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161) My wife is missing
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two children have disappeared from their New York City hotel room. Horrified, he fears they've been kidnapped. Michael's frantic search to find them takes a shocking turn when he discovers that his wife, Natalie, appears to have left quite willingly, taking their children with her. The police want to know why, and so does Michael. But there may be a reason why...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
434 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Detective Jessica Niemi has a score to settle. She has taken some time off from her work with Helsinki Police to track down the coven that nearly killed her. But Jessica never expected its members would be lurking in the shadows, waiting to seek their own revenge. Yusuf, Jessica's partner and friend, calls her in to help him solve the murder of powerful executive Eliel Zetterborg, who was found stabbed to death in his upscale Helsinki home. What...
Author
Series
By the book mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling thriller author Tess Harrow and her teenage daughter, Gertrude, need a fresh start. Now that Tess's divorce is final, the best place for her and Gertie to heal and reconnect is the rustic cabin in the woods that Tess inherited from her late grandfather. Between the beautiful pond on the property, the majestic mountain views, and the peaceful forest, it should be a relaxing getaway. But they've barely made it through the door when an explosion...
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 48
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
While searching in Iceland for a missing sailor sought by an insurance company, the teen-age detective brothers uncover a plot threatening the life of a United States astronaut and the secrets of NASA's moon project.
165) Spaced out
Author
Series
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2041 twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is a resident of Moon Base Alpha, and at the moment he is faced with a number of problems: coping with the nasty Sjoberg twins, finding out how the commander of the base has managed to disappear from a facility no bigger than a soccer field, and dealing with the alien Zan who communicates with him telepathically from afar--and who is hiding a secret which may threaten the whole Earth.
166) Waste of space
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
x, 321 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 2041 on Moon Base Alpha, thirteen-year-old Dash must solve the mystery of how Lars was poisoned before the base loses oxygen, forcing the colonists to return to Earth.
167) Vanished!
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret must uncover the truth behind a series of private middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the President of the United States.
Middle school is hard. Solving cases for the FBI is even harder. Doing both at the same time—well that’s just crazy. But that doesn’t stop Florian Bates! After helping...
168) Whose body?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
154 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Lord Peter Wimsey finds the debonaire sleuth investigating the strange case of the corpse in the bathtub...who may not be who he seems!
169) The whispering skull
Author
Series
Lockwood and Co volume 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
"Lockwood & Co. are hired to investigate Edmund Bickerstaff, a Victorian doctor who reportedly tried to communicate with the dead, while Lucy is distracted by urgent whispers coming from the skull in a ghost jar"--
170) Wake: a novel
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The tiny outback town of Nannine lies in the harsh red interior of Australia. Once a thriving center of stockyards and sheep stations, years of punishing drought have petrified the land and Nannine has been whittled down to no more than a stoplight, a couple bars, and a police station. And it has another, more sinister claim to fame: the still-unsolved disappearance of young Evelyn McCreery nineteen years ago. Mina McCreery's life has been defined...
171) Girl forgotten
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen years ago, Layla Trello was murdered and her killer was never found. Enter true-crime fan Piper Gray, who is determined to reopen Layla's case and get some answers. With the help of Jonas--who has a secret of his own--Piper starts a podcast investigating Layla's murder. But as she digs deeper into the mysteries of the past, Piper begins receiving anonymous threats telling her to back off the investigation, or else. The killer is still out...
172) Playing it safe
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell--formerly a safecracking thief, but currently determined to stay on the straight and narrow to help her country--is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She is to travel under an assumed identity to the port city of Sunderland and there await further instructions. In his usual infuriating way, the Major has left her task as vague and mysterious as possible....
173) A mansion for murder
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Kate Shackleton disembarks at Saltaire station, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, she has no idea what to expect. A stranger, Ronnie Creswell, has written to say that he has urgent information about the past that will interest her, and he persuades her to make the journey to Milner Field, the grand house that is said to be cursed. But moments after Kate arrives at the lodge, a messenger brings devastating news to Ronnie's parents: he has been...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala catch a distress call from a nearby freighter. Leaping into action, they locate a damaged vessel and a dead captain clutching a shotgun. While searching the freighter for clues, Kurt and Joe are ambushed by crew members who seem terrified and disoriented, almost brainwashed. The trawler they were hauling has vanished, taken--the men say--by baffling lights that circled the ship....
Author
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hugh Breedlove is far from the most agreeable client private investigator Frank Malloy has ever had, but his case is impossible to refuse: his young niece, Julia, has been wrongfully committed to an insane asylum by her cruel and unfaithful husband, Chet Longly. Though Breedlove and his wife seem more interested in protecting the family reputation than their niece's safety, Frank and Sarah agree to help for the sake of Julia and the young son she...
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 28
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
178 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Hardy brothers interrupt their investigations of jewelry-store holdups to answer a plea from their cousin on a New Mexico cattle ranch.
177) The secret panel
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 25
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
178 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A chance meeting with a stranger on the road provides the Hardy brothers with a clue to a gang of local burglars.
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 15
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Hardy boys and their father solve a mystery involving inexplicable crashes of highspeed race cars being used to test an experimental turbine motor.
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 27
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
177 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 11
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
174 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English