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1) Cari mora
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English
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"Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men. Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to...
2) Deadly grace
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English
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On a cold winter night in a small Minnesota town in 1979, someone comes looking for Grace Meade. She is killed and her house is set ablaze. Incredibly, the prime suspect is her own daughter, Jillian.
Rescued from the burning house, Jillian Meade is hospitalized, unable—or unwilling—to speak. After an attempt to take her own life, Jillian's doctor gives her a blank journal to encourage her to write about her mother's death.
Unaware...
Rescued from the burning house, Jillian Meade is hospitalized, unable—or unwilling—to speak. After an attempt to take her own life, Jillian's doctor gives her a blank journal to encourage her to write about her mother's death.
Unaware...
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English
Description
Death-camp survivor Buck is 87, abrasive, and has trouble remembering. But his cop's watchfulness is intact, and he keeps his .375 Magnum close by. When he learns that the sadistic guard who brutalized him is likely still alive and the possessor of much stolen Nazi gold, Buck and his chatterbox grandson go on a quest. But who are these people who suddenly come out of the woodwork-- a loan shark, a scholar, a pretty Israeli soldier? And why does everyone...
4) Spartan gold
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English
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In this adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, husband-and-wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo must out-pace a self-made millionaire in pursuit of an incredible fortune...
Thousands of years ago, two superpowers of the ancient world went to war, and a treasure of immeasurable value was lost to the shadows of history.
In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps with his Grand Reserve Army, Napoleon Bonaparte...
Thousands of years ago, two superpowers of the ancient world went to war, and a treasure of immeasurable value was lost to the shadows of history.
In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps with his Grand Reserve Army, Napoleon Bonaparte...
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Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
One look at the centuries-old document she receives from a mysterious stranger is all it takes to plunge Lola Sanchez-a brilliant bibliophile and owner of the Red Lion bookshop-into the adventure of an already adventurous lifetime. The ancient writings tell of a stolen fortune in Montezuma's gold-and of the thief's transformation from conquistatore to alchemist . . . to werewolf.
Riches beyond imagining possibly await the stalwart globe-trotter...
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Small-girl ; 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this tale inspired by the life of author Toni Morrison, young Toni sets out on a quest for gold with her siblings, but when things do not go as planned, she realizes that finding the perfect ending is all about how you tell the story. Includes biographical note.
10) The iron marshal
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
Tom Shanaghy is tough, but when he becomes marshal, he will have to prove he is tough enough to overcome the resentment of the townspeople and outwit gold thieves.
13) Noble's gold
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Publisher
Inkwater Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Economic chaos following a nuclear attack on Jerusalem in the year 2009 leads to a return to the gold standard and a search for gold.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As Sussex's resident witch and pseudo psychic, Eleanor has grown accustomed to somewhat strange requests for supernatural aid. So when Nicholas's university pal, Sid Stewart, writes from the family's remote castle in Scotland, begging for Ellie's services as a medium, Ellie is only delighted to help. Apparently, the recently deceased patriarch of Sid's family, Glenn Stewart, died before divulging the whereabouts of an important cache of family heirlooms....
15) Thunder Mountain
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1935]
Language
English
Description
"The cry for 'Gold!' stung the air as, bullet for bullet, desperate men fought for land on Thunder Mountain"--Jacket.
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
Matt Bardoul was a good man to have as a friend and a bad one to make trouble with. He was also a single-minded drifter--until he met his match in an outspoken beauty named Jacquine Coyle. She was headed into the Bighorn Mountains with her father and an expedition in search of gold. After Matt signs on to join them, he discovers that there is a group of outlaws in the party--gunfighters and thieves that Matt wouldn't trust for a minute. At first it's...
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Logan Cates knew the many ways the Arizona desert could kill a man. He had ridden the sunblasted dunes, tracked the Apache over barren lava beds, sheltered in the dry washes of this forbidding land. Above all, he knew a man needed water to survive. Cates rode to Papago Wells a few miles ahead of an Apache war party led by the vicious Churupati. There he met a dozen desert wanderers whom chance had led to the only water between Yuma and hell. There...
18) The third hour
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
1938.
Language
English
Description
"The Third Hour is a novel of movement: the story sweeps over Europe and the Americas and its characters are drawn from all classes. It opens with the adventures of a young Spaniard, Manuel Vargas. In the midst of the guerrilla fighting in Mexico, Manuel has access to a shipment of bullion earmarked for the United States. It is beyond his power to get it out of the country, but he can bury it, and this he does in the hope of some day being able to...
19) The stampeders
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1951.
Language
English
Description
Adventure is where you find it, and young Til Carter found it in a hurry when he headed north into the toughest country in Canada with Gordon Bettles, the hardiest old sourdough this side of hell. He also found a beautiful redhead named Julie Condon, who wanted him to settle down and buy into a safe claim, but Til had faith in Bettles's prophecy: "Somewheres, on some river, the big strike's comin'. An' when she comes, an' the news of it hits the outside,...
20) Crash site
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Series
Fiona Carver ; 2
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Fiona Carver has landed a dream assignment: conducting an archaeological inventory of Ruby Island, a privately owned, pristine gem in the Caribbean. Two months in paradise exploring and mapping a lush rainforest, vast caves, and a seventeenth-century star fort and following up on legends of hidden Spanish gold. Add a simmering reunion with wildlife photographer Dean Slater and it's enough to take Fiona's breath away. But the sparkle fades when Dean's...
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