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24621) The law of cavities
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Izzy and her friends head to an outdoor education weekend where they discover that there is more than meets the eye when it comes to people--and places.
24622) La chica que lo tenía todo
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Su vida perfecta era una perfecta mentira... Ani tiene un secreto. Hay algo en su pasado que todavía la persigue: algo privado, oculto, secreto y doloroso que amenaza con destruirlo todo. Como estudiante en la prestigiosa escuela Bradley, Ani FaNelli no pasó la mejor de las adolescencias. Ahora, con un trabajo glamuroso, un armario caro y un apuesto novio, está muy cerca de vivir la vida perfecta y frívola por la que ha estado trabajando tan...
24623) A deceptive devotion
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"Wedding bells, a grisly murder, and a defecting Russian spy bring drama to King's Cove in the newest Lane Winslow mystery, a series that the Globe and Mail calls "terrific." A wedding is on the horizon for Lane Winslow and Inspector Darling. As one of the few Russian speakers in her community, Lane is obliged to act as translator and hostess for Countess Orlova, an elderly Russian woman who has tracked her missing brother to the Nelson area. Nelson...
24624) The Black Dahlia
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"LAPD investigators Bucky Bleichart and Lee Blanchard find themselves enthralled with the mysterious and brutal murder of a beautiful young woman, Elizabeth Short. Their obsession takes a dark turn as they delve into the underbelly of Hollywood and the heart of the dead woman's tortured and twisted past. It is a case that will test their mettle and their sanity." --
24625) Queen of the tiles
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In the world of competitive Scrabble, a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.
24626) The year of the gun
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Irregular spy volume 3
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"1912. Released from the Secret Service, Wiggins sets out for New York and his lost-lover Bela. But after an altercation on board, he finds himself among the low-life of Britain's poorest city, Dublin. Wiggins falls in with gangster Patrick O'Connell and is soon driving the boss's girlfriend around town. Molly wants O'Connell to support her Irish nationalist cause - a cause needing guns to defeat the British--and then they go to find them in America....
24628) Doom at Grant's tomb
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Eddie Red undercover volume 3
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"Elusive art thief Lars Heinrich returns to New York City looking to settle a score. Super sleuth seventh-grader Edmund Xavier Lonrrot will need not only his photographic mind and artistic talents, but any skill he possesses with cracking codes as a string of the city's historical monuments become potential clues in what could become one of the greatest heists in history"--
24629) Cold snap
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Tucked in the cold Colorado mountains lies the remote village of Gray Birch, a place where outsiders are frowned upon. In this village lives a cat named Bijou. But she's no ordinary house cat; her ancestors were mousers on Viking longships, and their blood runs through her veins. Since her battle skills are hardly needed in this modern age, however, she spends her energies running the Fox Burrow Pet Inn with her human, Spencer, and her assistant,...
24630) The April dead
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Chief Detective Inspector Harry McCoy follows the scarce clues to search for the perpetrators of a bombing campaign in Glasgow and its surrounding towns in a strike for independence in April 1974, as well as a missing American sailor from the base at Holy Loch.
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Mysteries in our national parks volume 2
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Twelve-year-old Jack and his younger sister visit Mesa Verde National Park, where they delve into the park's history while gradually uncovering the mysterious past of their family's teenage foster child Lucky.
24632) The sister queens
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"Two rival queens. History's greatest playwright. And a deadly plot for the crown. London, 1600. With no legitimate heir to Queen Elizabeth's throne, and no clear successor with her modern vision of a civilization that thrives in peace and diversity, England is in a supremely perilous moment. Elizabeth's foes understand the power of a poet's voice to shape popular opinion, and force esteemed playwright William Shakespeare to write a script detailing...
24633) Mirror, Mirror
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"Sixteen-year-old friends Red, Leo, Rose, and Naomi are misfits; still figuring out who they are and who they want to be. Life isn't perfect, but music unites them, and they're excited about what the future holds for their band, Mirror, Mirror. That is until Naomi vanishes before being pulled unconscious out of the river. She's left fighting for her life in a coma. The police claim it was a failed suicide attempt, but her friends aren't convinced....
24634) Splitsville
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Splitsville legal thrillers volume 1
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"A struggling lawyer. A bitter custody battle. A deadly fire. This case could cost Kenzi her career--and her life. Kenzi Rivera is furious. Passed over for promotion at her own father's firm, the talented divorce lawyer is tired of fighting chauvinism every single day. When a desperate scientist begs for help getting her daughter back, Kenzi can't resist... even though this client is involved in Hexitel, a group she calls her religion but others...
24635) The cruise of doom
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When the whale-watching cruise they are on sails into an area which is supposedly cursed, and is immediately attacked by a group of apparently aquatic monsters, the Mystery Inc. crew set out to find the villain behind the attack, with some timely help from Batman and Robin.
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Mortal fear: When the woman with whom he has been having an online love affair is murdered by a serial killer specializing in female clients of EROS, an exclusive, erotic online service, Harper Cole devises a deadly plan to impersonate his dead lover online, hoping to lead the killer out into the open.
Spandau phoenix: The Spandau diary, what was in it? Why did the secret intelligence agencies of every major power want it? Why was a brave and beautiful...
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Select editions large type volume Volume 227
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Dating by the Book: Nothing's going right for Maddie Hanson. Six months ago, the bookstore owner and aspiring writer was left at the altar. Now her beloved bookstore is struggling, and an anonymous blogger named Silver Fox has criticized the romance in her debut novel. Her reply leads to an increasingly flirtatious correspondence and a new mission: find a real life romantic hero.
The Fate of a Flapper: It's 1929 in Chicago, and things aren't so hunky-dory...
24638) The king's evil
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"In the tradition of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and, more recently, Bernhard Schlink's "The Reader," comes a provocative and unsettling modern morality tale of subtly evolving horror--a mesmerizing debut from a brilliant young writer"--
24639) Westside saints: a novel
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"Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow up to the critically acclaimed fantasy Westside, as relentless sleuth Gilda Carr's pursuit of tiny mysteries drags her into a case that will rewrite everything she knows about her past. Six months ago, the ruined Westside of Manhattan erupted into civil war, and private detective Gilda Carr nearly died to save her city. In 1922, winter has hit hard, and the desolate Lower West is frozen...
24640) Double or Muffin
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In the new Merry Muffin Mystery, baker Merry Wynter must solve a disturbing crime among opera singers before the culprit decides it's curtains for her...
When a reality TV show for aspiring opera singers descends on Wynter Castle, Merry's got her hands full catering to the endless demands of the distinguished judges and ambitious contestants. Then mysterious rumors about the cast and crew begin to surface, suggesting that some of their performances...
