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Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While picnicking on Squaw Island, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill, and when they return to explore further they find an entire cave full of money.
2) Bloodhound
Author
Series
Beka Cooper volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Having been promoted from "Puppy" to "Dog," Beka, now a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, and her former partner head to a neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this faȧde, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from...
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 3
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a case of counterfeiting.
Author
Series
Sinful suitors volume 4
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When Niall Lindsey, the Earl of Margrave, is forced to flee after killing a man in a duel, he expects his secret love, Brilliana Trevor, to go with him, or at the very least wait for him. To his shock, she does neither and sends him off with no promise for the future. Seven years and one pardon later, Niall returns to England disillusioned and cynical. And being blackmailed by the government into working with his former love to help catch a counterfeiter...
Author
Series
Scavenge the stars volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After escaping the city of Moray, Amaya and Cayo head to the port city of Baleine to find the mysterious Benefactor and put a stop to the counterfeit currency that is spreading Ash Fever throughout the kingdoms"--
Imprisoned on a debtor's ship for seven years, Amaya Chandra had one plan: to survive. Now she has people counting on her: for protection, for leadership, for vengeance. Cayo Mercado has lost everything: his money, his father, his reputation....
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 74
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While celebrating his birthday with his family, Geronimo realizes someone has replaced all of his money with counterfeit bills and sets out to find the thieves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.
9) Contraband
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best, running contraband, to settle Andy's debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian, to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills. Things quickly fall apart with only hours to...
10) Colors of truth
Author
Series
Carnton novel volume 2
Publisher
Fountain Creek Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the real history of Carnton, an antebellum home that served as a Confederate hospital, Colors of Truth follows the journey of an Irish immigrant arriving in a country where her kind isn't wanted, and of a former Federal soldier returning to the scene of a battle that almost destroyed him"--
Tennessee, 1866. According to the last Catriona O'Toole received from her twin brother, Ryan, he was being dispatched to Franklin, Tennessee. As a conscripted...
11) Phantom halo
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Brothers Samuel and Beckett Emerson are barely scraping by. Their father, Warren, continues to gamble and drink away any money they bring home. With all the havoc that is constantly going on in their lives, the family members each find solace in his own way, through Shakespeare, comic books and impossible love affairs. Beckett seizes the opportunity to make some easy money by counterfeiting in hopes of repaying his father's debts.
Publisher
Manga Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"Master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. 'The Wolf, ' and his right-hand gunman Jigen are hot on the trail of a double-crossing couterfeiter. But when their search leads them to the secluded European country of Cagliostro, they find far more than they bargained for. Lupin unwittingly attracts the attention of the nation's mysterious monarch when he tries to help a damsel in distress escape the Count's henchmen, and in the process stumbles upon the key to finding...
Author
Series
Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
When they uncover a conspiracy against America and its fundamental freedoms, the Kidd children, accompanied by their great uncle, crisscross the country in a race to prove that a newly-discovered copy of the Bill of Rights is a forgery.
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Haunted hotel: When hotel guests are scared away by a female ghost, Dink and his friends investigate the mystery.
Invisible island: While picnicking, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose find a hundred dollar bill and a cave full of money.
Jaguar's jewel: Dink and his friends use their detective skills to locate a giant emerald missing from a statue.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A band of Chicago counterfeiters hatched a plot to steal the President's body from its tomb outside Springfield, Illinois, and hold it for a ransom of $200,000. The story shows how important this beloved President remained to a public so unprepared for his violent death in 1865.
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