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Smith, Alexander Gordon

Summary: When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish 2010

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SMI

Lashner, William

Summary: Middle schooler Elizabeth Webster has a new case for the Court of Uncommon Pleas: a fourth grader who says her sister's ghosts were stolen; the case leads her to the Ramsberger Institute of the Paranormal, run by Frederick Ramsberger and his grandmother (deceased), who are imprisoning and controlling ghosts, and who have a connection to Elizabeth's enemy, the fearsome demon Redwing.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LAS

Scottoline, Lisa.

Summary: "New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Lisa Scottoline revolutionized crime fiction when she introduced her all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates, thrilling readers with her twisty, fast-paced plots and capturing their hearts with her cast of strong yet totally relatable female characters. Fans have been clamoring for more stories with the characters they've come to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCO

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Scottoline 2013

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS SCO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY SCO

Patterson, James

Summary: Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have one week to traverse the Australian Outback, locate Charlotte Badger and her pirate cronies, and find evidence to prove their parents innocent of stealing rare opals.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PAT

Doiron, Paul.

Summary: Stumbling on a case that suggests that a man convicted of murder seven years earlier may have been framed, game warden Mike Bowditch ignores warnings by local authorities and risks his relationship with his girlfriend to conduct a secret investigation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011

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Dickerson, Melanie

Summary: In medieval England, after her seven brothers are falsely accused of murder and treason, eighteen-year-old Delia flees their cruel stepmother and becomes a seamstress at Westminster Palace, hoping to gain their release, with Sir Geoffrey's assistance.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2021

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Doiron, Paul.

Summary: Stumbling on a case that suggests that a man convicted of murder seven years earlier may have been framed, game warden Mike Bowditch ignores warnings by local authorities and risks his relationship with his girlfriend to conduct a secret investigation.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2011

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M DOI

Ward, J. R.

Summary: Horribly injured after saving one of his fellow inmates, Kane can't help but fall in love with the nurse overseeing his convalescence. But with both of them trapped in the notorious prison camp and his health hanging in the balance, Kane knows he's not going to survive much longer. When a chance for liberation comes from an unexpected source, however, he vows to free his love no matter the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAR

Baldwin, James

Summary: "Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2002

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BAL

Jones, Tayari

Summary: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JON

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC JON

Jones, Tayari

Summary: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American dream and the new South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge Audio 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JON

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JON

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Jones 2018

MacDonald, Patricia J.

Summary: "Ever since her best friend Molly was murdered fifteen years before, Blair Butler has returned to her small hometown in the Pocono mountains as seldom as possible. Now she has been summoned home to see her terminally ill sister one last time--only for Celeste to make a shocking deathbed confession. Is it really true that the wrong man has spent fifteen years in jail for a crime he didn't...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAC

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MAC

Eskens, Allen

Summary: "When Boady Sanden first receives the case of Elijah Matthews, he's certain there's not much he can do. Elijah, who believes himself to be a prophet, has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital for the past four years, convicted of brutally murdering the pastor of a megachurch. But as a law professor working for the Innocence Project, Boady agrees to look into Elijah's file. When he does, he...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company 2023

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Jones, Tayari

Summary: "Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated byforces beyond their control"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2018

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3 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JON

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JON

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JON

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JON

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Jones 2018

Smith, Charlie

Summary: Delvin Walker is just a boy when his mother flees their home in the Red Row section of Chattanooga, accused of killing a white man. Taken in by Cornelius Oliver, proprietor of the town’s leading Negro funeral home, he discovers the art of caring for the aggrieved, the promise of transcendence in the written word, and a rare peace in a hostile world. Yet tragedy visits them near-daily, and after...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMI

Jones, Tayari

Summary: "Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC JON

Cameron, Marc

Summary: "Father Pat West, S.J., was a buddy of the young Jack Ryan when they were both undergraduates at Boston College. Father West left a comfortable job in the philosophy department at Georgetown to work with the poor in Indonesia. Now he's been arrested and accused of blasphemy against Islam. President Ryan is desperate to rescue his old friend, but he can't move officially against the Indonesians....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019

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2 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CAM

Colfer, Eoin.

Summary: In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands. He spends his days studying the science of flight and exploring the castle with the king's daughter. But his life changes when he discovers a deadly conspiracy against the king. When Conor tries to intervene, he is branded a traitor and thrown into jail. There, he has to fight for his life, as he and the other prisoners are...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC COL

Lescroart, John T.

Summary: "Having joined the "dark side" after years spent prosecuting criminals as the San Francisco DA, defense attorney Wes Farrell is experiencing a crisis of faith. How can he in good conscience defend clients whom, in his estimation, are most likely guilty? In his role as DA, Farrell had helped put away Paul Riley, a young man charged for the rape and murder of his then-girlfriend Dana Rush, only...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LES

Johnson, Kim

Summary: Life can change in an instant. When you're wrongfully accused of a crime. When a virus shuts everything down. When the girl you love moves on. Andre Jackson is determined to reclaim his identity. But returning from juvie doesn't feel like coming home. His Portland, Oregon, neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, and COVID-19 shuts down school before he can return. And Andre's suspicions about his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JOH

Patterson, James

Summary: Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have one week to traverse the Australian Outback, locate Charlotte Badger and her pirate cronies, and find evidence to prove their parents innocent of stealing rare opals.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2020

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3 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAT

Eskens, Allen

Summary: "When Boady Sanden first receives the case of Elijah Matthews, he's certain there's not much he can do. Elijah, who believes himself to be a prophet, has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital for the past four years, convicted of brutally murdering the pastor of a megachurch. But as a law professor working for the Innocence Project, Boady agrees to look into Elijah's file. When he does, he...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024

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Horowitz, Anthony

Summary: "Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police find blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and spends eight years in prison. It appears an open and shut case, but...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOR

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HOR

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOR

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Horowitz 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M HOR

Nesbo, Jo

Summary: Serving time for crimes he did not commit in exchange for heroin payouts, Sonny Lofthus uses his spiritual charisma to navigate corrupt and violent elements in his life before learning disturbing truths about his police officer father's suicide.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NES

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NES

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