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61) Dirty thirty
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Stephanie Plum, Trenton's most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Plover wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley, who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe. Stephanie is also looking for Duncan Dugan, a fugitive from justice arrested for robbing the same jewelry store on the same day. As the body count rises and witnesses start to...
62) The loser list
Author
Series
Loser list volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Danny gets caught trying to cross his name off the "Geek" list in the girls' bathroom, he's sent to detention. Bullies torment him mercilessly -- until they discover that Danny can draw. He enjoys his new "bad boy" status, supplying tattoos and graffiti, until he's unknowingly drawn into a theft. Turns out the bullies took a comic book from Danny's favorite store. Can he steal it back before they get caught -- and break off with the bullies before...
Author
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Imagine you are on the way to a remote mountain cabin with your friends. Upon arrival, you discover an abandoned armored van with fifteen million dollars on board. Would you take the money? Nova and her friends answer with a resounding yes. Perhaps their answer would have been different had they known that a professional killer was already tracking down the money. Or that a legendary creature known as the Wraith roams the mountain, ravenous with...
64) Silver queendom
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Darin, the innkeeper of the notorious Red Rooster Inn, is the leader of the best team of con artists in the Old Queendom. When he's approached to steal a shipment of imperial dreamwine, he knows he should turn the job down--but he has pressing financial needs. And so the crew begins to plot its heist of the most precious substance in the queendom.
65) Read and gone
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Agatha Award Nominee: A cache of missing gems brings Carrie Singleton’s larcenous dad back into her life—and only she can clear his name
A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn’t know since her dad Jim’s been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help...
A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn’t know since her dad Jim’s been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help...
Author
Series
Laundry files novels volume 10
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Supernatural crimefighter Wendy Deere pursues the head of a cyberpunk gang to foil a corrupt billionaire's plot to acquire the world's sole surviving Necronomicon concordance.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Longtime thief and card sharp Steven Train is sought out by another crook, John Rainier, who has a proposal. Rainier saved rich rancher Patrick Comstock from serious injury and was rewarded with an easy job. Now Comstock has asked him to help find an honest man skilled with firearms for a special mission. Rainier wants Train to apply for the job - with the understanding that they'll split the money that Rainier is certain will be entrusted to Train...
68) The namedropper
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Gideon Sable novels volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gideon Sable and his partner in crime, Annie Anybody, don't want to be shopkeepers, but when Harry of Old Harry's Place retires, he blackmails the pair into taking over the shop. Before the grand re-opening, a stranger named Smith arrives and asks them to appraise a small piece of rock Smith claims holds the echo of the last siren's song. Before Gideon and Annie can find out more, Smith disappears, leaving only the stone. And then the stone is stolen....
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Publishing, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
Young widow Hedda Krause checks into the Menger Hotel in 1915 with a trunk full of dresses, a case full of jewels, and enough cash to pay for a two-month stay, which she hopes will be long enough to meet, charm, and attach herself to a new, rich husband. Her plans are derailed when a ghostly apparition lures her into a long, dark hallway, and Hedda returns to her room to find her precious jewelry has been stolen. All her hopes for the future seem...
72) Harlem shuffle
Author
Series
Harlem trilogy (Colson Whitehead) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked. To his customers and neighbours on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line...
73) News for dogs
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From beloved author Lois Duncan comes the sequel to HOTEL FOR DOGS — a brand-new adventure with Andi, her brother Bruce, and their canine companions!Now that Andi is no longer running a hotel for dogs, she decides to start a new project — a newspaper for dogs! With her brother Bruce and a few friends, the kids make a hit out of their paper. But they also attract the attention of some mysterious dognappers. Can the kids find the criminals
...76) Confidence
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Con man Jake and his gang, Gordo, Miles, and Big Al, pull off a swindling job stealing money from a guy who turns out to be a mob accountant for crime boss, King. Then Jake and his crew attempt to pull off an even bigger scam to make up for their mistake. This time the con involves the King's enemy, the mob-connected banker Morgan Price. Two corrupt cops join Jake's team while the King appoints his henchman, Lupus, to oversee the operation.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xx, 207 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Each year more than 500,000 children are affected by identity theft-- half of them under age six. Countless other cases go unreported because the thief is a relative or parent of the victim. This devastating crime can wreak havoc on a child's future opportunities; it can be difficult to prove, and even harder to undo the damage that has been done. Chappell offers parents, educators, law enforcement officials, and others who care for or work with children...
79) Now you see me
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against The Four Horsemen, a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists. The Four Horsemen pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.
80) Bound by guilt
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
x, 393 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Roxi Gold has been shuttled from one foster home to another for most her life. She longs for a family and will do anything to fit in even if it's against the law. Soon she's traveling the country in an RV, stealing rare books from unsuspecting bookstores. She knows it's wrong, but if she refuses, she'll be put out on the streets. Police officer Abby Dawson has seen the worst of society, and not just at work. Her ex-husband wrested her daughter away...
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