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Dance of Death
by Douglas Preston
A forensic anthropologist investigates a series of mysterious deaths in the jungle of Peru.
Two brothers on opposite sides of the law battle it out on the streets of New York in this chill-inducing thriller, a follow-up to BRIMSTONE. — As the previous installment came to a close, vicious ... (Goodreads)
The Book of the Dead
by Douglas Preston
An archaeological excavation leads to a dark discovery in the Egyptian desert.
Az egyiptomi piramisok mélyén megbúvó ősi sírkamrák, a kincsek és a múmiák mellett, sok talányt is őriznek – olykor még a fáraók átkát is. Ez még akkor is igaznak tűnhet, ha a hajdani sírboltot ... (Goodreads)
Deep Storm
by Lincoln Child
A team of scientists and Navy SEALs descend to the depths of the ocean to investigate a mysterious illness. But what they find is beyond their wildest imaginations.
In the prologue, three workers – Kevin Lindengood, Fred Hicks, and John Wherry – are operating the rig on the Storm King oil rig in the North Atlantic , off the coast of Greenland . When the ... (Wikipedia)
Utopia
by Lincoln Child
A group of strangers embark on a mysterious journey, uncovering secrets of a strange and unknown world.
Fasten your seat belts–the white-knuckle thrills at Utopia, the world’s most fantastic theme park, escalate to nightmare proportions in this intricately imagined techno-thriller by New York Times ... (Goodreads)
The Wheel of Darkness
by Douglas Preston
Pendergast and Constance travel to Tibet to investigate a mysterious artifact, but become trapped in a monastery with a dark secret.
This novel picks up shortly following the events depicted in, The Book of the Dead, . Agent Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, are studying in Tibet with Buddhist monks ; they are ... (Wikipedia)
Map of Bones
by James Rollins
A thrilling adventure to unravel a hidden secret and save humanity.
The bones lead to ancient mysteries and present-day terror . . . To follow them means death. During a crowded service at a cathedral in Germany, armed intruders in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of ... (Goodreads)
Terminal Freeze
by Lincoln Child
A team of scientists and soldiers discover a prehistoric creature frozen in the Arctic ice, but it's not dead. It's hungry.
The events take place in Alaska , north of the Arctic Circle . A decommissioned military base located near the fictional Mount Fear, the Mount Fear Remote Sensing Installation, is being used by a ... (Wikipedia)
Ice Hunt
by James Rollins
A team of scientists and soldiers race to uncover a secret hidden in the Arctic ice before a deadly enemy finds it first.
Carved into a moving island of ice twice the size of the United States, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than seventy years. The twisted brainchild of the finest minds of the former ... (Goodreads)
Black Order
by James Rollins
A thrilling adventure across the globe, uncovering secrets of a mysterious ancient order.
Librarian's note: This is an Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN10: 0752876457 ISBN13: 9780752876450. A sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookstore ignites a relentless hunt across four continents. Arson ... (Goodreads)
The Sanctuary
by Raymond Khoury
A thrilling adventure through the Vatican's secret archives, uncovering a conspiracy that could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Naples, 1750. In the dead of night, three men with swords burst into the bed chamber of the Marquis de Montferrat. Their leader, Raimundo di Sangro – the Prince of San Severo – accuses him of being ... (Goodreads)
The Bourne Supremacy
by Robert Ludlum
An ex-CIA agent must clear his name from charges of espionage and murder.
In the first book,, The Bourne Identity, , the title character suffers amnesia . Over the course of the book, he regains his memory with the help of a Canadian economist, Marie St Jacques, and ... (Wikipedia)
Invisible Prey
by John Sandford
Lucas Davenport investigates a high-profile murder case involving a wealthy family, uncovering dark secrets and dangerous alliances.
In the richest neighbourhood of Minneapolis, two elderly women lie murdered in their home, killed with a pipe, the rooms ransacked, only small items stolen. It's clearly a random break-in by someone ... (Goodreads)
Seven Deadly Wonders
by Matthew Reilly
An international team embarks on an adventure to unlock the mysteries of a legendary and powerful ancient artifact.
Around 4,500 years ago, the capstone upon the summit of the Great Pyramid of Giza absorbed the energy released by the Tartarus Rotation (a monstrous sunspot that occurs every 4,000–4,500 years), and ... (Wikipedia)
Devil's Waltz
by Jonathan Kellerman
A psychologist investigates a series of murders that seem to be connected to a popular dance club. As he delves deeper, he uncovers a web of secrets and lies.
The doctors call it Munchausen by proxy, the terrifying disease that causes parents to induce illness in their own children. Now, in his most frightening case, Dr. Alex Delaware may have to prove ... (Goodreads)
World Without End
by Ken Follett
Epic tale of love and war, tracing the lives of two families over centuries.
The novel begins in the fictional city of Kingsbridge, England in the year 1327 . Four children - Merthin, Caris, Gwenda, and Merthin's brother Ralph - head into the woods on All Hallows Day . ... (Wikipedia)
The Six Sacred Stones
by Matthew Reilly
A race against time to find six mysterious ancient stones and save the world from destruction.
This novel is a sequel to Matthew Reilly's previous novel,, Seven Ancient Wonders, , which ended with the Golden Capstone reassembled atop the Great Pyramid at Giza, and the ritual of power performed ... (Wikipedia)
The Amber Room
by Steve Berry
A thrilling adventure to uncover the lost Amber Room, a priceless treasure stolen by the Nazis during WWII.
The story is about judge Rachel Cutler and her husband Paul, a divorced American couple caught up in a treasure hunt for the long-missing Amber Room. A couple of competitive professional treasure ... (Wikipedia)
The Crossing
by Michael Connelly
Thriller involving a homicide detective's search for a serial killer in Los Angeles.
In this "tense" thriller and #1, New York Times, bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller to track down a killer who just might find them first (,Wall Street ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Hunt for Atlantis
by Andy McDermott
Adventurer Nina Wilde and ex-SAS Eddie Chase search for the lost city of Atlantis, facing danger and betrayal at every turn.
Following in the tradition of Clive Cussler and Matthew Reilly, Andy McDermott takes us a roller-coaster ride in search of the legendary Atlantis. Archaeologist Nina Wilde believes she has found the ... (Goodreads)
The Curse of the Pharaohs
by Elizabeth Peters
A thrilling mystery set in ancient Egypt, where a daring sleuth uncovers a deadly secret.
The Emersons are at home in England, aching to return to Egypt, but finding no excuse to return until Lady Baskerville asks them to finish the excavation started by her husband, who died mysteriously ... (Wikipedia)
A Son of the Circus
by John Irving
A doctor's search for his father and his own identity amidst a chaotic life of a traveling circus.
A Hindi film star . . . an American missionary . . . twins separated at birth . . . a dwarf chauffeur . . . a serial killer . . . all are on a collision course. In the tradition of A Prayer for Owen ... (Goodreads)
The Mummy Case
by Elizabeth Peters
An archeological adventure uncovering ancient Egyptian mysteries.
Amelia and her husband, Professor Radcliffe Emerson , return to Egypt for the 1894–95 season , to excavate the ruined pyramids of Mazghunah , which pale in comparison to the nearby dig at Dahshoor – ... (Wikipedia)
Sahara
by Clive Cussler
An intrepid explorer embarks on a mission to uncover a lost civilzation hidden in the Sahara desert.
In 1865, a week before the surrender of Confederate forces of Robert E. Lee , the Confederate Navy ship, CSS Texas, is being loaded at a dock with crates supposedly filled with documents. The ship's ... (Wikipedia)
Micro
by Michael Crichton
A group of graduate students are stranded in the rainforest and must fight for survival against deadly microorganisms created by a biotech company.
The narrative begins with a private investigator named Marcos Rodriguez pulling up to a metal building located on the island of Oahu . The building is the main headquarters of Nanigen ... (Wikipedia)
The 5th Horseman
by James Patterson
A gripping crime thriller, as a doctor struggles to investigate a series of mysterious deaths.
The story begins with a mysterious character named the Night Walker who kills a hospital patient, Jessie Falk. Two plots are intertwined; the first is about a serial killer murdering young girls and ... (Wikipedia)
The Templar Legacy
by Steve Berry
Archaeologists uncover a long-lost secret about the Templars, as a race against time ensues.
The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden ... (Goodreads)
Cross
by James Patterson
A young man's journey to uncover the truth about his father's murder, while confronting his own dark past.
Alex Cross's former partner, John Sampson, asks him to investigate the case of a serial rapist in Georgetown with similarities to a case they worked on together before. The case ends up having a ... (Wikipedia)
No Time for Goodbye
by Linwood Barclay
A woman's mysterious disappearance leads her family into a dangerous investigation, uncovering a dark secret.
Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family, mother, father, brother had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever. Now, twenty-five years later, she'll ... (Goodreads)
The Husband
by Dean Koontz
A suspenseful tale of a man's desperate search to uncover the truth behind his wife's disappearance.
Mitch Rafferty, owner of a small landscaping business, receives a phone call from someone claiming to have kidnapped his wife Holly. The caller demands that Mitch pay two million dollars or Holly ... (Wikipedia)
Ice Station
by Matthew Reilly
A team of special forces soldiers on a mission to save an Antarctic research station from a mysterious enemy.
After a diving team at Wilkes Ice Station is killed, the station sends out a distress signal. A team of United States Force Recon Marines led by Shane Schofield , code named Scarecrow, arrives at the ... (Wikipedia)
