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Series
Minerva Clark volume 3
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Thirteen-year-old amateur sleuth Minerva Clark is contacted by a boy whose parents' Portland, Oregon grocery store burned down, but when she agrees to investigate the fire, she does not expect to become an arson suspect herself.
142) Trial by fury
Author
Series
J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
c1986
Description
The dead body discovered in a Seattle dumpster was shocking enough--but equally disturbing was the manner of death. A homicide detective with twenty years on the job, J.P. Beaumont knows this case is a powder keg, and he fears where this investigation will lead him.
143) Perfectly matched
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
When Boston psychic Lucy Valentine finds herself involved with a group of eccentric mediums trying to fine tune their abilities, she is convinced a rare spring heat wave has flushed all the local crazies out of hiding. Adding to her theory is her newest client in the Lost Loves division of Valentine, Inc., her family's lucrative matchmaking firm. He's an animal whisperer who hires Lucy to locate his soul mate -because his cat told him so. Finding...
144) Before the storm
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Laural Lockwood's 15-year-old son Andy is "special". She lost him once through neglect, but is determined to make up for her mistakes. When she allows Andy to attend a local church social she is terrified whenthe church is consumed by fire. Andy survives and saves other children as well. Initially Andy basks in the role of unlikely hero but when the suspicion of arson is cast upon Andy, Laurel must ask herself how wellshe really knows her son,...
145) Morning Glory
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
While Pecan Springs, Texas bustles back to life in the warmth of spring, one woman's life is tragically brought to an end. Herbalist (and former lawyer) China Bayles happens upon a burning house trailer and hears a woman screaming for help. The evidence leaves no doubt that it's arson homicide. Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. Then she disappears.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Description
When Sally Montgomery accompanies her handsome boss Frederick Pierson on a quiet country weekend, she enjoys the first evening. But when she discovers his battered body the next morning, she runs for her life. Now it's up to Pete, her ex-husband and former New York policeman, to keep her safe and find the killer.
Author
Series
Trixie Belden volume 35
Pub. Date
c1984
Description
Supersleuth Trixie Belden searches for an arsonist after a fire destroys a local store and a warehouse during the annual Memorial Day parade.
148) By the book
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Sweet Susan's Bakery has been seriously damaged by fire, and the verdict is that the fire was started on purpose. While Susan struggles to reopen her business, bookseller Mary Fisher investigates, but the more she discovers, the less she likes it.
149) Ring of conspiracy
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Series
The Poudre Canyon saga volume 4
Pub. Date
[2016].
Description
"A short time after Paul Lander marries Two Moons and opens his gun shop in Fort Collins, someone begins stirring up trouble against him for being a 'squaw-man.' The County Commissioners, headed by Ben Evans, are outraged when the Landers' house is burned down. The arsonists are caught, and the decision is made to appoint a Town Marshal. Paul is chosen with Jeb Pelletier as his Deputy. Controversy continues to swirl around Paul's appointment as Marshal,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Inspector Montalbano investigates two puzzling cases: Within days of each other two women whose only link is being bank employees are kidnapped, drugged, and then released unharmed hours later. However a third wakes is found naked with thirty shallow knife wounds. In an arson case, a shop is burned down and its owner has vanished into thin air"--
153) Skies of ash
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Series
Detective Elouise Norton novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton and her partner, Colin Taggert, arrive at the scene of a tragic house fire. Juliet Chatman perished in the blaze, along with her two children. Left behind is grieving husband and father Christopher Chatman, hospitalized after trying to rescue his family. Chatman is devastated that he couldn't save them. Unless, of course, he's the one who killed them. Neighbors and family friends insist the Chatmans...
154) The deadly weed
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"1920s. Cork, Ireland. Early one morning the Reverend Mother receives news of a deadly fire at the local cigarette factory, a place where she'd been so proud that some of her pupils had been given a steady job. In a city full of poverty, unemployment andpolitical unrest, these ex pupils of hers had surely been blessed with such prospects. Now, though, she is worried . . . What happened at the cigarette factory and why are there rumours circulating...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"How to Set a Fire and Why is a blistering, singular, devastating novel by Jesse Ball ("A young genius who hits all of the right notes." --Chicago Tribune) about a teenage girl who has lost everything and will burn anything. Lucia has been kicked out of school, again, this time for stabbing a boy in the neck with a pencil. Her father is dead; her mother is in a mental institute; and she's living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aunt. Making her...
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Description
"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...
157) Fire engine dead
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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Description
When the entire collection of the Fireman's Museum ironically goes up in flames, Nell Pratt discovers one of the charred pictures isn't the one that was originally exhibited. But getting to the bottom of the mystery is bound to get Nell burned.
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Chief of Police Samuel Craddock is perplexed by a series of increasingly troubling events at Granger's Store. The shop owner's son, Mark Granger, has plans to renovate and modernise the popular animal feed store in the small Texas town of Jarret Creek. But when he's assaulted, its clear that some town folk are against his ideas. Could the devastating fire that follows be linked to the threatening phone calls Mark has been receiving? When the body...
Author
Series
Montana rescue volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When Deputy Sam Brooks and impulsive, bleeding heart Willow are thrown together in Glacier National Park, they must work together to save their lives and those of several frightened teenagers.
Author
Series
Whidbey Island saga volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Someone is setting fires on Whidbey Island and Becca King and her friends may know who the arsonist is.
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