Ridley Pearson
21) The Risk Agent
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A Chinese national working for an American-owned construction company is grabbed off a Shanghai street in broad daylight. His one-man security detail goes missing. Rutherford Risk is a firm specializing in the negotiation for and recovery of hostages. With private investigation illegal in today's China, the operation will be difficult at best. So the firm hires two unique outsiders to do their bidding: forensic accountant Grace Chu to follow the money;...
22) The initiation
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Lock and key (Ridley Pearson) volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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The New York Times bestselling author of the Peter and the Starcatchers and Kingdom Keepers series, Ridley Pearson, brings us the riveting first tale of the Lock and Key trilogy about the origins of the rivalry between literatureâs most famous enemiesâSherlock Holmes and James Moriarty, told from the perspective of Jamesâs observant little sister, Moria. Before James grew up to be a ruthless, remorseless villain, he was a curious boy...
23) Disney in shadow
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Kingdom keepers. Original series volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 16
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The Kingdom Keepers, five teens who have been transformed into Holographic Hosts at Florida's Disney World, mount a search for Wayne, their missing Imagineer mentor, and find themselves fighting for their lives in imaginary worlds that have become real.
24) Parallel lies
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Seeking to redeem himself after being suspended from the force, ex-cop Tyler pursues a grieving man who is determined to bring down at any cost the railroad company that he blames for his wife's and children's deaths.
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The plot revolves around the reappearance of David Hayes, with whom Liz Boldt had an affair and who embezzled millions from the bank where she is a high-ranking officer. Hayes is out of prison and needs Liz to access the bank's mainframe if he is to recover the embezzled millions, now dangling in cyberspace, and avoid the wrath of the Russian mob. In order to find the money and keep Liz out of harm's way, Boldt must balance the contradictory roles...
26) The insider
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Kingdom keepers. Original series volume 7
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[2014]
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 24
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Deception and betrayal rock the Kingdom Keepers as the merciless group of Disney villains known as the Overtakers stage an unexpected comeback, but a discovery by the Keepers provides them with one hope of victory-- a lost icon.
27) Undercurrents
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c1988
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Police Sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle's Homicide bureau. His job: find and stop the Cross Killer, a twisted, perverse serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city. But when a body washes up on the shore of Puget Sound, Boldt thinks the killer has finally made a mistake. This body shows some of the work of the Cross Killer-but a job badly botched. Did this woman die while trying to escape?...
28) Probable cause
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[1990]
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Murders masquerading as suicide embroil Carmel, Calfornia, police detective James Dewitt in a dangerous game involving the man Dewitt blames for his wife's death and bringing his past back to haunt him.
31) The First Victim
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Lou Boldt is back and entering dark new territory. A shipping container washed ashore leads Seattle television news anchor Stevie McNeal and her reporter friend, Melissa, on the trail of a scam involving the importation of illegal aliens. A career stepping-stone for McNeal, the investigation put her at cross-purposes with the Seattle Police Department's Lou Boldt and Sergeant John LaMoia. When Melissa disappears, perhaps at the hands of the Chinese...
32) Choke point
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Hired to investigate allegations of a sweat-shop operation in Amsterdam that is enslaving young girls, Knox and tech information expert Grace Chu embark on a rescue mission that is challenged by a crime organization that has seduced local neighborhoods with showy goodwill practices.
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p2009
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The year is 1901—it's been twenty-three years since Peter and the Lost Boys returned from Rundoon. Since then, nobody on the island has grown a day older, and the Lost Boys continue their friendship with the Mollusk tribe, and their rivalry with Captain Hook. Meanwhile in London, Molly has married George Darling and is raising three children: Wendy, Michael, and John. One night a visitor appears at her door; it's James, one of Peter's original Lost...
34) Disney at dawn
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Kingdom keepers. Original series volume 2
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
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When the evil Overtakers gain control of a computer server at the Magic Kingdom, allowing them to put the holographic hosts into permanent comas if they should fall asleep, Finn and the others race against time to foil the plan.
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c2001
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It starts out so simply for Jay Becker, an overworked, underpaid musician trying to earn some extra cash by giving sailing lessons on Puget Sound. He gets drawn into a whirlwind of events and characters that will change his life-and perhaps the future of his country-forever. It begins when he meets the exotic, mysterious Marlene, a beauty who wants to hire Jay for what appears to be a simple sailing expedition. Once involved, he becomes the link in...
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Lock and key (Ridley Pearson) volume 2
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[2017]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Moira Moriarty calls upon the clever Sherlock Holmes, her brother James's roommate at school, to help solve the mystery of her father's death, leading them to a secret sect, a rare jewel, and a friendship torn asunder.
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Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[1997]
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Seattle Police Sergeant Lou Boldt and psychologist Daphne Matthews are in pursuit of a homicidal arsonist who is targeting single mothers, and must rely on the testimony of a twelve-year-old boy who may hold the key to the identity of the killer.
38) Disney at last
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2017.
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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"The stakes are high--both for the past and the future. The finale of The Return series leaves the Kingdom Keepers with unimaginable choices to make"--
40) The final step
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[2018]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
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Moira Moriarty, sister of James, works with Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery of a string of family deaths, but they must deal with a mysterious photograph and secret safe houses to discover the truth behind James' secrets and betrayals.