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Jill's summer job, guiding tourists on mountain trail rides, turns out to be troublesome and potentially life threatening when she takes a man into the mountains only to find out that he is a dangerous killer.

"Mona McKee is a frustrated bit-player in 1940s Hollywood. Currently a former child actress struggling to find success, now it seems that Mona has fallen pregnant--despite being a virgin. When a collection of her personal effects falls into blogger Bryce Polk's hand, he finds himself an unlikely investigator, putting together the pieces of a deadly mystery from the past."--Provided by publisher.

"Coree and Olivia are seemingly normal fifteen-year-old girls, concerned with getting their learner's permits, chatting with friends online, and boys. One boy, in particular--the enigmatic 'Teen Hammer Killer' Nathaniel Page. Together, the two girls develop 'fandom' around Natty that eventually grows into something much deeper and strange. Convinced that Natty is wounded and misunderstood, a victim of his parents and, now, of the justice system, the girls decide to take matters into their own hands. Their actions will leave a community stunned--and more than one family irrevocably shattered"--Back cover.

"In the 1870s, some find a new life in the West, while some just find the Drakes--A family of criminals, who lure travelers into their home, rob and then murder them. When their crimes come to light, the people of the nearest settlement form up a posse. The Drakes flee, but the hunting party is hot on their heels, and nothing but blood will satisfy the mob"--Provided by publisher.

"A truck-stop waitress partners with a psychic, a ghost, and her old high-school-flame-turned-sheriff's deputy to find out who has been murdering women and dumping them in the woods around her small town"--Publisher.

"Eight teens are dropped off on a remote west-coast island for a week-long treatment program called INTRO (Into Nature to Renew Ourselves). The story is told by two of them: Alice, whose police-officer mother believes Alice might have a substance-abuse problem, and Caleb, who assaulted his abusive stepfather. They are joined by six other miscreants and three staff: a psychologist, a social worker and an ex-cop. On the first night, one of the girls disappears from her cabin. There is a panicked search of the island, but she is nowhere to be found. The adults seem oddly ineffectual in dealing with the crisis-and then the ex-cop gets sick and dies. The radio has been sabotaged, and there is no way to call for help. When the social worker also becomes ill, the kids decide to take matters into their own hands and track down the killer"--Amazon.com.

Richard is accepted into an elite group of college students and discovers the secret that binds them together.

The Fact of a Body is a book not only about how the story of one crime was constructed, but about how we understand our past, the nature of forgiveness, and whether a single narrative can ever really contain something as definitive as the truth.

Presents the intertwining stories of Guglielmo Marconi and his quest to invent the first wireless transatlantic communication in Edwardian London, and the actions of an unlikely murderer, Hawley Crippen, whose crime is revealed through the invention.

Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.