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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It's been ten years since the worst day of Ben Dalton's life. After four grinding years of war, the Confederate veteran returned to his hometown of Aberdeen, Texas, to find that Mandy, the girl he loved, had run off with his best friend, John Rawlings. Dalton recovered from the loss and spent the next decade settling down to life as the town's marshal. That quiet life is shattered with the arrival of one stunning telegram. Mandy begs her old friend...
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Series
Longarm volume 425
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Crooked town marshal Jeb Beeson has laid down the law--his law. If Longarm isn't on the Monday train out of Yuma, his casket will be. But Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long isn't about to be chased off by a bullying badge toter--he has a job to do. Former lawman Tom Ray has been falsely convicted of murder and left to rot in Yuma Territorial Prison, while the men who set him up steal his gold claim. When Ray's beautiful daughter Jessica asks Longarm...
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Series
Crimson Lake volume 2
Language
English
Description
"When former police detective Ted Conkaffey was wrongly accused of abducting Claire Bingley, he hoped the Queensland rain forest town of Crimson Lake would be a good place to disappear. But nowhere is safe from Claire's devastated father. Dale Bingley has a brutal revenge plan all worked out -- and if Ted doesn't help find the real abductor, he'll be its first casualty. Meanwhile, in a dark roadside hovel called the Barking Frog Inn, the bodies of...
Author
Series
Trailsman volume 386
Publisher
Signet, published by the Penguin Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Skye Fargo may have bent the law from time to time, but when a self-appointed pack of Carson City vigilantes aim to stretch his neck for murder, he knows it's time to light out of town. The only way to clear his name is to find the beautiful young woman who fled the crime scene--before the true culprit puts them both in the ground for good."-- Page [4] of cover.
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Language
English
Description
Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar....
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old aspiring lawyer Theodore Boone is falsely accused in a robbery and must fight to clear his name.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"U.S. Marshal Sam Trusty Dawson finds himself targeted for vengeance with his face on a wanted poster. Now he's up against every cutthroat gunslinger willing to put a bullet through his badge for the bounty . . . Theodore Marberry is a grieving father. He groomed his daughter Jessica to take her rightful place among the wealthy families of St. Louis high society. Instead she fell in love with a common lawman. She lost her life bringing his child into...
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Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Jim Blawcyzk is in jail in the town of Quitaque, Texas, accused of murdering a saloon girl. Someone in the town wants Blawcyzk out of the way at all costs. With his trial fast approaching, and everyone in town convinced of his guilt, Jim must somehow find a way from his jail cell to prove his innocence, and fast. With his only ally the town padre, the task appears impossible even for the resourceful Blawcyzk. But Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk is no ordinary...
Author
Publisher
Blink
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When two Black siblings, Reed and Olivia, are accused of crimes they didn't commit, they must find a way to prove their innocence, in this powerful novel exploring the pain, truths, and hopes that come with growing up as a person of color in America.
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Language
English
Description
"Tabitha is accused of murder. She is in prison awaiting trial. There is a strong case against her, and she can't remember what happened on December 21st. She is alone, frightened and confused. But somehow, from the confines of her cell, she needs to prove everyone wrong. House of Correction is beautifully written, clever, shocking, twisty, so believable and utterly compelling. This is another stunningly brilliant novel to relish from Nicci French."--Provided...
11) Never ask me
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"One seemingly perfect American family finds themselves targeted for destruction after the shocking murder of a family friend in the park behind their backyard. Early one morning, Danielle Roberts, who lives next door to the Pollitts and has for a decade been like family to them, is found dead just beyond their property line, throwing the exclusive Winding Creek neighborhood of a wealthy Austin suburb into chaos. The Pollitt family - dad Kyle, mom...
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Series
Delilah Dirk volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When globe trotting troublemaker Delilah Dirk and her friend Selim are accused of espionage against the British crown, they must clear their names, even if it means returning to respectability.
13) I know you
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Rachel stumbles upon a body in the woods, she knows what she has to do: run. Get away. Do not be found at the scene. Last time, she didn't know and she ended up accused of murder. But when this victim is identified as her boyfriend's estranged wife, Rachel realises she's already the prime suspect. With mounting evidence against her, Rachel's only hope is to keep the truth about herself well hidden. Because 20 years ago she was someone else -...
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Series
Jonathan Stride novels volume 10
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan Stride's best friend, Steve Garske, makes a deathbed confession: he protected Stride by covering up a murder. The police dig up Steve's yard and find a body with a bullet hole in its skull. With suspicion in the murder pointing at him, Stride finds himself off the case and on leave from the Duluth Police. His only ally in clearing his name is his wife, Serena."--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Charley Starr, owner of the Box Star ranch, was accused of murder and robbery, nobody was more indignant than his foreman, "Gospel" Cummings (so-called because of his addiction to the Bible - and strong whisky!). Starr knew that he had not committed the murder, yet the fact remained that he had been accused of the crime. He decided he must try to find his brother, who could prove his innocence. Leaving Gospel in charge of the ranch during his...
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English
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"Was a monstrous killer brought to justice or an innocent mother condemned? On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire. Their young mother, Jo Ann Parks, escaped unharmed, the sole survivor and only eyewitness. Though they at first believed the fire had been a tragic accident, forensic fire investigators soon uncovered evidence that Parks had sabotaged wiring, set several fires herself, and even barricaded...
17) Wrong alibi
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Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones lands a job in small-town Alaska, working for a man in his isolated mountain home. Then Donald White disappears, leaving Evie to face charges of a brutal double murder. Convicted, she faces life in prison--until fate sends her on the run. Evie's escape leaves her scarred and in hiding, isolated from her family, working under an alias at a wilderness camp. Bent on justice, she searches for the killer who slaughters without...
18) Texas renegade
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Bitterness and hate that is Confederate Texas in 1868 engulf Jack Zane as he seeks to return to the prairies of his native land. Reaction against him is strong because in choosing between the Lone Star State and his country's welfare, he had enlisted on the Union side. Zane is framed by Jass Hardcastle for the murder of a man he has met only once, bull-whipped by the victim's beautiful but willful daughter, and made the expendable pawn in a ruthless...
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Series
Robin Lockwood novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The "master of heart-pounding suspense"--New York Times bestseller Phillip Margolin--returns with a new legal thriller starring Robin Lockwood. A young woman accuses a prominent local college athlete of rape. Convicted with the help of undisputable DNA evidence, the athlete swears his innocence and threatens both his lawyer and his accuser as he's sent to prison. Not long after, there's another rape and the DNA test shows that the same person committed...
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English
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"June, 1925. Elizabeth Fairchild lives a quiet life in genteel Oak Park Village, Illinois. There, she forms a close friendship with gentle Mr Anthony. But tragedy strikes when Mr Anthony is found stabbed to death in the alley behind his shop. Why would anyone murder a mild-mannered antiques dealer? Could it have something to do with the mysterious customer who bought a gold pocket watch from Mr Anthony on the day he died? When one of her father's...
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