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In this novel a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it is too late. What is happening in Acker's Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas...
6) The unheard
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First U.S. edition.
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447 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"In this new heart-pounding stand-alone from the internationally bestselling author that People calls 'razor sharp,' a single mother suspects her young daughter has witnessed a horrible crime when she draws a disturbing picture--but the deadly path to unravel the truth could cost her everything. Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It's not that Jason is a bad...
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The Hate U Give volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters...
8) The witness
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English
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Having had a traumatic experience twelve years prior, Abigail Lowery lives in a remote area in a house with high-tech security measures, but this only serves to further intrigue police chief Brooks Gleason, who aims to protect Abigail.
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"After her academic career in New York flames out, Rachel Ruskin returns to her family's tobacco farm in North Carolina and is haunted by memories and by her hometown's buried history of racism and violence. When a child is accidentally shot and killed, Rachel can no longer avoid confronting her own past wrongs; nor can she continue to hold herself apart from her community"--
10) Blind betrayal
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Defenders of justice volume 3
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English
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U.S. Marshal Casey Sloane's assignment of escorting a reporter to testify before a grand jury escalates in danger and importance when the Marshal's Office is attacked, and Casey and a co-worker from her past are forced to take the reporter and run.
11) Ten big ones
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum witnesses a gang-executed robbery and police officer shooting and finds herself targeted by a California-based killer looking to claim the price that is subsequently placed on her head.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits.
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Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
215 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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"Witnessing a murder puts a target on Molly Schultz's back, and now she's on the run from a gunman dead set on silencing her. She turns to family friend Zeke Bender for help, but when Molly's identity and location are exposed, they're left with a criminal among her Amish community. Can Zeke safeguard Molly long enough to catch the culprit-or will they fall prey to their merciless hunter?"--
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When the Swisher family of 2059 New York City is murdered, lieutenant Eve Dallas, her partner Peabody, and her husband Roarke investigate while protecting the family's lone survivor and witness, a terrified nine-year-old girl.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"From New York Times bestselling author of the "twisty-mystery" (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware--this time, set at sea. In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie's works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful...