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Southern cross (Andy Brazil Ser. #No. 2)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1999
Robbery, murder, incompetence and not enough parking spaces - just another day in the life of a big city's police…
department. Judy Hammer investigates as a virus crashes the police computer, freezing screens with a design of blue fish - the same one a gang called the Pikes claim is their symbol. Strong language. 1999.Dust (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #21.)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2013
After working on one of the worst mass killings in US history, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta returns home to…
recover, but an unsettling call drives her straight back to work. The body of a young woman has been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT, draped in ivory linen and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer's first strike. 2013.Cross bones (Temperance Brennan Ser. #No. 8)
By Kathy Reichs. 2005
When an Orthodox Jew is found shot to death in Montreal, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called in to figure…
out the puzzling damage to the corpse. Unexpectedly, a stranger slips her a photograph of a skeleton and assures her the picture is the key to the victim's death. Before she knows it, Tempe is involved in an international mystery as old as Jesus. 2005.Birdman (Jack Caffery mystery.)
By Mo Hayder. 2000
The Met's crack murder squad is called when five bodies are found, all young women, all ritualistically murdered, dumped on…
wasteland near the Millennium Dome. Detective Inspector Jack Caffrey, young, driven, unshockable, finds himself facing hostility within the force and echoes of his past. Tortured by a death long ago that he might have prevented, he now works around the clock, knowing that this sadistic killer will strike again. 2000.Body double: a novel (Rizzoli And Isles Ser. #Bk. 4)
By Tess Gerritsen. 2004
Pathologist Maura Isles - an adopted child who never knew the identity of her birth parents - is confronted by…
the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. She launches an investigation, together with Detective Jane Rizzoli, into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This leads to a remote cabin in Maine, a killer who has been murdering expectant mothers for decades, making periodic sweeps of the country, and the kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife who is kept buried in a crude coffin. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.Scarpetta (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. #16.)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2009
Despite their troubled past, detective Pete Marino works again with pathologist Kay Scarpetta, her husband, and her niece, to expose…
the sadistic sexual psychopath who killed a graduate student who was a dwarf. Meanwhile someone trashes Scarpetta’s reputation online. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009.Life support
By Tess Gerritsen. 1997
The man Dr. Toby Harper admits to Springer Hospital is delirious and in a critical condition from an apparent viral…
infection of the brain. When he disappears without trace, a second delirious patient dies in hospital care. As Toby's hunt intensifies, and an unexpected tragedy hits close to home, she discovers the unthinkable: an evil, deadly purpose behind a terrifying epidemic.The vanished man (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #5)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2003
When a killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a…
classroom, the police have him surrounded within minutes. A scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. The ambitious Sachs, and the quadriplegic Rhyme, must work together to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed "the conjurer" and prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Sequel to "Stone monkey", followed by “The twelfth card”. 2003. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 5)The treatment (Jack Caffery mystery)
By Mo Hayder. 2006
In a pleasant London neighbourhood, a man and his wife are found tied up in their own home and their…
young son has disappeared. Jack Caffery is called in to investigate, but a similar tragedy from his own past makes it impossible for him to be scientifically detached. Descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2001.The grey man (Quick reads)
By Andrew McNab. 2006
Kevin has spent enough quiet nights in watching TV and decides he'd like a night out. He's not talking about…
a pint and a packet of peanuts down at the local. He's going to attempt to pull off a daring bank roberry single handed. Kevin is about to take a heart-thumping step into the unknown. For junior high readers. 2006.Broken ((Grand format : thriller).)
By Karin Slaughter, Bernard Ferry. 2013
" Suite à un appel anonyme à Lena Adams, le corps d'une jeune femme est découvert au fond du lac…
glacé de Grant. Un mot griffonné sur une feuille de papier semble indiquer qu'il s'agit d'un suicide. Pourtant, il apparaît bien vite qu'il n'en est rien : Allison Spooner, 21 ans, a été poignardée dans le cou et enchaînée à des parpaings avant d'être abandonnée aux eaux du lac. C'est dans ces circonstances que Sara Linton, après une longue absence, revient en ville pour voir sa famille. Entraînée par une spirale d'événements, elle se retrouve mêlée à cette sordide affaire de meurtre. Le principal suspect, arrêté alors que Lena et ses hommes fouillaient la chambre de la victime, demande à la voir, mais lorsqu'elle arrive au commissariat, il est déjà trop tard : le garçon gît sans vie dans sa cellule, son cri d'innocence barbouillé sur les murs. Quelque chose cloche dans la déposition du suspect et Sara, qui n'a aucune confiance en Lena, appelle le Georgia Bureau of Investigation qui dépêche sur les lieux l'agent spécial Will Trent. Mais celui-ci se heurte aors à un mur de silence, car Grant County est une petite communauté qui protège ses secrets. Et la seule personne qui pourrait révéler la vérité est morte. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Broken.The dying photo
By Alan Gibbons. 2010
A strange man takes a photo of Jimmy's family. As the camera flashes, Jimmy's parents vanish. The only clue is…
a picture of his mum and dad screaming. Jimmy is alone. Nobody believes him. Is he going mad? Or can Jimmy find the man who took his parents from him and get them back? This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 9+. 2010.The nightmare card
By Catherine Johnson. 2011
Sara and Mina have been best friends for years. So when Sara gets hold of some Tarot cards and suggests…
they start telling fake fortunes Mina plays along. But soon Sara's predictions become all too accurate. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 11+. Grades K-3. 2011.Rook (Barrington Stoke teen)
By Anthony McGowan. 2017
When Kenny and Nicky rescue a rook left for dead, Kenny is determined to keep it alive. Nicky doubts the…
scruffy bird will make it, but then Nicky has plenty else to worry about – a school bully, his first love, and the fact that everything is about to go very, very wrong. This book is particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers with an interest age of 13+ and a reading age of 8+. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2017.You killed me! (Barrington Stoke teen)
By Keith Gray. 2013
Toby is a murderer. That's what the ghost at the end of his bed tells him. Toby is taken back…
in time to see the repercussions of his actions and unravel the series of events that led to the man's death. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and Interest age of 13+. 2013.The number 7 shirt
By Alan Gibbons. 2008
The story of a boy's journey to becoming a professional footballer. Will the advice of 5 of Manchester United's greats…
help him achieve his dream? Jimmy has always dreamed of becoming a pro footballer and gets one step closer when he's invited to go for a trial for the Man U Academy! A must for football fans everywhere. Summer Reading Challenge 2015. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 9+. 2012, c2008.Pale (Barrington Stoke teen)
By Chris Wooding. 2015
The Lazarus Serum can bring you back from the dead - but when you come back you've changed - you're…
a Pale, an outcast. It's the last thing Jed wants, but an accident changes everything and Jed's forced to discover the true cost of living forever. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 11+. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2015.Speaking in bones (A temperance Brennan Novel Ser.)
By Kathy Reichs. 2015
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates what looks to be a typical missing person case, only to find herself digging up…
bones possibly left by a serial killer, a cult, or perhaps something not entirely of this world. Bestseller. 2015.The kill room: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #10)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2013
When a U.S. government sniper kills a suspected American terrorist, private investigator Lincoln Rhyme is tasked with building a case…
against those involved. Violence and strong language. Sequel to “The burning wire”, followed by “The skin collector“. 2013.The skin collector (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #11.)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2015
A new type of serial killer is stalking the streets of New York - one more devious and disturbing than…
ever before. They call this butcher The Skin Collector: a tattooist with a chamber of torture hidden deep underground. But instead of using ink to create each masterpiece, the artist uses a lethal poison which will render targets dead before they can even entertain the prospect of escape. Drafted in to investigate, NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme and his associate Amelia Sachs have little to go on but a series of cryptic messages left etched into the skin of the deceased. 2015.