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2) Freezer burn
Author
Language
English
Description
Loner, loser, and sometime armed robber Bill Roberts finds himself in over his head when he bungles a raid on a fireworks stand and takes refuge in a cut-rate traveling freak show that is kept going by the magnetic aura of the mysterious frozen man.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Patty Hearst who suffered an unimaginable trauma and then made the stunning decision to join her captors' crusade
On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army. The already sensational story took the first of many incredible twists when the group released a tape of...
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Big trouble is brewing for Theodore Boone. While all of Strattenburg anxiously awaits the new trial of infamous murder suspect Pete Duffy, problems arise for their own kid lawyer. There's been a robbery and Theo is the accused. His reputation is on the line, and with the evidence building against him and dangerous threats looming, Theo will do whatever it takes to prove his innocence even if it means breaking a few rules.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
All it takes is a few underhanded moves by a tough ex-cop named Eppick to pull thief John Dortmunder into a game he never wanted to play. With no choice, he musters his always-game gang and they set out on a perilous treasure hunt for a long-lost gold and jewel-studded chess set once intended as a birthday gift for the last Romanov czar, which unfortunately reached Russia after that party was over. From the moment Dortmunder reaches for his first...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, Manhunter, and Miami Vice, teams up with Edgar Award-winning author Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann's first crime novel--an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat--an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the iconic film"--
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she's made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge: A black market queen out to settle her scores. An actress desperate...
11) Unseelie
Author
Series
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
Description
"An autistic changeling trying to navigate her unpredictable magic, Seelie finds it difficult to fit in with the humans around her, unlike her twin sister, until they both get caught up in a heist gone wrong that changes everything"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Completing J. North Conway's widely acclaimed trilogy of Gilded Age New York City Crime-following King of Heists and The Big Policeman-Bag of Bones combines the era's affluence, decadence, and corruption with a gruesome deed fit for the tabloids of today. In 1878, the body of multi-millionaire A. T. Stewart was stolen from St. Mark's Churchyard. The ghoulish crime, the chase for the culprits, the years-long ransom negotiations, and the demise of the...
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