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61) The Jackals
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Language
English
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With Apaches on the prod, ex-cavalry sergeant Sean Keegan, bounty hunter Jed Breen, and ex-Texas Ranger Matt McCulloch take shelter in a West Texas way station--along with a hot-as-a-pistol female bound for the gallows, a spiteful newspaper editor, and a coward with $50,000 who promises them five grand if they'll deliver his blood-soaked stash to his wife. Turns out, Indians might be the least of the problems for the trio, soon to be known as the...
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A mystery of stolen antiquities has Kat Holloway setting aside her apron once again for the intrigues of the upper echelons of Victorian London Priceless artwork has gone missing from the home of a wealthy baronet, and his wife stands to take the blame. When Kat's employer asks for help in clearing her friend's name, Kat trades her kitchen for the homes of Mayfair's wealthiest families. Soon antiques are disappearing not only from the extravagant...
63) Shadow zone
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
A discovery by submersible designer Hannah Bryson suggests a possible cause of mythical Atlantis's mysterious demise that has potentially cataclysmic consequences for the modern world.
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Series
Hardy boys mystery stories volume 10
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
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Description
Joe Hardy is kidnapped by a gang of jewel smugglers as a warning for the Hardy Boys' father to stay away from their operation.
65) Delivering death
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
TV reporter Riley Spartz is a star investigative journalist for Channel 3, and no stranger to the seedier side of her hometown. But when she receives a package of human teeth in the mail at work, shes quickly embroiled in a homicide investigation that spirals into one of the odder cases the Minneapolis police force has ever seen. Though the cops try to keep certain grisly details quiet, this murder has a strange twist, it seems that the killer wants...
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English
Description
What's so wrong with admiring from a distance? After all, Mira's quirky attraction to Chief Wenonga, a well-muscled fiberglass statue, might be a safer love pursuit than online dating. But when the 23-foot Chief goes missing and a human scalp is discovered at his cement base, Mira's not the only Battle Lake citizen to be crushed. Things get impossibly worse when her second-biggest-hunk, organic gardening god Johnny Leeson, disappears and the police...
67) Mac undercover
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Series
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
460L
Physical Desc
148 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.
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Lexile measure
720L
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English
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Description
Bound for the Riviera, detective Hercule Poirot has boarded Le Train Bleu, an elegant, leisurely means of travel, free of intrigue. Then he meets Ruth Kettering. The American heiress - bailing out of a doomed marriage - is en route to reconcile with her former lover. But by morning, her private affairs are made public when she is found murdered in her luxury compartment. The rumour of a strange man loitering in the victim's shadow is all Poirot has...
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Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Pete the Cat and the Sprinkle Stealer, Secret Agent Meow (also known as Pete the Cat) is ready to crack another case: a cat burglary hits too close to home when someone steals Pete's parents' secret recipe for rainbow sprinkle cookies!" -- Provided by publisher.
70) The last templar
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
An antiterrorist specialist and an archaeologist are drawn into the dark, hidden history of the crusading Knights of Templar--a deadly game of cat and mouse with ruthless killers as they race across three continents to recover a lost secret.
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Language
English
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Description
Poirot Investigates is a eleven-story collection written by Agatha Christie. In the short stories, detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries using his typical perspicacity. In The Adventure of the Western Star, a Chinese man warns a famous American film star to return her fabulous diamond jewel, the "Western Star", to the left eye of an idol. In The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor, he investigates a middle-aged man who died just a few weeks...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 4
Pub. Date
1989
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
180 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
73) Traitors gate
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it's run like clockwork. But this year, everything is about to change....
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First North American edition.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
166 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"There's a mystery mischief-maker on the loose in Hills Village! Can Junior solve the mystery before disaster strikes?" -- Provided by publisher.
76) Read and gone
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Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn't know since her dad Jim's been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help him recover his half of a twenty-million-dollar gem heist he pulled off with the local jeweler, Benton Parr. When she refuses, Jim takes off again. Carrie finds her father again...
77) The disasters
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nax and a handful of other space Academy washouts are the only surviving pilots after the school is hijacked by terrorists, but in order to spread the truth about the attack, Nax and his fellow failures must execute a dangerous heist.--
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Series
Mac B. kid spy volume 5
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
470L
Physical Desc
167 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Investigating the theft of a priceless historical violin, Mac B., kid spy, organizes a museum patrol that finds him zip-lining into Italy with his trusty corgi sidekick on an undercover mission in the heart of enemy territory" -- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Tea shop mystery volume 17
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Tea shop owner Theodosia Browning's life heats up when a gala at a local jewelry store serves up heists and homicide alongside her herbal teas ... Catering a high-class trunk show at Heart's Desire Jewelry is a shining achievement for Theodosia and the Indigo Tea Shop. After all, a slew of jewelers, museums, and private collectors will be there to showcase their wares and sip some of Theo's best blends. But just as Theo settles in to enjoy the fruits...
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Series
Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 2
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew investigates when a recipe for ice cream is stolen.