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Ripple by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt began in Ethiopia, hundreds of thousands of years ago. When a handful of genetic mutations caused evolution to split from the primates. And mankind was born.Now, eons later, evidence of more splits from the apes are being unearthed. And with them, a disturbing realization. Ours was only one of many.And yet we survived. But it was not by luck or chance...Categorized as:
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The Final Reckoning by Robert Bailey, ロバート・ベイリー
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHis last challenge: live long enough to save the lives of those he loves.Cold-blooded killer JimBone Wheeler blames Tom McMurtrie for putting him on death row. He once vowed that he’d bring “a reckoning” on Tom and everyone the southern lawyer holds dear. When Wheeler escapes from prison, he aims to fulfill his promise. Victim by victim, he’s getting closer to his ultimate target...Categorized as:
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Last Target Standing by Jason Kasper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter the largest terrorist attack in US history is narrowly foiled, the sole enemy survivor has only one name to provide his interrogators: Ghulam Samedi, a fugitive hiding in the rugged mountains of China’s Xinjiang Province.As part of the CIA’s newly-minted targeted killing program, David Rivers and his team are tasked with assassinating Samedi...Categorized as:
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Relentless by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Gray Man's search for missing intelligence agents plunges him deep into a maelstrom of trouble in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.The first agent disappearance was a puzzleThe second was a mysteryThe third was a conspiracyIntelligence operatives around the world are disappearing...Categorized as:
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Desert Eagle by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Five in the Sinatra series.Available for pre-order.Arriving late 2022...Categorized as:
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The Mountain by Steven Konkoly
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsInvestigating a missing persons case on Murder Mountain means looking for trouble in a propulsive thriller by the author of The Raid.When someone disappears on Northern California’s lawless Murder Mountain, it isn’t news. The vast terrain for illegal marijuana harvests is also a notorious black hole for outsiders...Categorized as:
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The Professor by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLaw professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next.Meanwhile, a devastating trucking accident in Henshaw, Alabama, leaves a young family dead...Categorized as:
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Rain by Jeff Carson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA woman crashes her car near the scenic Colorado ski resort town of Rocky Points and slips into a coma after suffering head trauma. The Sluice-Byron County first responders discover she’s stolen her vehicle from central Washington and doctors find her body is riddled with wounds that have nothing to do with the collision...Categorized as:
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Twist and Turn by Tim Tigner, Scott Brick
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTHEIR PLAN WAS BRILLIANT,their tactics cunning,but then came a twist,they never saw coming.Imagine BREAKING BAD meets THE SUM OF ALL FEARS.In TWIST AND TURN, author Tim Tigner once again delivers a fast-paced, unpredictable ride destined to delight his fans...Categorized as:
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Hard Hit by J.B. Turner, Jeffrey Kafer
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsListening Length: 6 hours and 38 minutesHe’s fighting for justice while she fights for her life.With his daughter lying in the hospital, struck down in a reckless hit-and-run, the only thing Jon Reznick can do is wait—and plot his revenge. Not satisfied with the slow-moving police investigation, he starts his own manhunt...Categorized as:
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Hard Shot by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJon Reznick will protect New York City or die trying.When a group of homegrown attackers takes aim at cops outside a Fourth of July baseball game, black-ops specialist Jon Reznick and his daughter, Lauren, are caught in the cross fire. Jon hunts down two of the gunmen. But the last member of the group is at large and about to launch a fresh killing spree across the city...Categorized as:
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The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStolen art. Rogue police officers. Drones.A video call from her dad leads top white-hat hacker Francine to four stolen masterpieces. And to a possible murder--in Brazil. Her frustration at being so far away is turned into anger when her loved ones are attacked and corrupt law enforcement officials stonewall their inquiries...Categorized as:
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D.E.A.D. by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReports of strange creatures began to be reported in the western half of the United States after the explosive incident at Area 51.In response, the U.S. government created the Department of Extraterrestrial and Alien Defense--D.E.A.D. for short. And with a name like that, what could possibly go wrong?__________________________When Dr...Categorized as:
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The New Guinea Job by Vince Milam
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a mysterious client asks former Delta Force operator Case Lee to investigate a massive New Guinea gold discovery, the job quickly unravels into an incredible world of spies, terrorists, and tribal headhunters. Case—with a sense he’s being played—walks away from the entire mess. Until life-threatening events pull him back in. This time, he’s not taking any prisoners.A murdered wife...Categorized as:
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Falling Stars by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTWO DISTRESSED HEROES.THREE DASTARDLY CRIMES.AND THE SLICKEST HEISTS OF ALL TIME.Imagine Bin Laden meets Bernie Madoff—and hold on for the ride._______________________________________A mysterious summons lures Kyle Achilles to a midnight meeting that shocks the world and sets a master plan in motion.Meanwhile, his former partner also enters a terrible trap...Categorized as:
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Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTen years ago, a chance meeting at the Lighthouse Café in Redondo Beach led Sam Fargo and Remi Longstreet on the adventure of a lifetime, hunting the legendary riches stolen from the Persian King Croesus in 546 B.C. But they weren't the only ones. Someone else is after the gold, and he's willing to kill anyone who gets in his way...Categorized as:
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Duty of Care by J.C. Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Rome. It's August. It's early morning. It's going to be a perfect day. Rex and Digger, his former military dog and best friend, are in Rome. They are at a trattoria not far from the famous Spanish Steps. Rex is hoping that Catia Romano, the woman he fell in love with four years ago, would make an appearance. It's been two years. Rex's memory stirs...Categorized as:
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The Standoff by Scott Blade
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ultimate loner. Jack Widow comes to a Standoff with true evil. ATF Agent Toni Adonis, sent an agent undercover, posing as a recruit in a mysterious militant-cult, called The Athenians. She watched him go through the front gates into their compound in rural South Carolina. But her agent never came back out...Categorized as:
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The Morisot Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMurdered criminals. Flawless forgeries. Encrypted operas.The murder of an opera house director forces world-renowned nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team into an impossible position: protecting notorious criminals--from what appears to be a serial killer...Categorized as:
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Midnight Mystique by Anya Summers
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDakota needs help. Badly.The last thing she expects is for the Bad Boy of Eternal Eros to step in, sweep her off her feet, and offer his protection.Maybe she accepts because they were matched up at the last singles night. Maybe it was the scorching passion she experienced at his skilled hands. Maybe it’s the way he dotes on her daughter...Categorized as:
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No Time For Fear by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou mess with DESK, you mess with McFadden and BanksThe DOD and others want DESK. Taylor doesn’t want to give her up.The whole team gets behind the effort to save one of their own from a few in the government who are determined to bring DESK onto their team.Who is going to win?Is the Zoo sentient? Only time will tell.However, the Zoo has achieved a level of sneakiness that would make one think so...Categorized as:
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Learn to Live by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNiki Banks and her team from the DOD need Taylor's help, but he isn't at home.He is in New Orleans with her cousin, which has Niki more than a little curious.She needs to stop a potentially catastrophic release of cryptids into the Louisiana biome...Categorized as:
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Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni tackles hot-button issues in this riveting legal thriller featuring attorney David Sloane. When a widow asks Sloane to take her case against the military, Sloane knows it's a lost cause but can't turn her down, even if it puts his own life--and the lives of his family--in dire jeopardy.Just minutes after winning a $1...Categorized as:
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The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe new Oregon Files adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s accounts...Categorized as:
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Virus Hunters 3: A Medical Thriller by Bobby Akart, Harper Randolph
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the American consciousness shifted rapidly from aware, to concerned, to worried ... Simple routines like buying gas or going to the grocery store place people at risk of exposure to the deadly contagion...Categorized as:
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Into the Real by John Ringo, Lydia Sherrer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JOHN RINGO AND USA TODAY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LYDIA SHERRER JOIN FORCES ON A NEW SF NOVEL OF ALIEN INVASION. ENDER'S GAME MEETS MEAN GIRLS MEETS POK É MON GO...Categorized as:
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Fortunate Son by Andrew Bridgeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deadly prophecy must be stopped before all is lost. Trust none, sacrifice words to live (or die) by in this edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller of deceit and intrigue...Categorized as:
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Fast Track by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers... -
Unintended Target by D.L. Wood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTravel photojournalist Chloe McConnaughey thought she understood her brother Tate — a brilliant programmer willing to compromise anything to get ahead. She just didn’t know that included her. When Tate dies unexpectedly, Chloe copes by taking an assignment in the Caribbean where she meets Jack, a charming Manhattan escapee who almost has her believing life could turn around...Categorized as:
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Matterhorn by Christopher Reich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller .Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind—back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA...Categorized as:
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The Templar Curse by Ernest Dempsey
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThroughout the course of human warfare, no weapon has been as feared, as deadly, as the Ark of the Covenant. Legend claims that this mysterious, supernatural force, first carried into battle by the ancient Israelites, was so powerful that the Ark could lay waste to entire armies, entire cities in moments—thousands of years before the advent of nuclear bombs... -
Over the Edge by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the tranquil backwoods of Oregon, former top-secret operator Bear Logan thought he'd found a sanctuary. But even here, in the heart of nature, peace is an elusive prey.Over the Edge, the fourth book in L.T. Ryan and K.M. Rought's riveting Bear and Mandy Logan Thriller Series, pulls you into a vortex of mystery, conspiracy, and danger that will grip you from the first page to the last...Categorized as:
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Winter Territory by Scott Blade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate-cover edition can be found here Jack Widow used to be the guy who went undercover with the Navy SEALs and Black Ops Teams. He's not that guy anymore. Now Widow, all alone, hitchhikes across country, trying to stay out of trouble. Impossible task...Categorized as:
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The Fourth Prophecy by Ernest Dempsey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWashington is at a standstill. It’s not political gridlock that’s paralyzed the capital of the United States this time. A ruthless killer is assassinating members of Congress, leaving authorities with neither clues nor hope to stop the slaughter. Fear grips the city as the federal government grinds to a halt...Categorized as:
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Nighthawk by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNUMA crew leaders Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must beat the clock to stop the world’s most dazzling new technological advance from becoming mankind’s last in this action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure...Categorized as:
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Shadow Shepherd by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs a former political tracker with a brand-new law degree, Sam Callahan has turned his life around, leaving behind a childhood ravaged by abuse and a fatally dangerous job shadowing political candidates. Now a lawyer, Sam hopes for a risk-free future, but harm’s way has a much longer reach than he could ever expect...Categorized as:
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The Suriname Job by Vince Milam
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a mysterious client asks former Delta Force operator Case Lee to investigate a rebellion in South America, he uncovers an incredible global conspiracy. Welcome to revolution, murder, and behind-the-curtains intrigue. As events unfold, the spies and mercenaries come to a hard realization. You may mess with a lot on this good earth, but you don’t mess with Case Lee.A murdered wife...Categorized as:
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Sacrificial Weapon by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Do you think he doesn't care about the hours he's putting in?" Vickie asked. "I get it," Bobby responded, clearly annoyed. "And I'm not saying Taylor doesn't care about the work. I'm only saying that…well, it's not like him to be late."Vickie shrugged and returned to her work. "The chances are he went to that breakfast place the two of you love so much...Categorized as:
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Decoy Zero by Jack Mars
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDECOY ZERO is book #8 in the #1 bestselling AGENT ZERO series, which begins with AGENT ZERO (Book #1), a free download with nearly 200 five-star reviews. A new, high-tech railgun is invented, with a capability of firing an indefensible missile, seven times the speed of sound—and the fate of America is at risk... -
The Cain Conspiracy by Nick Thacker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVicente Garza and Ravenshadow are still at large. Entire village populations in Peru have gone missing...Ben and Julie and the rest of the CSO crew want to find out why.Science, religion, and history collide... in a terrifying finale.The Harvey Bennett Thrillers begins a new chapter with The Cain Conspiracy. If you've enjoyed the series so far, this is one book you will not want to miss... -
The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan, the latest New York Times bestselling Orphan X thriller--when everything changes and everything is at risk.As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program...Categorized as:
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Harley by Irish Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, only the heart remembers… He’s in the fight of his life… Suddenly back in Iraq, US Army Corporal Harley Mortimer searches for the men he left behind. He finds himself lost in a world where guilt never lets go and nothing seems real. Dead men talk and die over and over again. There is no peace or rest. Only war. Only despair...Categorized as:
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Hard Power by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHard Power—the follow-up to the electric Hard Exit—is a riveting new thriller from bestselling author J. B. Turner.When Amy Chang, partner of NSA hacker Trevelle Williams—a friend of Jon Reznick—is found dead on a Manhattan subway, everyone says it was a suicide. But Trevelle knows that someone had been watching Amy’s every move, and he isn’t about to let them slip away...Categorized as:
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One Threat Too Real by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when Green Earth Extremists tangle with a Zoo creature?About exactly what you might expect.McFadden and Banks are on the prowl for a stolen computer that houses something they need back, bad.A small group of extremists decide to steal the ultimate in alien-based terrorist threats… If they can.Will they be able to accomplish it?They have one problem, well two really.McFadden and Banks...Categorized as:
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Monster In Me by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's time. The gloves are coming off.The mob has disrespected Taylor's people, and he won't stand for it.However, DESK is more than willing to help everyone bet their bank account on the outcome... -
This is B.S. by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaylor McFadden is willing to go against any monster thrown at him.But something Niki threw at him has got him off his game.Niki must build a consultant team to figure out if she has a problem with another company.But, will Dr...Categorized as:
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Mc’Mercs by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNiki is willing to do anything to protect her family. This time, she might have gone too far.In Italy, she got the job done, or did she? Her boss is asking pointed questions.Taylor has a new challenge with someone looking into his business, and this time it's a feisty reporter from a Cryptid-Inquirer magazine...Categorized as:
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Diplomatic Immunity by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the biggest monsters use their mouths for more than ripping and tearing.They use them to beguile their fellow humans.Taylor and Niki need to find out who is importing a dangerous alien serum and looking to mix it into the drug trade.The consequences might be more dire than humanity could possibly know...Categorized as:
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Tom Clancy: Line of Demarcation by M.P. Woodward, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe discovery of an oil field off the coast of Guyana plunges Jack Ryan, Jr into a cauldron of lies in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling series.It starts with the destruction of a US Coast Guard cutter and the loss of her entire crew...Categorized as:
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COASTAL CONSPIRACY: Coastal Adventure Series Number 1 by Don Rich
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMichael "Murph" Murphy and his girlfriend, Lindsay Davis, weren't looking to get into real estate investing, but they knew not to pass up a great deal when they saw one. Mallard Cove Marina was ripe for the picking, and it fell right in their laps. But a mysterious bomber saw it as a great deal, too. He wants to kill their deal, and them along with it...
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