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Mercy Watson volume 3
Language
English
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Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.
2) Dead even
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English
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In this second novel from New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, husband and wife face off in a legal thriller that poses the most chilling question of all: How far would you go to save the one you love?
3) Identity
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English
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"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author's terrifying new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life. Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner party--attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who'd...
4) Uneasy prey
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English
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On the way to the emergency room, an elderly woman regains consciousness long enough to inform paramedic Zoe Chambers that her fall down the basement steps was no accident. Before she can say more, she succumbs to her injuries, launching Zoe and Police Chief Pete Adams into the investigation of a burglary ring targeting the area's vulnerable senior citizens. Zoe - in spite of Pete's objections - takes it upon herself to act as protection detail after...
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Agent Amelia volume 1
Language
English
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Elementary school secret agent Amelia continues her efforts to save the world from evil geniuses and criminal masterminds, this time foiling a jewel thief, identifying some unusual cat burglars, and evading a weed army.
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English
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"New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Linwood Barclay delivers the second spine chilling thriller set in the troubled town of Promise Falls, following the electrifying cliffhanger ending of Broken Promise. After the screen of a run-down drive-in movie theater collapses and kills four people, the daughter of one of the victims asks private investigator Cal Weaver to look into a recent break-in at her father's house. Cal discovers...
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Boxcar children volume 104
Language
English
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The Aldens investigate when a new store called the Game Spot opens in town and the neighboring shops are robbed.
Author
Series
Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 21
Language
English
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"While Ellie's away, murder will play . . . Is the death of Ellie's son-in-law really the result of a burglary gone wrong? Ellie's absence abroad is disastrous for her daughter, Diana - when her husband is attacked by intruders and left for dead one night, it falls to Ellie's next-door neighbour, Susan, to reluctantly pick up the pieces and take in Diana's children. Is Evan's death really the result of a burglary gone wrong? Joining forces with her...
9) The nut job
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
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Description
Follow the travails of Surly, a mischievous squirrel, and his rat friend Buddy, who plan a nut store heist of outrageous proportions and unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a much more complicated and hilarious adventure.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Surly Squirrel and the gang are back. They are once again in Oakton where the evil mayor has decided to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place. Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.
11) Intruders
Publisher
Momentum Pictures, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.
12) Stealing Santa
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As the Christmas season arrives in Lancaster, Maine, a series of bizarre burglaries targets the town's businesses, apparently carried out by Santa Claus! Elaine Cook and Jan Blake spring into action to solve the mystery, especially after an attempt is made to rob the tearoom. Who is hiding behind Saint Nick's snowy-white beard?
13) Entrapment
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A solitary master thief and an insurance company investigator team up for a multibillion-dollar heist.
15) The kennel caper
Author
Series
Annie's Attic mysteries volume 28
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The residents of Stony Point, Maine, are getting restless over a string of break-ins that have been plaguing the community. The burglars have hit some of the most upscale residences in Stony Point, and they seem to know just when their owners are out of town. Annie Dawson and her best friend, Alice MacFarlane, have solved many mysteries that have originated in the attic of Annie's Victorian-era home, Grey Gables, but this one has no connection to...
16) The Mercy Watson collection: Vol. 2,Mercy Watson fights crime.Mercy Watson : princess in disguise
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
Description
Mercy Watson fights crime: Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.
Mercy Watson, princess in disguise: Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again. At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone hoping to break into it. Studying architecture the way...
18) The bling ring
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
At the center of one of Hollywood's most notorious burglary rings in 2009 was a group of average, middle-class teens from a quiet suburb. This is the behind-the-scenes story of how Nick, a shy, awkward boy, lured by the promise of popularity and acceptance, found himself following his glamorous, charismatic best friend Rachel into breaking into celebrities' houses and robbing them of millions of dollars in clothes and jewelry.
19) A classic case
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Mary is delighted about Living History Days, when many of Ivy Bay's businesses put on demonstrations of what life was like in historic Cape Cod. She's especially excited about the re-enacted bank robbery at Ivy Bay Bank & Trust. But as Mary and the crowd watch the re-enactment, they realize this fake crime is actually real. The masked, gun-wielding robber, played by Steve Althorpe, the bank manager, escapes with the contents of several safe deposit...