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Mortal instruments volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 20
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Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 8
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
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When a dog unearths evidence of a murder in the Hollywood Hills, Detective Harry Bosch must tackle a cold case that sparks memories he's tried to forget.
On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills — and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch...
On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills — and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch...
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When Ava Gold, New York City's first female detective, is called in to investigate the murder of a young woman beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, she quickly realizes this is no typical murder-and that she is up against no typical serial killer. To find him, her search will lead her into the rough streets and docks of burgeoning 1920s Brooklyn.
"A MASTERPIECE OF THRILLER AND MYSTERY. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological...
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Charisat is a city at the Fringe of the Waste, a rocky and treacherous area of desolation formed more than a thousand years ago when a mysterious holocaust drained the sea and destroyed the flourishing civilization of the Ancients. It is a city which survives by trade, and its most valuable merchandise is relics, artifacts from the remains of the Ancient city that once occupied Charisat's present location. Relics are priceless, and in a city where
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City of Bones Die fünfzehnjährige Clary lebt mit ihrer Mutter in New York. Als diese entführt wird, lüftet Clary das Familiengeheimnis: Ihre Mutter gehörte einst der Bruderschaft der Shadowhunter an, einer Gruppe, die seit über tausend Jahren Dämonen jagt. Nach und nach beginnt auch Clary in diese Welt einzudringen. Doch die Welt der Dämonenjäger ist zerrissen. Werden Clary und ihre Freunde es schaffen, ihre Mutter zu retten?
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When Ava Gold, New York City's first female detective, is called in to investigate the murder of a young woman beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, she quickly realizes this is no typical murder-and that she is up against no typical serial killer. To find him, her search will lead her into the rough streets and docks of burgeoning 1920s Brooklyn.
CITY OF BONES (An Ava Gold Mystery-Book 3) is a new novel in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and...
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In the rough streets of 1920s New York City, 34 year-old Ava Gold, a widower and single mom, claws her way up to become the first female homicide detective in her NYPD precinct. She is as tough as they come, and willing to hold her own in a man's world.
But Ava, facing resentment and opposition from her all-male police force, has been transferred to a downtown precinct, and hazed relentlessly in the hope that she will become miserable enough to drop...
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DEATH HAUNTS HER ...
Vampire hunters Jess Vandermire and John Brittain are supposed to be relaxing in the City of Lights while Jess's brother, Regent, a Catholic priest, fulfills a three-month assignment. Only their time in Paris so far has been anything but a vacation...
Last month, they managed to put down a demon uprising, but that's nothing compared to what's going on now. There's a serial killer on the loose, the vampires are on the verge of...
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DEATH DEFINES HER . . . When Jess Vandermire, Captain of New York City's Vampire Hunting team, learns that her brother, Regent, has been sent to Paris for three months by the Vatican, she's devastated. Regent's been too involved with vampires as a priest to go to Paris without fearing vampire retribution. He'll need backup. Lucky for him, Jess and her partner, John Brittain, have some vacation time coming. Once Jess and Britt arrive, they know something's...
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Death Deceives Her
Jess Vandermire and John (Britt) Brittain have been in Paris for three months now, but they aren't going home yet. There's a complicated vampire uprising brewing, and everything they've encountered in Paris so far has drawn them deeper into the conspiracy. It's becoming apparent there are more than just vampires in the mix, but Jess still hasn't figured out exactly what they're up against...or who their true enemy is.
Jess and...
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Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York City called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.
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Written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Twilight Companion and The Hunger Games Companion, the book takes fans deeper into the world of the Shadowhunters created by Cassandra Clare-a gritty urban fantasy world full of demon hunters into which Clary Fray, a Brooklynite previously unaware of the magical world, is suddenly and inexplicably pulled.
The Mortal Instruments Companion includes fascinating background facts about the action...
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
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2013.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the forthcoming film features full-color set photos, designer sketches, and cast and crew interviews that cover topics ranging from the screenwriting process to the director's vision.
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 25
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A collection of ten short stories, some of which were previously available online, that follow Jem Carstairs as he travels through the many Shadow Markets around the world, searching for a relic from his past.
18) City of ashes
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Mortal instruments volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
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Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
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Life's a beach…and then you're undead? In this must-have collection, five of today's hottest writers-Libba Bray (A Great and Terrible Beauty), Cassandra Clare (City of Bones), Claudia Gray (Evernight), Maureen Johnson (13 Little Blue Envelopes), and Sarah Mlynowski (Bras & Broomsticks)-tell supernatural tales of vacations gone awry. Lost luggage is only mildly unpleasant compared to bunking with a witch who holds a grudge. And a sunburn might be...
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Navigating the Shadow World takes readers deep into the rich universe of Cassandra Clare's New York Times–bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles. With intelligent but accessible explorations of each volume of the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series, Liv Spencer delivers the next best thing to a Shadowhunter's Codex with commentary on the books as well as the references to folklore, legends, and literature. Spencer also recounts Cassandra...