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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When his 14-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student, assistant district attorney Andy Barber is torn between loyalty and justice as facts come to light that lead him to question how well he knows his own son.
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Series
Virgin River volume 3
Language
English
Description
LAPD officer Mike Valenzuela, a twice-married, decorated U.S. Marine Corps reservist who had been wounded in the line of duty, finds peace and healing in the town of Virgin River, as well as new love in the person of Brie Sheridan.
"Virgin River became a safe haven for Sacramento prosecutor Brie Sheridan after she nearly lost her life at the hands of a crazed criminal. Though tough and courageous, she has some fears she can't escape--but now she...
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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
At first glance, the crimes appear random. Arson. Theft. Fraud. Murder. But these are more than random crimes. They're moves in an increasingly deadly game. And the one element they have in common: a woman who is gorgeous, clever...and lethal. Elizabeth Avery has a winsome smile and flawless figure, but underneath is a heart of ice. She's a master at manipulating people, convincing strangers to do the unthinkable. And she orchestrates it all without...
4) Overkill
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Language
English
Description
"Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn't seen his ex-wife, Rebecca Pratt, for years--not since their volatile marriage imploded--so he's shocked to receive a life-altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault, and he--despite their divorce--has medical power-of-attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the...
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English
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New York Times bestselling author and renowned prosecuting attorney Robert K. Tanenbaum provides the first insider's account of the historic Wylie-Hoffert case, from the shocking double-murder to the wrenching interrogation of an innocent young man, and the heroic Assistant District Attorney who risked everything to unravel a disgraceful injustice.
Chronicle of the infamous Career Girls Murders, a case that led to the Supreme Court's enactment of...
6) The woods
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English
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Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.
7) Cane and Abe
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Wrongfully implicated in the disappearance of his second wife, Miami prosecutor Abe Beckham is forced to consider his missing wife's accusations about his enduring love for his dead first wife.
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English
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Prosecutor Vicki Allegretti goes to meet a confidential informant, is almost killed, and a cop is gunned down before her eyes. She saw the killers, now all she has to do is find them. The deeper Vicki probes, the more she becomes convinced that the murder wasn't random. When another murder takes place, Vicki is thrown together with an unlikely ally -- The Girlfriend from Hell. Will they find the killers before they kill each other?
9) Vanished
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Language
English
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Ten years after her six-year-old daughter disappears without a trace, Sarah Mason receives a phone call from a child with her daughter's six-year-old voice, causing Sarah to turn in desperation to private investigator Jake Hogan.
10) The alibi
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Language
English
Description
Hammond Cross is determined to become Charleston's next district attorney. He takes on a murder case where the prime suspect is a woman who claims that her alibi involves Hammond.
11) Killer ambition
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Series
Rachel Knight novels volume 3
Language
English
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Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight teams up with Detective Bailey Keller to investigate the death of a Hollywood director that has far-reaching ramifications throughout Tinseltown.
12) Dead even
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Language
English
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In this second novel from New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, husband and wife face off in a legal thriller that poses the most chilling question of all: How far would you go to save the one you love?
13) The stolen hours
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English
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"Lila Nash is on the verge of landing her dream job--working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County Attorney--and has settled into a happy life with her boyfriend, Joe Talbert. But when a woman is pulled from the Mississippi River, barely alive, things in the office take a personal turn"--
14) Guilty
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Language
English
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Kate White, single mother and assistant Philadelphia DA, must fight for her life and the life of her son as the terrible events of her past return with a vengeance and the only hope she seems to have lies with homicide detective Tom Braga--a man she has no reason to trust.
15) No good deeds
Author
Series
Tess Monaghan mysteries volume 9
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan-first introduced in the classic Baltimore Blues-becomes involved in a complicated investigation that will force her to question her loyalties. For Tess Monaghan, the unsolved murder of a young federal prosecutor is nothing more than a theoretical problem, one of several cases to be deconstructed in her new gig as a consultant to the local newspaper. But it becomes all...
16) Innocent
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Series
Kindle County novels volume 8
Language
English
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"Innocent continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, twenty years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty's wife"--Provided by publisher.
17) Rage of angels
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Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
A worldwide bestseller first published in 1980, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don.
18) The confession
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Assistant DA Holt Douglas makes his living exposing lies and sending criminals to jail in Ashley County, Georgia. His job is always easier when defendants, instead of remaining silent, blame someone else or try to excuse their actions. With a confession in his hand, Holt knows a guilty plea will soon follow. But lurking in Holt's past is a dark secret that could end his successful career and possibly his relationship with Angelina, his hoped-for fiancée"--...
19) 10th anniversary
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Series
Women's Murder Club volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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"Detective Lindsay Boxer's long awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a teenage girl is badly injured left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals, but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her...
20) Perfect match
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Jodi Picoult is a author whose books have been adapted for both the small and silver screen. In Perfect Match, she spins a story of a mother who does the unthinkable to protect her child. Lines blur when assistant DA Nina Frost learns that her five-year-old son Nathaniel was sexually abused by a priest. She takes the law into her own hands, killing the man accused. But then details surface clearing the priest and putting Nina's future in jeopardy....
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