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1) The score
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Aging thief pulls off one more heist at the urging of an upstart thief.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three strangers who are trying to find their ways in the wake of loss become entwined in fraudulent schemes, which have a resounding impact on them all. One is a college student who hops a bus to break loose from his abstract and tenuous existence. Another is a man searching for his troubled twin brother, who has been missing for ten years. And another is a naïve, young woman who sneaks away from her small town with her former history teacher. Their...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
Working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When entrepreneur Sauvage sponsors an exhibition of the Crown Jewels and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night, the newly designated agent must jump into action. Tracking the thieves' underground escape route, English locks in on Sauvage despite repeated assurances by boss Pegasus...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means...
6) Identity
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author's terrifying new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life. Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner party-attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who'd been...
7) Greenthieves
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
An investigator must solve a seemingly impossible theft in this comedic sci-fi mystery by New York Times –bestselling author Alan Dean Foster . The room--surrounded by cameras, motion sensors, and alarms, and guarded by rotating security crews twenty-four seven--was supposed to be impenetrable. No one should have been able to approach the vault unseen. So how did the irreplaceable pharmaceuticals stored there get stolen? How did someone breach the...
Series
Criterion collection volume 637
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, this film stars Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, a duplicitous American charmer in Rome on a mission to bring his privileged acquaintance Philippe Greenleaf back to the United States; what initially seems a carefree tale of friendship soon morphs into a thrilling saga of seduction, identity theft, and murder. Bonus features include the original English language trailer, an archival interview...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
High quality 140 page edition with original text that has been reset for an enjoyable reading experience unlike other shorter editions. This beloved classic tells the story of Buck, a kind-hearted dog suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of Alaska during the 1890s Yukon Gold Rush. Enslaved and forced to pull a heavy sled through miles and miles of frozen ice with little or nothing to eat and frequent beatings,...
12) The moonstone
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 122
Language
English
Formats
Description
English police Sergeant Cuff tries to locate a fabulous diamond that might have been stolen by a group of Hindus who regard it as a sacred stone.
Author
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Detective Nick Belsey is broke. Now it looks like he's out of a job - something happened last night, something with the boss' wife ... At dawn, on what should be the last day of Belsey's career, Hampstead CID is ghostly quiet. Belsey checks the overnight files. There's a missing-person report. But this one's different. It's on the Bishops Avenue, London's richest street. Belsey sees a scam, an escape route. But someone else has got there first. Furiously...
Author
Series
Dragon Masters volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Drake discovers that his friend and fellow Dragon Master, Bo, is trying to steal the Dragon Stone, he wonders if the dark wizard might be behind it, and he must try to find a way to protect the stone while keeping Bo's family out of danger.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a Riviera socialite's diamonds are stolen--the latest in a string of seemingly unconnected but ever-more-audacious jewelry heists across France--Elena flies in to investigate the insurance claim. It's a trip she's more than happy to make, as it gives her a chance to meet up with old friends in Marseille--and, particularly, with Sam. Once reunited, Sam isn't entirely distracted by domestic matters. In the pattern of these "perfect crimes" he's...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Chet and his human companion Bernie are called in to investigate a series of threats made against a pampered show dog named Princess, and when Princess and her owner are abducted and Bernie's girlfriend, reporter Susie Sanchez, disappears, the detective team realizes the show dog world is more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
“A lusty, rollicking seventeenth-century adventure. . . . History as entertainment.” —USA Today
In this New York Times bestselling novel, master of suspense Michael Crichton delivers an irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World—a classic story of treasure and betrayal.
The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds
...Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, c1984
Language
English
Description
A working-class couple discovers a group of wealthy people in their post-war Yorkshire village secretly fattening a pig for their own use in violation of Britain's food rationing policy. The couple embarks on an elaborate attempt to liberate the bacon.
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