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Foxglove

"Nineteen-year-old Signa Farrow must solve a duke's murder and contend with a seemingly all-powerful deity, Fate"--Provided by publisher.
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The summer she went missing

One year after her best friend, Audrey, went missing, Paige enters a world far darker than she ever could have imagined to find the truth after discovering a burner phone hidden in Audrey's old room that links her disappearance to that of another girl.
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Captain Stone's revenge

2023
"Nancy investigates a string of incidents at a sailing resort"--Provided by publisher.
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Charlie Thorne and the curse of Cleopatra

Book #3
"In 30 BCE, Cleopatra and her husband, Marc Antony, lost their war against Octavian for control of the Egyptian Empire. However, Cleopatra knew Octavian was really after the mysterious item that was the source of all her wealth and influence, so she hid it before committing suicide. She left a series of devious clues behind for her children to find it, but they were lost to history--until now. . . . Charlie must fight for her life against ruthless enemies, match wits with Cleopatra, and solve the two-thousand-year-old mystery to prevent the most powerful treasure of the ancient world from falling into the wrong hands"--Provided by publisher.
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Captivity

2024
"Asia and Ring Wilde have rescued endangered vaquitas in the Sea of Cortez and freed their mom from kidnappers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but nothing can prepare them for the adventure that comes with returning to captivity. Live at the Wilds--their family's conservation park for rare and endangered animals--is supposed to be safe. But Ring and Asia have barely put down their bags before they and their team are confronted by angry protestors, menacing trespassers, and violent robbers. There's a plot afoot to bring down the Wilds . . . but who's behind it? When someone starts setting wild cats loose, putting both people and animals directly in harm's way, the Wilde siblings must decide who to trust if they want any chance at saving the home that they love"--Provided by publisher.
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Last exit to Feral

little town. underground.
"A creepy creature in a creepy well in the creepy basement of a creepy old house isn't all that's creepy in the small town of Feral. Tying together and continuing several tales from 'Welcome to Feral' (2022), the search for the ghost of a long-vanished teacher leads intrepid young investigators Freya and Monica to free children trapped in a haunted playground, the even more haunted middle school basement, and other sinister locales. They also explore a labyrinth of spooky tunnels, resulting in encounters with a hulking "franken-farmer," a hideous witch who is eager to turn children into rats, and other subterranean terrors on the way to a climactic struggle with a raving, tentacled well monster"--Kirkus reviews.
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Menacing manor

Twins Theo and Alexander, their older sister Wil, and five new friends find themselves at an electrifying manor run by Mister Frank and Dr. Stein.
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The maid

a novel
2023
"A charmingly eccentric hotel maid discovers a guest murdered in his bed, turning her once orderly world upside down--and inspiring a motley crew of unexpected allies to band together to solve the mystery"--Provided by publisher.
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The debutantes

On the night of the Les Masques Ball during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, a debutante's mysterious disappearance prompts three unlikely allies to unearth dark secrets lurking beneath the glamorous facade, revealing a dangerous connection to a previous tragedy and the ominous threat of another death.
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Scooby-Doo!

2022
When a road accident traps Scooby-Doo and the gang in Winter Hollow at Christmas, they must solve the case of the monster snowman that attacks all the town's chimneys.
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