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Author
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times-bestselling author's terrifying new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life. Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner party-attended by Luke, the flirtatious IT guy who'd been...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again. Agatha Raisin's private detective agency is working flat out on a series of shop burglaries. The break-ins seem to have taken a violent turn when a friend of Agatha's is murdered during a raid on his shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again.
At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone hoping to break into it. Studying architecture the way...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meehan, a career thief staring at life without parole, is awaiting sentencing at the Manhattan Correctional Center when he is called to a meeting by someone masquerading as his lawyer. The man, it turns out, represents the presidential re-election campaign committee -- now finding itself in need of a little professional help. So they "outsource" Meehan in return for a walk from all pending criminal charges. All he has to do is steal a compromising...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 3
Lexile measure
390L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons' kitchen right this minute! As he drags the toaster across the counter - screeeeeech - and drops it into his bag - clannngggg - little does he know that a certain large pig who loves toast with a great deal of butter is stirring from sleep. Even less could he guess that comedy of errors (not to mention the buttery...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Surly Squirrel and the gang are back. They are once again in Oakton where the evil mayor has decided to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place. Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (approximately 43 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mercy Watson fights crime: Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.
Mercy Watson, princess in disguise: Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 104
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Aldens investigate when a new store called the Game Spot opens in town and the neighboring shops are robbed.
10) The nut job
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Edition
[DVD].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow the travails of Surly, a mischievous squirrel, and his rat friend Buddy, who plan a nut store heist of outrageous proportions and unwittingly find themselves embroiled in a much more complicated and hilarious adventure.
11) The bling ring
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, The Bling Ring tells the story of a group of fame-obsessed teenagers living in the suburbs of Los Angeles who use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their empty homes. Ringleader Rebecca leads the group of misfits including Marc, Nicki, Sam and Chloe on the ultimate heist for designer clothes and jewelry; and what starts out as teenage fun quickly spins out of control.
Author
Series
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
For the first time ever, all of Bernie's short-form appearances in one complete volume - plus two new, unpublished pieces. In all of mystery fiction, there has never been a character like Bernie--and in this book, he demonstrates all the charm and wit and kleptophilic ingenuity that has made two generations of readers welcome their favourite burglar into their homes.
Author
Series
Racc Pack volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
176 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Bin family, a trio of raccoons in the risky business of dumpster diving for all their needs. With Dusty's brains, ReRe's muscle, and Scraps's gadgets (please don't tell him he's almost definitely an opossum), the Binses are determined to leave no garbage bin unturned in their pursuit of the tastiest, most delicious trash they can find. When the family discovers a new upscale grocery store that's throwing away their perfectly good food at...
14) Home alone
Language
English
Formats
Description
An eight-year-old boy is left home alone on Christmas, and has to defend his home against two bumbling burglars.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the next Lady Emily Mystery, The Dark Heart of Florence, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florence, where Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Medici. In 1903, tensions between Britain and Germany are starting to loom over Europe, something that has not gone unnoticed by Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves. An agent of the Crown, Colin...
16) Don't breathe
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they'll get away with the perfect heist. They're wrong.
18) Don't breathe
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they'll get away with the perfect heist. They're wrong.
Author
Series
Willowmere volume 3
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Pocket Star Books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
When Lady Vivian Carlyle agrees to introduce his American cousins to London society, Oliver, Earl of Stewkesbury, is captivated by this outrageous woman who refuses his marriage proposal and suggests that they become lovers.
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