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881) It had to be you
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Years after their parents' murder, identical twin brothers, determined to clear one name at the expense of the other, ask Laura Moran and her Under Suspicion crew to solve this brutal crime and as they get close to the truth, they find the danger from the past finding its way into the present.
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Hannah had a normal life - a loving husband, a good job. Until she did something shocking. Now she's in a psychiatric clinic. It should be a safe place. But patients keep dying. The doctors say it's suicide. Hannah knows they're lying. Can she make anyone believe her before the killer strikes again?
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"When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument--and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a...
885) She
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Every year, 300,000 women go missing in the United States. How many of their names are remembered? Award-winning poet Aimě Baker is on a quest to honor these women and make sure their stories are not forgotten.
886) Bad blood
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Brendan Quillian, a successful young businessman, is on trial for murdering his wife, and the courtroom is tense. Prosecutor Alexandra Cooper's case against him hangs by a thread thanks to scant evidence and Brendan's all-star legal team. As the trial progresses, an explosion destroys a water tunnel being constructed deep beneath the city. Then, secrets from Brendan's past link him to the fatal disaster. Alex rushes to the scene to scour the wreckage...
887) The migration north
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"The Black History series examines the experiences, events, and accomplishments of African Americans. Each book traces an era in American history from slavery to the Civil Rights Movement to contemporary times, showcasing important events from each of these periods. Detailed text, historic photos, and fact-packed sidebars ensure students will gain a greater respect and understanding of African American heritage."--
889) The keeping room
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In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. The pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms...
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Inversgail, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, welcomes home native daughter and best-selling environmental writer Daphne Wood. Known as the icon of ecology, Daphne will spend three months as the author in residence for the Inversgail schools. Janet Marsh and her business partners at Yon Bonnie Books are looking forward to hosting a gala book signing for her. Daphne, who hasn't set foot in Scotland in thirty years, is--eccentric. She lives...
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"A killer is putting the mangled, lifeless bodies of prostitutes on display in two sleepy Northeast Tennessee towns. The murderous spree is accelerating. Two detectives, Lukas Miller from Johnson City and Brooke Stevens from Kingsport, have been assigned to hunt the killer down and stop him. Miller and Stevens are considered the best in their respective departments, and although they've never met, their superiors order them to work together in a coordinated...
895) It
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It can be anything. A fanged monster that won't stay on the movie screen. Something ominous lurking in the basement. A malevolent force in a small New England town takes the shape of a clown, but It isn't clowning around. Instead, It terrifies youngsters with their innermost fears, bringing some to their untimely doom -- until a group of wily neighborhood kids fight back. Thirty years later the evil resurfaces: meaner, angrier, deadlier. And the friends...
896) I wake up screaming
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Somebody killed Vicky Lynn and the police are looking at only one suspect, promoter Frankie Christopher. Frankie believes Inspector Ed Cornell is trying to pin him for the murder of Vicky. Did he really kill her, or does he know who did?
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Apple orchards in bucolic Washington State. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man in Miami. These are some of the workplaces where female workers have suffered brutal sexual assault and shocking harassment at the hands of their employers, often with little or no official recourse. In this harrowing yet often inspiring tale, investigative journalist Bernice Yeung exposes the epidemic of sexual violence...
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Arriving on Block Island - the place she swore she'd left for good-after her estranged sister Blake is murdered-Thalia must uncover the real reason for Blake's demise before the forces conspiring to keep the island's secrets dead and buried rise up to consume her, too.
899) Cosmic detective
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"Enter our detective. The murder of a god threatens to tear apart the very fabric of our reality, and only he stands in the way of utter destruction. Will the mystery he uncovers be worse than the disaster he's trying to avert? And will his mind crack under the revelations he's about to uncover before he can do anything about it?"--Amazon.
900) Do the right thing
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"The hottest day of the year explodes onscreen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. A portrait of urban racial tensions sparked controversy while earning popular and critical praise,"--Container.