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Hank Mitchell thought he lived an ordinary, ordered life. But on one chilly afternoon, Hank, his brother Jacob, and Jacob's unsavory pal Lou, make a discovery that offers a chance for a life filled with riches beyond their wildest dreams. And in a fateful moment, Hank lays a plan to claim that life . . . and the horrific crumbling of his ordered world begins . . .
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Named One of the Most Anticipated Thriller Novels Of 2017 by Bustle! THE NEW CHILLING, PROPULSIVE NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. If you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside--the woman who was killed. She's been trying to...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Presents a "case for public shaming as a nonviolent form of resistance that can challenge corporations and even governments to change policies and behaviors that are detrimental to the environment. Jennifer Jacquet argues that public shaming, when it has been retrofitted for the age of social media and aimed in the proper direction, can help compensate for the limitations of guilt in a globalized world. Jacquet leaves us with a new understanding of...
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Language
English
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Detective Elise Sutton is forced to make a terrible choice: to save one life, she will have to take another. Steeped in guilt, she's numb--until she connects with the tall man whose life she saved.
Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for cracks in the surface and has become an expert on how murderers slip up and give themselves away. She has dedicated her life to creating...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An exuberant black comedy about love, grief, sex, guilt, and one woman's hairbrained scheme to tranquilize her voraciously amorous girlfriend for a few days so that she might pay off her drug dealer, make some soup and finally get some peace and quiet"--
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English
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"FEATURING THREE CHARACTERS FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOK-CLUB FAVORITE THE LIFE WE BURY, THIS NOVEL EXPLORES A RIVETING MURDER CASE TOLD FROM TWO OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES. Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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On the night Donovan Turner is thrown out of a car on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he can barely remember his own name, let alone the past twenty-four hours. Where is he? Where is his girlfriend, Bee? In an attempt to flag down the next passing car, he startles the driver, causing a fatal accident. With sirens in the distance and the lingering feeling that he's running from something--or someone--Donovan grabs the dead driver's briefcase and...
8) Goodbye days
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Looks at a teen's life after the death of his best friend and how he navigates through the guilt and pain by celebrating their lives--and ultimately learning to forgive himself"--
10) Crown of thunder
Author
Series
Beasts made of night volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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"Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary--including using the most deadly magic--to track him down"--
11) Circle of pain
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
"Following a fighting accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of mixed martial arts at the top of his game. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost his family, his title, and his way. But when a crooked promoter lures him back into a fight against the current undefeated champ, Dalton must enlist the aid of an enigmatic trainer to turn him back into a warrior so he can stand tall and do battle once again."--Container.
12) Safe house
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"She's paid the price for giving her ex a false alibi, and now she's moved to a seaside village to escape her past--but more than her lie follows her there in this chilling and twisty psychological thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Exes' Revenge"--
13) Wintergirls
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
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Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
14) The lucky ones
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of a school tragedy, May and Zach struggle with grief, survivor's guilt, and the complex emotional impact of the event, learning how to heal and hope in the face of it all"--
15) Bring me back
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of secrets remained, until now. Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They're driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone, never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story. Ten years later Finn is...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the hottest day in 1935, and on the brink of a world war, three children lose their innocence as the sweltering summer heat bears down and their lives are changed forever. Cecilia Tallis is of England's privileged class; Robbie Turner is the housekeeper's son. In their moment of intimate surrender, they are interrupted by Cecilia's hyper-imaginative and scheming 13-year-old sister, Briony. As chaos consumes the family, Briony commits a crime, the...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
One very special work of art--a Chaim Soutine painting--connects the lives and fates of two different women, generations apart, in a novel that moves from World War II Vienna to contemporary Los Angeles.
18) Lost in the sun
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"As Trent Zimmerman struggles to move past a traumatic event that took place several months earlier, he befriends class outcast Fallon Little, who helps him understand that he can move on"--
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Language
English
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"It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony a group of young friends, including the bride and groom, drive out to the beach. There is an accident. Three survive, but three are killed. The lives of the families are shattered and the rifts between them are felt throughout the small town. Connor is one of the survivors. But staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the...
Author
Series
Darkness volume 1
Publisher
[Jessica Huntley]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Twenty years ago they covered up the death of their friend. Now they are paying the ultimate price. Can they ever hide from the darkness?
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