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Lo que se dice de Tom Sawyer podría decirse de cualquier chico en cualquier lugar: curioso, travieso y siempre en busca de diversión. Algunos aseguran que Mark Twain se propuso recrear una parte de su niñez en un poblado a orillas del Misisipi, zona de confluencia de razas y supersticiones, y lo logró con el poder de su imaginación y de su escritura, asegurando para siempre el gusto en los lectores. La historia cuenta cómo Tom y sus amigos Huck...
62) American blood
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Marshall Grade novels volume 1
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"After a botched undercover operation, ex-NYPD officer Marshall Grade is living in witness protection in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Marshall's instructions are to keep a low profile: the mob wants him dead, and a contract killer known as the Dallas Man has been hired to track him down. Racked with guilt over wrongs committed during his undercover work, and seeking atonement, Marshall investigates the disappearance of a local woman named Alyce Ray. Members...
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"What if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out not to be true? Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a "witness" to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve--events known to the public as "Scarlet Christmas"--though Charlie knows she was much more than that. Now, Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life: She's the editor-in-chief...
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Clancy Jarrett possesses a quick and violent temper, and no citizen of Brannigan dares cross him. When his stagecoach hold-up is thwarted by three trail-herders, his rage cannot be contained. And when he learns that they are escorting Kate Jeavons, a dance-hall girl whose sister Alice he has captive, to testify against him. These sisters are firmly in his sights. Black clouds are forming overhead, but which storm will break first the wild prairie...
66) Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination
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Belzer and Wayne set out to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination. For decades, government pundits have dismissed these "coincidental" deaths. Some of the deaths seemed purely coincidental; heart attacks, hunting accidents. Others clearly seemed noteworthy; witnesses who did seem to know something and did seem to die mysteriously. The findings were absolutely staggering: some cases were clearly linked to a "clean-up...
67) A cold treachery
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Scotland Yard's Inspector Rutledge is called out in a violent blizzard to investigate a multiple murder. All the members of the Elcott family, save one, has been murdered at their table without the least sign of struggle. One of the Elcott's children, a boy named Josh, is missing. Rutledge must race to uncover a murderer and to save a child before he's silenced by the merciless elements.
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"After witnessing a murder at the hands of a notorious gang leader, Ayla DuPree is a marked woman sent straight to witness protection. But when her handler is killed and her safety compromised, she has no choice but to run forcing US Marshal Chance Tavalla and his K-9 to chase her. Can Chance keep Ayla alive long enough to find safety and justice?"--Page 4 of cover.
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In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him. Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his...
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Lydia McKenzie is the only living witness to a serial bomber's latest threat. Surviving the explosion at the caf�e, Lydia is rescued by police sergeant Jesse Hunt and his K-9 partner, a Rottweiler named Brutus. She's struggling to remember details of the incident. But one thing she'll never forget is how she once felt about Jesse--the high school sweetheart she left to marry another. In charge of her protection, the guarded cop believes the bomber's...
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This was Kyra Morgan's time to relax. One week in Flamingo Cay, Florida, where she'd grown up. One week of no work. No emergencies. Bodyguarding is Kyra Morgan's business -- and though she's on a much-needed vacation, she can't refuse the request from childhood friend and neighbor Michael Hunt. Michael's sister Amy ran away after witnessing a murder. With her life very possibly in danger, Michael needs Kyra's help to find Amy and keep her safe. As...
72) Buried
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Fleeing to Alaska is the only option for Leah Marks after witnessing a murder. Afraid for her life, the legal investigator hopes a remote cabin will be a safe shelter. But the killer has tracked her to Mountain Cove. As he chases her into snow-packed Dead Falls Canyon, an avalanche buries them both. Saved by daring search and rescue specialist Cade Warren, Leah longs to tell him the truth. But how can she, without bringing even more danger into Cade's...
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"Gunshots shatter Willa Lambright's placid Montana evening - and that's before she discovers on-the-run lawman Mason Shetler on her doorstep. Willa hadn't glimpsed her childhood friend since he'd turned his back on Amish country years before. Now the US mashal's returned with an injured partner, a young witness he must protect at all costs ... and vicious Mafia agents dead set on making sure none of them survive." -- Back cover.
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After Ellen Biers witnesses a theft turned homicide, the killer targets her. But her childhood crush, Mountie Leo Thrace, vows to protect her. Leo plans to keep his long-ago promise to Ellen’s brother—and his best friend—that he’d never date her. But with a killer determined to leave no loose end untied, keeping Ellen close might be the only way to save her.
75) Arctic witness
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"A killer on the hunt...and a woman and a child to protect. When his ex-wife goes missing in the wilderness, Alaska State Trooper Sean West and his K-9 partner rescue her from a kidnapper. But survivalist expert Ivy West saw the face of a murderer and now she and her foster child are targets. Now Sean must protect them and confront what drove him and Ivy apart...or risk losing the family he never thought he wanted"--FantasticFiction.com.
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"Witnessing a murder puts a target on Molly Schultz's back, and now she's on the run from a gunman dead set on silencing her. She turns to family friend Zeke Bender for help, but when Molly's identity and location are exposed, they're left with a criminal among her Amish community. Can Zeke safeguard Molly long enough to catch the culprit-or will they fall prey to their merciless hunter?"--
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Ali Cross volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
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Ali Cross is back in the gripping sequel to Ali Cross, the best-selling mystery that introduced readers to detective Alex Cross' son. In Ali's toughest case ever, his friend Zoe is in trouble after Ali and his friends witnessed a crime in Anacostia Park, and it's up to Ali to figure out why Zoe is lying to the police-and who she's protecting.
78) A scarlet cord
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In the four years since her husband's death, Melanie LaSalle's life has been consumed with managing the family design firm and caring for her five-year-old daughter, Jerica. The possibility of a new relationship is the last thing on her mind. But when Melanie meets Joel Ellington, a new staff member at her church, she is instantly attracted to his warm
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As their friendship deepens, however, Melanie is troubled by something she can't quite...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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[2022]
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"When Annabelle Richards needs someone to keep her safe until she's able to testify, Deputy Conrad Westhouse volunteers to protect her at his family's ranch, deep in Amish country. Watching Annabelle charm his neighbors and dream of starting over in the Ohio countryside tugs at Conrad's heart, even though keeping his emotions locked down is the only way to protect the woman he's starting to care about."--Back cover.
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Sterling Brooks is sent back to Earth by the Heavenly Council to help reunite a heartbroken seven-year-old girl with her father and grandmother, who were forced into the witness protection program because two mobsters have put a price on their heads.
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