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1) The escape
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Series
John Puller novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
When John Puller's older brother Robert inexplicably escapes from the military's most secure prison, where he's being held for national security crimes, Puller finds himself part of an investigation to hunt down his own brother. As he digs more deeply into the case, he discovers troubling detail's about his brother's conviction and that someone doesn't want the truth to ever come out.
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"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed...
4) Escape
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English
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"New York Times bestselling detective Billy Harney of The Black Book is chasing down a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist while a young girl's life hangs in the balance. As Chicago PD's special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he's investigating is down to his last twenty million. He's also being held in jail. For now. Billy's unit is called in when an escape...
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As World War II rages and Hitler begins implementing his "final solution" to systematically and ruthlessly exterminate the Jewish people, Jacob Weisz must rely on his wits and a God he's not sure he believes in to somehow escape from Auschwitz and alert the world to the Nazi's atrocities before Fascism overtakes all of Europe.
6) The escape
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Series
US Marshals novels volume 1
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English
Description
"A desperate murderer and a downed plane turn a routine prison transfer into a hunt through the rugged Pacific Northwest for US Marshals Madison James and Jonas Quinn."--
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English
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"In A Small Town, twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town--burning down homes and businesses. An immense manhunt ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton's premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it's on Stephanie to track down the con man. The problem is, Cubbin has disappeared without...
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"Jim Beckett was everything she'd ever dreamed of ... But two years after Tess married the decorated cop and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for savagely murdering ten women. Even locked up in a maximum security prison, he vowed he would come after her and make her pay. Now the cunning killer has escaped--and the most dangerous game of all begins... After a lifetime of fear, Tess will do something she's never done before. She's going...
10) Next in line
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
"London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the "people's princess." Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate the team....
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (224 pages)
Language
English
Description
Her child's life is on the line A Roughwater Ranch Cowboys story After putting his serial killer brother in prison, former US marshal Mitch Whitehorse chooses a solitary country life -- until his brother escapes. Now Mitch's former sister-in-law, Jane Reyes, needs protection ... for herself and the toddler she's kept a secret. Mitch still isn't sure of Jane's innocence in his brother's crimes, but to keep his nephew out of a killer's grasp, trusting...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Deputy Griffin O'Callaghan has a situation on his hand, two dead FBI agents, criminals on the loose and Tory Faraday, a witness with no memory. With a blizzard moving in and killers hunting them down, Griffin must keep Tory safe. But even his family's ranch can't provide a haven when a dangerous criminal escapes from custody with one goal: finding Tory.
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Series
Mighty McKenzies volume 3
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (256 pages)
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English
Description
"A shocking act of violence tore them apart. Now they must join forces to find answers". Peyton Sterling's brother has escaped prison, and she's determined to prove his innocence. Despite her volatile past with US Marshal Colin McKenzie, she knows she needs his help to discover the truth. Colin's ready to put his career and life on the line to protect her, but secrets in Peyton's family could prove to be more dangerous than anything they've faced...
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Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (512 pages)
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English
Description
A guardian's ultimate mission Fugitive Trail by Elizabeth Goddard When a plane carrying dangerous convicts crashes in the Colorado Rockies, Deputy Sierra Young and her search-and-rescue K-9, Samson, race to help--and discover they're after her! With one survivor vowing revenge, Sierra's former coworker turned PI, Bryce Elliott, is determined to protect her. But can Bryce, Sierra and Samson track down the fugitive before he succeeds in taking their...
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Series
Jake Paynter novels volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (384 pages)
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English
Description
Author David Nix writes an action-packed, authentic historical western series featuring: A former soldier with a target on his back A slew of bounty hunters determined to claim their prize A ruthless detective who wants to see Jake pay A breathtaking journey across the wild west Jake Paynter is in deep trouble. With a $1000 bounty on his head, every law man, bounty hunter, and desperado west of the Mississippi is gunning for him. Jake's plan to lay...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (368 pages)
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English
Description
Hell hath no hunger like a man let out of a cage ... Shy and awkward, First Daughter Grace Reeves has always done what she's told. Tired of taking orders, she escapes her security detail for a rare moment of peace. Except her worst nightmare comes to life when a ruthless gang of criminals abducts her. Her only choice is to place her trust in Reid Allister, an escaped convict whose piercing gaze awakens something deep inside her. Reid is nothing like...
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Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (176 pages)
Language
English
Description
Flawless ... beyond perfection. New York Magazine "An astonishingly well-written literary novel that just happened to be about (or roundabout) a crime." Barry Gifford " Black Wings Has My Angel is an indisputable noir classic ! Elliott Chaze was a fine prose stylist, witty, insightful, nostalgic, and irreverent, and a first-class storyteller." Bill Pronzini An escaped convict encounters an enterprising prostitute at the start of this hard-boiled...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (384 pages)
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English
Description
In New York Times Bestselling Author Cynthia Eden's gripping new LOST novel, who's the cat and who's the mouse ... ? SHE LEFT HIM ONCE. LOST Agent Ana Young was only fourteen when she was abducted by a madman, but unlike many kidnapping victims, she did go home. Now, her mission is to find the missing. But her new case has her on the hunt for the escaped convict who's obsessed with her. And Ana has an unlikely partner -- the sexy, supposedly-by-the-book...
19) Wrong alibi
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Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones lands a job in small-town Alaska, working for a man in his isolated mountain home. But her bright hopes for the future are shattered when Donald White disappears, leaving her to face charges of theft, embezzlement -- and a brutal double murder. Her protestations of innocence count for nothing. Convicted, she faces life in prison until fate sends her on the run. Evie's escape leaves her scarred and in hiding, isolated...
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Series
New York Confidential volume 5
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English
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"How do you confront a threat that is hiding in plain sight? FBI agent Craig Frasier and psychologist Kieran Finnegan hunt an escaped serial killer in the latest explosive thriller in the New York Confidential series. It was one of Kieran's most chilling cases: her assessment of a murderer known as the Fireman. There was no doubt that the man needed to be locked away. Now Craig is called to a gruesome crime scene that matches the killer's methods,...
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