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Graceling

the graphic novel
2021
In graphic novel format, retells the story of Katsa, a girl who lives in a world where some people are born with supernatural abilities called Graces, and who seeks redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing.
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Where the crawdads sing

"Kya Clark is the 'Marsh Girl' of Barkley Cove on the North Carolina coast. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist, she took life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. Drawn to two young men from town who were intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opened herself to a new and startling world--until the unthinkable happens. When Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya"--OCLC.

Five nights at Freddy's

"Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie--whose father owned the restaurant--and her childhood friends reunite on the anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza place, which had been locked up and abandoned for years. After they discover a way inside, they realize that things are not as they used to be. The four adult size animatronic mascots that once entertained patrons have change. They now have a dark secret . . . and a murderous agenda"--Back cover.
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Home before dark

Maggie Holt's father bequeaths an old Victorian mansion to her after he dies--a mansion that is supposedly haunted. Maggie barely remembers when her family lived there--a mere three weeks--before they fled in the middle of the night. Her father even wrote a book about the experience, which became a best-seller. Maggie doesn't believe the house is haunted, but does want to renovate it, in order to sell it, and hopes put to rest some of the memories of the past. The house, however, has other plans.

The amateurs

"Four teens who met on an online cold-case solving forum attempt to solve another teen's murder"--.

Cold-blooded Myrtle

Twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective Myrtle Hardcastle returns, and now she is on the trail of a serial killer in her hometown of Swinburne.

Mass shootings

media, myths, and realities
"[Examines] mass shootings as told by the media, offering research-based, factual answers to oft-asked questions and investigating common myths about these tragic events."--Provided by publisher.

The wife who knew too much

The first Mrs. Ford was accomplished, beautiful, and exorbitantly wealthy, but now she is dead. The second Mrs. Ford is a small-town waitress who married the man with whom she had a summer romance ten years ago, and never forgot, and now is exorbitantly wealthy. The man linking these two women--one dead, the other one not yet dead--is Connor Ford, whose life is lived among the glittering Hamptons mansions. Connor's life unfolds through the eyes of the two women, his wives, who know and knew him best, and reveal the secrets of who is the real victim and villain.

All things cease to appear

When George Clare's wife is murdered and his toddler left alone in the house, he becomes a murder suspect. As the police try to find the killer, the fates of two families intertwine over the unsolved murder.

Stalking Claremont

Chronicles the investigation into a serial killer in Claremont, a suburb of Perth, Australia, and examines the effects of the case on the community. Includes color photographs.

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