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From the National Book Award–winning, bestselling author of Tree of Smoke comes a provocative thriller set in the American West. Nobody Move, which first appeared in the pages of Playboy, is the story of an assortment of lowlifes in Bakersfield, California, and their cat-and-mouse game over $2. 3 million. Touched by echoes of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, Nobody Move is at once an homage to and a variation on literary form. It salutes one...
3) The man
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
A case of mistaken identity pairs a nerdy saleman with a tough-as-nails police detective.
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English
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This lighthearted farce features an American under the spell of Britain's aristocracy and an English earl equally intrigued by American democracy. While eccentric inventor Colonel Mulberry Sellers attempts to pursue his claim to the earldom of Rossmore, the rightful heir determines to renounce his title and find a place in American society. When the young lord's identity is wiped out in a hotel fire, he's free to assume a new name and realize his...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From hilariously awkward lunch breaks to cringe-worthy Zoom calls, this workplace comedy of errors is sure to put a smile on your face.
Indiana "Ana" Aaron is a talented coder and IT specialist, but she doesn't always fit in at work. When she speaks up one too many times for her boss's ego, she's transferred to a remote team-and it's clear this is her last chance to blend in.
Ana sees working from home as a chance at redemption; she can keep her...
Author
Series
Buddy files volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While attending obedience class with his new humans, Buddy the dog helps solve a mystery involving two Pomeranians that were switched at the dog park.
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English
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Her twin sister is missing.
When Ariana Costas heard her twin sister, Zoe, had disappeared, Ari left Vermont and returned to her Jersey girl roots to find her. Ari didn't know what to expect from her search, but danger around every corner, dodging bullets, and a hunk in a leather jacket saving her was not it.
He thought she was someone else.
Detective Quinn Donovan thought he located Zoe Costas. Beautiful, dark haired and a perfect match to the...
8) Top hat
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Rogers and Astaire are caught up in a mistaken identity plot, in which Rogers assumes that Astaire is already married, and is alternatively charmed and repelled by his advances.
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English
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Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership.
Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea...
Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea...
11) Deep-space disco
Author
Series
Stone Rabbit volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When an alien shape-shifter named Melvin the Plutarkian has Stone Rabbit tried for crimes Melvin committed and then wreaks havoc on Happy Glades, Stone Rabbit must find a way to get home and save his town and his friends.
12) Half Moon Bay
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Publisher
Open Road Media Romance
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A woman is hunted by both a killer and the FBI-until a fatal car crash gives her the chance to become someone else-in this sizzling tale of romantic suspense from New York Times-bestselling author Meryl Sawyer When her witness protection cover is blown, Amy Conroy flees across the country. With no money and only her dog for company, she steals rides in the trunks of unsuspecting strangers' cars until a tragic accident lands her in a Key West hospital...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of High Dive comes an enveloping, exultant novel of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, a story of one man's rise to fame and fortune, and his murder in a case of mistaken identity. On Friday the 13th of November, 1903, a famous man was killed on Park Avenue in broad daylight by a stranger. It was neither a political act nor a crime of passion. It was a mistake. The victim was Andrew Haswell Green, the "Father...
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998], c1995
Language
English
Description
A lonely young woman saves the life of a handsome stranger she has fallen in love with from afar. His family mistakes her for his fiancee, and she goes along because she likes his offbeat family so much. Matters take a hilarious turn when she meets and falls in love with her make-believe lover's brother.
15) Beethoven's 4th
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The Newtons send Beethoven to obedience school. While there, he gets mixed up with Michelangelo, a well-behaved St. Bernard. The Newtons are surprised at how well Michelangelo behaves, while Beethoven runs wild in Michelangelo's house.
16) The wrong mother
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Sally Thorning is shocked when she hears that a man she had an affair with while on a secret vacation the previous year has been found dead, she is shocked and frightened, especially when the picture on the news is not the man she had fallen in love with.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When gang warfare breaks out on the Isle of Wight, Victor Green, tax inspector and poet, unexpectedly solves the mystery Victor Green is 37, unmarried, and works at the tax office. He lives alone and is the sort of man who irons his underpants. When Victor receives a letter from the council telling him to prune a lime tree in his front garden, he is anxious to oblige, although he is not much of a gardener and does not like heights. A disgruntled pigeon...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When two criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a local hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all the media attention attracts the likes of the mob, who show up at Tom's doorstep. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history...
Author
Series
Brixton brothers volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.
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