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Buried Prey
by John Sandford
Detective Lucas Davenport investigates a long-forgotten case of two missing teenage girls.
A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis-the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they've been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long. ... (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)
Silken Prey
by John Sandford
Detective Lucas Davenport races to solve a crime and capture a dangerous criminal.
Very early one morning, a Minnesota political fixer answers his doorbell. The next thing he knows, he’s waking up on the floor of a moving car, lying on a plastic sheet, his body wet with blood. When ... (Goodreads)
The Affair
by Lee Child
An ex-military cop investigates a murder that leads him to uncover a deeper conspiracy.
In March 1997, Maj. Jack Reacher is briefed by his superior Leon Garber on a troubling development in Carter's Crossing, Mississippi : a woman has been found murdered, her throat slit, with signs of ... (Wikipedia)
The Black Box
by Michael Connelly
A police detective's pursuit of justice in the face of a relentless killer.
Bosch tackles a 20-year-old cold case which took place during the 1992 Los Angeles riots . A white photojournalist is found killed near a burned-out store. Harry Bosch and Jerry Edgar were the ... (Wikipedia)
Bad Luck and Trouble
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher and his team join forces to solve a dangerous mystery that threatens their lives.
A man with two broken legs is thrown out of a corporate helicopter from 3,000 feet above the California desert. Seventeen days after that, Reacher is roaming alone with no objectives, no phone, no ... (Wikipedia)
A Wanted Man
by Lee Child
Thrilling journey of an ex-military fugitive on the run, pursued by dangerous enemies.
The novel opens with Jack Reacher, whose nose is broken from his last adventure (Worth Dying For), trying to get a ride out of Nebraska, hitch-hiking in the middle of the night, without any car ... (Wikipedia)
The Forgotten
by David Baldacci
A former CIA agent's mission to uncover the truth behind his family's mysterious past.
In Paradise, nothing is what it seems... Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the ... (Goodreads)
Gideon's Sword
by Douglas Preston
Gideon Crew, a skilled thief, is recruited by a secret government agency to stop a terrorist plot. Action-packed thriller with unexpected twists.
The story introduces Gideon Crew, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who is also a former art thief/master-of-disguise. He learns from his mother that his mathematician father—who had ... (Wikipedia)
The Drop
by Michael Connelly
A Los Angeles Police detective investigates a case of lost money and a missing girl.
The book was mentioned in a February 2011 interview, where Connelly explained that Bosch would be "handling two cases at once, a cold case that turns hot and the politically charged investigation ... (Wikipedia)
No Man's Land
by David Baldacci
A disgraced ex-CIA agent must confront a deadly conspiracy in order to clear his name.
The protagonist, John Puller, Jr., a former Army Ranger who served at Iraq and Afghanistan and now works for the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigations Division , is spurred to investigate the unsolved ... (Wikipedia)
Stay Close
by Harlan Coben
Thriller involving a family caught in a web of secrets and lies.
Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now she’s got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a ... (Goodreads)
The Wind Through the Keyhole
by Stephen King
A young boy embarks on a quest for truth, uncovering secrets of a forgotten past.
The novel begins with Roland and his ka-tet arriving at a river on their journey to the Dark Tower. An elderly man who operates a ferry gets them across the river, and warns them that a severe ... (Wikipedia)
V is for Vengeance
by Sue Grafton
A private detective investigates a cold case leading her to uncover a sinister plot.
For the fourth straight novel in the Alphabet Mystery series, the viewpoint alternates between Millhone and other characters, principally Nora Vogelsang and Lorenzo Dante. The opening chapter, ... (Wikipedia)
The Target
by David Baldacci
A government assassin is framed for murder and must clear his name while being pursued by a ruthless team of killers.
The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain ... (Goodreads)
Criminal
by Karin Slaughter
A gripping crime thriller that follows a police detective's search for the truth behind a mysterious murder.
Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is ... (Goodreads)
Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
Detective investigates a series of murders by a maniacal driver in a stolen Mercedes.
Many jobless people are standing in line for a job fair , but then a Mercedes plows into the crowd, killing sixteen and severely injuring many. Bill Hodges, a recently retired detective from the ... (Wikipedia)
Quinn
by Iris Johansen
A forensic sculptor is hired to reconstruct the face of a murder victim, but soon finds herself in danger.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen explores the darkest corners of the human heart as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan closes in on the killer who stole her daughter so many years ago., ... (Barnes & Noble)
Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
Detective Armand Gamache unravels a complex murder mystery in the town of Three Pines.
It is Winter Carnival in Quebec City, bitterly cold and surpassingly beautiful. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has come not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly ... (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)
Victims
by Jonathan Kellerman
A psychologist investigates a series of murders in Los Angeles, uncovering dark secrets and twisted motives.
Unraveling the madness behind L.A.’s most baffling and brutal homicides is what sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware does best. And putting the good doctor through his thrilling paces is what mystery ... (Goodreads)
Heartbreak Hotel
by Jonathan Kellerman
Psychologist Alex Delaware investigates a murder at a seedy hotel, uncovering dark secrets and twisted motives.
Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex’s most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, #1, New York Times, bestselling author ... (Goodreads)
The Nightmare
by Lars Kepler
A series of gruesome murders lead Detective Joona Linna to investigate a hypnotist who may be controlling the killer's actions.
A drowned young woman is discovered on an abandoned pleasure boat drifting by the Stockholm archipelago–-strangely, her clothes are dry. The next day in Stockholm, a man turns up dead, hanging from a ... (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)
The Face of Deception
by Iris Johansen
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is hired to reconstruct the face of a murdered girl, but the case becomes personal when she discovers the victim's identity.
An unidentified skull... A trail of terrifying secrets... And a woman whose talented hands could reveal the shocking truth... As a forensic sculptor, Eve Duncan helps identify the dead from their ... (Goodreads)
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)
Apprentice in Death
by J.D. Robb
Detective Eve Dallas solves a series of gruesome murders in a twisted game of revenge.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas returns in a fast-paced new novel from #1, New York Times, bestselling author J. D. Robb., Nature versus nurture..., The shots came quickly, silently, and with deadly accuracy. ... (Goodreads)
Orphan X
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Evan Smoak, a former government assassin, becomes a vigilante helping those in need while being hunted by his former employers.
The book centers around the character Evan Smoak. At the age of 12, he was enrolled in a top-secret operation known as the "Orphan Program." , He is the 24th recruit in the program and is known only ... (Wikipedia)
Iron House
by John Hart
Two orphan brothers, one raised in luxury and the other in poverty, reunite to confront their dark past and a dangerous killer.
From the award-winning,, New York Times, bestselling author John Hart, comes a gut-wrenching thriller about two brothers, one woman, and an explosive secret that threatens to tear their whole world ... (Barnes & Noble)
