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1) Bare bones
Author
Series
Temperance Brennan mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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World-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs explores the shocking story behind a puzzling cache of bones, in this powerful new Temperance Brennan thriller. Abridged. 5 CDs.
2) Wrecker
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Language
English
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When fifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep-dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.
4) Camp alien
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Series
Alien agent volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Young alien agent Zack, surly Galactic Patrol Cadet Vraj, and shy human camper Opal team up to find some Duthwi eggs before they hatch and cause a planetwide disaster, while the Gnairt who were smuggling the eggs try to retrieve them.
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In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who...
7) Hold fast
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On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
9) Runner
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Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.
11) Artemis: a novel
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Language
English
Description
Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling...
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Series
Matthew Hawkwood novels volume 3
Language
English
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Matthew Hawkwood, ex-soldier turned Bow Street Runner, goes undercover to hunt down smugglers and traitors at the height of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Greenglass House volume 2
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English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Milo is stuck spending the winter holidays in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem-again! He will have to work with friends old and new to uncover clues in search of a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul"--
14) Rebelwing
Author
Series
Rebelwing volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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At New Columbia Preparatory Academy in a near-future Washington, D.C., black market smuggler Prudence Wu and friends Anabel, Alex, and Cat become key players in a conflict with the United Continental Confederacy.
18) Close call
Author
Series
Liz Carlyle series volume 8
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
While investigating an arms deal in Yemen, Liz Carlyle and her counter-espionage team discover that the weapons being sold during the Arab Spring have originated in the UK.
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Series
Regency rogues volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
While investigating a smuggling ring with ties to Napoleon, Young Corinthian agent Marcus MacInnes discovers that his case is linked to the family of Miss Sarah Tisdale, an unconventional beauty who drives him to distraction.
20) The candy mafia
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in a city where candy is illegal and sugar is scandalous, 12-year-old detective Nelle Faulker takes the case of a candy gangster's missing teddy bear before her client's own disappearance leads Nelle to a shady underworld of sweets smuggling, back-alley deals and storefront firebombs.
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