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Four-year-old Marissa Fordham, brutally slashed and mutilated, witnessed the murder of her mother. To protect their fragile witness, the police call in Anne Leone, child advocate. But when one loose thread begins to unravel the shroud of lies behind the case, a truth more terrible than anyone could have imagined is revealed--a truth that will put Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer.
2) Blue heaven
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A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder--four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children's fate. Retired cops from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the inexperienced sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. William and Annie's...
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Baltimore novels (Karen Rose) volume 5
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2017.
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Finally getting the chance to know her father, Baltimore PI Clay Maynard, equine therapist Taylor Dawson helps him investigate the murder of a young mother, which leads her into the arms of a fellow employeeand brings her face-to-face with true evil.
4) The witness
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"A brand new novel--and a stunning new heroine--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author"--
Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth Fitch finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man's seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her life forever. Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail...
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"Called out by Scotland Yard into the teeth of a violent blizzard, Inspector Ian Rutledge finds himself confronted with one of the most savage murders he has ever encountered. Rutledge might have expected such unspeakable carnage on the World War I battlefields, where he’d lost much of his soul - and his sanity - but not in an otherwise peaceful farm kitchen in remote Urskdale. Someone has murdered the Elcott family at their table without the least...
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What you don't know can kill you. In Texas a serial killer is executed, taking to his grave the identity of his only child. In Boston a nine-year-old girl is abandoned in a hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple. Twenty years later, Melanie Stokes still considers herself lucky. Until ... Until the terrifying visions begin. Until a has-been reporter starts investigating her past. Until the first note arrives saying, "You get what you deserve."...
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In Death series volume 20
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The members of the Swisher family were murdered in their beds with brutal, military precision. The state-of-the-art security was breached, and the killers used night-vision equipment to find their way through the cozy, middle-class house. Clearly, Dallas is dealing with pros. It seems the only mistake they made was to overlook the nine-year-old girl cowering in the darkened kitchen. Now Nixie Swisher is an orphan-and the sole eyewitness to a seemingly...
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"Considered an American classic, 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain is a bold coming of age story about a clever school boy who loves to make trouble and goes in search for it much too often. In this boisterous tale, Tom Sawyer finds forever friendships, new love, and a tragic secret that leads him into even more trouble than he could ever imagine for himself. Though it was Twain's first novel written by himself, 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer's'...
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Ali Cross volume 2
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Ali Cross is back in the gripping sequel to Ali Cross, the best-selling mystery that introduced readers to detective Alex Cross' son. In Ali's toughest case ever, his friend Zoe is in trouble after Ali and his friends witnessed a crime in Anacostia Park, and it's up to Ali to figure out why Zoe is lying to the police-and who she's protecting.
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Classics. Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are...
12) The legacy
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Children's House volume 1
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2018.
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455 pages ; 25 cm
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The murder was meant as a punishment-- but what sin could justify the method? The only person who might have answers is the victim's seven-year-old daughter, who was found hiding in the room where her mother died. And she's not talking. Newly promoted, out of his depth, Detective Huldar turns to Freyja and the Children's House for their expertise with traumatized young people. Freyja, who distrusts the police in general and Huldar in particular, isn't...
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An arsonist in Seattle is using rocket fuel to set fires so hot nothing is left to identify the victims. The victims are all divorced women, but their children are spared and the arsonist sends the fire department philosophical quotations. Detective Lou Bolt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews go to work. By the author of No Witness.
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Petra Connor novels volume 1
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A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbing in Griffith Park. Fleeing into the night, Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violence, nor the pursuit of a cold-blooded killer. For wherever Billy turns—from Hollywood Boulevard to the boardwalks of Venice—he is haunted by the chuck,...
A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbing in Griffith Park. Fleeing into the night, Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violence, nor the pursuit of a cold-blooded killer. For wherever Billy turns—from Hollywood Boulevard to the boardwalks of Venice—he is haunted by the chuck,...
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"Lisa Power is a tortured ghost of her former self. The author of a bestselling thriller called Thief River Falls, named after her rural Minnesota hometown, Lisa is secluded in her remote house as she struggles with the loss of her entire family: a series of tragedies she calls the "Dark Star." Then a nameless runaway boy shows up at her door with a terrifying story-- he's just escaped death after witnessing a brutal murder-- a crime the police want...
17) Witness
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[2005]
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An Amish boy witnesses a murder, and the cop on the case discovers it's part of a conspiracy in his department. Includes all-new special features including a five part documentary and much more.
18) Murderland
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[2010]
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2 videodiscs (approximately 138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Young Carrie's mother has been murdered and she may have seen the killer. From the moment she discovers her mother's body, her need to uncover the truth becomes an obsession, bringing her closer to the detective in charge. But what happens when those you trust have the most to hide, and may be those from whom you have the most to fear?
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2011.
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326 pages ; 25 cm
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"When violence erupts in the lovely Peck house, the prime suspect seems obvious. Nellie knows who the real murderer is, but is soon silenced by fear and the threat of scandal. The truth, as she sees it, is shocking and unthinkable, and with everyone's eyes riveted on her in the courtroom, Nellie finds herself seized with doubt. No one will listen. No one believes her, and a man's life hangs in the balance."--from cover, p. [2-3].
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