James Patterson
1) 22 seconds
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"San Francisco police sergeant Lindsay Boxer receives a tip about a last-chance shipment of drugs and weapons across the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws in the latest addition to the long-running series"--
2) Triple Cross
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 30
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who targets entire families--and who will next be coming for the Crosses. A precise killer, he always moves under the cover of darkness, flawlessly triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence. Cross and Sampson aren't the only ones investigating. Also in on this most intriguing case is the world's bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses. The writer, Thomas Tull,...
3) Shattered
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Nothing could tear #1 New York Times bestseller Detective Michael Bennett away from his new bride--except the murder of his partner and best friend. NYPD master homicide investigator Michael Bennett and top FBI abduction specialist Emily Parker have a history. Working case after case, each can predict the other's next move. So when she fails to show at FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, Bennett risks venturing far outside his jurisdiction. The investigation...
4) Escape
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"New York Times bestselling detective Billy Harney of The Black Book is chasing down a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist while a young girl's life hangs in the balance. As Chicago PD's special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he's investigating is down to his last twenty million. He's also being held in jail. For now. Billy's unit is called in when an escape...
5) Blowback
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midwife Murders comes a twisted psychological thriller about a mother-to-be trying to find proof that she's being stalked, even when everyone around her distrusts her mother's intuition. Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She's a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis:...
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Series
Doc Savage thriller volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Prof. Brandt Savage--grandson of the legendary action hero--is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling...as the perfect assassin. Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from the University of Chicago. Instead of doing solo fieldwork in anthropology, the gawky, bespectacled PhD finds himself enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil. His professor, "Meed," is demanding. She's also his captor. Savage emerges...
8) Lion & lamb
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"They can catch a killer-if they don't kill each other first. Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb are rival PIs working the same intense headline-making case"--
9) Obsessed
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Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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In this startling psychological thriller, a killer is targeting young women in New York City and is obsessed with Michael Bennett's daughter.
A killer is obsessed...
with Detective Michael Bennett’s oldest daughter.
Michael Bennett is obsessed...
with keeping his family safe.
New York City is obsessed...
...
A killer is obsessed...
with Detective Michael Bennett’s oldest daughter.
Michael Bennett is obsessed...
with keeping his family safe.
New York City is obsessed...
...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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James Patterson is the world's bestselling author. The creator of Alex Cross, he has produced more enduring fictional heroes than any other novelist alive. How did a kid whose dad lived in the poorhouse become the most successful storyteller in the world?
James Patterson's best stories are the stories of his own life. On the morninhg he was born, he nearly died. His dad grew up in the Pogey--the Newburgh, New York, poorhouse. He worked at a mental...
11) Circle of death
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In 2088, the world is in chaos as a powerful weapon, Command, is unleashed and Lamont Cranston, also known as The Shadow, and his small group of allies must race to stop the end of the world.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The jailhouse lawyer: A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...
14) I funny
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Collects three stories, including "The Killer's Wife," in which Detective McGrath encourages a relationship with a suspect's wife in order to locate six missing girls.
The House Next Door (with Susan DiLallo): Married mother of three Laura Sherman was thrilled when her new neighbor invited her on some errands. But a few quick tasks became a long lunch-and now things could go too far with a man who isn't what he seems....
The Killer's Wife (with...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
During the holiday season, a family of three, missing someone very dear to them, find their house filling up with unexpected guests, making Christmas memories to last a lifetime.
After their mother's death on Christmas Day five years ago, Will and Ella Sullivan, and their father, Henry, come to a family agreement: Christmas is a holiday for other people. At their brownstone in Harlem, stockings go unstuffed, tinsel unstrewn, gifts unbought, mistletoe...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When three female suspects in the murder of an accountant, who was a master manipulator, go missing, Detective Sean Walsh, who has a personal connection to the case, discovers why the women have to stay hidden from both the law and each other.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Dead man running: Psychiatrist Randall Beck specializes in PTSD cases--and his time is limited. Especially when he uncovers a plot to kill a presidential candidate.
113 minutes: Molly Rourke's son has been murdered--and she knows who's responsible. Now she's taking the law into her own hands. Never underestimate a mother's love.
The 13-minute murder: Micheal Ryan can kill anybody in just minutes--from the first approach to the clean escape. His...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Since former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan started Private, it has become one of the world's most powerful investigation firms. When a former lover is found murdered in Jack's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While the police are investigating Jack, the mob strong-arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals, and the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to quietly investigate a spree of murders...
20) The summer house
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core"--
Sullivan County, Georgia. One historic lake house. Seven murder victims. Two versions of the truth.... When Army Rangers posted to the local base are implicated in a major crime, the investigating team is led by Major Jeremiah Cook. Sheriff Emma Williams has never worked a multiple homicide, and Cook knows it. And the evidence...