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41) A pure heart
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A powerful novel about two Egyptian sisters--their divergent fates and the secrets of one family. Sisters Rose and Gameela Gubran could not have been more different. Rose, an Egyptologist, married an American journalist and immigrated to New York City, where she works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gameela, a devout Muslim since her teenage years, stayed in Cairo. During the aftermath of Egypt's revolution, Gameela is killed in a suicide bombing....
Author
Publisher
SSBFYR
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Told in their two voices, Nat, who believes his brother set a bomb in a London market, and Charlie, whose mother was killed in the explosion, team up to infiltrate and stop the organization responsible for the act of terrorism.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"For years, Matthew Greene and Daniel Rosen have enjoyed a quiet domestic life together in Northampton, Massachusetts. Opposites in many ways, they have grown together and made their relationship work. But when they learn that Daniel's twin brother and sister-in-law have been killed in a bombing in Jerusalem, their lives are suddenly, utterly transformed. In dealing with their families and the need to make a decision about who will raise the deceased...
Author
Series
Athena Protocol volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jessie Archer faced down death to prove her dedication to Athena, the elite organization of female spies she works for. Now she's back on the team, in time to head to Pakistan to take down the man whose actions spurred Athena's founders to create the secretive squad. But his connections spread farther than anyone knew, and when a girls' school in Mumbai is bombed, a shadowy far-right organization reveals itself--and its evil plans to continue attacks....
46) To kingdom come
Author
Series
Barker and Llewelyn novel volume 2
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Volunteering to infiltrate a secret organization of Irish dissenters suspected of bombing a new branch of Scotland Yard, nineteenth-century private detective Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, learn of plans for other bombings.
49) Troublemakers
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Lab
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
When east London is targeted by a bomber, fifteen-year-old Alena, raised by her half-brother and his boyfriend, becomes increasingly rebellious and insistent on learning about her long-dead activist mother.
50) Gone by morning
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A Deputy Press Officer working at City Hall discovers and investigates a strange connection between herself and an ex-madam, who was found brutally murdered, as a wave of violence hits New York City, putting her own life in danger.
As the heat rises on a New York summer, a suicide bomb set off in a Times Square subway station nearly claims the life of 68-year-old ex-madam Kathleen. Then a woman is brutally murdered, her body dumped on a marshy beach...
53) K-9 cold case
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
FBI victim specialist Jax Diallo, along with his K-9 Patches, must work with police chief Keara Hernandez to find the bomber targeting her Alaska town and how it is connected to her husband's unsolved murder.
54) Nineteen steps
Author
Language
English
Description
"Love blooms in the darkest days... It's 1942, and London remains under constant threat of enemy attack as the second world war rages on. In the Bethnal Green neighborhood, Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground shelters unharmed, her loving family still surrounding her. Three years into the war, she's grateful to hold onto remnants of normalcy--her job assisting the mayor and nights spent at the local pub with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Jack Ryan, Jr is out to avenge the murder of an old friend, but the vein of evil he's tapped into may run too deep for him to handle in the latest electric entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. While on vacation in Barcelona, Jack Ryan, Jr. is surprised to run into an old friend at a small café. A first, Renee Moore seems surprised to see Jack, but then she just seems irritated and distracted. After making plans to meet later, Jack...
56) Under pressure
Author
Series
Lucas Page novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On a beautiful October evening, New York City's iconic Guggenheim Museum is closed for a tech company's private gala. Until an explosion rocks the night, instantly killing 702 people, including every single attendee-yet the damage to the building itself was minimal. An explosion of that precision was no accident and, in response, the FBI mobilizes its entire team - but the sheer number of victims strains their resources. Were all 702 victims in the...
57) Blonde bombshell
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
The year is 2017. Lucy Pavlov is the CEO of PavSoft Industries, home of a revolutionary operating system that every computer in the world runs on. Her personal wealth is immeasurable, her intelligence is unfathomable, and she's been voted "Most Beautiful Woman" for three years running. One thing, however, is not quite right in Lucy's life. She doesn't realize it yet, but Lucy is a very big, and very smart bomb--and her mission is to blow up the planet...
59) Mountain terror
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
They are running out of time... Tick, tick...boom! A serial bomber is terrorizing Eagle Mountain. And Deni Traynor is terrified that her missing father is somehow involved. Search and rescue volunteer Ryan Welch is drawn to the lovely teacher but wary of getting involved because of his troubled past. Then Deni is almost killed in a bombing, and they know it's time to work together--and risk everything--to stop a killer. Before he strikes again.
Author
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Emma had the perfect trifecta: good job, steady boyfriend, creative best friend. However, after one crackling, long-distance phone call, her world changed forever. Now she's having nightmares that threaten to disrupt the space-time continuum. But these nightmares, featuring a young girl named Lily, seem all too real, and Emma's waking life begins to be affected by the events that transpire in this mysterious wartime landscape. Sara Goudarzi navigates...