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1361) Miss Dimple disappears
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Miss Dimple Mystery volume 1
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It's 1942, and the residents of the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, have been rattled down to their worn, rationed shoes. For young teacher Charlie Carr, life and love aren't going exactly as planned, her head dictates loyalty to the handsome corpsman, Hugh, but whenever she thinks of her best friend's beau, Will, her heart does the Jersey Bounce. Charlie is doubly troubled by the disappearance of beloved schoolmistress Miss Dimple Kilpatrick one...
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The true story of an executive snatched from his suburban driveway-and the hunt for the husband and wife who took him hostage.
On a spring morning in Morristown, New Jersey, in 1992, authorities discovered a car idling in a driveway with the door open and the driver missing. After they learned the driver was Sidney Reso, the president of Exxon International, the FBI joined the investigation.
Over the next two months, law enforcement received cryptic...
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In Blank Page, the voices of ten brave survivors of the horrors of human trafficking celebrate hope-and call out for change. Their inspiring stories, together with concise research and practical explanations that span borders and decades, paint a clear picture of the human trafficking reality that affects not only the United States and Mexico, but the world. Rosi Orozco explores the causes, extent, and urgency of the problem, along with the steps...
1364) The Lost Girls
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The chilling true story of the heinous murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and daughter
Khandalyce and how the case was cracked
In August 2010, the bones of a young woman were found in Belanglo State Forest, where, years earlier, Ivan Milat had tortured and slain seven young backpackers. Dubbed Angel, her remains lay unidentified for years. Who was she, how did she die, and at whose hand?
Then, in July 2015, the bones of a child were found in a...
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Schlitzie was one of the performers who managed to cement himself as a part of the movie industry and he became a very famous character that was known throughout the United States, as well as the world. It was all thanks to the controversial movie called Freaks. His life wasn't a happy one but he did make the best of his situation. He didn't allow his disabilities to stop him from having a fulfilled life. While little is known about his beginnings,...
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O'Malley Family Saga volume 6
Pub. Date
2004
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302 p. ; 25 cm.
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The death of Chucky's father and the erratic behavior of his sister bring instability into the O'Malley family at the beginning of the 1980s, a time that is complicated when Chucky assists a friend whose wife and daughter have disappeared.
1367) One last lie
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"The disappearance of Mike Bowditch's beloved mentor reveals an ominous connection to a 15-year-old cold case. "Never trust a man without secrets." These are the last words retired game warden Charley Stevens speaks to his surrogate son, Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch, before the old man vanishes without explanation. Mike suspects his friend's mysterious departure has to do with an antique warden badge that recently resurfaced at a flea market...
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Windy City saga volume 2
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"The one thing Sylvie Townsend wants most is what she feared she was destined never to have--a family of her own. But taking in Polish immigrant Rose Dabrowski to raise and love quells those fears--until seventeen-year-old Rose goes missing at the World's Fair, and Sylvie's world unravels. Brushed off by the authorities, Sylvie turns to her boarder, Kristof Bartok, for help. He is Rose's violin instructor and the concertmaster for the Columbian Exposition...
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Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 3
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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157 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
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When their marine biology professor disappears, the Thea Sisters search for him, and together they try to stop some wicked mice from stealing a treasure lost in a shipwreck, after which they head to China to find another treasure.
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Thirty years ago, two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who-or what-could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone...
1371) Echo Park
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 12
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Detective Harry Bosch, now in the Open-unsolved Unit, receives a call from the DA telling him a serial killer has confessed to several murders. Harry must interview the man about a case he couldn't crack involving the murder of a 22-year-old woman whose body was never found.
1372) Invisible son
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2023.
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404 pages ; 22 cm.
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Life can change in an instant. When you're wrongfully accused of a crime. When a virus shuts everything down. When the girl you love moves on. Andre Jackson is determined to reclaim his identity. But returning from juvie doesn't feel like coming home. His Portland, Oregon, neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, and COVID-19 shuts down school before he can return. And Andre's suspicions about his arrest for a crime he didn't commit even taint his friendships....
1373) The survivors
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"Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets ... Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn. When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held...
1374) Rock with wings
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Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 2
Leaphorn,Chee and Manuelito series
Leaphorn and Chee volume Book 20
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 2
Leaphorn,Chee and Manuelito series
Leaphorn and Chee volume Book 20
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 2
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Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases involving a missing woman and a drug bust gone bad.
1375) To darkness and to death
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2005
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311 p. ; 25 cm.
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Episcopalian priest Clare Fergusson and married police chief Russ Van Alstyne have more to contend with than their mutual attraction when they investigate the strange disappearance of a woman in their small upstate New York town.
1376) Pay dirt
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[2024]
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384 pages ; 24 cm.
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While visiting Angela, one her protégées in Kansas, V.I. Warshawski, when Angela's roommate goes missing and V.I. finds her near death in a drug house, is pitched headlong into the country's opioid crisis and a local land-use battle with roots going back to the Civil War.
1377) Gone by midnight
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Crimson Lake volume 3
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"Four young boys are left alone in a hotel room while their parents dine downstairs. When Sara Farrow checks on the children at midnight, her son is missing. Distrustful of the police, Sara turns to Crimson Lake's unlikeliest private investigators--disgraced cop Ted Conkaffey and convicted killer Amanda Pharrell. For Ted, the case couldn't have come at a worse time. Two years ago a false accusation robbed him of his career, his reputation, and most...
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[2018].
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xii, 318 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
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""Under The Trestle" is the true story of the most compelling murder case in Virginia history. In 1980, beautiful Gina Renee Hall, a Radford University freshman, went to a Virginia Tech nightclub on a Saturday night. She was never seen again. Her abandoned car was found parked beneath a railroad trestle bridging the New River, with blood in the trunk. The investigation led police to a secluded cabin on Claytor Lake, where there was evidence of a violent...
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Enola Holmes mysteries volume 9
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[2023]
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296 pages ; 22 cm.
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Enola Holmes, now independent and pursuing her profession as a scientific perditorian, joins forces with her brother Sherlock to solve the mysterious disappearance of Wolcott Balestier, a friend of Rudyard Kipling, as they uncover the ruthless world of book publishing and seek to bring him back safely.
1380) Tell-tale bones
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2023.
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415 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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"Private Investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner Tinkie just happen to be in Sheriff Coleman Peters's office when Elisa Redd storms in. She wants Coleman to reopen the investigation of her missing daughter, Lydia Redd Maxwell, the heiress to a large fortune who disappeared along with her friend Bethany nearly seven years ago. Lydia and Bethany were rumored to be working as human rights organizers abroad, but Elisa suspects Lydia's problems...
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