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- The president's shadow / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; DiLallo, Richard,author.;
- "For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston, and his alter ego, The Shadow, has possessed an array of mental and physical powers: scientific skills, shape-shifting ability, and mind control. When a series of deadly natural disasters strike the planet, immediately set out to identify who's responsible ... A disgruntled graduate student? The power-hungry president of the Americas? Or could it be Shiwan Khan, the Shadow's fiercest enemy? The Shadow's latest adventure is also his, Maddy's, and Margo's most dangerous. Triumph or perish, they'll rise or fall ... together."--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Shadow (Fictitious character); Catastrophical, The; Natural disasters; Superheroes; Supervillains;
- Die of shame / by Billingham, Mark,author.;
- Every Monday evening, six people gather in a smart North London house to talk about addiction. There they share their deepest secrets: stories of lies, regret, and above all, shame. Then one of them is killed - and it's clear one of the circle was responsible. Detective Inspector Nicola Tanner quickly finds her investigation hampered by the strict confidentiality that binds these people and their therapist together. So what could be shameful enough to cost someone their life? And how do you find the truth when denial and deception are second nature to all of your suspects?
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Police; Women detectives;
- The president's shadow [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; DiLallo, Richard,author.;
- "For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston, and his alter ego, The Shadow, has possessed an array of mental and physical powers: scientific skills, shape-shifting ability, and mind control. When a series of deadly natural disasters strike the planet, immediately set out to identify who's responsible ... A disgruntled graduate student? The power-hungry president of the Americas? Or could it be Shiwan Khan, the Shadow's fiercest enemy? The Shadow's latest adventure is also his, Maddy's, and Margo's most dangerous. Triumph or perish, they'll rise or fall ... together."--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Shadow (Fictitious character); Catastrophical, The; Natural disasters; Superheroes; Supervillains;
- American radical : inside the world of an undercover Muslim FBI agent / by Elnoury, Tamer,author.; Maurer, Kevin,author.;
- It's no secret that federal agencies are waging a broad, global war against terror. But for the first time in this memoir, an active, Muslim American federal agent reveals his experience infiltrating and bringing down a terror cell in North America. A longtime undercover agent, Tamer Elnoury joined an elite counterterrorism unit after September 11. Its express purpose is to gain the trust of terrorists whose goals are to take out as many Americans in as public and devastating a way possible. It's a furious race against the clock for Tamer and his unit to stop them before they can implement their plans. Yet as new as this war still is, the techniques are as old as time: Listen, record, and prove terrorist intent --
- Subjects: Elnoury, Tamer.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.; Terrorism;
- Hotel Ukraine / by Smith, Martin Cruz,1942-author.;
- "In the latest installment of Martin Cruz Smith's celebrated Arkady Renko series, the legendary Moscow investigator seeks to solve the murder of a diplomat as Russia's invasion of Ukraine wears on and the effects of Renko's Parkinson's Disease worsen. Helped by his lover, journalist Tatiana Petrovna, Renko traces the murder to a Russian paramilitary group aided by a government official who also used to be a romantic partner of Renko. Before long, those responsible for the killing look to similarly dispatch Arkady and Tatiana -- all of it leading to a thrilling and action-packed climax."--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Renko, Arkady (Fictitious character); Diplomats; Murder; Police; Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022;
- Tokyo revengers. [graphic novel] / by Wakui, Ken,author,illustrator.; Harkins, Robert,letterer.; Project Ceres,translator.;
- "Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell, which is also responsible for Hinata's death in the present. To save Hinata and change the future, Takemichi must rise to the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang! But things aren't so simple when he befriends the gang's leader, Mikey. What turned Mikey from a petulant child to the leader of the most infamous gang in Tokyo?"--Publisher.Older teen (15+).
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Manga.; Gangs; Time travel;
- Tokyo revengers. [graphic novel] / by Wakui, Ken,author,illustrator.; Harkins, Robert,letterer.; Project Ceres,translator.;
- "Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell, which is also responsible for Hinata's death in the present. To save Hinata and change the future, Takemichi must rise to the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang! But things aren't so simple when he befriends the gang's leader, Mikey. What turned Mikey from a petulant child to the leader of the most infamous gang in Tokyo?"--Publisher.Older teen (15+).
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Manga.; Gangs; Time travel;
- Tokyo revengers. [graphic novel] / by Wakui, Ken,author,illustrator.; Harkins, Robert,letterer.; Project Ceres,translator.;
- "Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell, which is also responsible for Hinata's death in the present. To save Hinata and change the future, Takemichi must rise to the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang! But things aren't so simple when he befriends the gang's leader, Mikey. What turned Mikey from a petulant child to the leader of the most infamous gang in Tokyo?"--Publisher.Older teen (15+).
- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Manga.; Gangs; Time travel;
- The murder book / by Billingham, Mark,author.;
- Tom Thorne has it all. In Nicola Tanner and Phil Hendricks, Thorne has good friends by his side. He finally has a love life worth a damn and is happy in the job to which he has devoted his life ... Tom Thorne has it all ... to lose. Hunting the woman responsible for a series of grisly murders, Thorne has no way of knowing that he will be plunged into a nightmare from which he may never wake. A nightmare that has a name. Finally, Thorne's past has caught up with him and a ruinous secret is about to be revealed. If he wants to save himself and his friends, he must do the unthinkable.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Thorne, Tom (Fictitious character); Police; Secrecy; Serial murder investigation; Women murderers;
- The portal keeper / by Robertson, David,1977-;
- While exploring World's End, an area in Aski they've just discovered, Morgan and Emily delight in their developing relationship, while Eli struggles to understand his new-found power: the ability to locate a portal. A shocking turn of events leads them to a new village, Ministik, where the animal beings who live there are going missing. Horrified to discover who is responsible, the children vow to help and turn to friends, old and new. But it's getting harder and harder to keep the two worlds separate, especially when details of a traditional legend change everything. Forever.
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Indigenous children; Foster children; Magic; Missing persons; Forest animals; Time travel;
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