Paul Winfield
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Series
City Confidential volume 6
Language
English
Description
Murders are rare in tranquil Delta Township, Michigan. So when a well-liked couple is gunned down in their home, residents are terrified--until police discover the monster accidentally left a trail of breadcrumbs leading right to his door.
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Series
City Confidential volume 5
Language
English
Description
When a young woman's body is pulled from the ocean off the Big Island, Hawaii, accusations threaten to destroy the local community. As tensions grow, a surprising discovery leads detectives to a devastating truth that no one saw coming.
Author
Series
City Confidential volume 3
Language
English
Description
A brutal double murder shocks Northern California's peace-loving and laid back Marin County. With residents reeling, police chase an elusive killer through three counties and multiple crime scenes to unravel a twisted tale of terror no one saw coming.
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Series
City Confidential volume 9
Language
English
Description
East Millinocket, Maine is brought to its knees when its most popular teen turns up dead. For 38 years, answers elude police. With the help of a dedicated mother and a community that never forgets, the secret killer is finally exposed.
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Series
City Confidential volume 2
Language
English
Description
People in charming Hope Mills, North Carolina are on edge when a high school freshman vanishes while on her way to meet a friend. When she turns up dead three weeks later, the community rallies to flush out the killer.
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Series
City Confidential volume 4
Language
English
Description
An historic Texan town is stunned when a popular caretaker is found dead and a beloved, wealthy resident goes missing. But with support from a concerned community, detectives uncover the deep rooted secrets that led to murder.
Author
Series
City Confidential volume 1
Language
English
Description
When an infant's body washes up on the shores of Deer Island, Massachusetts, residents rally to find out who she is, and what happened to her. Their unprecedented solidarity gets nationwide attention, helping police solve a heartbreaking mystery.
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Series
City Confidential volume 7
Language
English
Description
The quiet Sarasota neighborhood of Mirror Lake wakes up to a nightmare when a neighbor is found strangled to death. Detectives believe it's the result of a long-held grudge against the silver tongued car salesman, but they turn out to be dead wrong.
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Series
City Confidential volume 8
Language
English
Description
When a city official is gunned down in Berryville, Virginia, shocked residents are left wondering who among them is a cold-blooded killer. As police dig into the victim's life, they learn not everyone held her in high regard.
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Series
Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A novel exploring the early years of Easy Rawlins and Mouse Alexander, protagonists in a current black PI series. The setting is Texas, the time the 1930s, and the two embark on a car ride which will engulf them in the bayou world of voodoo, sex and murder.
11) Sounder
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Series
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English
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Set in rural Louisiana during the Depression, this heartfelt story tells of a sharecropper family struggling to overcome adversity. After stealing to feed his family, Nathan is sent to a prison camp. In their fight for survival, his determined wife and their eldest son hold the family together. Once the boy becomes an adult, he searches for his father but instead discovers manhood.
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Series
Socrates Fortlow novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Socrates Fortlow, a tough, brooding ex-convict, explores philosophical questions of morality in a world beset with crime, poverty, and racism.
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English
Description
El niño de la tira cómica popular de Hank Ketcham crea problemas para su vecino sufrido George Wilson, mientras que, al mismo tiempo, frustra a un maleante del vecindario.
Hank Ketcham's popular comic-strip kid manages to create problems for his long-suffering neighbor George Wilson, while at the same time foiling a neighborhood villain.
14) The terminator
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English
Description
In 2029, the ruling giant super-computer, Skynet, sends in indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to 1984 to kill a woman, Sarah Connor, whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope.
15) Sounder
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English
Description
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help (and sometimes hindrance) of various people along the road.
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Series
Magic School Bus volume 8
Language
English
Description
Gravity pulls on Phoebe, so she can't slam-dunk. Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the Bus into a planet - with adjustable gravity!
Author
Series
Magic School Bus volume 1
Language
English
Description
The principal, Mr. Ruhle, leaves his beloved chicken, Giblets, in Dorothy Ann's care. The Friz takes the class on a field trip to see how eggs are made.
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Series
Magic School Bus volume 7
Language
English
Description
Ms. Frizzle's class learns all about color, light beams, reflection and refraction in this dazzling episode inside a light-powered pinball machine!
19) Queen
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English
Description
The remarkable history of Alex Haley's paternal side. Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.
Series
Kids' ten commandments volume episode 2
Language
English
Description
While Seth's mother is away, he works for the greedy old man Jeshanah, who takes the name of the Lord in vain and works on the Sabbath.