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Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, nine people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in. So begins Mitch Albom's most beguiling and inspiring novel yet. The story is narrated by Benji, one of the passengers, who recounts the events in a notebook that is discovered - a year later - when the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat....
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Walt Longmire mysteries volume 12
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English
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In the midst of the largest motorcycle rally in the world, a young biker is run off the road and ends up in critical condition. When Sheriff Walt Longmire and his good friend Henry Standing Bear are called to Hulett, Wyoming - the nearest town to America's first national monument, Devils Tower - to investigate, things start getting complicated. As competing biker gangs; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; a military-grade vehicle donated...
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(Karen S.).Alaska wild volume 02
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When a small bush plane smashes through the ice at Falls Lake Lodge, it's a chilling reminder of everything Megan Metzler has lost. Three years ago, Meg's pilot husband died in a similar crash, a tragedy Meg and her young son, Chip, have struggled to move on from. Still, Meg does everything she can to assist when Commander Bryce Saylor arrives to investigate, even as working alongside the handsome pilot stirs up painful memories--and an attraction...
4) Sight unseen
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Kendra Michaels volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"She was safe in a world of darkness. Now danger threatens in the cold light of day...Before the experimental surgery that gave her sight, Kendra Michaels developed her other senses to an amazing capacity. Now she can identify a Nissan by the sound of its engine, a Norelco electric razor by the pattern of stubble it leaves behind, or an obscure colorless fire accelerant by its sweet smell. Law enforcement agencies clamor for her rare powers of perception...
5) Pursuit
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After rookie lawyer Jessica Monaghan meets with the First Lady, the VIP is killed in a car accident in which Jessica manages to survive. When she suspects the accident was something else and she becomes the next target, she and experienced FBI agent Mark Ryan team up to uncover the plot behind the First Lady's murder.
6) Alter ego
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When a freak accident kills a driver on the remote roads outside Duluth, Jonathan Stride is disturbed to discover that the victim appears to be a ghost, with a false identity and no evidence to suggest who he really was. What's worse, the man has a gun locked in the trunk, and it has recently been fired. It's up to Stride to solve the mystery, but there are those who would stop at nothing to stop him.
7) Chat
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Joe Gunther mysteries volume 18
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English
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"When a wintertime car accident leaves his mother and brother seriously injured, Joe Gunther takes a leave of absence to attend to them and investigate the cause of the crash."--Provided by publisher.
8) Marine One
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After the president is killed when his official helicopter crashes on its way to a mysterious meeting in Camp David, Marine Corps reserve pilot and trial attorney Mike Nolan begins an investigation to discover the cause of the crash.
9) The edge
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Mac is searching for his sister Jill and is getting a different story from everyone he encounters. Mac is joined by Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich who ride shotgun, not knowing whom to trust and whom to suspect, they must escape relentless pursuers before unearthing the tentacles of evil undermining The Edge.
10) Scar tissue
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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
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Jacob Gold, a friend and client, contacts Brady Coyne to help when his son's girlfriend is killed in an auto accident, and it's assumed his son has been swept away in the river. First the local police chief is not eager for Coyne's help, and then Jacob Gold disappears.
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Mrs. Murphy mysteries volume 20
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English
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"When a series of inexplicable car accidents are attributed to driver error, Harry Harristeen knows that something is amiss. Together with her intrepid team of feline, canine, and equine helpers, she begins to investigate."--Provided by publisher.
12) Random acts
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Witness Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2016]
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English
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Sheriff Joanna Brady and investigator Ali Reynolds join forces to solve a crime that has hit dangerously close to home. Sheriff Joanna Brady has a lot on her plate--she is up for re-election as sheriff, pregnant with her third child, and her eldest is packing up to leave for college. Then Joanna is woken in the middle of the night by a call reporting a motor vehicle accident. Her mother and stepfather's RV ran off the road at high speed and hit the...
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 18
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Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Strange things are happening in Sugarcreek from stampeding pigs to barn explosions. Some residents blame a new family in town, the Patels, originally from the Middle East. Amid whispered accusations of their being Muslim terrorists, a bit of hysteria grows as neighbor is pitted against neighbor. A few members of the community don't believe the "foreigners" should be there. Cheryl and Naomi must work together to stop the spread of xenophobia and discover...
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Peter Diamond mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Two police officers are about to head home after a long night shift when they receive one last call: a suspicious nude person has been spotted in the wee hours of the morning. En route to the call, the patrol car spins off the road, killing one of the exhausted cops instantly and leaving the other in critical condition. Whenever a police car is involved in an accident, the matter must be taken very seriously. Inspector Peter Diamond is assigned to...
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This clever horror thriller offers "a darkly humorous depiction of one zombie's struggle for enlightenment and redemption."—Publishers Weekly
When Peter Mellor, a college professor in the rural town of Gant, Ohio, gets into in an automobile accident during a zombie outbreak, he comes to with a slight case of amnesia. What's worse, he's also dead. With society crumbling around him and violence escalating into daily...
When Peter Mellor, a college professor in the rural town of Gant, Ohio, gets into in an automobile accident during a zombie outbreak, he comes to with a slight case of amnesia. What's worse, he's also dead. With society crumbling around him and violence escalating into daily...
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Detective Konrad novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Retired detective Konrad returns to a haunting cold case in The Darkness Knows by Arnaldur Indridason, the "undisputed King of the Icelandic thriller." -The Guardian (UK) A frozen body is discovered in the icy depths of Langjökull glacier, apparently that of a businessman who disappeared thirty years before. At the time, an extensive search and police investigation yielded no results-one of the missing man's business associates was briefly held...
19) Morgan
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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A corporate troubleshooter is sent to a remote, top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent 'human', who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger.
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Esme and Benedict Werner have an idyllic life in a tight-knit community until an accident in their cul-de-sac ends in the tragic sudden death of one of their dearest neighbors. After vindicating eyewitness accounts morph into contradictory memories, suspicion, and unaccountable accusations, Benedict is arrested. Esme's life, too, is changed forever. As the neighborhood largely turns against her and her family, Esme has time to think about her past...
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