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One summer day, Grace Fairchild, the beautiful young wife of real estate mogul Alistair Calloway, vanished from the family's lake house without a trace, leaving behind her seven-year old daughter, Charlie, and a slew of unanswered questions. Years later, 17-year-old Charlie still struggles with the dark legacy of her family name and the mystery surrounding her mother. Determined to finally let go of the past, she throws herself into life at Knollwood,...
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Home is where the love is ... Colin Wright and Mia Blair grew up in Icicle Falls, but they left years ago-- and not on good terms. Now Colin's grandmother, Justine, has died, and they've come home to honor this woman they both loved. That's when they get some unexpected news. They're about to inherit something. Jointly. They just have no idea what. It turns out that Justine's designed a treasure hunt for them, like the ones they enjoyed when they...
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"Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession . . . or much money in the bank. But Lily is nothing if not resourceful, and now uses Duke's coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the treacherous and storied red rock canyons of Utah. It pays the bills but doesn't leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch...
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"Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who's as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper. The same Mickenlee who mysteriously backed out of the limelight at the height of their careers, never to be heard from again. Now Decklee's televised funeral marks the unveiling of her long-awaited time capsule. But when it's revealed...
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"From the award-winning author of Bellweather Rhapsody, a delightfully clever novel following one woman and a supporting cast of misfits, dreamers and foes as they race to win a treasure hunt inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, left behind by a dying billionaire" --
2012. Tuesday Mooney keeps to herself, begrudgingly socializes, and spends much of her time watching DVDs of old TV shows. Then Vincent Pryce, Boston's most eccentric billionaire, dies-- leaving...
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Christmas is Emmie's first love, and this year she can't wait to share her favorite traditions with her boyfriend, Grant. When Grant's hectic work schedule has him more 'Bah Humbug' than 'Ho, Ho, Ho, ' Emmie creates a holiday-themed scavenger hunt to help him find his Christmas spirit. At the end of the journey, Grant will arrive at the charming town of Christmas Point where she's planned a romantic weekend filled with holiday activities. But a mix-up...
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A reunited couple search for a valuable treasure, a precious jewelry box, stolen from the Nazis and hidden away since World War II, in this powerfully emotional and romantic novel of rekindled love. Once upon a time, in a small village in southern France, a pretty, willful English girl is falling in love. Frances Langley has fallen under Benoit's romantic spell, so sure is she that he is everything she's ever wanted--a self-assured, sexy man, experienced...
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Blood ties volume 2
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"When Abigail Holland awakes to the sound of a nighttime intruder in her rambling Denver Victorian, she knows exactly what the black shrouded figure is after--the map she recently inherited from her grandfather. Whoever he is, the man who grapples with her, then escapes, is willing to kill for the location of a treasure King Farrell hunted for more than ten years. The Devil's Gold has claimed hundreds of lives, and it was her grandfather's obsession....
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"When a girl is found dead at her elite boarding school, soccer-star Kay Donovan follows a scavenger hunt which implicates suspects increasingly close to her, unraveling her group of popular friends and perfectly constructed life"--
Kay Donovan has reinvented herself: she's a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. When Jessica Lane's body is found in the lake, Kay's...
10) The hunter
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Cal Hooper novels volume 2
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"It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....
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"A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy's bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda's twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda's life. She doesn't hear about...
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Seven friends. Five years of silence. One mystery that will bring them back together again. It's been five years since Marley Bricket died from an accidental shooting. On the night of the annual memorial, Olivia Stanton, the only witness to Marley's death, gets an unexpected visitor in the form of Nick Cline - the boy who pulled the trigger on what he didn't know was a loaded gun. Since the tragedy, nothing in the quiet desert town of Cadence, California,...
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"Texas hill country, 1868. As nineteen-year-old Benjamin Shreve tends to business in his workshop, he witnesses a stagecoach strand a passenger. When the man, a treasure hunter, persuades Benjamin to help track down the vanished coach--and a mysterious fortune left aboard--Benjamin is drawn into a drama whose scope he could never have imagined, for they discover on reaching the coach that its passengers include Nell, a pregnant young woman, and her...
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"Elsie and Willis Masterson have been married 69 years when he passes away. Before he dies Willis encourages Elsie to make sure the family knows about her life. She's always been his biggest supporter, bragging about him, pushing her own life into the background. Now it's her turn to shine. And share. The notion of talking about herself is foreign to Elsie. Yet as she copes with widowhood, she gets an idea: why not create treasure hunts for her...
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Gabriela Rose novel volume 1
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Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some bamboozled billionaire, it's for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can't come up with a lot of money fast....
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Laura and Casey were inseparable, dreaming about the future and teaming up for the wild scavenger hunts in their small California lakeside town. Until one summer night when a shocking betrayal sent Laura running into a new life, leaving Casey and a first love in her wake. Seventeen years later Laura is pulled home--and into one more scavenger hunt with Casey. The twist: this time, the list of clues leads to the settings of their most cherished summer...
17) Dig here
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"A hapless pirate digs for rubies, pearls, and coins, but after three attempts, two naps, and one lousy map, he's unearthed nothing but a sore back and serious misgivings. Blistering barnacles! Will he ever find the treasure?" -- Back cover.
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"A fun and festive reimagining of the American folk song, 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Three children are off on a hunt for the perfect Christmas present! But first they've got to get through the spiky Christmas trees, a herd of hungry reindeer, some noisy carol singers and a very busy toyshop! But there are SO MANY toys . . . will they ever find the perfect present? This joyful follow-up to We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt has zingy neon ink on the...
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"Private Investigator Cassie Dewell's business is thriving, and her latest case puts her on the hunt for a slippery con man who's disappeared somewhere in the "treasure state." A wealthy Florida widow has accused him of absconding with her fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. The trail takes Cassie to Anaconda, Montana, a quirky former copper mining town that's the perfect place to reinvent yourself. As the case develops, Cassie...
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An enticing voice in fiction draws readers through the streets of Paris and New York on an intricate adventure. It's twisting, playful, and darkly entertaining. A suicide note. Hidden clues. A deadly game of wits. An imaginary cat. A paean to a strange and addictive friendship.
The enigmatic Tomomi "Butterfly" Ishikawa has just sent a cryptic suicide note to writer Benjamin Constable. She's planted a slew of clues, and Ben embarks upon a scavenger...
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