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Silent Prey
by John Sandford
A crime thriller following an investigation by detective Lucas Davenport.
His guards slain, the brilliant yet insane pathologist of 'Eyes of Prey" flees to New York, there to continue his research into aspects of death. Carefully, Michael Bekker conducts his experiments, ... (Goodreads)
Winter Prey
by John Sandford
Lucas Davenport hunts a serial killer in the frozen wilderness of Minnesota. The killer is cunning and brutal, and the stakes are high.
"Winter Prey" is a John Sandford suspense masterpiece! Following the international success of "Shadow Prey" and "Silent Prey," he creates another heart-pounding chapter in the career of Lucas ... (Goodreads)
Mind Prey
by John Sandford
Detective Lucas Davenport pursues a criminal mastermind in a thrilling manhunt.
From the bestselling author of Night Prey and Winter Prey, Lucas Davenport is back in another great thriller. It was raining when psychiatrist Andi Manette left the parent-teacher conference with her ... (Goodreads)
The List
by Steve Martini
A lawyer is hired to defend a man accused of murdering his wife, but soon realizes there is more to the case than meets the eye.
A bold and successful scheme to outwit the biggest players in publishing and film animates this novel by the bestselling author of, The Judge,–a suspenseful thriller in which the price of fame ... (Goodreads)
The Burden of Proof
by Scott Turow
A lawyer's wife dies, and he is accused of her murder. He must prove his innocence while dealing with his own grief and family secrets.
Turow's acclaimed second novel, which topped international bestseller lists, is now available in trade paperback. Sandy Stern, the brilliant defense attorney from Presumed Innocent , faces an event ... (Goodreads)
The Concrete Blonde
by Michael Connelly
A detective's investigation of a serial killer, uncovering a complex web of deception.
Detective Harry Bosch is pursuing "The Dollmaker", a serial killer who uses makeup to paint his victims. He gets a tip from a prostitute that a recent customer of hers, Norman Church, had a large ... (Wikipedia)
The Emperor's Tomb
by Steve Berry
A historical thriller that follows Cotton Malone as he uncovers a conspiracy surrounding the tomb of China's first emperor.
BONUS: This edition contains a Cotton Malone Dossier, an excerpt from Steve Berry's The Columbus Affair, and a short story by Steve Berry, The Balkan Escape . NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Justice ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Charlemagne Pursuit
by Steve Berry
A thrilling adventure to uncover the truth about Charlemagne's legacy and a dangerous secret society.
As a child, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone was told his father died in a submarine disaster in the North Atlantic, but now he wants the full story and asks his ex-boss, Stephanie ... (Goodreads)
The Enemy
by Lee Child
A retired military cop is tasked with finding a missing American soldier in Iraq.
In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel, apparently while in the company of a prostitute. MP Maj. Jack Reacher investigates and ... (Wikipedia)
The Forgotten Man
by Robert Crais
Detective's search for a missing woman leads to a dark conspiracy in Los Angeles.
Elvis Cole is back..., With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage (a New York Times Notable Book) and Demolition Angel , Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and ... (Goodreads)
The General's Daughter
by Nelson DeMille
A murder investigation of a general's daughter leads to uncovering dark secrets of the military.
Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General "Fighting Joe" Campbell. She is the pride of Fort Hadley until, one morning, her body is found naked and bound on the ... (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)
The Panther
by Nelson DeMille
A US government operative attempts to locate a terrorist leader in the Middle East.
Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen-one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they ... (Goodreads)
Night Fall
by Nelson DeMille
Thriller surrounding a terror attack on New York City that unravels a conspiracy of cover-ups and lies.
The story begins with the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island , New York . A couple conducting an illicit affair on the beach witness the crash and flee the scene, having accidentally ... (Wikipedia)
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)
1356
by Bernard Cornwell
A tale of honor and courage, as a peasant's army fights to liberate France from English rule.
Thomas of Hookton prefers to be known as le bâtard, the leader of the Hellequin, his band of mercenaries fighting in France. He and Genevieve have a son Hugh, already in training to use a yew bow. ... (Wikipedia)
The Fix
by David Baldacci
An ex-CIA agent must bring down a powerful cartel while unlocking secrets from his past.
David Baldacci's remarkable detective Amos Decker–the man who can forget nothing--was first introduced in the sensational #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man . Now Decker returns in a stunning ... (Barnes & Noble)
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)
Valley of the Dolls
by Jacqueline Susann
Three women's pursuit of fame and fortune, their struggles with addiction and ambition.
In 1945, beautiful ingenue Anne Welles moves to New York to start a new life, seeking to escape the ennui of her hometown of Lawrenceville, Massachusetts . She quickly finds employment as a secretary ... (Wikipedia)
Gerald's Game
by Stephen King
An innocent game between a married couple turns into a fight for survival.
Jessie Burlingame and her husband Gerald, a successful and aggressive lawyer, travel to their secluded lakehouse in western Maine for an unplanned romantic getaway. The titular "game" involves ... (Wikipedia)
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)
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)
The Life We Bury
by Allen Eskens
College student Joe Talbert investigates a 30-year-old murder case for an English assignment, but uncovers more than he bargained for.
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines ... (Goodreads)
The Partner
by John Grisham
A lawyer's daring escape from a powerful law firm and the pursuit of a hidden fortune.
It's been four years since Patrick Lanigan, a junior partner in a law firm in Biloxi, Mississippi , learned of the scheme, masterminded by his firm's client, shipbuilding magnate Benny Aricia, to ... (Wikipedia)
Memory Man
by David Baldacci
A detective investigates a suspicious death, unraveling a complex web of secrets and lies.
This "impossible to put down" #1, New York Times, bestseller introduces Amos Decker, a gifted police detective with a perfect memory who must solve a mystery he wishes he could forget: his family's ... (Barnes & Noble)
Running Blind
by Lee Child
A former military policeman is tasked with tracking down a dangerous criminal, learning secrets about his own past along the way.
Women are being murdered nationwide by a killer who leaves no trace of evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an apparent motive. All the victims have one thing in common: ... (Goodreads)
The Queen's Gambit
by Walter Tevis
A young prodigy's quest to become the best chess player in the world.
The Queen's Gambit traces chess prodigy Beth Harmon's life from her childhood in an orphanage through her struggles with tranquilizer and alcohol addiction to her triumphant rise through the ... (Wikipedia)
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
A young woman's courageous journey from a Japanese war camp to a new life in Australia.
The story falls broadly into three parts. In post-World War II London, Jean Paget, a secretary in a leather goods factory, is informed by solicitor Noel Strachan that she has inherited a considerable ... (Wikipedia)
