James Patterson
81) Los testigos
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Océano
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
RESUMEN: "La familia Sanderson se vio obligado a esconderse después de que uno de ellos tropezó con una conspiración criminal. O eso es lo que creen... Nadie responderá sus preguntas. Y la aterradora verdad puede llegar demasiado tarde."--Page 4 of cover.
SUMMARY: The Sanderson family was forced to hide after one of them was witness to a criminal conspiracy. Or so they believe... Nobody will answer their questions. And the terrifying truth...
82) La forense
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Océano exprés
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
RESUMEN: "Una mujer ingresa a la habitación de un hotel con un hombre que no es su esposo. Un desconocido asesina al amante y hiere a la millonaria, dándola por muerta. ¿Es el caso perfecto para El club contra el crimen, o sólo el más complicado?
SUMMARY: A woman enters a hotel room with a man who isn't her husband. An unknown assailant murders the lover and wounds the millionaire, leaving her for dead. Is this the perfect case for the Women's...
83) Cradle and all
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In Boston, a young woman finds herself pregnant--even though she is still a virgin. In Ireland, another young woman discovers she is in the same impossible condition. And in cities all around the world, medical authorities are overwhelmed by epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse. It all feels like a sign that something awful is coming. Anne Fitzgerald, a former nun turned private investigator, is hired by the Archdiocese of Boston to...
84) The lake house
Author
Series
When the wind blows volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In this conclusion to "When the wind blows", the six children have escaped horrific government experiments, a childhood in captivity, and a frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives, and to return to the one place they have ever felt truly protected, the waterfront cabin known as the lake house. But before they can get there, they will...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Frannie O'Neill, a young and talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered, comes across an amazing discovery in the woods near her animal hospital. Soon after, Kit Harrison, an unconventional FBI agent, arrives on Frannie's doorstep. And then there's the child loose in the back woods, 11 year-old Max, one of the most unforgettable and startling creations in thriller fiction.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids, " who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
87) The #1 lawyer
Author
Language
English
Description
"Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi?s #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career. That?s when Penney makes a bold decision. He stops...
88) Beach road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
A struggling Long Island lawyer, Tom Dunleavy, recruits a Manhattan superlawyer, Kate Costello, to help him defend a local man accused of murdering three people near a movie star's mansion in East Hampton. The nation is watching what is expected to be a "trial of the century."
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Two true-crime thrillers include "Murder of Innocence," in which a global effort captures a serial predator; and "A Murderous Affair," in which a rookie FBI agent is set up by his informant.
Murder of innocence: It's impossible to resist Andrew Luster. He's rich, charming, and good-looking, and dozens of women have fallen under his spell. But Andrew is no mere womanizer. He's a predator, and it'll take a global effort to put him behind bars.
A Murderous...
90) The warning
Author
Language
English
Description
"Two roads lead to Mount Hope. None leads out. There's no place to run in a community that's been taken--and is being intentionally kept--off the grid. A small southern town was evacuated after a freak power-plant accident. As the first anniversary of the mishap approaches, some residents are allowed to return past the national guard roadblocks. Mount Hope natives Maggie and Jordan quickly discover that their hometown is not as it was before. Downed...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
From the author of "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas." When Jennifer, a grieving widow and columnist for the Chicago Tribune, hears that her grandmother Samantha has fallen and is in a coma, she races to Sam's town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
92) Maximum Ride
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Having recovered Angel, Max and the flock head to new York City to pursue a lead regarding their true identities. But where the flock goes, erasers are sure to follow! Even more troubling, though, is the voice that's begun whispering in Max's head. Is it really her destiny to save the world?-- P. [4] of cover
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through true stories of excess, drama, and hope. In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to the glitter of A-list celebrity and entertainment." --Goodreads.
94) The gift
Author
Series
Witch and wizard novels volume no. 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
After escaping imprisonment by the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood, who possess magical powers, establish themselves as leaders of the Resistance, a hidden community of teenagers like themselves, hunted by the state and determined to defy its ban on the arts, magic, and all other forms of creativity.
95) Hide and seek
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
It was the trial that electrified the world. Not only because of the defendant, Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs captivated the world's heart. Not only because of the victim, Will Shepard, the world's most glamorous athlete. But also because everyone said Maggie had murdered not just one husband, but two. And because in Maggie's world--the world she feared and despised but could not escape, the world of the powerful, the rich, and the ruthless--both...
97) The 24th hour
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 24
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, Medical Examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime writer Cindy Thomas gather at one of San Francisco's finest restaurants to celebrate exciting news: Cindy is getting married. Before they can raise their glasses, there's a disturbance in the restaurant. A woman has been assaulted. Claire examines the victim. Lindsay makes an arrest. Yuki takes the case. Cindy covers it. The legal...
98) The fire
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Whit and Wisty Allgood have led the resistance against a totalitarian regime that has banned all forms of creativity and executed their parents, but even the growing strength of the siblings' magic has not been able to stop the evil dictator, and they must somehow prepare for an imminent showdown.
99) Ambush
Author
Series
Detective Michael Bennett thriller volume 11
Language
English
Description
Only Detective Michael Bennett stands in the way of two lethal cartels fighting for New York City's multi-million-dollar opioid trade. And they know where Bennett, and his family, live. An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup. An officer is taken down and, despite the attackers' efforts, it's not Michael Bennett. New York's top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett's children sustains a mysterious injury. And...
100) Holmes, Marple & Poe
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In New York City, three intriguing, smart, and stylish private investigators open Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. Who are these detectives with famous names and mysterious, untraceable pasts? Brendan Holmes--The Brain: Identifies suspects via deduction and logic. Margaret Marple--The Eyes: Possesses powers of observation too often underestimated. Auguste Poe--The Muscle: Chases down every lead no matter how dangerous or dark. The agency's daring...