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1) Nightwork
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Language
English
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces an unforgettable thief in a new novel of suspense, greed, love, and survival... Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer, he left Chicago-but kept up his nightwork. Wandering from the Outer Banks to Savannah to...
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Men of the sisterhood volume 2
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English
Description
"With the women of the Sisterhood away on a covert assignment, their significant others could be expected to kick back and enjoy a little drama-free downtime. But that's not the way Jack, Ted, Harry, Charles, and the rest of their comrades roll. An urgent call has come to the headquarters of their organization, BOLO Consultants. Bert Navarro, head of security for Countess Anna de Silva, suspects that Annie's deluxe casino, Babylon, is being stealthily...
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Camino Island novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious...
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Jack Swyteck novels volume Prequel
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English
Description
Every week, a hundred million dollars in cash arrive at Miami International Airport, shipped by German banks to Federal Reserve. A select group of trusted workers moves the bags through customs and loads them into armored cars. - Ruban Betancourt has always played by the rules. But when the bank takes his house and his restaurant business goes bust, he is driven over the edge. He and his wife deserve more than what life has handed them, and he's come...
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Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 10
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English
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A philosophical yet practical gentleman, Bernie Rhodenbarr possesses many admirable qualities: charm, intelligence, sparkling wit, and unwavering loyalty. Of course, he also has this special talent and a taste for life's finer things. So he's more than willing to perform some vengeful larceny for a friend -- ripping off a smarmy, particularly deserving plastic surgeon -- for fun and a very tidy profit.
But during a practice run at another address,...
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Series
The founders trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne's docks, is nothing her unique abilities can't handle. But unbeknownst to her, Sancia's been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving. The Merchant Houses who control this magic--the art of using coded commands to imbue everyday objects with sentience--have already...
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Series
Edilean series volume 5
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Historian Gemma Ranford and Colin Frazier must work together to find the Heartwishes stone that's been missing for over one hundred years -- and with an international thief also on the hunt, the clock is ticking. Because in the wrong hands, no one named Frazier will ever be safe.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013, c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A very bad rat rides his horse along the highway stealing travelers' food, from a rabbit's clover to a spider's flies, until clever Duck introduces him to her "sister."
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Series
Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 3
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English
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Description
Accused of a murder he did not commit, a master thief is determined to prove his innocence.
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Hood misfits volume 6
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English
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Description
"What do you do when your work is used against you? This is a question that Auto, leader of the Eraserheads, faces when an unforeseen and dangerous situation wreaks havoc on everything he's built. It's up to him and his right-hand, Code, along with their team of expert car thieves, to figure out who's behind the attacks on their livelihiid. When a crafty con woman named Smiley and a mysterious businessman named Boots step onto the scene, every player...
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Series
Black Cat Bookstore volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cobweb the cat and her best friends, who are mice, save the spooky Black Cat Bookstore from a burglar who says he doesn't believe in ghosts.
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Series
Good thief's guide volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Charlie Howard-globe-trotting mystery writer, professional thief, and poor decision maker-is in Paris. Flush with the success of his latest book reading, Charlie agrees to show a complete novice how to break into an apartment in the Marais. Fast-forward twenty-four hours and Charlie's hired to steal an ordinary-looking oil painting-from the exact same address. Mere coincidence? Charlie figures there's no harm in finding out-until a dead body turns...
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Robyn Hood volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Master thief Robyn Hood must discover who is taking money from a local orphanage before the kids' fates are put in danger.
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 11
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Who is writing threatening notes? How could anyone get into the secret room of the old mansion? As Frank and Joe investigate, robbery and mistaken identity complicate matters.
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Series
Riley Wolfe volume 2
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A masterful thief plots an impossible crime in Book 2 of the Riley Wolfe series--
Pulling off an impossible crime is the only way he can stay alive.
Stealing a Faberge egg. Surviving a double cross. And pulling off the most incredible robbery ever, for the world’s most demanding - and dangerous collector.
This will be the challenge of thief extraordinaire Riley Wolfe’s life.
Fool Me Twice opens in St. Petersburg, where Riley steals the egg...
19) The ghost job
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Zenith and her friends may be dead--but lucky for them, even getting ghosted wasn't enough to tear them apart. The four of them were thick as thieves long before an unfortunate lab accident sent them careening into the afterlife. So when they hear about a machine that could return them to the land of the living, they are determined to steal it. Unfortunately, the magical device belongs to a dangerous necromancer who's out for their ectoplasm. Fortunately,...
20) Spell hacker
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Publisher
Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In Kyrkarta, magic--known as maz--was once a freely available natural resource. Then an earthquake released a magical plague, killing thousands and opening the door for a greedy corporation to make maz a commodity that's tightly controlled--and, of course, outrageously expensive. Which is why Diz and her three best friends run a highly lucrative, highly illegal maz siphoning gig on the side. Their next job is supposed to be their last heist ever....
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