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Jake Paynter novels volume 2
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"Jake Paynter cheated death, but now there's hell to pay. After escaping the hangman's noose, Jake is now forced to lie low while every lawman, bounty hunter, and desperado west of the Mississippi guns for his head. When he receives word that miners at South Pass City are getting brutally murdered, he fears for his immigrant friends from the Oregon Trail. Against his better judgment, Paynter travels to the mining fields to bring the culprit to justice....
82) The great escape
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As World War II rages on, the Germans open Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history. Together, under the guidance of the brilliant Bartlett the resourceful Hendley, and the steely, determined Hilts, the men plot, scheme, and dig their way to freedom at any cost!
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"Jennie Beiler's husband was supposed to be dead, so she's shocked when he rescues her from an attacker. Although Luke has no memories of his Englisch wife, it's up to him to protect her from someone who won't stop until she's dead. The peaceful Amish community he returned to after losing his memory needs to shelter them and their son this Christmas when danger strikes again.
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"'This novel about hunting an escapee from Stalinist gulag reads like a Siberian Heart of Darkness.' -Julian Barnes. On the far eastern borders of the Soviet Union, in the sunset of Stalin's reign, soldiers are training for a war that could end all wars, for in the atomic age man has sown the seeds of his own destruction. Among them is Pavel Gartsev, a reservist. Orphaned, scarred by the last great war and unlucky in love, he is an instant victim...
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Running for their lives at Christmastime... Can a lawman keep a key witness safe? Deputy Griffin O'Callaghan has a situation on his hands--two dead FBI agents, criminals on the loose and Tory Faraday, a witness with no memory. With a blizzard moving in and killers hunting them down, Griffin must keep Tory safe. But even his family's ranch can't provide a haven when a dangerous criminal escapes from custody with one goal: finding Tory.
86) T-34
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In 1944, a courageous group of Russian soldiers managed to escape from German captivity in a half-destroyed legendary T-34 tank. Those were the times of unforgettable bravery, fierce fighting, unbreakable love, and legendary miracles.
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"Peyton Sterling's brother has escaped prison, and she's determined to prove his innocence. Despite her volatile past with US Marshal Colin McKenzie, she knows she needs his help to discover the truth. Colin's ready to put his career and life on the line to protect her, but secrets in Peyton's family could prove to be more dangerous than anything they've faced before.--
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"The inspiring, dramatic, and heartwarming true account of an escaped convict and his wife of thirty-five plus years who never knew his secret, which captured the imaginations of millions on Humans of New York"--
"The inspiring, dramatic, and heartwarming true account of an escaped convict and his wife of thirty-five plus years who never knew his secret, which captured the imaginations of millions on Humans of New York. Bobby and Cheryl Love were...
89) Next in line
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"London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the "people's princess." Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate the team....
90) Battle tested
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"When Captain Isaac Goddard saves Vanessa Gomez from a vicious attack, he discovers the feisty military nurse is the Red Rose Killer's next target. With help from Vanessa's guard Doberman, the former pilot makes it his mission to protect Vanessa and her young brother. But when the danger closes in, can he overcome the post-traumatic stress that haunts him and stop a ruthless killer?"--
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A dangerous criminal has escaped from prison and is headed in the direction of New Brighton, where teenager Hamid Abdi is babysitting his twin cousins, but he is not worried until the twins tell him that a man dressed as a clown has been coming into their bedroom--and when the electricity goes out Hamid is pulled into their living nightmare.
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It's September in Brighton and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and lashings of villainy. A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist; a violent criminal obsessed with boiling the heads of policemen has escaped Broadmoor and is rumoured to be headed towards the city, while at Gosling's department store an American researcher has been found dead in the music section. Inspector Steine has...
94) Lincoln Highway
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Droga nie zawsze prowadzi nas tam, gdzie chcemy. Ale czasem trzeba dać się jej ponieść. Emmett Watson właśnie wyszedł z poprawczaka. Wraca na rodzinną farmę w Nebrasce, gdzie czeka na niego młodszy brat, długi po ojcu i błękitny studebaker - jego jedyny majątek. Emmett ledwo skończył 18 lat, a już może liczyć tylko na siebie. Chce zabrać brata do słonecznej Kalifornii, gdzie zaczną wszystko od nowa. Może nawet uda im się...
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To save a woman from being kidnapped, Officer Chris Fuller and his K-9 partner, Teddy, have no choice but to let the fugitive they're tracking get away. But when the escaped murderer returns to hunt tour pilot Lexie McDaniels again, Chris knows the attempted kidnapping wasn't a chance encounter. Lexie won't be safe until he catches the criminal...but are her secrets what is endangering them all?
96) Rescue dawn
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The optimistic and eager Lt. Dieter Dengler is sent on a classified mission to bomb certain targets in Laos in 1965. With him are his fellow pilots including his best friend Spook. Denlger is shot down and captured, interrogated, tortured, and placed in a prison with fellow inmates Duane, Gene, Phisit, and Procet. The living conditions are deplorable and the men are starved and chained together. This situation makes it possibile of caring for bodily...
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Colonel Robert Hogan and his gang of merry saboteurs have new plots, plans and schemes ready to unleash on the German war machine at Stalag 13. That means more headaches, frustrations and irrations for the POW camp's incompetent commandand, Colonel Wilhelm Klink and his bumbling sidekick, Sergeant Hans Schultz.
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The infamous escape from the maximum security federal prison is recounted in gripping detail in this Depression Era true crime history.
On December 11, 1931, chaos erupted behind the limestone walls of Leavenworth Penitentiary as seven desperate men put months of planning into action. Aided by notorious gangsters Frank Nash, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and Thomas James Holden, these convicts enacted one of the most legendary prison breaks in history,...
100) Escape at Dannemora
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Based on the stranger-than-fiction prison break in upstate New York, it follows the story of two convicts who spawned a statewide manhunt and were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee who became involved with both men. It's a bizarre tale filled with twists and turns, yet through it all there's one thing that unites the inmates and citizens, everyone's looking for a way out.
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