Books about Tension

  1. The Mystery of the Blue Train

    by Agatha Christie
    A young woman investigates a murder on the luxurious Blue Train.

    Poirot boards Le Train Bleu , bound for the French Riviera . So does Katherine Grey, who is having her first winter out of England, after recently receiving a relatively large inheritance. On board ... (Wikipedia)

  2. The Silence of the Lambs

    by Thomas Harris
    Brilliant FBI agent works with a notorious serial killer to catch an even more terrifying madman.

    Hannibal Lecter. The ultimate villain of modern fiction. Read the five-million-copy bestseller that scared the world silent. The Silence of the Lambs. A young FBI trainee. An evil genius locked away ... (Goodreads)

  3. Clockwork Angel

    by Cassandra Clare
    An orphaned girl's journey of danger and discovery, uncovering secrets of a supernatural world.

    In 1878, Tessa Gray arrives from New York City to Southampton on the invitation of her brother, Nate, who has been working in London for the past few years, following the death of their aunt and ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Deadline

    by John Sandford
    A detective races against time to solve a murder mystery and save an innocent life.

    It's Virgil Flowers! And one of the thrilling novels in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling series. In Southeast Minnesota, down on the Mississippi, a school board meeting is coming to an end. The ... (Goodreads)

  5. The Keeper of Lost Causes

    by Jussi Adler-Olsen
    A police detective investigates a mysterious disappearance, uncovering a sinister conspiracy.

    Carl Mørck is demoted to Department Q, the cold case unit, after a raid goes wrong. One case, a suspected suicide, piques his interest. His investigations suggest that the woman, a rising politician, ... (Wikipedia)

  6. The Matarese Circle

    by Robert Ludlum
    Political thriller revolving around an international secret society.

    The Matarese killers will take over the world within two years... The No.1 bestseller from 'the world's most read writer' [GQ] ... (Goodreads)

  7. Fatherland

    by Robert Harris
    A thriller set in an alternate history of Nazi Germany, where secrets of the past are uncovered.

    The novel opens in Nazi Germany in April 1964 during the week leading up to Adolf Hitler 's ,[note 1], 75th birthday. Detective Xavier March is an investigator working for the Kriminalpolizei ( Kripo ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Dune

    by Frank Herbert
    Epic adventure in a distant planet, involving a struggle to control a powerful spice.

    Duke Leto Atreides of the House Atreides , ruler of the ocean planet Caladan, is assigned by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV to serve as fief ruler of the planet Arrakis . Arrakis is a harsh and ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Two Kinds of Truth

    by Michael Connelly
    A gripping crime thriller, as a detective investigates a murder with mysterious connections.

    Exiled from the LAPD, Harry Bosch must clear his name, uncover a ring of prescription drug abuse, and outwit a clever killer before it's too late. Harry Bosch, exiled from the LAPD, is working cold ... (Barnes & Noble)

  10. Glass Houses

    by Louise Penny
    A suspenseful murder mystery set in a remote Quebec village.

    An instant, New York Times Bestseller, and August 2017 LibraryReads pick!, “Penny’s absorbing, intricately plotted 13th Gamache novel proves she only gets better at pursuing dark truths with ... (Barnes & Noble)

  11. 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)

  12. Force of Nature

    by Jane Harper
    A detective's investigation into a missing woman, uncovering dark secrets of a small town.

    Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along a muddy track. Only four come out on the other side. The hike through the rugged Giralang Ranges is meant to take the office ... (Goodreads)

  13. Fifty Shades Darker

    by E.L. James
    A tale of an intense affair between the enigmatic billionaire Christian Grey and the young college graduate Anastasia Steele.

    Three days after leaving Christian, Anastasia "Ana" Steele begins her job as personal assistant to Jack Hyde, an editor at Seattle Independent Publishing (SIP). He asks Ana out often which, though it ... (Wikipedia)

  14. The Quiet American

    by Graham Greene
    A journalist's exploration of a conflict between a French colonial regime and Vietnamese nationalists.

    Thomas Fowler is a British journalist in his fifties who has covered the French war in Vietnam for more than two years. He meets a young American idealist named Alden Pyle, a CIA agent working ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    by Tennessee Williams
    A family struggling to confront hidden resentments and repressions that lurk beneath the surface.

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in crisis, especially the husband Brick and wife Margaret (usually called Maggie or "Maggie the Cat"), and their interaction with Brick's ... (Wikipedia)

  16. It Happened One Autumn

    by Lisa Kleypas
    A forbidden romance between a wealthy gentleman and a working-class woman.

    It happened at the ball., Where beautiful but bold Lillian Bowman quickly learned that her independent American ways weren't entirely "the thing." And the most disapproving of all was insufferable, ... (Goodreads)

  17. The Trespasser

    by Tana French
    A detective investigates a murder case, uncovering secrets, lies, and hidden motives.

    Being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she’s there. The rest of her working life is a ... (Goodreads)

  18. The Da Vinci Code

    by Dan Brown
    A thrilling mystery involving secret societies, hidden clues, and an ancient conspiracy.

    Louvre curator and Priory of Sion grand master Jacques Saunière is fatally shot one night at the museum by an albino Catholic monk named Silas, who is working on behalf of someone he knows only as ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Red Storm Rising

    by Tom Clancy
    An all-out war between NATO and the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of the soldiers.

    Militants from Azerbaijan destroy an oil production refinery in Nizhnevartovsk , threatening to cripple the Soviet Union's economy due to oil shortages. After much deliberation, the Soviet Politburo ... (Wikipedia)

  20. The Runaway Jury

    by John Grisham
    A jury trial where the jury's decision is up for sale as two sides battle for a multi-million dollar verdict.

    Wendall Rohr and his team of tort lawyers have filed suit on behalf of plaintiff Celeste Wood, whose husband died of lung cancer , against the tobacco company Pynex. The trial is to be held in Biloxi ... (Wikipedia)

  21. Leviathan Wakes

    by James S.A. Corey
    Space adventure of two unlikely allies in a fight to save humanity.

    The ice hauling ship Canterbury (nicknamed the Cant by Belters) is en route from Saturn's Rings to Ceres Station when it encounters a distress signal . Five members of the Cant 's crew are dispatched ... (Wikipedia)

  22. Career of Evil

    by Robert Galbraith
    Private detective investigates a series of mysterious and violent cases linked to a deranged criminal.

    After murdering a woman, an unidentified man stalks Robin Ellacott, whom he sees as part of his plan to exact revenge against private investigator Cormoran Strike. Robin, having worked for Strike for ... (Wikipedia)

  23. The Short Drop

    by Matthew FitzSimmons
    A quest to discover the truth behind a political scandal, with life-and-death stakes.

    A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard—then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency—disappeared in the most sensational ... (Goodreads)

  24. Zero Day

    by David Baldacci
    A master hacker threatens the world with a dangerous virus, and a secret agency must stop him.

    —Review by, Kirkus Reviews, , —Review by, Daily Express, , ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Gorky Park

    by Martin Cruz Smith
    A thrilling murder mystery, set in the Soviet Union, uncovering secrets and conspiracies.

    The story follows Arkady Renko , a chief investigator for the Moscow militsiya , who is assigned to a case involving three corpses found in Gorky Park , an amusement park in Moscow. The victims - two ... (Wikipedia)

  26. The Lying Game

    by Ruth Ware
    A group of childhood friends reunite to uncover secrets from their mysterious past.

    INSTANT, NEW YORK TIMES,, USA TODAY, AND, LOS ANGELES TIMES, BESTSELLER! “So many questions...Until the very last page! Needless to say, I could not put this book down!” —Reese Witherspoon “Once ... (Barnes & Noble)

  27. Little Fires Everywhere

    by Celeste Ng
    A story of two families clashing over the custody of a Chinese-American baby in a suburban Ohio town.

    The story starts in 1998 where the Richardson home in Shaker Heights, Ohio catches fire. Arson is suspected, as there were multiple small fires. The previous year, 1997, Elena Richardson rents her ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Kiss the Girls

    by James Patterson
    Detective Alex Cross races against time to stop a serial killer from abducting more victims.

    As a teenage boy in 1975 Boca Raton , Florida , a future serial killer calling himself Casanova kills his first four victims. Elsewhere in 1981 Chapel Hill , North Carolina , another killer calling ... (Wikipedia)

  29. Skin Game

    by Jim Butcher
    A daring heist to steal from a powerful crime lord, with the fate of the city at stake.

    Harry Dresden , still living on the island of Demonreach, is unable to reach his allies and plagued by increasing headaches. Queen Mab demands he undertake a job, but in return offers her aid with ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Small Favor

    by Jim Butcher
    A wizard detective uses magic to solve a dangerous supernatural mystery.

    One year after the events in, White Night, , Dresden is confronted by Queen Mab calling in one of the favors owed her by Harry: that he be her "Emissary," and protect John Marcone. Despite repeated ... (Wikipedia)

  31. Saga, Volume 3

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    A family's epic adventure of survival in a dangerous and unpredictable universe.

    The Eisner, Harvey, and Hugo Award-winning phenomenon continues, as new parents Marko and Alana travel to an alien world to visit their hero, while the family's pursuers finally close in on their ... (Barnes & Noble)

  32. Saga, Volume 5

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    Intergalactic war between two opposing species, testing the limits of family loyalty.

    Multiple storylines collide in this cosmos-spanning new volume. While,Gwendolyn and Lying Cat risk everything to find a cure for The Will, Marko makes an uneasy alliance with Prince Robot IV to find ... (Barnes & Noble)

  33. The Devotion of Suspect X

    by Keigo Higashino
    A genius physicist helps his neighbor cover up a murder, while a relentless detective investigates the crime.

    Yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a Tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child. But when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shattered. ... (Goodreads)

  34. Debt of Honor

    by Tom Clancy
    Military thriller involving a terrorist plot to bring about a war between the U.S and Japan.

    Japanese industrialist Raizo Yamata has been plotting to bring back his country to a position of greatness for years, partly as revenge for the death of his family at the hands of American forces ... (Wikipedia)

  35. The Lion's Game

    by Nelson DeMille
    An international terrorist gives chase to a CIA operative, with the fate of the world in the balance.

    "The Lion" will be landing. And at New York's JFK Airport, an elite American task force waits as the notorious Libyan terrorist prepares to defect to the West. Then, aboard Flight 175, something goes ... (Wikipedia)

  36. The Cruelest Month

    by Louise Penny
    A mystery set in a small town in Quebec, uncovering secrets and solving a murder.

    The novel, set in the small Canadian town of Three Pines, takes place around the Easter season. A group of friends visits a haunted house, hoping to rid it of the evil spirits that have haunted it, ... (Wikipedia)

  37. Honeymoon

    by James Patterson
    A young couple's honeymoon takes a sinister turn when secrets from their past come to light.

    This book has two plots. The primary plot concerns a serial killer who targets newlyweds on their honeymoons. FBI agent John O'Hara (who was central to the first book of this series) works this case, ... (Wikipedia)

  38. Fearless Fourteen

    by Janet Evanovich
    A thrilling adventure of crime, mystery, and romance as Stephanie Plum takes on her toughest case yet.

    Stephanie Plum apprehends Loretta Rizzi for failure to appear in court, but Loretta, who is a distant cousin of Stephanie's policeman boyfriend, Joe Morelli, agrees to go along only if Stephanie will ... (Wikipedia)

  39. Ten Big Ones

    by Janet Evanovich
    Mayhem ensues as bounty hunter Stephanie Plum searches for a missing person.

    Stephanie and Lula happen to be waiting outside a deli when a young man in a red Devil mask runs outside after robbing it, only to find that his getaway bicycle 's tire is flat, Lula having shot it ... (Wikipedia)

  40. City of Heavenly Fire

    by Cassandra Clare
    Dark forces threaten the Shadowhunters, who must join forces to save the world.

    Shadowhunters of the Los Angeles Institute meet to discuss the army of Endarkened Shadowhunters when the army, led by Sebastian Morgenstern , ambush the Institute, endarken some shadowhunters, and ... (Wikipedia)

  41. Dead to the World

    by Charlaine Harris
    A supernatural romance of vampires and werewolves, set in a small town in Louisiana.

    This novel opens on New Year's Eve, three weeks after the events of, Club Dead, . Sookie Stackhouse finds Eric running down the road close to her home, but he seems to have lost his memory. Sookie, ... (Wikipedia)

  42. 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)

  43. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    by John le Carré
    A British agent's mission to infiltrate East Germany during the Cold War, full of suspense and intrigue.

    In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he created a world unlike any previously experienced in suspense fiction. With unsurpassed knowledge ... (Goodreads)

  44. Smiley's People

    by John le Carré
    Retired spy Smiley is thrust back into the world of espionage to uncover a deadly conspiracy.

    John le Carre's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him – and his hero, British ... (Goodreads)

  45. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    by John le Carré
    A retired spy is called back into action to uncover a mole in the British Secret Service.

    Control , chief of the Circus, suspects one of the five senior intelligence officers at the Circus to be a long-standing Soviet mole and assigns code names with the intention that should his agent ... (Wikipedia)

  46. No Country for Old Men

    by Cormac McCarthy
    A gripping tale of violence and pursuit in Texas' desolate landscape.

    The plot follows the interweaving paths of the three central characters (Llewelyn Moss, Anton Chigurh , and Ed Tom Bell) set in motion by events related to a drug deal gone bad near the ... (Wikipedia)

  47. The A.B.C. Murders

    by Agatha Christie
    A master detective investigates a string of linked murders in a race against time.

    Returning from South America, Arthur Hastings meets with his old friend, Hercule Poirot, at his new flat in London. Poirot shows him a mysterious letter he has received, signed "A.B.C.", that details ... (Wikipedia)

  48. The House at Riverton

    by Kate Morton
    A family saga spanning generations, uncovering secrets and lies of a mysterious house.

    Ninety-eight-year-old Grace Bradley, a maid at Riverton Manor in the 1920s, has long hidden a terrible secret. A film is being made about a famous incident at Riverton when well-known poet Robbie ... (Wikipedia)

  49. I Am Number Four

    by Pittacus Lore
    An extraordinary teen must use his special abilities to protect himself and those he loves from an alien race of enemies.

    Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster ... (Goodreads)

  50. The Lincoln Lawyer

    by Michael Connelly
    A defense attorney navigates the legal system and unravels a conspiracy that could destroy him.

    Moderately successful criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller operates around Los Angeles County out of a Lincoln Town Car (hence the title) driven by a former client working off his legal fees. ... (Wikipedia)

  51. When He Was Wicked

    by Julia Quinn
    A tale of forbidden love between a duke and a governess, testing societal conventions.

    Everything was so much simpler... when he was wicked. In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and breathtaking, that one knows one's life will never be the same. For ... (Goodreads)

  52. Cover Her Face

    by P.D. James
    Detective investigates the murder of a young woman in an English country house.

    The story opens with a dinner party hosted by Mrs. Eleanor Maxie at Martingale, a medieval manor house in the (fictional) Essex village of Chadfleet. Mrs. Maxie's son and daughter, Stephen Maxie and ... (Wikipedia)

  53. Eye of the Needle

    by Ken Follett
    A thrilling tale of espionage and wartime romance, set in the chaos of WWII.

    In 1940, Henry Faber, a German spy nicknamed 'die Nadel' ('The Needle') due to his trademark weapon being a stiletto , is working at a London railway depot, collecting information on troop movements. ... (Wikipedia)

  54. The Sixth Man

    by David Baldacci
    A murder mystery set in the world of college basketball, as two brothers work to uncover the truth.

    Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called to help Edgar Roy, an alleged serial killer awaiting trial. Roy faces almost certain conviction. Roy’s attorney, Sean’s friend and mentor Ted Bergin, is set ... (Wikipedia)

  55. The Day of the Jackal

    by Frederick Forsyth
    An assassin attempts to kill the president of France in a thrilling race against time.

    The book begins in 1962 with the (historical) failed attempt on de Gaulle 's life plotted by, among others, Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart : ... (Wikipedia)

  56. Gone Tomorrow

    by Lee Child
    Detective Jack Reacher uncovers a deadly conspiracy while on the hunt for a missing woman.

    It's 2am, and Jack Reacher is travelling on the New York City Subway . He notices a suspicious looking passenger who matches many of the specifications for a potential suicide bomber. When he ... (Wikipedia)

  57. Pandora's Star

    by Peter F. Hamilton
    Space opera exploring a future where humanity is threatened by a mysterious alien force.

    The book opens with a short section providing backstory. As part of the first mission to Mars , a team of astronauts exits their spacecraft for the first time, only to see another man standing there, ... (Wikipedia)

  58. Separation of Power

    by Vince Flynn
    Political thriller centered on an ex-CIA agent's mission to stop a terrorist attack on the US.

    About a month after the events in the previous book, CIA Director Thomas Stansfield has succumbed to cancer and has chosen Dr. Irene Kennedy, The director of the CIA's counterterrorism center, to ... (Wikipedia)

  59. The Beast

    by J.R. Ward
    A forbidden love story between a vampire and a human, testing their courage and loyalty.

    Fan favorite couple Rhage and Mary return in this gripping novel in the #1, New York Times, bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. ... (Barnes & Noble)

  60. Knots and Crosses

    by Ian Rankin
    An Edinburgh detective investigates a series of murders, unearthing a dark past.

    Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's ... (Goodreads)

  61. House of Spies

    by Daniel Silva
    A thrilling spy novel of international deception and intrigue.

    A heart-stopping tale of suspense, Daniel Silva’s runaway bestseller, The Black Widow, was one of 2016’s biggest novels. Now, in House of Spies, Gabriel Allon is back and out for revenge — determined ... (Goodreads)

  62. The Throne of Fire

    by Rick Riordan
    A quest to save the world from the evil forces of chaos and prevent an apocalypse.

    Sadie and Carter Kane must find the three scrolls of the Book of Ra, to wake the sun god Ra from his sleep, and stop Apophis, the serpent of chaos, from destroying the world. The first scroll is ... (Wikipedia)

  63. Kisscut

    by Karin Slaughter
    A gripping crime novel about a small town rocked by a series of murders.

    Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly ... (Goodreads)

  64. The Devil's Star

    by Jo Nesbø
    Murder mystery set in Oslo involving a mysterious pentagram symbol.

    A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the ... (Goodreads)

  65. The Key to Rebecca

    by Ken Follett
    A desperate mission to uncover a Nazi spy in Cairo during WWII.

    Ken Follett’s The Key to Rebecca took readers and critics by storm when first published more than twenty years ago. Today, it remains one of the best espionage novels ever written. Look out for Ken’s ... (Goodreads)

  66. Consent to Kill

    by Vince Flynn
    An assassin is tasked with killing a powerful enemy of the United States, leading to a deadly international manhunt.

    In Flynn's previous novel,, Memorial Day, , CIA counter-terror operative and assassin Mitch Rapp uncovered an Al-Qaeda plot to use a nuclear weapon obtained from abandoned Russian nuclear storage ... (Wikipedia)

  67. 4th of July

    by James Patterson
    An ex-FBI agent takes on a case of a missing girl, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.

    When Lindsay Boxer gets a lead on a recent murder of two teenagers, she responds to the call and joins Warren Jacobi on a stakeout of a Mercedes. When the car takes off, a high speed chase ends in a ... (Wikipedia)

  68. The Beach House

    by James Patterson
    A family's summer holiday turns into a life-or-death struggle when their beach house is targeted by a ruthless criminal.

    Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons' elite –- and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then ... (Goodreads)

  69. The Eagle Has Landed

    by Jack Higgins
    A daring mission to kidnap Winston Churchill from his English home in World War II.

    In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler ... (Goodreads)

  70. Dreamfever

    by Karen Marie Moning
    A powerful, fast-paced fantasy adventure to save the world from an ancient evil.

    MacKayla Lane lies naked on the cold stone floor of a church, at the mercy of the erotic Fae master she once swore to kill. Far from home, unable to control her sexual hungers, MacKayla is now fully ... (Goodreads)

  71. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    by Philip K. Dick
    A dystopian sci-fi narrative about a bounty hunter hunting rogue androids.

    It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment–find them and then..."retire" them. ... (Goodreads)

  72. The Silent Girl

    by Tess Gerritsen
    A medical examiner and a detective investigate a series of gruesome murders in Boston.

    Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston’s Chinatown will do both. In the murky shadows of ... (Goodreads)

  73. Shadow of the Hegemon

    by Orson Scott Card
    Political intrigue and military strategy in a world of post-apocalyptic chaos.

    In Shadow of the Hegemon , all of the Battle School graduates, except Ender , return to Earth in 2197 A.D., where Ender's brother Peter , using his online pseudonym, Locke, , arranges for Ender to be ... (Wikipedia)

  74. Broken Harbor

    by Tana French
    A detective investigates a murder case in a ghostly housing estate, uncovering a web of secrets.

    Mick “Scorcher" Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He plays by the books and plays hard, and thatʼs how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands. On one of the half-abandoned ... (Goodreads)

  75. Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night

    by Kresley Cole
    A dark romance between two unlikely lovers, exploring a forbidden love.

    This seductive paranormal series continues with a brutal Highland werewolf and an exquisite young witch, adversaries with a blood vendetta between them. Her breathless kiss haunts him... Bowen ... (Goodreads)

  76. Alone

    by Lisa Gardner
    A detective races against time to uncover the truth behind a missing woman's disappearance.

    Alone . . . Massachusetts State Trooper Bobby Dodge watches a tense hostage standoff unfold through the scope of his sniper rifle. Just across the street, in wealthy Back Bay, Boston, an armed man ... (Goodreads)

  77. 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)

  78. Night Play

    by Sherrilyn Kenyon
    A daring adventure in the dark lands of the Otherworld, full of danger and passion.

    Bride McTierney has had it with men. They're cheap, self-centered, and never love her for who she is. But though she prides herself on being independent, deep down she still yearns for a knight in ... (Goodreads)

  79. Rainbow Six

    by Tom Clancy
    A team of elite international agents on a mission to stop a global terrorist threat.

    CIA operative John Clark forms a secret multi-national counter-terrorist unit known as Rainbow. Based in Hereford , United Kingdom, the unit consists of two operational squads composed of elite ... (Wikipedia)

  80. Triptych

    by Karin Slaughter
    A gripping crime novel exposing a dark web of secrets, lies, and vengeance.

    Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is on the trail of a serial rapist with a gruesome inclination when he comes into contact with Michael Ormewood, an Atlanta homicide detective with a ... (Wikipedia)

  81. A World Without Heroes

    by Brandon Mull
    A group of kids must battle mysterious forces to save their world from destruction.

    Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable–until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he's ever ... (Goodreads)

  82. Nemesis

    by Jo Nesbø
    A detective attempts to uncover the truth behind a series of child murders and the mysterious figure behind them.

    Detective Harry Hole must use his maverick methods once again as he investigates a slew of brutal bank robberies and the suspicious suicide of a female artist in this clever and harrowing installment ... (Goodreads)

  83. Loyalty in Death

    by J.D. Robb
    A murder investigation centering around a mysterious death with connections to a powerful political figure.

    Lt. Eve Dallas and her assistant Delia Peabody , are called to the home of millionaire, J. Clarence Branson, the owner and co-president of Branson Toys and Tools, by Lisbeth Cook, Branson's long-time ... (Wikipedia)

  84. No Rest for the Wicked

    by Kresley Cole
    A dark fantasy romance of love and danger between a vampire and a half-demon.

    alternate cover edition of, ISBN 9781416509882, In this next installment in the Immortals After Dark Series , USA Today Bestselling author Kresley Cole delivers a scorching tale about a forbidding ... (Goodreads)

  85. Point of Origin

    by Patricia Cornwell
    An FBI agent investigates a string of arson cases, uncovering a mysterious criminal.

    Dr Kay Scarpetta, Virginia Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF , is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia that has been destroyed by fire. In ... (Wikipedia)

  86. Pale Demon

    by Kim Harrison
    A female witch is forced to take a cross-country road trip with a bounty hunter to clear her name.

    "I wouldn’t miss a Kim Harrison book for anything."—Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, New York Times, bestselling urban fantasy superstar Kim Harrison is back with, Pale ... (Barnes & Noble)

  87. Pop Goes the Weasel

    by James Patterson
    Detective Alex Cross investigates a serial killer targeting Washington D.C.

    The book begins by introducing the villain, Geoffrey Shafer. He is a well-dressed and wealthy man who lives in Kalorama, Washington, D.C. and drives a Jaguar XJ 12. In the beginning, he rushes into ... (Wikipedia)

  88. Kings Rising

    by C.S. Pacat
    A riveting finale to a captivating fantasy trilogy, where loyalty and ambition clash in a thrilling game of power.

    Damianos of Akielos has returned. His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince Laurent as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. On the brink of a momentous battle, ... (Goodreads)

  89. Ashes to Ashes

    by Tami Hoag
    Serial killer investigation unearths a decades-old unsolved murder case.

    He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies ablaze. He has already claimed three lives, and he won’t stop there. Only this time there ... (Goodreads)

  90. 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)

  91. 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)

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