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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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A dog's discovery of a human bone drags Detective Bosch into a twenty-year-old case of murder, a case that leads him deeper and deeper into a violent past even as he finds his present being lit by a rookie cop named Julia Brasher.
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English
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One grueling day in L.A., Jake Damon, a bike messenger working for a sleazy LA lawyer collides with a car and loses an important package. The already-bad day turns even worse when Jake returns to the attorney's office only to find him dead, the place ransacked, and the police suspecting him of the murder. In order for him to clear his name and save both his life and the life of his young brother, Jake takes off, on the run from both the law and the...
5) Mary, Mary
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Language
English
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FBI agent Alex Cross is after a serial murder who chooses as his victims women who've neglected their children for successful careers in the entertainment industry, he describes the murders in overheated e-mails he addresses to his victims but sends to hapless entertainment columnist Arnold Griner, signing them "Mary Smith."
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
Newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus and that the real killer is operating completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.
7) The artist
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will end his career, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break in 1920s Hollywood.
8) L.A. times
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Language
English
Description
Vinnie Callabrese moves from the world of the Mafia in New York to the intrigues of tinseltown and carves a niche in the film industry until his old friends find him.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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Description
Cassie Barrett, a victim of abuse at the hands of her movie star spouse Alex, takes refuge with the parents of Native American cop Will Flying Horse to await the birth of her child and gather enough strength to publicly renounce her husband.
10) The scoop
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Series
Godmothers volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In this first book of a new series, Michaels introduces The Godmothers, four unforgettable women who are about to get a whole new lease on life.
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Series
Harry Bosch volume 7
Language
English
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When a slew of slayings leave the LAPD puzzled, they call on retired FBI agent turned best selling author Terry McCaleb for help. McCaleb, known for his ability to profile serial killers, is shocked when his methods indicate that his former partner, homicide detective Harry Bosch, could very well be the killer.
14) The sentry
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Language
English
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Dru Rayne and her uncle are Louisiana refugees who relocated to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years after the storm, their struggling restaurant faces a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a neighborhood gang intent on extorting protection money, he offers his own brand of protection. But neither Dru nor her uncle want his help--and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching their store.
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Language
English
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Defense attorney Mickey Haller agrees to work for the prosecution and teams up with Los Angeles Police Department detective Harry Bosch to convict Jason Jessup, who spent twenty-four years in jail for the murders of children and was recently exonerated by new DNA evidence and Mickey believes will kill again.
16) The hangover
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.
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Language
English
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Description
When a lawyer is killed the night before he is supposed to present a landmark trial, Harry Bosch is called in to solve the crime, but when his most likely suspects are the other officers he works with, he finds himself trying to prevent the police department from choosing sides and causing a city-wide riot.
18) Rampart
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Officer Dave Brown, a Vietnam veteran and a Rampart Precinct cop with two ex-wives and two daughters, blurs the lines between right and wrong to assert his own idea of justice to the streets of Los Angeles, but when he gets caught on video, Brown is forced to face the consequences of his past sins.
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