Death of a Scavenger

Death of a Scavenger
Author: Karin Kaufman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2017-08-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974668540

The 2nd book in the Juniper Grove Mystery Series! More than a few people in Juniper Grove want Maureen Nicholson dead, so when her body turns up during the town's annual October scavenger hunt, there's no shortage of suspects or motives. But when suspicion for the murder falls on Rachel Stowe's friend Holly, baker extraordinaire, Rachel must get to the bottom of the mystery. Convinced there's no romance in her future with the town's police chief, Rachel dives headlong into the case, ignoring his disapproval and risking her own safety. But will she uncover the truth before the killer claims another victim? This light, cozy mystery offers a clean read with a female amateur sleuth in a small-town setting. No foul language, sex, gore, or graphic scenes of any kind.

Death Eaters

Death Eaters
Author: Kelly Milner Halls
Publisher: Millbrook Press (Tm)
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512482005

This in-depth look at the science of decomposition showcases how and why living things are recycled by the planet and its creatures after death. Full color.

Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt
Author: Robert Ferrigno
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307427625

Philip Marlow and Lew Archer would recognize a kindred spirit in Jimmy Gage, reporter for SLAP magazine, troublemaker by trade and inclination, and the hero of Robert Ferrigno’s sinuous new crime novel. While taking part in a Hollywood scavenger hunt, Jimmy meets Garret Walsh, a bad-boy movie maker in the truest sense: He’s just been released from prison after serving seven years for the murder of a teenaged girl. But Walsh claims he was framed and is writing a screenplay to prove it. He wants Jimmy to help him peddle it, sight unseen. The next time Jimmy sees the director, he’s floating face-down in a koi pond and “The Most Dangerous Screenplay in Hollywood” has disappeared. Is Walsh a casualty of bad habits or has somebody crossed him off a list? And is Jimmy next? Combining nerve-shredding suspense and heat-seeking satire, Scavenger Hunt is an addictive read.

The Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins

The Adventures of Geraldine Woolkins
Author: Karin Kaufman
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781508557623

Young Geraldine longs to have adventures as thrilling as those in the Book of Tales, the book her papa reads to her and her brother Button at night. More than that, she wants to be brave--a seemingly impossible task in a world where ravens throw black shadows over the earth and wolves prowl barren lands in search of their prey. But Geraldine is a mouse. The weakest of ground things. Why was she, who wants so much to be brave, created by God to be small and quivering? The book's ten stories follow the Woolkins family--Papa, Mama, Geraldine, and Button--from October to December, as they face their rather human trials and tribulations and Geraldine struggles to understand Very Very Big Hands, the creator of all, including ravens and wolves. Suitable for readers of most ages. Parents will want to read the book to younger children, preferably after making them a cup of cocoa.

Scavenger

Scavenger
Author: Donald Dust
Publisher: Publishers Services
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2018-11-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578413945

Scavenger is a comedic, truth filled, inspirational account of one man's actions to overcome death after suffering a life changing trauma. Scavenger confronts death face to face and asks the question, If you know HOW you are going to die, but don't know the WHEN...how would you live your life...would you change anything? Take a walk on the wild side and embrace your primal past to become a Scavenger.

Creepers

Creepers
Author: David Morrell
Publisher: David Morrell
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-06-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0615504426

CREEPERS, David Morrell's gripping joyride of a thriller, depicts every harrowing second in eight hours of relentless terror. A New York Times bestseller, it received the prestigious Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association. On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the New Jersey shore and begin preparations to break in to the Paragon Hotel. Built in the glory days of Asbury Park by a reclusive millionaire, the magnificent structure—which foreshadowed the beauties of art-deco architecture—is now boarded up and marked for demolition. The five people are "creepers," the slang term for urban explorers: city archeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. On this evening, they are joined by a reporter who wants to profile them—anonymously, as this is a highly illegal activity—for a New York Times article. Frank Balenger isn't looking for just a story, however. And after the group enters the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, it becomes clear that he will get much more than he bargained for. Danger, terror, and death await the creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil. The darkest secrets live in places you’re not supposed to be. “Chilling.” —Stephen King, New York Times bestselling author of Doctor Sleep “Crack this novel, and it’s like an alien abduction of your brain—forget resuming your normal life until it’s finished. This will be a classic.”—Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling co-author (with Lincoln Child) of White Fire “With its nonstop cascade of ingeniously contrived dangers and assaults, culminating in an apocalyptic finale, Creepers provides the essence of all thrillers, an intense emotional effect that will leave readers drained.”—Washington Post

Scavenger (A Balenger/Creepers Novel)

Scavenger (A Balenger/Creepers Novel)
Author: David Morrell
Publisher: David Morrell
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2013-03-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 193776026X

David Morrell’s Creepers was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. A New York Times best-seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves. Scavenger takes us in a harrowing new direction: a desperate high-tech scavenger hunt for a 100-year-old time capsule. Frank Balenger, the resolute but damaged hero of Creepers, now finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death. To save himself and the woman he loves, he must play by the rules of a god-like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. But sometimes the past is buried for a reason. Scavenger is a brilliant, frightening hunter-hunted tale that layers modern technology over the dusty artifacts of earlier times. The result is a surreal palimpsest, one that contains the secret of survival for Balenger and a handful of unwilling players who race against the game’s clock to solve the puzzle of the time capsule, only to discover that time is the true scavenger. Morrell’s trademark action sequences are embedded with fascinating historical clues that make Scavenger a thrill-a-minute page-turner as well as a mesmerizing literary experience.

Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt
Author: Dani Lamia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: Family secrets
ISBN:

In a world of wealth and power, siblings feuding over the estate of their recently deceased father are sent on a scavenger hunt with the family fortune as the prize. But things turn deadly as long-buried secrets are revealed and it becomes clear that only the winner will survive.

Scavenger

Scavenger
Author: Tom Savage
Publisher: Signet
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780451200280

In New York, a serial killer called the Scavenger, who wipes out entire families, pets included, proposes to lead mystery writer Mark Stevenson to new crime scenes, and Stevenson jumps at the opportunity in a bid to nail the killer.

Dead Letters

Dead Letters
Author: Caite Dolan-Leach
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0399588876

A missing woman leads her twin sister on a twisted scavenger hunt in this clever debut novel with eccentric, dysfunctional characters who will keep you guessing until the end—for readers of Luckiest Girl Alive and The Wife Between Us. Ava has her reasons for running away to Paris. But when she receives the shocking news that her twin sister, Zelda, is dead, she is forced to return home to her family’s failing vineyard in upstate New York. Knowing Zelda’s penchant for tricks and deception, Ava is not surprised when she receives her twin’s cryptic message from beyond the grave. Following her sister’s trail of clues, Ava immerses herself in Zelda’s drama and her outlandish circle of friends and lovers, and soon finds herself confronted with dark family legacies and twisted relationships. Is Zelda trying to punish Ava for leaving? Or is she simply trying to write her own ending? Caite Dolan-Leach’s debut thriller is a literary scavenger hunt for secrets hidden everywhere from wine country to social media, and buried at the dysfunctional heart of one utterly unforgettable family. Praise for Dead Letters “Dolan-Leach writes like Paula Hawkins by way of Curtis Sittenfeld.”—Amy Gentry, author of Good as Gone “A sharp, wrenching tale of the true love only twins know . . . Dolan-Leach nimbly entwines the clever mystery of Agatha Christie, the wit of Dorothy Parker, and the inebriated Gothic of Eugene O’Neill.”—Kirkus Reviews “A smart, dazzling mystery . . . Dolan-Leach revels in toying with both Ava and her audience . . . and the result is captivating.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Draws you in like you are part of the story itself, living and breathing alongside the compelling characters as they uncover the dark secrets of their complicated family.”—Wendy Walker, author of All Is Not Forgotten “Push-pull tension . . . This book is wine-soaked yet lucid, comforting and frightening, asking the big questions about intimacy and loyalty.”—Caroline Kepnes, author of You