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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
In what may be her most unsettling novel to date, Sue Grafton’s T IS FOR TRESPASS is also her most direct confrontation with the forces of evil. Beginning slowly with the day-to-day life of a private eye, Grafton suddenly shifts from the perspective of Kinsey Millhone to that of Solana Rojas, introducing listeners to a chilling sociopath. Rojas is not her birth name. It is an identity she cunningly stole, an identity that gives her access to...
Author
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Sleuthing quilter and rancher Benni Harper is invited, along with her husband, to celebrate the engagement of her stepson Sam to the daughter of one of San Celina's wealthiest families, but the party takes a tragic turn when a member of the esteemed family is murdered, and Benni is reluctantly drawn into the investigation.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
R is for Ricochet is another thrilling installment in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series.
Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn't there for her when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institute for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a...
Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn't there for her when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institute for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a...
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Series
Language
English
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Arrested for the murder of her sister, a young woman fights for freedom The world loves Monica Vincent, and her sister Anna has always tried to love her, too. Anna's life is devoted to the Hollywood star; As her sister's personal assistant, she spends her days answering Monica's fan mail and catering to her every whim. But Monica is cruel, and when a car accident leaves her in a wheelchair, she treats Anna even worse. All Anna wants is her freedom,...
12) Fool's puzzle
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Benni Harper, ex-cowgirl, quilter and folk-art expert, stumbles upon a body while setting up a homemade quilt exhibit. As she tries to solve the murder, she makes shocking discoveries about her family.
14) Esperanza rising
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
15) Pisces rising
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Psychic detective Elizabeth Chase, reluctant to return to detective work after seeing her fiance gunned down, is drawn back into action when an old friend calls her to investigate the scalping of a Native American casino owner.
16) Actual innocence
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Greg Monarch is contacted by an ex-girlfriend to help overturn a murder conviction, he travels to the small town where the murder occurred and uncovers a decades-old scandal that threatens Sara's life and the livelihood of the town.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The last remaining orange tree on a Southern California street brings together neighbors of all ages as they face their problems and anxieties, including the possibility that a mysterious stranger is a threat to their tree.
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