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Final Option by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected ending created by the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his #1 New York Times-bestselling series... -
Killa City by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA storm is brewing in the heartlands of America and John Milton senses something in the air…John Milton has a nose for trouble. He can smell it a mile away. And when he witnesses a suspicious altercation between a young man and two thugs in a car auction parking lot, he can’t resist getting involved.Milton came to Kansas City hoping to find a way out of danger... -
Takedown by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree CIA operatives missing.Jack Noble is nowhere to be found.And Bear Logan is pulled right back in.When three CIA operatives vanish in London, an acquaintance reaches out to Bear Logan. But as he delves deeper into the disappearance, he quickly finds that the rules don’t apply, and nothing is as it seems. And to solve the mystery, Bear has to trust the one man he thought he’d never face again... -
Noble Intentions: Season Four by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Kill them all."The command has been issued. A purging of the black ops community. And the clandestine agency SIS has been hit hardest. All current and former members marked for termination. Including Jack Noble and his known associates.But when the men behind the operation make it personal, Jack cares less about unraveling their plan, and more about exacting vengeance... -
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Aftershock by Mark Walden
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsScheming, extorting, menacing and general evilness are nothing new in the world of villainy - indeed it's expected. But there are codes of conduct. Until now. In an attempt to purge the Global League of Villainous Enterprises of its more destructive elements, Dr Nero has underestimated the cunning and resources of those who oppose him...Categorized as:
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Bună seara, Melania! by Rodica Ojog-Braşoveanu
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRodica Ojog-Braşoveanu a publicat romane poliţiste, istorice şi alte povestiri. Maestră in arta suspansului, Rodica Ojog-Brasoveanu se arată o fină cunoscătoare a maștilor dincolo de care se ascund întotdeauna oamenii și în literatura, și în viata. Această carte o dovedește din plin.Despre "Ciclul Melaniei": Melania este cheia întregii serii, prin unicitatea ei... -
Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlina Maschik was one of the best. She never missed. Yet, two years ago in Cairo, she missed her shot at one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. Now, he’s back. This time, he’s on US soil.Given the opportunity to redeem herself, Alina’s objective is simple: find the terrorist and complete her mission... -
Dirty War by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE NEW MUST-READ SPIDER SHEPHERD THRILLERThe target - the Prime Minister. The assassins - hard-bitten jihadists with nothing to lose.The only man who can stop them? Dan "Spider" Shepherd.But Shepherd's reputation is also on the line - he helped get one of the jihadists into the UK during the final days of the War in Afghanistan.Now he has to track down the man whose life he once saved... -
Le ossa parlano by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMentre Rocco Schiavone affronta a Roma i suoi fantasmi con la sensazione che a quella città non abbia più niente da dire, ad Aosta nei boschi vicino Saint-Nicolas, vengono rinvenute alcune minuscole ossa umane. Sono di Mirko Sensini, un bimbo di 8 anni strangolato dopo aver subito violenza sessuale. Rocco stavolta dovrà scavare nel terreno più torbido della psicopatologia la pedofilia... -
Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRocco Schiavone indaga sull’omicidio di una professoressa in pensione. E intanto l’ombra del passato si fa pressante: la pena per Sebastiano, l’amico fraterno che non ha mai smesso di dare la caccia a Enzo Baiocchi, che gli ha assassinato la moglie, lo rende inquieto e gli ruba il sonno... -
5 Minutes to Die by R.J. Patterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe deadliest enemies are the ones we cannot see.When Army Ranger Garrett Knox left behind his military career to lead wilderness expeditions, he thought he’d escaped the life-threatening missions forever... -
Hunted by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth title in a thrilling series about four teenagers with psychic abilities, from Red House award-winning author, Sophie McKenzie... -
I Spy, I Saw Her Die by Ian C.P. Irvine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a race against time, it's Ray Luck against the world! When Ray Luck - a top cyber security expert - accidentally stumbles upon a devastating secret while surfing the web, he knows immediately he is in way above his head and soon he is being hunted by both Mossad and the British Security Services... -
Bannerman's Promise by John R. Maxim
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Paul Bannerman and his "people" were the government's most efficient killers, until they retired to a peaceful, affluent community in Connecticut. But there were promises made that still need to be kept. And old lethal habits sometimes die very hard--especially in matters of honor...or survival."Assassins don't come any deadlier than Carla Benedict, Paul Bannerman's most ruthless operative...Categorized as:
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Out on the Rim by Ross Thomas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWould you be wary if someone gave you the assignment of delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist—never mind from whom or why? Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert just fired from his job at a bashful organization that never admitted its mount in the Washington merry-go-round, is wary... -
Saturday Night Cleaver by Karen Cantwell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPoor Barb. She just can't stay out of trouble, no matter how hard she tries. But this time she has a good reason: family friend Colt Baron has gone missing. When soccer mom, Barbara Marr, and her ex-FBI husband, Howard, begin following clues in a search for their treasured pal, they find themselves crashing a rather racy sort of party – a soiree for swinging couples. Awkward... -
A Taste for Death by Peter O'Donnell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe rugged team of Modesty Blaise and her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, take on impossible odds as they battle Simon Delicta, a man with a taste for death, and Swordmaster Wenczel in a duel to the death. As the adventure unfolds, and they travel from London to Panama to the depths of the Sahara desert, the pair will need all their killing skills to survive... -
Nine Dragons by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBeatrix Rose has been betrayed. Her husband has been murdered and her daughter, Isabella, abducted. She flees to the Hong Kong underworld to plot her revenge. Those who wronged her will pay. Beatrix is the most dangerous woman you’ve ever met. She was an assassin for The Firm, the beyond top secret agency that did the dirty work for the British Secret Services. Se is lethal. Ethically flexible... -
Lowcountry Punch by Boo Walker
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter one of the worst nights of his life, DEA Agent T.A. Reddick leaves Miami for Charleston, SC, hoping a return to his roots will heal a wounded heart and the guilt of killing a friend. The sleepy and sultry city of Charleston is filled with echoes of the Old South: genteel playboys, society debutantes, and quiet cobblestone streets... -
White Devil by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBeatrix Rose has been betrayed. Her husband has been murdered and her daughter, Isabella, abducted. She flees to the Hong Kong underworld to plot her revenge. Those who wronged her will pay. Beatrix is the most dangerous woman you’ve ever met. She was an assassin for The Firm, the beyond top secret agency that did the dirty work for the British Secret Services. She is lethal. Ethically flexible... -
The Rescue by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third title in a thrilling new series about four teenagers with psychic abilities, from Red House Book Award-winning author, Sophie McKenzie...Categorized as:
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Captiva by Randy Wayne White
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRandy Wayne White is acclaimed as "wildly inventive" (The San Diego Union-Tribune), "a wonderful writer" (Paul Theroux), "a fine storyteller" (Peter Matthiessen), and "the rightful heir to John D. MacDonald" (The Tampa Tribune-Times)... -
The Bourne Retribution by Eric Van Lustbader, Robert Ludlum
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStill reeling from Rebeka's death, Bourne is drawn back into the fight between the Mexican cartels when he learns that his nemesis Ouyang Jidan is involved. Determined to discover the connection between the Chinese official Ouyang and a deceased drug lord, Bourne sets off for Shanghai. . . where he'll face his greatest threat to date... -
Wayward Sons by Wayne Stinnett, Stewart Matthews
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhere Jerry Snyder goes, trouble follows. Someone tried to kill him and his bride on their honeymoon in the Virgin Islands. And moving there permanently is proving to be anything but tranquil.First, he’s working for the secretive Armstrong Organization—a group dedicated to hunting terrorists, drug smugglers, and the nastiest criminals since Blackbeard... -
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The Boy Who Stole from the Dead by Orest Stelmach, Tanya Eby
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBobby Kungenook, a mysterious seventeen-year-old hockey phenom from the Arctic Circle, is accused of murder in New York City. Bobby’s guardian, Nadia Tesla, knows his true identity. If his secret gets out, it could cost him his life, and sports journalist Lauren Ross is in hot pursuit of Bobby’s story... -
Cokolwiek wybierzesz by Jakub Szamałek
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNa warszawskiej ulicy dochodzi do wypadku. Ginie Ryszard Buczek, aktor prowadzący popularny program dla dzieci. Wszystko wskazuje na to, że stracił kontrolę nad pojazdem. Jednak Julita Wójcicka, dziennikarka plotkarskiego portalu, ma podstawy sądzić, że ktoś pomógł celebrycie odejść z tego świata... -
Always by Nicola Griffith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAud Torvingen is back -- contemporary fiction's toughest, most emotionally complicated noir hero returns to teach a new round of lessons in hard-hitting justice, and to confront new adversaries: her own vulnerability and desire. The steely shell of Nicola Griffith's seemingly indomitable protagonist Aud Torvingen appears to be cracking... -
The Hunted by Alan Jacobson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"How well do you really know the person you love? How far would you go to find out?" If there was one person in the world Dr. Lauren Chambers was sure she could rely on, it was her beloved husband, Michael. Recovering from an agoraphobic depression and prone to episodes of blinding anxiety, Lauren is a gifted psychologist for whom her husband's love and support mean everything...Categorized as:
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Rise of the Order by Trevor Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFollow Jake Adams on his fifth thrilling adventure in this international thriller series. Jake is back in Europe, trying his best to stay out of trouble. But that's never easy for him... -
The Deep Six by Randy Striker, Randy Wayne White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a well-known eccentric scavenger in Key West shows Dusky MacMorgan a golden chain, it's no ordinary trinket-it's the key to finding a treasure at the bottom of the sea. Before MacMorgan can find out where that is, the eccentric vanishes off his boat, the apparent victim of a shark attack. But MacMorgan suspects the true killer walked on two legs... -
The Fourth Durango by Ross Thomas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Fourth Durango is not your ordinary Durango. It's not in Spain, or Mexico, and it's not a ski town in the Colorado Rockies, although Durangos do exist in all of those places. This Durango has an industry, albeit a rather odd one-it is a hideout business, a place where people pay to find sanctuary from former friends and associates who are either trying to kill them, or have them killed... -
Choc Shock by Susannah McFarlane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSHADOW is cooking up a new invention which could put SHINE in a real jam. It's a recipe for disaster! Special Agent EJ12 needs to be patient and keep her eyes peeled. She must get inside the chocolate cake bakery, find out what is going on, and stop SHADOW's plan...Categorized as:
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King Suckerman by George P. Pelecanos
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's the week leading up to the Bicentennial celebration in Washington, D.C., and King Suckerman is the hot new blaxploitation film that's got everyone talking. Small-time dealer Dimitri Karras and his friend, record-store owner Marcus Clay, are out looking to score some weed when they stumble in on a big deal gone bad -- and pick up some cash that isn't theirs... -
Making Waves by Susannah McFarlane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSHADOW is really making waves and now the coral reef is in hot water.Special Agent EJ12 could be in over her head, but she must stop shadow before it is too late.That's the easy part.As EJ12, Emma Jacks can do anything.So why is she so nervous about the school swimming carnival?Perhaps she isn't after all..Categorized as:
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On The Ball by Susannah McFarlane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is a spy at SHINE's top-secret training camp. But who is it?Special Agent EJ12 must not drop the ball. She must find the spy - and the missing invention.Thats the easy part.As EJ12, Emma Jacks can do anything.So why is she so worried about trying out for the soccer team?Perhaps she isn't after all..Categorized as:
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Rocky Road by Susannah McFarlane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEJ12 Girl Hero is Australia's bestselling adventure series for young girls!Evil Agency SHADOW is really rocking the SHINE network. SHINE knows they are planning something but how are they sending their messages?Special Agent EJ12 must not miss a beat. This time she needs to find the code as well as pull the curtain down on SHADOW.That's the easy part. As EJ12, Emma Jacks can do anything...Categorized as:
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The Shadow of the Shadow by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Shadow of the Shadow follows four men who meet to play dominos in a hotel bar in Mexico City in 1922. They are a motley group—a gun-toting poet who makes a living writing advertisements for patent medicine, a radical Chinese-Mexican union organizer, a lawyer who represents prostitutes, and a newspaper crime reporter who churns out pages of copy “like links of sausage in a chorizo factory... -
Anthrax Island by D.L. Marshall
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFACT: In 1942, in growing desperation at the progress of the war and fearing invasion by the Nazis, the UK government approved biological weapons tests on British soil. Their aim: to perfect an anthrax weapon destined for Germany. They succeeded.FACT: Though the attack was never launched, the testing ground, Gruinard Island, was left lethally contaminated. It became known as Anthrax Island... -
The Late Train to Gipsy Hill by Alan Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman hiding a deadly secret. And the man who went in search of adventure, but found himself in danger ...Gary Nelson has a routine for the commute to his rather dull job in the city. Each day, he watches as a woman on the train applies her make up in a ritual he now knows by heart. He's never dared to strike up a conversation . . . but maybe one day... -
Riga by Luke Richardson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAndreja Panasenko thought she knew her mother. But then, death changes everything.Mourning the death of her mother, Andreja just wants to be left alone. When a strange journal of espionage and intrigue comes to light, along with an amendment to her mother’s will, peace is the last thing she’ll get.To avoid losing her inheritance, Andreja must reconnect with her estranged sister... -
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the wake of an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake drops suddenly, revealing the skeleton of a man half-buried in its sandy bed. It is clear immediately that it has been there for many years. There is a large hole in the skull. Yet more mysteriously, a heavy communication device is attached to it, possibly some sort of radio transmitter, bearing inscriptions in Russian... -
The Buck Passes Flynn by Gregory McDonald
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn medical leave from the Boston Police Department, the eccentric Police Inspector and offbeat operative, Francis Xavier Flynn might have his most perplexing assignment yet. Someone is giving away hundreds of millions of dollars, and Flynn has to find out who in a hurry... -
The Miko by Eric Van Lustbader
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"Swiftly paced and fascinating...An intricately designed puzzle."CHICAGO SUN-TIMESShe is a sorceress--indescribably beautiful, overpoweringly sensual--who possesess incomprehensible powers. She is also a murderess who plans to use her power to kill Nicholas Linnear, the hero of THE NINJA... -
The Tomorrow File by Lawrence Sanders
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the not-so-distant future, planning takes the place of spontaneity when it comes to sex, turning the bedroom into a chamber of terror. In this society, the worst crime of all is to fall in love... -
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Kill Or Cure (The Destroyer) by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA plot designed by the United States' top-secret agency, CURE, to dispose of a certain corrupt politician, is revealed in what unravels into a national scandal. The agency must be dismantled before greater suspicions arise and one of the top leaders, The Destroyer, is finally destroyed himself...Categorized as:
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Flynn's World by Gregory McDonald
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom one of the world’s best-selling and most entertaining mystery writers comes a beguiling new novel starring the beloved Inspector Flynn.Boston police inspector Francis Xavier Flynn is in for a tough day. He has hardly gotten a wink of sleep, due to a marathon bout of detective work. His daughter, Jenny, drags him to a cemetery, where her best friend is nailed to a tree by his ear... -
Crime Zero by Michael Cordy
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the plague of violent crime could be eradicated fron the earth forever?What if the cure was more lethal than the disease?The death penalty is no deterrent. Prison reform has proven useless. With violent crime on a steady rise, a powerful cabal of scientists, politicians, and law-enforcement officials is looking to Project Conscience as a solution... -
Waltz of Shadows by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Lost Lansdale, Nacogdoches Texas 75961-9161: Vol. 1Bill, who's 24, hooks up with the Disaster Club, four hedonistic youths obsessed with sex and death who plan to throw a scare into a philandering doctor. While they stake out the doctor, they stumble into a hit on his wife. The hired assassins are Fat Boy and Cobra Man, both major-league psycho killers... -
A Pimp's Notes by Giorgio Faletti
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a bestselling Italian author comes a sharply observed new mystery set in the seedy underworld of 1970s MilanGiorgio Faletti's first thriller, I Kill, took Europe by storm, selling over five million copies. The Corriere della Sera, Italy's leading newspaper, crowned him "the greatest Italian writer... -
The Fix by Tod Goldberg
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCovert spy Michael Westen has found himself in forced seclusion in Miami-and a little paranoid. Watched by the FBI, cut off from intelligence contacts, and with his assets frozen, Weston is on ice with a warning: stay there or get "disappeared." Driven to find out who burned him and why, he's biding his time helping people with nowhere else to turn...
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