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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 26
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Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and an influential father who runs a work camp for orphans. Superiors in the North Korean state soon recognize the boy’s loyalty and keen instincts. Considering himself “a humble citizen of the greatest nation in the world,” Jun Do rises in the ranks. He becomes a professional kidnapper who must navigate the shifting rules, arbitrary violence, and baffling...
3) Silent mercy
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 13
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In the middle of the night, prosecutor Alexandra Cooper is called to Harlem's Mount Neboh Baptist Church to find out why the body of a young woman has been decapitated, set on fire, and left burning on the church steps. Alex wonders if the fire was meant to destroy this woman's body, or to draw attention to it. Her fears are confirmed days later, when a second corpse is found. Convinced that another young woman is bound to die, Alex mines the depths...
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Pendergast novels volume 14
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When a longtime enemy shows up dead on Pendergast's doorstep, the murder investigation leads him into his own dark past as a vengeful killer waits in the shadows.
It begins with murder. One of Pendergast's most implacable, most feared enemies is found on his doorstep, dead. Pendergast has no idea who is responsible for the killing, or why the body was brought to his home. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect crime, save for...
It begins with murder. One of Pendergast's most implacable, most feared enemies is found on his doorstep, dead. Pendergast has no idea who is responsible for the killing, or why the body was brought to his home. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect crime, save for...
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Pendergast novels volume 11
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While on a hunting trip with his brother-in-law, Judson Esterhazy, Pendergast runs into trouble and is left for dead.
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Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter? As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break the case....
7) Legacy
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Malcolm Gray is a decorated anti-terrorist black-ops soldier. When a military effort to tackle an arms dealer ends in Gray's capture and torture, he later finds himself back in his Brooklyn apartment, struggling to overcome the effects of severe paranoia and anxiety.
8) Hereafter
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George is a blue-collar American with a special connection to the afterlife dating from his childhood. French journalist Marie has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. When London schoolboy Marcus loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each seeking the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might, or must, exist in the hereafter.
"...it has the power to haunt the skeptical..."--A.O....
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Jack Reacher novels volume 16
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Carter Crossing, Mississippi. 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover--to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish.
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Max Peterson finds himself in the middle of a deadly international plot after he receives a series of mysterious cell phone messages promising him untold wealth. While Max attempts to unravel the conspiracy that threatens the stability of the entire world, he is chased across the planet by a lethal team of government operatives.
"A cyberspace thriller for the male action crowd."--Hollywood Reporter
11) The litigators
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Description
Law firm partners Oscar Finley and Wally Figg see a chance for huge financial gain when they learn of a pending class action lawsuit against the makers of Krayoxx, a popular cholesterol-reducing drug suspected of causing heart attacks.
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A teenager is a witness to a murder by his mother's fiance, who is considered to be a pillar of the community. Although the boy has a history of lying, his father believes him and begins to investigate on his own. He finds the murderer has a shady past.
"A refreshingly unpretentious little thriller."--New York Post
"Good acting, sharp photography, scary story..."--Compuserve
"When a disturbance is dramatized well, there's no place like home."--Entertainment...
13) The Perfect Guy
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After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.
"The Perfect Guy escalates quite nicely, leading to a satisfyingly white-knuckled finale."--Entertainment Weekly
14) The bodyguard
Description
An ex-Secret Service agent becomes the private bodyguard of a diva whose life is being threatened. DVD features include never-before-seen interviews with Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston and the music video for I Will Always Love You.
16) Contagion
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
"...a scare-the-crap-out-of-you medical thriller..."--Entertainment Weekly
"...serious, precise, frightening, emotionally enveloping."--New Yorker
"Soderbergh's smart, spooky thriller..."--New York Times
17) Poltergeist
Description
The classic tale about a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and hold the youngest daughter captive, the family must come together to rescue her before she disappears forever.
"...director Gil Kenan not only delivers on the promise of Hooper's Poltergeist, but significantly raises the stakes for similar PG-13 fare."--Hollywood Reporter
18) Trapped
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When their daughter is abducted by a gang of serial kidnappers, a young doctor and his wife are held hostage while a 24-hour plan to extort their money is set into motion.
"...an effective and claustrophobic thriller."--Hollywood Reporter
"A tightly drawn, propulsive thriller."--New York Post
19) Bone collector
Description
A brilliant NYPD detective left paraplegic by an on-the-job accident agrees to help to solve a string of murders. He in turn recruits a new partner to serve as an extension of himself for investigating crime scenes.
"Suspenseful, stylish...Slick down those hairs on your neck."--Newsday
20) Don't Breathe 2
Description
The sequel is set in the years following the initial deadly home invasion, where Norman Nordstrom lives in quiet solace until his past sins catch up to him.
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