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Author
Series
Publication Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When the world's largest cities are seized by terrorists who threaten to set off deadly bombs unless their demands are met, Alex Cross heads a joint investigation by the FBI, CIA, and Interpol to outmaneuver two vicious criminals known as the Weasel and the Wolf.
2) Sea change
Author
Series
Publication Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When the body of a recently divorced Florida heiress washes ashore in Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone learns of the woman's past appearances in an erotic video and finds it suspicious that the victim's parents and twin sisters seem unaffected by her death.
3) High profile
Author
Series
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Struggling with unprecedented levels of pressure during a high-profile case involving the murders of a controversial talk-show host and a young woman, Paradise police chief Jesse Stone encounters numerous dead ends and becomes increasingly frustrated by the lack of interest on the part of the victims' families.
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 3
Publication Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In the nation's capital, homicide detective Alex Cross tracks a diabolical killer whose prey ranges from an ordinary little girl to the president.
5) Double cross
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 13
Publication Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Rejoining the police force in the wake of a series of elaborate murders in Washington, D.C., detective Alex Cross, teaming up with his girlfriend and colleague, Brianna Stone, finds himself also working to outmaneuver the attention-seeking killer's penchant for inducing hysteria with increasingly sensational killings.
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 6
Publication Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A brilliant criminal known only as the Mastermind orchestrates a series of bank robberies that are notable for their very precise demands--and their explosive violence when the demands are not met. Alex Cross takes on the case and as he gets close to identifying a suspect, the Mastermind pulls off the most outrageous kidnapping scheme in U.S. history--and walks away with the largest ransom ever.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2001
Language
English
Description
“[Parker's found] the pitch-perfect voice for a guy who is straining every muscle to cut down on the booze, hang on to his new job as police chief, and not get rattled by the body of a teenage girl”(The New York Times) in this bestselling mystery in the Jesse Stone series.
Robert B. Parker takes readers back in Paradise, where Detective Jesse Stone is looking for two things: the killer of a teenage girl—and someone,...
Robert B. Parker takes readers back in Paradise, where Detective Jesse Stone is looking for two things: the killer of a teenage girl—and someone,...
8) 4th of July
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 4
Publication Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After losing one of its own, Lindsay Boxer and the Women' Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chilling case ever--one that could easily be their last. A young girl is killed in crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself against a charge of police brutality. In a landmark trial that transfixes the nation, Lindsay fights to save her career and her sanity. While awaiting...
Author
Series
Publication Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington, D.C., Police Force when his partner shows up with a case he can't refuse. One of John Sampson's friends has been arrested for murder and is subject to the iron hand of the United States Army. The evidence is strong enough to send him to the gas chamber. But John is certain his friend has been framed and Alex turns up evidence over looked--or concealed-- by the military authorities.
10) Iron orchid
Author
Series
Publication Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Discovering that ex-CIA tech wizard and political assassin Teddy Fay is still alive, agent Holly Barker joins an elite task force assigned to track him and becomes suspicious in the wake of a series of insider tricks, a case that escalates into a high-speed chase throughout New York City.
11) Kiss the girls
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 2
Publication Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
As two serial killers terrorize different regions of America, the FBI begins to suspect that the two are competing with each other, and Washington, D.C., police detective Alex Cross embarks on a personal quest to find the perpetrators.
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 1
Publication Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Homicide detective Alex Cross finds himself up against a murderous serial kidnapper who has plans to commit the crime of the century.
Author
Series
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Apache Indian hit man Wilson "Crow" Cromartie returns to police chief Jesse Stone's Paradise, MA, to find the young daughter of his client. But trouble ensues when the daughter is involved in a Latino gang, and the father demands the mother killed. With Jesse's ex-wife reporting on the gang, danger escalates all around the young girl.
14) Alone
Author
Series
Publication Date
2005
Language
English
Description
When Bobby Dodge, a sniper with the elite Massachusetts State Police SWAT Team, saves a woman and her young son from her armed husband, he finds himself confronted by vicious rumors and a legal minefield as he investigates the shooting of a man who had been the son of a prominent Boston judge and had accused his wife of poisoning their son.
15) Split image
Author
Series
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
What initially appears to be a low-level mob hit takes on new meaning when a high-ranking crime figure is found dead on Paradise Beach. Jesse Stone and private investigator Sunny Randall team up to solve two cases involving the gunshot murder of Petrov Ognowski and a religious cult holding an 18-year-old girl against her will.
16) Blood orchid
Author
Series
Publication Date
2002
Language
English
Description
“Savvy, sexy”* police chief Holly Barker gets introduced to the cutthroat world of Florida real estate in this New York Times bestselling thriller from Stuart Woods.
Blood Orchid: the name of Ed Shine’s favorite flower—and his latest real-estate venture. New to town, the dapper developer makes the acquaintance of Holly, her father Ham, and her wily Doberman, Daisy. It’s just as Holly’s trying to...
Blood Orchid: the name of Ed Shine’s favorite flower—and his latest real-estate venture. New to town, the dapper developer makes the acquaintance of Holly, her father Ham, and her wily Doberman, Daisy. It’s just as Holly’s trying to...
17) White jazz
Author
Series
Publication Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns -- it's all in a day's work for Lieutenant Dave Klein, Los Angeles Police Department. Trained as a lawyer in school, schooled as a strongarm on the street, bought and paid for by the mob, there's nothing he's not into and nobody's better at any of it. But in the fall of 1958, when the Feds announce a full-out investigation into police corruption, everything goes haywire. Suddenly, the game Klein thought he was...
18) On the chase
Author
Series
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"The sole witness to a horrific crime, Kaylee Ramay flees to the Colorado Rockies to start a new life. There she becomes Grace, a dog kennel employee desperately trying to avoid attention--especially from dangerously attractive K9 officer Hugh Murdoch"--Amazon.com
19) The hot kid
Author
Series
Publication Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Having made his name by killing notorious bank robber Emmet Long, Deputy U.S. Marshal Carl Webster embarks on a dangerous search for Jack Belmont, the son of an oil millionaire who dreams of becoming Public Enemy Number One.
20) The trespasser
Author
Series
Dublin Murder Squad volume 6
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The gas fire is on, fake coals glowing, flames flickering away manically at the overheated room. The fire place is cut stone, fake-rustic to go with the adorable little artisan cottage. The woman's head is resting on the corner of the hearth. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed to a shine, and dead in her catalog-perfect living room, next to a table set for a romantic dinner. There's nothing unusual about her, or is there? The more the police...




