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3) Ripper
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The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, have always had each other. Yet, while their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian, who looks for the good in people. Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature, like her father, the SFPD's Deputy Chief of Homicide. She is addicted to crime novels and Ripper, the online mystery game she plays. When a...
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Even though she is still grieving over her sister's death, eighteen-year-old Meredith Fox plans to reconnect with family and friends when they gather on Martha's Vineyard for her cousin's big wedding--unless she gets distracted by a week-long game of Assassin and a handsome groomsman.
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"Narrated by 'Eddie' who receives a chalk drawing of a stick figure that hurtles him back to an innocent childhood game 30 years before which went terribly, terribly wrong. As history begins to repeat itself, it seems the game was never really over"--
1986: Eddie and his friends spend their days biking around their sleepy English village and looking for any taste of excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code: little chalk stick...
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Mortality doctrine volume 1
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790L
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"Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his secret's out"--
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An Iraq veteran in Beijing finds herself in danger as shadowy enemies, both online and off, abound in this "electrifying thriller" (Publishers Weekly).
Iraq vet Ellie McEnroe, injured in combat and recently divorced, is lying low in Beijing. After two years living in China on a semi-expired visa, she's acquired decent language skills, a sometimes boyfriend, and the hope that someday she can forget what she saw in battle—horrors...
Iraq vet Ellie McEnroe, injured in combat and recently divorced, is lying low in Beijing. After two years living in China on a semi-expired visa, she's acquired decent language skills, a sometimes boyfriend, and the hope that someday she can forget what she saw in battle—horrors...
10) Nerve
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As a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, high-schooler Vee is unhappy to be watched constantly but finds it exhilarating to be paired with handsome Ian taking ever riskier dares--until the stakes become too high.
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2017.
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520L
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Tired of always losing to Super Rabbit Boy in their video game world, King Viking goes to the Secret Lands to find the Super Power Up that will give him super powers--Super Rabbit Boy must stop him, but first he must make it past goblins, ghosts, and other video dangers.
14) Panic
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In the poor town of Carp, New York, a teenage group enters a high-stakes game that involves a series of secretive, possibly deadly challenges throughout the summer, with the winner receiving more than fifty thousand dollars--enough money to start a new life.
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Mr. Monkey volume 3
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[2019]
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Mr. Monkey takes a break from his favorite video game to do something outside, but nothing goes as planned.
16) Slay
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2019.
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930L
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An honors student at Jefferson Academy, seventeen-year-old Keira enjoys developing and playing Slay, a secret, multiplayer online role-playing game celebrating black culture, until the two worlds collide.
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A Phyllida Bright mystery volume 3
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2023.
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" A murder will occur tonight at Beecham House . . . Who could resist such a compelling invitation? Of course, the murder in question purports to be a party game, and Phyllida looks forward to using some of the deductive skills she has acquired thanks to her employer, Mrs. Agatha, who is unable to attend in person. The hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Wokesley, are new to the area, and Phyllida gladly offers their own overwhelmed housekeeper some guidance while...
18) The gauntlet
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Gauntlet volume 1
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When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand, a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube, they know it is up to them to defeat the game's diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed.
19) Killer takes all
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When a friend is found murdered in her New Orleans apartment, Stacy Killian, a former Dallas homocide detective, suspects that the killing could be related to a violent fantasy role-playing game called White Rabbit.
20) Parlor games
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A beautiful con artist relates her turn-of-the-century escapades that took her around the world as she was being doggedly pursued by a Pinkerton Agency detective.
