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Fractured : [electronic resource] : Will Trent Series, Book 2. by Slaughter, Karin.;
With its gracious homes and tree-lined streets, Ansley Park is one of Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods. But in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager’s lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her horrified mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter’s attacker with her bare hands. Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is here only to do a political favor; the murder site belongs to the Atlanta police. But Trent soon sees something that the cops are missing, something in the trail of blood, in a matrix of forensic evidence, and in the eyes of the shell-shocked mother. Within minutes, Trent is taking over the case—and adding another one to it. He is sure that another teenage girl is missing, and that a killer is on the loose. Armed with only fleeting clues, teamed with a female cop who has her own personal reasons for hating him, Trent has enemies all around him—and a gnawing feeling that this case, which started in the best of homes, is cutting quick and deep through the ruins of perfect lives broken wide-open: where human demons emerge with a vengeance. -- provided by author's website.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Daughters ; Rape ; Murder ; Crimes of passion; Abused wives; Rich people ; Fiction.; Mystery.; Thriller.;
© 2008.,
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Glory in death : [electronic resource] : Eve Dallas mystery series, book 2. by Robb, J.D.; McMurdo-Wallis Cristine.;
Narrator: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis.J.D. Robb, aka New York Times best-selling author Nora Roberts, maintains a high level of suspense as her heroine investigates crimes of passion in high-tech, futuristic New York City. Using the latest sophisticated equipment, police lieutenant Eve Dallas, who debuted in Naked in Death, follows every lead no matter how dark or dangerous it might be. When two beautiful, highly successful women are found murdered, Eve has a long list of suspects. The two glamorous women rubbed elbows with a number of wealthy, powerful men, including her own lover, Roarke. Although she trusts him completely, she is forced to include Roarke in her murder investigation. Can she risk alienating the only man who ever touched her heart? Cristine McMurdo-Wallis' vibrant narration keeps the tension high. If the heat of the heroine's turbulent romance doesn't leave you breathless, the plot's unexpected twists and turns undoubtedly will.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 305686 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Romance.; Suspense.;
© 2000., Recorded Books Inc.,
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The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag : [electronic resource] : Flavia de Luce Mystery series, book 2. by Bradley, Alan.; Entwistle, Jayne.;
Narrator: Jayne Entwistle.Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. But who’d do such a thing, and why? Does the madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she’s letting on? What about Porson’s charming but erratic assistant? All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can’t solve—without Flavia’s help. But in getting so close to who’s secretly pulling the strings of this dance of death, has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her head?Text Difficulty 5 - Text Difficulty 6950Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 276962 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Historical Fiction.; Mystery.; Thriller.;
© 2010., Random House Audio,
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All Shall Be Well : [electronic resource] : Duncan Kincaid / Gemma James series, book 2. by Crombie, Deborah.; Deehy, Michael.;
Narrator: Michael Deehy.Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, to a startling conclusion: Dent was murdered. But if not for mercy, why would someone destroy a life already doomed? As Kincaid and his appealing assistant Sergeant Gemma James sift through the dead woman's strange history, a troubling puzzle emerges -- a bizarre amalgam of charity and crime...and of the blinding passions that can drive the human animal to perform cruel and inhuman acts.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 237084 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Mystery.;
© 2006., Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=97196 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Who kidnapped excellence? : what stops us from giving and being our best / by Paul, Harry,1950-; Britt, John,1962-; Jent, Ed.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Excellence Kidnapped -- 3. The Demand for the Return of Excellence -- 4. A Plan for Average -- 5. Below Average -- 6. Passion Meets N. Different -- 7. Competency Meets N. Ept -- 8. Flexibility Meets N. Flexibility -- 9. Communication Meets Miss Communication -- 10. Ownership Meets Poser -- 11. Leadership Meets with the Employees -- 12. What Every Leader, Manager, Supervisor and Employee Must Know About Excellence -- 13. Now ELEVATE Your Excellence -- 14. People and Companies Who 'Get It'."In the tradition of "Who Killed Change?," the book begins with a crime being committed: Excellence (personified) has been kidnapped and Leadership assembles Excellence's team (Passion, Flexibility, Communication, Competency and Ownership) and challenges them to work together to get their Excellence back. And who is the culprit? It is Average who has kidnapped Excellence, and replaced Excellence's team with his own: N. Different, N. Ept, N. Flexible, Miss Communication, and Poser. But then a mysterious ransom note sparks a struggle between Average and Excellence. Integrated into this story of organizational excellence is a personal story of Dave, a delivery man The abduction of Excellence forces Dave to contemplate the level of excellence in his personal life. Throughout the story, the paths of personal best and organizational excellence cross and intertwine. "Who Kidnapped Excellence?" is a parable that helps organizations or individuals to achieve their best and maintain excellence in every aspect of their lives"--"In this entertaining parable, bestselling authors Paul and Britt tell how to give and be your best in five critical work dimensions - passion, competency, flexibility, communication, and ownership - and foster excellence in your organization"--
Subjects: Organizational effectiveness.; Work ethic.; Employee motivation.; Success in business.; Success.;
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Say nothing : [electronic resource] : A true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland. by Keefe, Patrick Radden.;
New York Times Book Review Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress -- with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I.R.A. Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish. Look for Patrick Radden Keefe's latest bestseller, Empire of PainElectronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; History.; True Crime.;
© 2019.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=4229326 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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The gun debate : what everyone needs to know / by Cook, Philip J.,1946-author.; Goss, Kristin A.,1965-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-304) and index."No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest groups for decades. The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know. delves into the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. With a balanced and broad-ranging approach, noted economist Philip J. Cook and political scientist Kristin A. Goss thoroughly cover the latest research, data, and developments on gun ownership, gun violence, the firearms industry, and the regulation of firearms. The authors also tackle sensitive issues such as the effectiveness of gun control, the connection between mental illness and violent crime, the question of whether more guns make us safer, and ways that video games and the media might contribute to gun violence. No discussion of guns in the U.S. would be complete without consideration of the history, culture, and politics that drive the passion behind the debate. Cook and Goss deftly explore the origins of the American gun culture and the makeup of both the gun rights and gun control movements. Written in question-and-answer format, this updated edition brings the debate up-to-date for the current political climate under Trump and will help readers make sense of the ideologically driven statistics and slogans that characterize our national conversation on firearms. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the issues surrounding guns and gun policy in America"--America and Its Guns -- The Value of Guns for Personal and Collective Defense -- The Harm Done by Guns -- Causes of Gun Violence -- Manufacture and Marketing of Guns -- Gun Control in America -- Effectiveness of Firearms Policy -- Guns and Gun Control in History -- Public Opinion, Political Parties, and Guns -- The Gun Rights Movement -- The Gun Violence Prevention Movement -- Is There a Way Forward for Gun Policy?
Subjects: Gun control; Firearms ownership; Firearms;
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Framed [electronic resource] : Astonishing true stories of wrongful convictions. by Grisham, John.; Beck, Michael.;
Narrator: Michael Beck.#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man , “the master of the legal thriller” (Associated Press) teams up with Jim McCloskey, “the godfather of the innocence movement” ( Texas Monthly ), to share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. “Each of these stories is told with astonishing power. They are packed with human drama, with acts of shocking villainy and breathtaking courage. But these are more than just gripping true stories—they are a clarion call for reforming the tragic flaws in our criminal justice system.”—David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon John Grisham is known worldwide for his bestselling novels, but it’s his real-life passion for justice that led to his work with Jim McCloskey of Centurion Ministries, the first organization dedicated to exonerating innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. Together they offer an inside look at the many injustices in our criminal justice system. A fundamental principle of our legal system is a presumption of innocence, but once someone has been found guilty, there is very little room to prove doubt. These ten true stories shed light on Americans who were innocent but found guilty and forced to sacrifice friends, families, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free. In each of the stories, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic hard-fought battles for exoneration. They take a close look at what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place and the racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and corruption in the court system that can make them so hard to reverse. Impeccably researched and told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is the story of winning freedom when the battle already seems lost and the deck is stacked against you. * This audiobook edition is accompanied by a downloadable PDF which includes A Note on Sources and Acknowledgments from the book.Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Sociology.; True Crime.;
© 2024., Books on Tape,
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Shanghai [electronic resource] : A novel. by Kanon, Joseph.;
In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just a cost of doing business. A love affair against all odds, a city dancing on the rim of a volcano— Shanghai is the story of a political haven that becomes a minefield of conflicting loyalties. After the violence of Kristallnacht (1938), European Jews, now desperate to emigrate, found the consular doors of the world closed to them. Only one port required no entry visa: Shanghai, a self-governing Western trading enclave in what was technically Chinese territory, a political anomaly that became an escape hatch—if you were lucky enough to afford a ticket on one of the great Lloyd liners sailing to the East and safety. Daniel Lohr was one of the lucky ones—lucky enough to have escaped the Gestapo when his colleagues in the resistance were caught, lucky to have an uncle waiting in Shanghai, lucky to find a casual shipboard flirtation turn unexpectedly passionate. But even lucky refugees have to confront the reality of Shanghai. With all their assets, and passports confiscated by the Nazis, they arrive penniless and stateless in a tumultuous, nearly lawless city notorious for vice. When you can sink fast, how far are you willing to go to survive? What lines do you cross? As Daniel tries to navigate his way through his uncle's world in Shanghai's fabled nightlife, he finds himself increasingly ensnared in a maze where politics and crime are two sides of the same shiny coin. The trick, his uncle tells him, is to stay one step ahead. But how do you stay ahead of murder? How do you outrun your own past?Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Historical Fiction.; Suspense.; Thriller.;
© 2024.,
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Life on the run : one family's search for peace in war-torn Ukraine / by Maidukov, Sergey,1955-author.;
Part one: The Russians arrive. Like migratory birds -- How it all began -- From Russia...with weapons -- The noose tightens -- A life smashed to pieces -- On the road to the unknown -- No exit -- The handwriting on the war -- Part two: West of hell. Toot! Toot! -- Unpolished Polish -- Hearts in flames -- BANG! BANG! We're alive! -- Bitter medicine -- Crippled inside -- Troubles arrive in pairs -- Part three: Lights out, lights up. Home, bitter home -- The wailing darkness -- Boiled frog syndrome -- Ballistic trajectories -- True crime versus true war -- Raid of the Valkyries -- Awaiting the victory -- Making the deadline."Driven from Ukraine by Russia in early 2022, author Sergey Maidukov and his family joined millions of refugees trying to piece together their lives in the wake of Putin's war. Rich with emotion, the story follows their flight to Poland and eventual return to Kyiv, as they search for moments of love, courage, and hope. This memoir is a firsthand glimpse into the lives of Ukrainians through one family's story. Sergey Maidukov, with gravity and passion, tells the story of how he escaped Ukraine along with his wife, daughter, and granddaughter in February 2022, their second displacement by Russia's terror. With stories of family, hardship, hope, and fear, the author has captured a journey that has revealed much more than suffering; it has taken them to new levels of patriotism, new values, and a new appreciation for their home country."--
Subjects: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022; Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-; Maidukov, Sergey, 1955-; Refugees;
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