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"For three years, Investigator Cassie Dewell has been on a hunt for a serial killer known as The Lizard King. He works as a long haul trucker. His prey are the "lot lizard" prostitutes who frequent truck stops. And she almost caught him...once. Working for the Bakken County, North Dakota sheriff's department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap and she has lured him and his truck to a depot. Standing by, ready to close the net are...
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2007.
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Novella about the innocent young Maria, whose bookish interests centre on swashbuckling piratical adventures ; her virginity is for sale at a bordello, until she is rescued by Manolo. A new twist on the Cinderella tale. Includes an account of how the novella became the movie Cachito.
Relato corto, cuento breve, moderna historia de hadas y piratas, de buenos y malos, escrita con una acción trepidante y un humor agridulce y desesperado, "Un asunto...
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[2019]
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"In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix. A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in "Faun." A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind...
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Ben Jones novels volume 1
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Ben Jones is an honorable but down-on-his luck truck driver on a lonely Utah highway. His life takes a sudden turn into violence, mystery and longing upon finding a beautiful woman playing a cello in an isolated house in the high desert.
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McKenzies of Ridge Trail volume 1
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"Trucker Sterling (Star) Parson is no stranger to the challenges a woman faces, both in her industry and in life. But she can take care of herself. She’s never needed—or wanted—a man around...until she meets Cade McKenzie. The take-charge bar owner sets off all kinds of alarm bells for Sterling, but he also sets her heart racing. Cade’s lived in Ridge Trail long enough to know trouble when he sees it, and the moment Sterling—Star—walks...
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How do you make sure a crime never happens? Thats the critical question facing Odd Thomas, the young man with a unique ability to commune with restless spirits and help them find justice and peace. But this time its the living, three helpless innocents, who will be brutally executed unless Odd can intervene in time. The potential victims and where they can be found remain a mystery. The only thing Odd knows for sure is who the killer will be: the...
9) My big rig
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the life of a truck driver.
11) The circle
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Inspector Hen Mallin novels volume 1
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2005.
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Widowed van driver Bob Naylor is prodded into joining the Chichester Writers' Circle by his teenage daughter. Bob writes limericks and jingles, and fears he will be out of his class among the literati. But the members of the circle come from all walks of life and practice many forms of writing, from fantasy to household hints. There seems to be nothing about any of them to incite a serial killer. However, there is an arsonist in their midst, burning...
12) Big rig rescue!
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[2021]
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When a semi tips over on a mountain road, Big Orange and its driver arrive quickly with a boom, a winch, and more, but can they pull the truck out before the storm arrives?
15) Lullaby road
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Ben Jones novels volume 2
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[2018]
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"A trucker sets out to protect an abandoned child in the Utah desert...Winter has come to Route 117, a remote road through the high desert of Utah trafficked only by eccentrics, fugitives, and those looking to escape the world. Local truck driver Ben Jones, still in mourning over a heartbreaking loss, is just trying to get through another season of treacherous roads and sudden snowfall without an accident. But then he finds a mute Hispanic child who...
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[2017]
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"This is the story of Zeke Hammond, a baby boomer, who joined the Marine Corps and drove a 26-wheeler in the DaNang area and on convoys into "Indian Country" where danger lurked around every corner. Truck drivers in Vietnam, regardless of their branch of service, were the unsung heroes of the war. They risked life and limb in support of American and allied operations against Viet Cong insurgents and North Vietnamese Army regulars, bringing food, water,...
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2006, c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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It's just another blizzard blowing in from the north across the lonely Wyoming prairie, but this is Christmas Eve. On this special night, Clutch begins a journey where mysterious and unforgettable characters will change his life forever.
19) Blackbirds
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Miriam Black novels volume 1
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2015.
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The first book in the Miriam Black series: "A sassy, hard-boiled thriller with a paranormal slant" (The Guardian) about a young woman who can see the darkest corners of the future. Miriam Black knows how you're going to die. This makes her daily life a living hell, especially when you can't do anything about it, or stop trying to. She's foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides. She merely needs to touch you -skin to...
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2013
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In a sinister encounter with a rogue truck driver tricked up like a rhinestone cowboy, Odd has a disturbing vision of a shocking multiple homicide that has not yet been committed. Across California, into Nevada, and back again, Odd embarks on a riveting road chase to prevent the tragedy. Along the way, he meetsand charms a collection of eccentrics who become his allies in a terrifying battle against a sociopath of singular boldness and cleverness--and...
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