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221) Necessity
Author
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Defense attorney Joseph Antonelli chooses to defend the man who has invoked the "law of necessity," which states that a crime is justified if it serves the greater good and prevents harm, as justification for assassinating the American President.
222) Backfire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a San Francisco judge is shot at the same time a once-relentless federal prosecutor turns cautious, FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich receive an ominous note from the culprit that blames them for the incident.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
428 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of three novellas includes "The Lawyer Lifeguard," in which, after surviving a car bomb that killed his fianc�ee, defense lawyer Brian Lord takes a lifeguard job at the beach.
224) Hush
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her estranged husband is found dead, Riley Cowan teams up with FBI agent Finn Bradley to identify the killer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Alex Cross' latest investigation into a series of vicious murders turns deadly as his prime suspect, a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shaffer, makes Cross and his fiancee the target of a deadly cabal of killers masterminded by Shaffer
226) Plum tea crazy
Author
Series
A tea shop mystery volume 19
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Theodosia Browning investigates a Charleston steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs. While viewing the harbor's Gaslights and Galleons Parade from the widow's walk of Timothy Neville's Charleston mansion, local banker Carson Lanier seemingly tumbles over a narrow railing, then plunges three stories to his death. But a tragic accident becomes something much more sinister...
227) The bone bed
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Receiving a grisly communication in the wake of an eminent Canadian paleontologist's disappearance, Kay Scarpetta investigates the discovery of a body in Boston Harbor and clues about other unsolved cases, a situation that makes Scarpetta wonder who she can trust.
228) Long way down
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sixty seconds. Seven floors. Three rules. One gun.
Will's older brother, Shawn, has been shot. Dead. Will feels a sadness so great he can't explain it. But in his neighborhood there are THE RULES: No. 1: Crying. Don't. No matter what. No. 2: Snitching. Don't. No matter what. No. 3: Revenge. Do. No matter what.
But bullets miss. You can get the wrong guy. And there's always someone else who knows to follow the rules.
229) Cell
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Entering a profession on the brink of radical transformation by a new smartphone technology capable of diagnosing and treating patients, radiology resident George Wilson is horrified when his fiancée and several patients die after beta testing the technology.
230) New tricks
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
309 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Attorney Andy Carpenter is about to represent an adorable Bernese mountain dog puppy, whose owner was brutally murdered, in a custody fight. Few can rival Andy's affection for dogs, and he will do whatever it takes to insure that this little pup doesn't fall into the wrong hands. But his playful new friend possesses a deadly and valuable secret that a number of people are willing to resort to violence to obtain.
231) Scones & bones
Author
Series
Tea shop mystery volume 12
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning investigates the robbery of an antique ring at the Heritage Society's "Pirates and Plunder" party and the murder of a history intern.
232) The redeemers
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Description
"One of the best crime writers at work today."--Michael Connelly The electrifying new novel in New York Times-bestselling author Ace Atkins's acclaimed series about the real Deep South. He is only in his early thirties, but now Quinn Colson is jobless--voted out of office as sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi, thanks to the machinations of county kingpin Johnny Stagg. He has offers, in bigger and better places, but before he goes, he's got...
233) Spider bones
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan investigates the death of a man who appears to have died while engaged in a bizarre sexual act and who was originally declared dead four decades earlier.
234) Caribbean rim
Author
Series
A Doc Ford novel volume 25
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Description
"Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in the thrilling new novel in the New York Times-bestselling series. Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this. His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical Resources. Its...
235) The other girl
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Justice for Sara and The First Wife Erica Spindler comes The Other Girl, a chilling new thriller about a ritualistic murder of a college professor that sends a small town cop back into the trauma she thought she'd put behind her. Officer Miranda Rader of the Hammond PD in Louisiana is known for her honesty, integrity, and steady hand in a crisis--but that wasn't always so. Miranda comes from Jasper, just...
236) The shape shifter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Retired Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn returns to put together the clues from his last unsolved case--a mystery involving the disappearance of a priceless Navajo rug--without the help of Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito, who are on their honeymoon.
237) The whisper
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After surviving a brutal attack in Ireland, archaeologist Sophie Malone discovers that the fabled Celtic treasure she has been searching for is now in the hands of a serial killer who is using ancient rituals to satisfy a lust for violence--a discovery that causes her to become the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
238) After Anna
Author
Language
English
Description
"Nobody cuts deeper than family... Noah Alderman, a doctor and a widower, has remarried a wonderful woman, Maggie, and for the first time in a long time he and his son are happy. But their lives are turned upside down when Maggie's daughter Anna moves in with them. Anna is a gorgeous seventeen-year-old who balks at living under their rules though Maggie, ecstatic to have her daughter back, ignores the red flags that hint at the trouble that is brewing....
239) Endangered
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"New York Times-bestselling writer C. J. Box returns with a thrilling new novel, featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. She was gone. Joe Pickett had good reason to dislike Dallas Cates, even if he was a rodeo champion, and now he has even more-Joe's eighteen-year-old ward, April, has run off with him. And then comes even worse news: The body of a girl has been found in a ditch along the highway-alive, but just barely, the victim of blunt force...
240) The Kingdom
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts.