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1) Downtown
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
The year is 1966, a time of innocence, possibility, and freedom. And for Atlanta, the country, and one woman making her way in a changing world, nothing will be the same . . . After an airless childhood in Savannah, Smoky O'Donnell arrives in Atlanta, dazzled and chastened by this hectic young city on the rise. Her new job as a writer with the city's Downtown magazine introduces her to many unforgettable people and propels her into the center of momentous...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
Former cop, currently co-owner of the House Mouse housecleaning service, and freelance P.I., Callahan Garrity raises eyebrows when she accepts an assignment from the most hated woman in Atlanta -- a wealthy white socialite who killed a young black girl in a drunken hit-and-run and was punished with no more than a slap on the wrist. Even Callahan's "Mice" are grumbling.
But when a roadside murder turns up the heat on the racial tensions that have...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
Since retiring from the Atlanta Police Department, Callahan Garrity is really cleaning up with her House Mouse housecleaning company -- especially since she added "crime investigation" to the list of services offered.
Callahan agrees to locate the missing member of the popular '60s girl group, the VelvetTeens, and she doesn't have to search long. Deloras Carter, the A.W.O.L. singer, is found passed out drunk by a swimming pool near the dead body...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1993
Description
From her time on the Atlanta police force, Callahan Garrity, house cleaner and private investigator extraordinaire, has excelled at mopping up messes -- of all kinds. But she has no idea what she's getting into when she agrees to work for infamous antiques dealer Elliot Littlefield.
The first day on the job she and her crew discover the bloodied body of a young woman in a bedroom -- and are soon on the trail of a priceless Civil War diary stolen...
Author
Series
Will Trent volume 6
Description
A Georgia Bureau of Investigation search into a shocking crime from 1975 poses unprecedented personal and professional challenges for top agent Will Trent, who encounters threats against his life and everything he thought he understood about his past.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperLuxe
Pub. Date
2014, 1996
Description
Callahan Garrity has her hands full trying to expand her cleaning business. So she's reluctant to take on a client in need of detective services, especially when that client is the most notorious woman in Atlanta. Whitney Albright Dobbs is a wealthy socialite who, while under the influence, killed a young black girl in a hit and run. Callahan is not keen on tracking down Whitney's soon-to-be ex-husband's assets. But it only takes a glance to see that...
11) Thirteen
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Winnie's thirteenth year brings many joys and challenges as she negotiates her relationship with her first boyfriend and realizes that change is inevitable in her friends, family, and even herself.
12) Scream for me
Author
Description
"Karen Rose delivers a heart-stopping suspense novel that picks up where Die for me left off, with a detective determined to track down a brutal murderer"--Provided by the publisher
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Pervaiz wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.
Author
Series
Will Trent volume 9
Description
On a serene summer Sunday, a routine admission for a run-of-the-mill surgery at Atlanta's Emory Hospital goes tragically wrong, setting off a catastrophic wave of destruction that sends the facility and the surrounding area into lockdown. One of the city's largest and most prestigious institutions, Emory is situated near the Centers for Disease Control, the FBI counter-terrorism headquarters, and a large children's hospital. Anything that happens...
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Nicholas Sparks, celebrated author of The Notebook, describes Emmy Award-winner and fellow bestseller Terry Kay as "quite simply the finest writer in America today." Kay's trademark rich characterizations and language are fully on display in The Kidnapping of Aaron Greene, a riveting page-turner charged with ethical and social dilemmas. Aaron Greene-a shy, 18-year-old mail clerk for a powerful Atlanta bank- disappears on his way to work. It is unclear...
19) Ten
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Winnie celebrates her unique style through her first year with a double-digit age as she has many new experiences, from the high of spending time in New York City with her aunt and big sister, to the low of her two best friends suddenly becoming interested in boys.
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