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1. Masked prey
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English
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4.5 stars
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The daughter of a U.S. Senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. And there are other pictures...of the children of other influential Washington politicians, walking or standing outside their schools, each identified by name. Surrounding the photos are texts of vicious political rants from a motley variety of radical groups. It's obviously alarming--is there an unstable extremist tracking...
Publisher:
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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The good. The evil. The beginning. When rookie Gotham City detective James Gordon, dedicated to restoring his crime-ridden metropolis back to its decent and illustrious past, catches the case of a murdered socialite couple, he promises their shattered, surviving son Bruce Wayne he'll find their killer. It is an obligation and an obsession that will cost him dearly, and set the stage for the gritty and exciting world of Gotham.
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When newly appointed CIA director Jake Grafton hears murmurings of a Chinese plot to attack the US and assassinations of upper level government officials occur, he must investigate the threat and stop China.
"The Chinese dragon is flexing its muscles. As its military begins to prey on neighbors in the South China Sea, attacking fishing vessels and scheming to seize natural resources, the US goes on high alert. But a far more ominous danger lurks...
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
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A woman compelled. . .
In the glittering world of Regency England, Anne Wilder played a dangerous game. A widowed lady by day, by night she became a masked thief preying on society's elite. She roved high above London's black rooftops, compelled by phantoms from her past to take ever greater risks. Until her restless spirit led her into Colonel Jack Seward's trap. . . where seduction was her only way out.
A man obsessed. . .
She'd
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Scarlet Pimpernel volume 1
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English
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The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution, first published in 1905. The novel was written after Orczy's stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London and popular success earlier in 1905, after a first run in Nottingham in 1903. The Scarlet Pimpernel is the name of a chivalrous Englishman, Sir Percy Blakeney, in...
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Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell volume 4
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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With the Beauty Killer Gretchen Lowell locked away behind bars once again, Archie Sheridan-a Portland police detective and nearly one of her victims-can finally rest a little easier. Meanwhile, the rest of the city of Portland is in crisis. Heavy rains have flooded the Willamette River, and several people have drowned in the quickly rising waters. Or at least that's what they thought until the medical examiner discovers that the latest victim didn't...
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English
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Forty years ago, five youths on a weekend getaway in the Texas countryside fell prey to a butcher in a mask made of human skin and his cannibalistic family, and horror cinema would never be the same. Violent, confrontational, and shockingly realistic, director Tobe Hooper's THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE terrified audiences in a way never thought possible when it was unleashed on a politically and socially tumultuous America in 1974.
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Going wild volume 2
Lexile measure:
690L
Language:
English
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Charlie Wilde's dad has been abducted by masked figures who might not even be completely human. And it will take more than her incredible bracelet--which gives her powers from the animal kingdom--to rescue him. Luckily, Charlie's friends now have bracelets of their own with all-new abilities...they just have to work through a few issues first. Maria's device has hair-raising side effects. Mac can't wait to hack into his. And their frenemy, Kelly,...
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Publisher:
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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Anakin Skywalker–the Chosen One–is dead. In his place rises Darth Vader, who now hunts what Jedi survived the desctruction of their temple on Coruscant.
From the site of Anakin Skywalker’s last stand–on the molten surface of the planet Mustafar, where he sought to destroy his friend and former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi–a fearsome specter in black has risen. Once the most powerful Knight ever known to the Jedi Order,...
From the site of Anakin Skywalker’s last stand–on the molten surface of the planet Mustafar, where he sought to destroy his friend and former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi–a fearsome specter in black has risen. Once the most powerful Knight ever known to the Jedi Order,...
11. Made in Venice
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Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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Going to Venice, Italy? Don't buy anything in Venice until you read this book! If you're traveling to Venice, Italy, you want to go home with a special souvenir: a piece of Murano glass, a work of Burano lace, a carnival mask, or one of the city's famous luxury fabrics. But selecting which mask or which goblet to buy can be an intimidating experience. How do you know if you're buying something authentic, something made in Venice, something made in...
12. Night of masks
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Nik Kolherne, who aids in a kidnapping in order to get a new face to replace his damaged face, changes tactics once he has what he needs and fights to free himself and the kidnapped boy.
13. Trese
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Ablaze Publishing
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English
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In a city where the vampiric aswang control everything illegal and where ancient gods seek to control everything else, enforcing the law can be a very difficult task. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police normally call Alexandra Trese. But lately, it seems like others have been taking that A mysterious motorcycle racer has been capturing criminals with his unearthly speed. A masked giant has been demolishing drug dens and destroying gangs'...
14. The Perfect Prey
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Jessie Hunt volume 37
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Blake Pierce
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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When victims turn up in Los Angeles wearing mysterious masks, Jessie quickly realizes a deranged killer is at work, taunting her to follow his clues through a hedonistic couples underground-and into the abyss of a madman's "A masterpiece of thriller and mystery." -Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ THE PERFECT PREY is book #37 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, which begins...
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Pub. Date:
2010
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English
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A wonderfully nostalgic and inspiring look at the center of the home front during World War II-New York City More than any other place, New York was the center of action on the home front during World War II. As Hitler came to power in Germany, American Nazis goose-stepped in Yorkville on the Upper East Side, while recently arrived Jewish émigrés found refuge on the Upper West Side. When America joined the fight, enlisted men heading for battle...
16. Body of a woman
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Pub. Date:
2003
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English
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Clare Curzon sets her crimes in the leafy Thames Valley, a lovely enough part of old England where one of the old villages seem right out of a nineteenth-century painting. But, people are the same mix of good and bad whatever scenery surrounds them, and Superintendent Mike Yeadings has as much human dissolution to deal with as if he policed the London streets. Searching for a killer in The Body of a Woman, the superintendent and his sergeants, Beaumont...
18. Volatile memory
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Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
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"This is How You Lose the Time War meets Ex Machina: Seth Haddon's science fiction debut, Volatile Memory, is a sapphic sci-fi action adventure novella. With nothing but a limping ship and an outdated mask to her name, Wylla needs a big pay day. When thealert goes out that a lucrative piece of tech lies hidden on a nearby planet, she calls on all the swiftness of her prey-animal instincts to beat other hunters to it. What you found wasn't your ticket...
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Pieter Haasbroek
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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BAIT FOR THE MASKED ROBBER - THE MASKED ROBBER SERIES Mystery and adventure await in this thrilling fourth installment of The Masked Robber series. Set in nineteenth century Cape Colony, South Africa, the story follows the exploits of the enigmatic Masked Robber as he battles injustice and comes face-to-face with his greatest foe yet. When Princess Carla von Starrenberg arrives in the Cape searching for her long-lost brother, the rightful heir to...
20. With the enemy
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Tomorrow girls volume 3
Lexile measure:
730L
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English
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"Now that Maddie has been kidnapped, Rosie, Louisa, and the boys are paying more attention to Evelyn's theories. As the group make their way toward war-torn Chicago, they're under constant threat of capture. Danger and dark surprises lurk around every twist of the road. Evelyn knows they need a strategy to find Maddie. But what the group comes up with may be their riskiest plan yet: infiltrating the Alliance itself"--P. [4] of cover.