Recommendations based on The Fifth Assassinby Brad Meltzer

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  1. The Inner Circle

    by Brad Meltzer
    A White House lawyer discovers a shocking conspiracy that threatens to destroy the presidency and his own life.

    The best-kept secret of the U.S. Presidency is about to be revealed. "There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those ... (Goodreads)

  2. The Book of Fate

    by Brad Meltzer
    A presidential aide discovers a mysterious book that predicts the future, leading to a dangerous conspiracy.

    "Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming.", So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Book of Lies

    by Brad Meltzer
    A conspiracy thriller that follows a man's quest to uncover the truth behind his father's death and a secret society.

    In Chapter Four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail: the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost ... (Goodreads)

  4. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

    by James Patterson
    Detective Alex Cross investigates a kidnapping on Christmas Eve, putting his family and the city in danger.

    It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his ... (Goodreads)

  5. Prince of Fire

    by Daniel Silva
    Gabriel Allon, an Israeli spy, investigates a terrorist attack in Rome and uncovers a conspiracy to ignite a war in the Middle East.

    After terrorists bomb the Israeli embassy in Rome , agents at Israel ’s intelligence service —better known as the Office— struggle to determine a precise motive for the attack. The investigation ... (Wikipedia)

  6. Gone, Baby, Gone

    by Dennis Lehane
    Private detectives search for a missing four-year-old girl in an urban environment.

    Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find four-year-old Amanda McCready, abducted from her bed on a warm, summer night. They meet her stoned-out, strangely ... (Goodreads)

  7. Forever Odd

    by Dean Koontz
    Odd Thomas returns to his hometown to save a friend from evil forces. A thrilling and suspenseful supernatural mystery.

    After Odd Thomas discovers that his childhood friend Danny has been kidnapped and his step-father brutally murdered, he assumes that Danny's birth father, who was recently released from prison, has ... (Wikipedia)

  8. 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)

  9. The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America's Future

    by Jonathan Cahn
    Unveiling of a prophetic mystery that reveals a pattern of national judgment and a call to national repentance.

    Is it possible... That there exists an ancient mystery that holds the secret of America's future? That this mystery lies behind everything from 9/11 to the collapse of the global economy? That ... (Goodreads)

  10. Kill Shot

    by Vince Flynn
    An ex-CIA operative is called back to action to stop a political assassination plot.

    #1, New York Times, bestselling author of, American Assassin,—now a major motion picture Vince Flynn’s intensely suspenseful #1, New York Times, bestseller puts the young, hungry, and lethal ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition

    by R.A. Salvatore
    Epic fantasy adventure featuring a band of heroes on a quest to save the Ten Towns from destruction.

    Icewind Dale. Windswept passes and forbidding glaciers stand at the top of the world. Below them, in the cold valleys, an evil force broods: the magic of Crenshinibon, the crystal shard. Now dwarf, ... (Goodreads)

  12. Gray Mountain

    by John Grisham
    A young lawyer navigates the corrupt world of coal mining in Appalachia, uncovering dangerous secrets along the way.

    Samantha Kofer is a lawyer at a major New York City law firm, which is hit hard at the onset of the Great Recession . Rather than lay her off, the firm suggests that Sam conduct a charity service ... (Wikipedia)

  13. Tripwire

    by Lee Child
    A retired military cop is drawn into a tangled web of intrigue, uncovering a deadly conspiracy.

    The prologue describes Victor Truman "Hook" Hobie's carefully planned escape route in the event of somebody discovering his "really big, well-guarded secret". His "early-warning system" consists of ... (Wikipedia)

  14. American Assassin

    by Vince Flynn
    CIA recruits and trains Mitch Rapp to become a lethal assassin, seeking revenge against terrorists who killed his girlfriend.

    Mitch Rapp is a gifted college athlete who just wants retribution for the Pan Am Lockerbie attack. He trains six months intensely with other clandestine operatives, under CIA Operations Director ... (Goodreads)

  15. The Testament

    by John Grisham
    A billionaire's will creates a legal battle between his descendants and the townspeople who have been displaced.

    In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, ... (Goodreads)

  16. Foundation and Earth

    by Isaac Asimov
    A journey through the galaxy to find the lost planet of humanity's origin. Along the way, they uncover secrets of the universe.

    Councilman Golan Trevize , historian Janov Pelorat , and Blissenobiarella of the planet Gaia (introduced in Foundation's Edge ) set out on a journey to find humanity's ancestral planet— Earth . The ... (Wikipedia)

  17. The Doctor

    by Nikki Sloane
    A steamy romance between a doctor and his patient, exploring the boundaries of professionalism and desire.

    For years, he was a part of my life. I watched him rush to the hospital countless times, his beautiful surgeon hands racing to save lives., , After all this time, I can’t escape the truth. , , I want ... (Barnes & Noble)

  18. A Drink Before the War

    by Dennis Lehane
    Private detectives investigate a kidnapping case, uncovering dark secrets of the city.

    Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro receive a job from three state politicians, Sterling Mulkern, Jim Vurnan and Brian Paulson, to recover documents from a former cleaning ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Killing Floor

    by Lee Child
    An ex-military cop is thrust into a dangerous criminal underworld to solve the murder of a woman.

    Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in the town of Margrave, Georgia , because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. Much to his surprise, ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Foundation's Edge

    by Isaac Asimov
    A quest to discover the truth behind the mysterious origins of the galactic empire.

    Five hundred years after the establishment of the Foundation, the Mayor of Terminus , Harla Branno , is basking in a political glow, her policies having been vindicated by the recent successful ... (Wikipedia)

  21. Plum Island

    by Nelson DeMille
    A mysterious investigation into a series of strange, unexplained events on a remote island.

    In 1997, NYPD detective John Corey is on the back porch of his uncle's waterfront home on the North Fork of Long Island recovering from three gunshot wounds while working in his town of Manhattan, ... (Wikipedia)

  22. Die Trying

    by Lee Child
    An intense thriller involving a daring mission to rescue a kidnapped woman.

    While in Chicago, former military policeman Jack Reacher is helping a young woman with an injured leg with her dry cleaning when they're captured at gunpoint by three men and thrown into a car, then ... (Wikipedia)

  23. War Horse

    by Michael Morpurgo
    A horse's journey through the horrors of World War I, facing danger and uncertainty.

    One day, a man named Ted Narracott buys a young horse for 30 guineas when he was supposed to buy a horse for plough at an auction. Ted's son, Albert, names the horse Joey and grows to love him and ... (Wikipedia)

  24. The Killer Angels

    by Michael Shaara
    A gripping story of the Battle of Gettysburg, told through the eyes of the soldiers on both sides.

    Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain , one of the major characters, remembers reciting to his father a speech from, Hamlet, : "What a piece of work is man...in action how like an angel!" Sgt. Buster Kilrain ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Girls of August

    by Anne Rivers Siddons
    Four lifelong friends reunite on an island for their annual summer vacation, but secrets and tensions threaten to tear them apart.

    Anne Rivers Siddons's, New York Times, bestselling novel about four friends whose lives are forever changed by the events of one summer. For fifteen years, four "girls of August" would gather ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. Private Paris

    by James Patterson
    Jack Morgan, head of Private Investigations, is called to Paris to investigate a series of murders targeting the city's elite.

    When Jack Morgan, the owner of Private, visits his office in Paris, he hopes to have a relaxing time of enjoying the sights and having fine food and wine. His trip ends up being anything but ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Go Set a Watchman

    by Harper Lee
    Confronting the past and present, a woman struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of her hometown.

    Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, a single 26-year-old, returns from New York to her hometown, Maycomb, Alabama, for her annual fortnight-long visit to her father Atticus, a lawyer and former state ... (Wikipedia)

  28. The Girl with a Clock for a Heart

    by Peter Swanson
    A man's past comes back to haunt him when his former girlfriend reappears, bringing danger and mystery into his life.

    Already optioned for film, The Girl with a Clock for a Heart is Peter Swanson’s electrifying tale of romantic noir, with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent of the classic movie Body Heat . It is the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. Private London

    by James Patterson
    Private investigator Jack Morgan and his team investigate a series of murders in London's wealthiest neighborhoods.

    SOMETIMES WHEN THE NIGHTMARE ENDS - THE TERROR IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack ... (Goodreads)

  30. Dust

    by Patricia Cornwell
    Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta investigates a series of murders linked to a long-dead serial killer.

    The plot opens with Kay Scarpetta receiving a phone call from Marino informing her about a body, later identified as Gail Shipton, recovered in a field adjoining Massachusetts Information Technology ... (Wikipedia)