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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 32
Language
English
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Nancy Drew comes to the aid of the owners of a local dancing school when they receive an anonymous note threatening their lives.
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Men who walk the edge of honor volume 2
Pub. Date
19uu
Language
English
Description
When Trace Rivers teams up with Priscilla Patterson to ruin corrupt businessman Murray Coburn, they must fight their attraction for one wrong move, one lingering embrace, will expose them to the wrath of a merciless opponent.
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Jack Noble volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
Description
"Washington, D.C., a man waits at a bus stop, his intentions unknown. Two government operatives have been stalking him for days, waiting for him to make his move. Unexpectedly, the man takes off running and heads for a deserted warehouse. Jack Noble and his partner, Frank Skinner, believe the man to be part of a terrorist organization that is involved in smuggling drugs and guns and men into the country. But it turns out their plan involves far more...
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Our insatiable demand for animals-for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur-is driving a worldwide poaching epidemic, threatening the continued existence of countless species. Illegal wildlife trade now ranks among the largest contraband industries in the world, yet compared to drug, arms, or human trafficking, the wildlife crisis has received scant attention and support, leaving it up to passionate individuals fighting on the ground to...
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High seas trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2000], c1999
Language
English
Description
In eighteenth-century England, after his father buys a schooner called the Dragon, sixteen-year-old John sets out to sail it from Kent to London and becomes involved in a dangerous smuggling scheme.
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 13
Pub. Date
[2000], c1995
Language
English
Description
The search for a stolen boat leads the Hardy brothers to Mexico where they become involved with a band of Indians and a strange smuggling operation.
9) Bare bones
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Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Her plans for a romantic vacation interrupted by the discoveries of two murdered bodies and a small plane crash, Tempe Brennan traces leads to an isolated North Carolina farm.
10) Papers
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Assembled from testimonials and interviews with current and former asylum seekers in France, as well as hearing records, administrative letters, and newspaper articles, Papers is a quietly monumental work of both literary and documentary art, a harrowing and enlightening portrayal of the modern refugee experience. Gathered here are the voices of men and women from around the world, united by the urgent need to leave their native country, risk their...
11) Contraband
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Stone Barrington novels volume 50
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English
Description
When trouble falls from the sky-- literally-- Stone Barrington joins forces with a sharp-witted and alluring local detective to investigate a national smuggling ring. But they run into a problem: the evidence keeps disappearing. From the laid-back Key West shores to the bustling Manhattan streets, Stone sets out to connect the dots between the crimes that seem to follow him wherever he travels. He discovers shocking connections between old and new...
12) Shimmer and burn
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
"To save her sister's life, Faris is tasked with smuggling magic into a plague-ridden neighboring kingdom"--
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
Description
In this mosaic horror/crime novel, ghosts and old gods guide the hands of those caught up in a violent struggle to save the soul of the American southwest. A man tasked with shuttling children over the border believes the Virgin Mary is guiding him towards final justice. A woman offers colonizer blood to the Mother of Chaos. A boy joins corpse destroyers to seek vengeance for the death of his father. These stories intertwine with those of a vengeful...
14) One minute out
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English
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"Is it ever the wrong time to do the right thing? That's the question the Gray Man faces in the latest explosive novel from New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney. I am Court Gentry. In my time, I've seen plenty of bad stuff. Some things worse than others, but nothing that can match this horror show. I was on a simple mission in Bosnia. A bad guy needed to be put down; in and out, no problem. But then I stumbled across a nightmare-a room full...
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Kate Shugak mysteries volume 10
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English
Description
A former investigator for the Anchorage D.A., living undercover whlle she mourns the murder of her lover, finds herself knee-deep in a dangerous new case involving Russian smugglers.
17) Black Lagoon: 9
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Series
Black lagoon volume 9
Pub. Date
©2010
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English
Description
Roanapur explodes as Roberta's vendetta against a top secret U.S. Special Forces team brings out the city's heaviest hitters. Balalaika and the ex-Soviet military troops of Hotel Moscow face off with Major Caxton's Grey Fox unit as it tries to fight its way out of Roanapur. Meanwhile, Rock, Revy and Garcia Lovelace continue their pursuit of Roberta, hoping to catch up to her before the Killer Maid's own demons run her down. But if they do find her,...
18) Hammer to fall
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
"It's London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, his postings are more grim than glamorous. Luckily, Wilderness has a knack for doing well for himself even in the most unpromising postings, though this has gotten him into hot water in the past. A coffee-smuggling gig in divided Berlin was a steady money-maker but things went pear-shaped when he had to smuggle a spy...
19) Flight of the diamond smugglers: a tale of pigeons, obsession, and greed along coastal South Africa
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Blending elements of reportage, memoir, and incantation, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers is a stunning investigation into the role of carrier pigeons in South African diamond smuggling. Nearly every town along South Africa's infamous diamond coast has been deemed "overmined." Before the area fully becomes a series of abandoned outposts, journalist Matthew Gavin Frank drives from Oranjemund, Namibia to the De Beers mining towns of Alexander Bay, Porth...
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Jason Bourne Treadstone novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Hood's fast-paced sequel to 2019's Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Resurrection finds Adam Hayes, a former operative for Treadstone, a CIA unit that "turned him into a government-sanctioned assassin," in Ceuta, Spain, where he's feeling proud of himself for not having killed anyone in 152 days. He's left his wife and child behind in America and gone on the run after the U.S. government declared him persona non grata. In Ceuta, he becomes involved in...
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