Scott Sowers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
When Travis Boyette is paroled because of inoperable brain tumor, for the first time in his life, he decides to do the right thing and tell police about a crime he committed and another man is about to be executed for.
2) Hope to die
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 22
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family -- his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children -- have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he...
3) High profile
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Paradise, police chief Jesse Stone finds himself at the center of a highly public case. When another dead body-that of a young woman-is discovered just a few days later, the pressure to solve the crimes becomes almost unbearable. Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues, but all Jesse runs into...
4) Sea change
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After the body of a divorced Florida heiress washes ashore in Paradise, Jesse Stone discovers her kinky secrets--and a sordid past that casts suspicion on everyone she knew, from friends to family. Unfortunately no one is talking, so it's up to Stone to speak for the dead ...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-eight years have passed since Father Tim Kavanagh left his Mississippi hometown, determined not to return. Then he receives a handwritten note postmarked Holly Springs. Cryptic and unsigned, it says only Come home.--Dust Jacket.
6) Impact
Author
Series
Wyman Ford novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wyman Ford and a team of scientists must figure out how to destroy an alien doomsday weapon aimed at Earth, and the only tools at their disposal are a handful of weaponless machines-- the Mars Orbiter, a lander and a few satellites--not much to work with, especially since they only have 60 hours to save the planet.
7) Tick tock
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
NYC's number one detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problem-- someone is recreating the crimes of infamous killers from New York's history. Bennett enlists the help of a former colleague, FBI Agent Emily Parker.
9) The codex
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The mysterious disappearance of treasure hunter and adventurer Maxwell Broadbent--along with his riches--sends his three sons on a search for their father, who has hidden himself and his treasures, in order to claim their inheritance.
11) The last song
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Ronnie Miller is resentful when her mother insists she and her ten-year-old brother spend the summer with their estranged father in North Carolina, and while things get off to a rocky start, Ronnie eventually makes friends and begins to better understand her dad and why he wanted her to visit.
Author
Series
Trail drive series volume 2
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Benton McCaleb and his band of cowboys brave more than one thousand treacherous miles to drive 2,400 head of cattle into Wyoming's Sweetwater Valley, encountering a ruthless railroad baron along the way.
Author
Series
Trail drive series volume 4
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
℗2011.
Language
English
Description
Set on rescuing a friend trapped inside war-torn Mexico, Gil and Van Austin, nephews of Texas founder Stephen Austin, cross the border and soon discover half of Mexico's army wants them dead.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stories you'll never forget--just try--from literature's favorite transgressive author. Representing work that spans several years, Make Something Up is a compilation of 21 stories and one novella (some previously published, some not) that will disturb and delight. The absurdity of both life and death are on full display; in "Zombies," the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze: electric...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and a furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good month for murder in suburban Washington, D.C. After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in Prince George's County, which borders the nation's capital, Del Quentin Wilber begins shadowing the talented, often quirky detectives who get the call when a body falls. He rides with a hard-charging investigator who pops...
16) Dune
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. Considered a classic in the Sci-Fi genre, this novel won the first Nebula Award and shared the Hugo Award.