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To solve Rhode Island's budget crisis, the state's colorful governor, Attila the Nun, wants to legalize sports gambling; but her plan has unexpected consequences. Organized crime, professional sports leagues, and others who have a lot to lose--or gain--if gambling is made legal flood the state with money to buy the votes of state legislators. Liam Mulligan, investigative reporter for The Providence Dispatch, wants to investigate, but his bottom-feeding...
82) Wild rain
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'"Banished by her grandfather at the age of eighteen, Spring Lee has survived scandal to claim her own little slice of Paradise, Wyoming. She's proud of working her ranch alone and unwilling to share it with a stranger--especially one like Garrett McCray, who makes her second-guess her resolve to avoid men. Garrett escaped slavery years ago and is now a reporter in Washington. He's traveled west to interview Dr. Colton Lee for an article, yet it's...
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From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime . . . crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun. For twelve years of eighty-hour workweeks, he covered the seedy side...
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime . . . crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun. For twelve years of eighty-hour workweeks, he covered the seedy side...
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Irene Kelly mysteries volume 4
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Best-selling, award-winning author Jan Burke presents Remember Me, Irene, a novel of "electric suspense" (Grand Rapids Press). Here, daring investigative reporter Irene Kelly encounters a most unexpected blast from the past. "I'm not who I used to be," whispers an apparent stranger on the street. This cryptic remark puts Irene on the path to uncovering the very core of the city's corruption.
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Victory gospels volume 2
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Angel Roberts has embraced her new faith, but past memories remain fresh. When her beloved grandmother suffers a stroke, Angel sets out to investigate a mystery that has created family tensions and lingered since she was five years old: What happened to her mother?
She teams up with investigative reporter Wes Cade, a man obsessed with the remaining memories of grandfather, who is stricken with Alzheimer's. As Angel lets her guard down with Wes, his...
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"Working with Jemma Harrison on his novel is the last thing millionaire Nate Thornton wants. After his harrowing experience as a war reporter Nate prefers to be alone. He certainly doesn't want Jemma reawakening his desires--or his dreams! But soon Nate can't deny the light Jemma brings to his life. Could she be the one woman to open his heart again?"--Back cover.
87) Southside
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Los Angeles Times gang reporter Michael Lyons has just left his favorite downtown saloon when he is shot and wounded on the sidewalk two blocks from City Hall. After the initial shock, fellow reporters put together a betting pool. The bet? "Who Shot Mike?" There are a lot of contenders. When the LAPD's investigation stalls, the Times runs editorials critical of the police. Then, when detectives uncover an audio tape of Lyons talking to a gang member...
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Soul searching was an unfamiliar exercise to Bill Stratton, and he found it intriguing as well as painful. He hadn't had much occasion for it in his life, given that he was fairly shallow, but then, on the verge of his sixtieth birthday, his wife told him she was leaving him for another man. He'd been under the impression they had a happy marriage. She assured him that for nearly forty years, in fact since the second week of their honeymoon, she'd...
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"In this interactive chapter book, you are a reporter for a top-ranked mystery podcast, and you're out to crack the biggest case yet: Do swamp monsters exist? To find out, you'll investigate some of history's greatest swamp monster mysteries, including the Lizard Man, the Australian Bunyip, and the Honey Island Swamp Monster of Louisiana. Will you catch a real-life monster or become part of the legend?"--Back cover.
90) Donut danger
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IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Kid reporter Athena Bean is determined to reveal the secret ingredient used to make the treats at the House of Donuts.
91) Poison town
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When reporter Jack Crittendon learns people on the poor side of town are dying, and pollution from a local manufacturing plant may be to blame, nothing will stop his investigation.
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"In this interactive chapter book, you are a reporter for a high-profile magazine, and you're about to discover the greatest scoop yet: Do aliens exist? To find out, you'll need to investigate some of history's most infamous alien encounters, from Area 51 in Nevada to Fairbanks, Alaska. Will you discover a real-life alien being, or will your investigative probe be nothing more than a close encounter?"--Amazon.
94) The trade off
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"For Stella, deputy editor of The Globe, the choice has always been clear. It doesn't matter how low she has to stoop--getting the best story is what she's built her reputation on. For Jess, The Globe's rookie reporter, the story stops when the truth does. But she knows that the dirty tricks of the tabloids will be hard to overturn. And when a celebrity is hounded by The Globe and pays the ultimate price, Jess wonders just how much Stella and the...
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Lucy Stone mysteries volume 6
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New York Times-Bestselling Author: "A down-to-earth sleuth" investigates carnage at a cookie exchange (Library Journal).
For Lucy Stone, the best thing about Christmas in Tinker's Cove, Maine, has always been the annual Cookie Exchange. But the usual generosity and goodwill is missing from this year's event, which turns out to be a complete disaster. Petty rivalries and feuds that have long been simmering...
For Lucy Stone, the best thing about Christmas in Tinker's Cove, Maine, has always been the annual Cookie Exchange. But the usual generosity and goodwill is missing from this year's event, which turns out to be a complete disaster. Petty rivalries and feuds that have long been simmering...
96) Talk of the town
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When an embarrassing message between Charla and Daniel goes out to the whole class, Jessie discovers someone has been tampering with Charla's lawyer mom's computer, and in order to keep the culprit from walking free, Jessie and Charla need Daniel's help, but when some messages go out, they are hard to take back.
97) The golden hour
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"The Golden Hour is pure golden delight Beatriz Williams is at the top of her game." —Kate Quinn, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Alice Network
Beatriz Williams, the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives, is back with another hot summer read; a dazzling epic of World War II in which a beautiful young "society reporter" is sent to the Bahamas, a haven of spies, traitors, and the infamous
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"Lucy Merryweather has inherited a fortune--and her great-aunt's list of unfulfilled wishes. What better way to honor her memory than by accomplishing as many of them as possible? And with Lucy's family an ocean away in New York, nothing stands in her way--if one ignores the private investigator hired to spy on her"--
99) Nightingale Way
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Eternity Springs novels volume 5
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When a story puts her life in danger, reporter Catherine Blackburn is unexpectedly reunited with her ex-husband, Jack Davenport, who takes her to his home above Eternity Springs where they get a second chance at love.
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Kilts and quilts volume 1
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Caitriona Macleod gave up her career as a reporter for the role of perfect wife. But after her husband is found dead in his mistress's bed, a devastated Cait returns to her birthplace; Gandiegow, Scotland. There she is surprised to find Graham Buchanan, a movie star with many secrets. This just may reignite her career, if her heart doesn't get in the way. Is it worth it to resurrect her career? Or should she listen to her heart and give love another...