collision course with his past. He...
19) Birthday Dance
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a riveting collection of short fiction, marked by the piercing psychological insight and brilliant characterization that are hallmarks of his acclaimed novels. Ever since the publication of his first mystery featuring Detective Inspector Alan Banks, Peter Robinson has been steadily building a reputation for compulsively readable and perceptive novels that probe the dark side of human nature. Plumbing...
20) Going Back
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a riveting collection of short fiction, marked by the piercing psychological insight and brilliant characterization that are hallmarks of his acclaimed novels. Ever since the publication of his first mystery featuring Detective Inspector Alan Banks, Peter Robinson has been steadily building a reputation for compulsively readable and perceptive novels that probe the dark side of human nature. Plumbing...
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