When Annabelle and Harry's pet dog goes missing the children believe that the local pet thief has struck again. With their mum working as a DNA scientist from a laboratory in their garden, the children realise they can secretly use their mum's laboratory to solve the crime. Annabelle and harry become 'DNA Detectives' and, just like real-life forensic scientists, they go on an exciting adventure to try and solve the case. ASE Book Award winner.
When Stephen Cowans is sentenced to a long-term prison sentence, he insists that he's innocent. With an eyewitness testimony and a fingerprint at the crime scene, how can he prove his case? Series Information Teachers and students can choose from five high-interest topical strands that are based in science, history and social studies. Designed to engage and motivate reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike, Xbooks will help students unlock the power and pleasure of reading.
In this action-packed thriller, the 1 st of a 3-book series Deonte Jackson, a thief and self-proclaimed community activist, robs the wrong house. This triggers a gun fight that leaves 3 security guards dead after they tried to kill him. TO CATCH A THIEF Deonte Jackson is on the run for his life from a team of cops from the Lower Merion Township police department. He has stolen from the wrong people, the international crime syndicate and the FBI. Instead of winding up dead or in jail for the next 15 years he turns himself in and decides to take the plea deal offered to him by DA Dwayne Lewis and the beautiful ADA Jessica Seahorn. Deonte joins the team of cops and chases the syndicate out of the Philadelphia, PA suburb. The twists and turns Deonte takes to stay one step ahead of the police is a thrill ride like no other. When the team joins forces to stay one step ahead of the syndicate's masked men is a must read that you won't be able to put down.
It all starts when Annabelle and Harry decide to change their library books in the school library. There is a loud noise and the ground in the corridor begins to shake. It feels like the school is falling down. When the dust settles the children discover the hall floor has collapsed. Below, they find a cave. The children are thrilled to think they are the first people to ever set foot in the cave. Then the most incredible discovery leads them to think this may not be the case. Join Annabelle and Harry, the DNA Detectives, on their adventure as they meet archaeologists and scientists who help them uncover the mysteries of the Stone Age. Discover fascinating details about cave paintings, extracting DNA from ancient bones, finding out how tartar from ancient teeth can tell us what someone looked like, what they ate, and even what made them ill. Can you help the DNA Detectives solve the Stone Age mystery?
Do you have what it takes to become a science sleuth? Of course you do! Discover how to gather clues and collect evidence to catch a thief, follow instructions to extract DNA from strawberries, take your own fingerprints, analyze handwriting, and much more. While you're having fun inspecting, detecting, and experimenting, you'll be learning all about the intriguing world of forensic science and its important role in real life.
A deeply-reported, riveting account of a cold case murder in Los Angeles, unsolved until DNA evidence implicated a shocking suspect – a female detective within the LAPD’s own ranks. On February 24, 1986, 29-year-old newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in the home she shared with her husband, John. The crime scene suggested a ferocious struggle, and police initially assumed it was a burglary gone awry. Before her death, Sherri had confided to her parents that an ex-girlfriend of John’s, a Los Angeles police officer, had threatened her. The Rasmussens urged the LAPD to investigate the ex-girlfriend, but the original detectives only pursued burglary suspects, and the case went cold. DNA analysis did not exist when Sherri was murdered. Decades later, a swab from a bite mark on Sherri’s arm revealed her killer was in fact female, not male. A DNA match led to the arrest and conviction of veteran LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus, John’s onetime girlfriend. The Lazarus Files delivers the visceral experience of being inside a real-life murder mystery. McGough reconstructs the lives of Sherri, John and Stephanie; the love triangle that led to Sherri’s murder; and the homicide investigation that followed. Was Stephanie protected by her fellow officers? What did the LAPD know, and when did they know it? Are there other LAPD cold cases with a police connection that remain unsolved?
Miguel hasn't missed El Salvador since arriving in North America with his mother and sister. But with his father still in El Salvador and gangs shaking down the old neighbourhood, life isn't easy for Miguel. When his father's situation becomes critical, Miguel becomes desperate to bring him to North America. But he can't even afford to join his baseball team on a road game — how can his family possibly pay his father's way? A solution comes from Miguel's teammate, who proposes a big baseball fundraiser. As the team learns about the hard realities some new immigrant kids face, Miguel and his family learn to trust their neighbours and teammates.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—the inspiration for the hit TNT series—continue their bestselling crime-solving streak. “Crime writing at its unputdownable, nerve-tingling best.”—Harlan Coben Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelgänger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew—an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life . . . and who just might have a plan to take it away. This ebook edition contains a special preview of Tess Gerritsen’s I Know a Secret. Praise for Tess Gerritsen and Body Double “One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.”—The Providence Journal “Masterful . . . Gerritsen rises to her best yet.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “The story zips along.”—Entertainment Weekly “Chilling suspense . . . leaves the reader breathless.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
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