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Stolen Prey
by John Sandford
A crime thriller involving a former cop's pursuit of a criminal mastermind.
Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed—husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. There’s ... (Goodreads)
Field of Prey
by John Sandford
A mysterious serial killer is on the loose, and an experienced cop must stop him.
The night after the fourth of July, Layton Carlson Jr., of Red Wing, Minnesota, finally got lucky. And unlucky. He’d picked the perfect spot to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, an abandoned ... (Goodreads)
Mad River
by John Sandford
A crime thriller featuring a detective's investigation into a series of gruesome murders.
They thought they were Bonnie and Clyde. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a woman during a ... (Goodreads)
The Heist
by Daniel Silva
A daring jewel heist, as a team of thieves attempt to outwit the authorities.
"Silva is a true genius."—BOB WOODWARD, POLITICO L egendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Venice repairing an altarpiece when he receives an urgent summons from the Italian police. The art ... (Barnes & Noble)
The English Girl
by Daniel Silva
A young English woman goes missing in Corsica, and Gabriel Allon is called to investigate. The case leads him to a web of international intrigue.
Madeline Hart is a rising star in Britain’s governing party: beautiful, intelligent, driven by an impoverished childhood to succeed. But she is also a woman with a dark secret: she is the lover of ... (Goodreads)
Make Me
by Lee Child
An ex-military drifter is framed for a murder and must uncover the truth to clear his name.
Somewhere in the sprawling, flat, desolate Midwestern United States, Reacher arrives by train at a small town named Mother's Rest, curious as to the story behind the name. He meets a Chinese American ... (Wikipedia)
The Fallen Angel
by Daniel Silva
A gripping espionage thriller as an art restorer is thrown into a world of international conspiracy.
Unlike recent titles in the series, this book is set primarily in Italy as Allon helps the Pope 's private secretary, Monsignor Luigi Donati with a case that is troubling The Vatican . The conclusion ... (Wikipedia)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
by Stephen King
A collection of short stories exploring the dark corners of the human mind.
A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, ... (Goodreads)
The Burning Room
by Michael Connelly
Detective Harry Bosch works to solve a cold case with a mysterious link to a dangerous killer.
Harry Bosch and his rookie partner Lucia Soto are assigned the case of Orlando Merced, a mariachi performer who was shot in a crowded Los Angeles square and was paralyzed from the waist down. The ... (Wikipedia)
A is for Alibi
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator unravels the case of a murdered woman, uncovering a web of lies and deceit.
Kinsey Millhone , 32, private detective investigates the death of prominent divorce lawyer Laurence Fife. His murder eight years earlier was blamed on his wife, Nikki Fife. Upon being released from ... (Wikipedia)
Body of Lies
by Iris Johansen
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is hired to reconstruct the face of a murdered girl, leading her on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth.
Eve Duncan, the signature character of #1, New York Times, bestselling author Iris Johansen, thought her past was long buried. Until she finds herself tracking a killer so deceptive he leaves no ... (Goodreads)
Not a Drill
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher is called back to his old unit to stop a terrorist attack. But things are not what they seem.
In this short story from Lee Child, Jack Reacher is again on the move. But even a pleasant hike on a beautiful summer day turns into a walk on the wild side . . . and perhaps something far more ... (Goodreads)
Sixkill
by Robert B. Parker
Private investigator Spenser takes on a case involving a troubled young actor and his entourage.
On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. From the start the case seems fishy, so the Boston PD calls on Spenser to investigate. Things ... (Goodreads)
12th of Never
by James Patterson
Detective Lindsay Boxer faces a series of seemingly unrelated crimes, including a terrifying threat to her own life.
This book has three major plots and at least two minor ones. The first begins with the birth of police detective Lindsay Boxer's daughter, which had to be at home during a major power outage. The ... (Wikipedia)
The Christmas Train
by David Baldacci
A disillusioned journalist embarks on a train journey to rediscover the magic of Christmas, encountering unexpected love and adventure along the way.
Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington D.C. to L.A in time for Christmas. Forced to travel by train, he begins a journey of rude awakenings, thrilling adventures and holiday ... (Goodreads)
Sycamore Row
by John Grisham
A lawyer in Mississippi must unravel a mysterious will and its secrets.
The title refers to a row of sycamore trees in the countryside near the fictional town of Clanton, in fictional Ford County, Mississippi . The trees play an important role in the book's plot, though ... (Wikipedia)
The Bone Tree
by Greg Iles
A thrilling mystery that uncovers the dark secrets of the past and present in the Deep South.
From #1, New York Times, bestselling author Greg Iles comes the second novel in his Natchez Burning trilogy—which also includes, Natchez Burning, and the upcoming, Mississippi Blood,—an epic trilogy ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Promise
by Robert Crais
An ex-cop is hired to track down a missing woman, uncovering an unexpected network of lies and secrets.
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in the new heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Robert ... (Goodreads)
Unseen
by Karin Slaughter
A mystery thriller that delves into the dark secrets of a small town.
Karin Slaughter’s novels featuring Special Agent Will Trent are utterly riveting and masterfully drawn. Her latest thriller, Unseen , pits detectives, lovers, and enemies against one another in an ... (Goodreads)
The Poet
by Michael Connelly
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's descent into darkness, as he unravels a web of deceit and murder.
Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how–he decides to write the story. But ... (Goodreads)
Six Years
by Harlan Coben
A man's search for the truth of his lost love, uncovering secrets of a mysterious past.
Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six ... (Goodreads)
The Son
by Jo Nesbø
A man's quest to avenge the death of his father uncovers a dark family secret.
Sonny Lofthus is serving time for crimes he did not commit. As payment, he receives a steady supply of drugs to satisfy his addiction. His life changes completely when he learns the truth about his ... (Wikipedia)
City of Bones
by Michael Connelly
Detective Harry Bosch investigates the murder of a young boy whose bones are found in the hills of Los Angeles.
Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old murder case - with an explosive ending that leave all Bosch fans hungrily awaiting the next instalment. When the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are ... (Goodreads)
The Last Mile
by David Baldacci
A wrongly convicted man is granted a temporary reprieve on death row to help solve a crime.
Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution–for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man ... (Goodreads)
The Guardians
by John Grisham
A small-town lawyer uncovers a dark secret about a murdered war hero and fights against corrupt forces to bring justice to the victim's family.
In the small north Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues behind. There were no witnesses, no real ... (Goodreads)
Police
by Jo Nesbø
Crime novel set in Oslo, Norway, featuring a detective who must solve a case full of unexpected twists and turns.
The tenth in the Oslo crime series featuring detective Harry Hole is the most sizeable entry yet; a twisting-turning saga that pits the gangly maverick against that most feared of serial killers, the ... (Wikipedia)
The Winds of War
by Herman Wouk
The story of a family caught in the middle of World War II and their struggles to survive.
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation. , Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Last Juror
by John Grisham
A small-town journalist's journey to uncover the truth of a decades-old murder case.
In 1970, a 23-year-old college dropout named Willie Traynor realizes that his dreams of becoming a Pulitzer -winning journalist will never come true. He moves to Clanton, Mississippi for an ... (Wikipedia)
Three to Get Deadly
by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter, is on the hunt for a cop killer and a missing witness. Chaos ensues.
Stephanie is on the trail of beloved Moses Bedemier , a mild-mannered man who runs an ice-cream parlor/candy store in the Burg . Mo is an upstanding citizen with ties to almost every family in ... (Wikipedia)
Personal
by Lee Child
A thrilling tale of a former soldier's quest for justice and his battle against formidable foes.
You can leave the army, but the army doesn’t leave you. Not always. Not completely , notes Jack Reacher—and sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the ... (Goodreads)
