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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel about a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed and danger that brings them together—and could tear them apart...
When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent...
When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent...
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Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Dr. Ellie Sullivan has witnessed the shooting of an FBI agent in pursuit of a ruthless modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. The only person to see the shooter’s face, Ellie is suddenly thrust into the center of a criminal investigation spearheaded by the no-nonsense, by-the-book, and tantalizingly handsome agent Max Daniels.
When the couple is captured, she’ll be called to testify. But the Landrys have been caught before, and each time the witnesses...
3) The witness
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Elizabeth, usually obedient and studious, relaxes her guard and goes out to a nightclub and as a result finds her life forever changed and mystery and security fundamental to everything she does.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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When Washington D.C. police detective Ryan Kessler is targeted by "lifter" Henry Loving, he and his family are immediately put under government protection. Assigned to the Kesslers is protection officer Corte: uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a brilliant game strategist. As the "lifter" closes in on his prey, Corte must decide whether to protect his charges, or expose them to a killer in the name of personal...
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"A businessman snatched from an Upper East Side street in broad daylight. A miniature hangman's noose left at the scene. A nine-year-old girl, the only witness to the crime. With a crime scene this puzzling, forensic expertise of the highest order is absolutely essential. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. Soon the case takes a stranger turn: a recording surfaces of the victim being slowly hanged, his desperate gasps the...
9) Honeymoon
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Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Nora Sinclair is a woman with a deadly appetite, especially for those men who are attracted to her and FBI agent John O'Hara must stay on guard in his investigation of her hidden and unexplained past.
10) Dangerous lies
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Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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After witnessing a murder, high school senior Stella Gordon is sent to Nebraska for her own safety where she chafes at her protection, but when she meets Chet Falconer it becomes harder for her to keep her guard up, and soon she has to deal with the real threat to her life as her enemies are actually closer than she thinks.
11) American blood
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Minotaur Books/Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"In Ben Sanders's American Blood, a former undercover cop now in witness protection finds himself pulled into the search for a missing woman; film rights sold to Warner Bros with Bradley Cooper attached to star and produce. After a botched undercover operation, ex-NYPD officer Marshall Grade is living in witness protection in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Marshall's instructions are to keep a low profile: the mob wants him dead, and a contract killer known...
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2011.
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English
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Criminal defense lawyer Mickey Haller's newest client is Lisa Trammel, a young woman accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home, and despite mounting evidence and his own suspicions that his client is guilty, Mickey vows to clear Lisa's name, and when he uncovers a conspiracy with millions of dollars at stake, Mickey realizes someone besides Lisa had a bigger motive for murder and a reason to kill Mickey to keep him...
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2012.
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English
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Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter, a "skin man," Roland Deschain takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, "The Wind through the Keyhole.".
14) Ten big ones
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English
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Bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum is the only witness to a robbery by the notorious Red Devil's gang and hides out in fellow bounty hunter Ranger's apartment to escape the gang and other seedy characters while the police try to nab the culprits.
15) Damage
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Series
Abe Glitsky volume 3
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The Curtlees are a powerful force in San Francisco, unscrupulous billionaires who’ve lined every important pocket in the Bay Area in pursuit of their own ascent. So when the family’s heir, Ro Curtlee, was convicted of rape and murder a decade ago, the fallout for those who helped to bring him to justice was swift and uncompromising. The jury foreman was fired from his job and blacklisted in his industry. The lead prosecutor was pushed off the...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Eve Dallas takes in nine-year-old Nixie Swisher, the only member of her family to escape a horrific murder spree, hoping the young girl can offer a clue into her family's killing and help Eve put to rest the demons that have been haunting her since her own childhood.
17) The Hate u give
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
18) Deep harbor
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Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Carol Ann 'CJ' Jansen lost her beloved older brother, Kick, in a boating accident, she came adrift. Kick had taken on the role of caring for his little sister after their parents were killed in a car crash. Inheriting half his fortune has left CJ financially secure--yet needing a purpose. As administrative assistant to powerful congressman Snapper Lewis, she's immersed herself in the exciting and often tumultuous world of politics. But suddenly,...
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