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El Padrino by Mario Puzo
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsDon Vito Corleone is the ‘Godfather’ of New York’s richest Mafia family. His business is built on fear and murder. Vito’s son Michael wants a quiet life away from the family business... -
Due Process by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn Amazon Top 30 bestseller.A young exotic dancer claims she was sexually assaulted at a party thrown by a university football team.Three players stand accused.In the ninth installment of the bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard finds himself defending one of the players accused of assaulting the young woman... -
Never Cry Mercy by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEven a drifter has to stop once in a while... Jack Noble has crossed the country, never staying too long in one spot. He's not running or hiding. He's buying time. Simply living until the day he can disappear and provide his daughter with a normal life. But when his Jeep dies outside a small Texas town, he finds a reason to stick around for a couple days. An old friend... -
Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer sister was a world-class jewel thief. But she crossed the wrong person and now Sophie's baby may pay the price. Sophie Valero has spent her life living down her last name. In a family of murderers, thieves, and con artists, she's the black sheep... -
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Triplets Rise by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDaddy's little girl is all grown up.Things are about to change around here.If there is one thing I won't allow, it's having my dad's MC ran into the ground.Everyone expects my brothers to take charge, but there is one thing no one knows.I'm the one that runs this club.A woman.And according to men, a woman's place is in bed not at the head of the table... -
The Depth of Darkness by L.T. Ryan, Sean Patrick Hopkins
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDetective Mitch Tanner's life hangs in the balance. He clings to the daughter in his care. He agonizes over the disappearance of his son and estranged wife. Twelve months has yet to turn up a solid lead.While investigating the apparent accidental death of Dusty Anne Miller, Mitch and his partner Sam Foster find themselves in the middle of a fiendish plan that strikes too close to home... -
Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius.TELL NO ONEFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams... -
Bone's Destiny by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say don’t drink too much tequila... Funny, I can’t remember why.Oh, right… Or we’ll wake up chained to a wall.The scary-ass biker staring at me says I’m paying for my father’s debt.I’m devastated and scared.Utterly clueless about my dad’s dirty dealings.The tattooed, brooding biker isn’t helpful or friendly.He just watches me with those laser-gray eyes... -
Locked In by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the quaint town of Cedar Bluff Maine lies a mystery that even the most secure locks can't contain.Flynn O'Connor, a top-tier operative from the Lock and Key Society, is dispatched to the enigmatic Everlasting Manor—a property whispered to be haunted. Guests report unsettling voices and inexplicable disappearances... -
An Honest Man by Michael Koryta
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a young boy in this action-packed thriller. Israel Pike was a killer, and he was an honest man. They were not mutually exclusive... -
The Perk by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBeck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still reeling from the murder of sixteen-year-old Heidi, whose father - Beck's old college friend - asks Beck to help him find Heidi's killer before the statute of limitations runs out... -
Dark Guardian: A New Dawn by Ammar Habib
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFollowing the events of DARK GUARDIAN, Ethan Daniels has fully embraced his alter ego of The Guardian. His mantle has become a symbol of hope for his nation. After two years of spearheading his mission against the corruption and injustice that has ruled over Crown City for so long, his mission is finally nearing its end... -
Lost Charity: A Charity Styles Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a long hiatus, Charity Styles is itching to get back into the fray. She’s had a succession of minor assignments, none of which provided her with the action she craves.After months of recharging and rethinking her position in the Armstrong organization, she’s on the verge of walking away, returning to what could be a more normal life... -
Mary Higgins Clark Carol Higgins Clark Ebook Christmas Set: Christmas Thief, Deck the Halls, Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow, in one eBook boxed set, a collection of suspenseful and humorous holiday stories by Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark... -
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Tango One by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratings***Now a motion picture, out 5th March 2018*** In different parts of London, three recruits prepare for their first day at the Metropolitan Police's training centre at Hendon. All three had succeeded in getting into the police in spite of weaknesses. But on their first day, the assistant commissioner announces that he wants them to join a team of undercover detectives... -
Catherine Coulter - FBI Thriller Series: Books 3-4: The Edge, The Target by Catherine Coulter, Robert Lawrence
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE EDGE Baffled by a seemingly supernatural connection to his critically injured sister, an FBI special agent heads to the Oregon coast in search of a more plausible explanation for his sudden ESP, only to discover more puzzling mysteries. FBI agent Ford MacDougal?"Mac"?is recovering from a terrorist car bombing when his sister appears to purposely drive her Porsche off an Oregon cliff... -
The Contract: Kill Jessica White by Remington Kane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter Jessica's husband learns that a relentless hit man named Tanner was offered the contract to kill his wife, he goes in search of Tanner, which leads to a showdown between the two deadly men... -
Prepare by Geoffrey Germann
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"... cutting-edge......skillful......high-octane....." Kirkus ReviewsAs a small boy, Darren Kiel was witness to his father's corruption and contemptible misconduct. As he grew, that experience gave rise to a seething need to atone for his father's crimes, to set the world aright, to enforce order... -
What She Saw by Mark Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second DCI Rosen novel finds dark forces at work among the children of the estate—serial killer thriller meets occult thriller in a roller-coaster readWhen a nine-year-old boy is left to die inside a burning car on a sink estate in Peckham, DCI David Rosen is drafted in to investigate. The young boy has been severely burned, and is now fighting for his life... -
Thread of Hope by Jeff Shelby
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf someone took your child, how soon would you stop looking for her? If someone accused your best friend of a terrible crime, when would you stop defending him?Seven years after Joe Tyler’s daughter Elizabeth was abducted, he hasn’t stopped looking for answers, and he hasn’t forgotten the friend who stood by him as he lost his wife, his home, and his career in his search... -
All In by Joel Goldman, Lisa Klink
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCassie Ireland works as a modern-day Robin Hood for people who have nowhere else to turn, not even to the police. Jake Carter is a roguish high roller traveling the world to play—and win—big-money poker... -
Stay Alive by Simon Kernick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsONE WITNESSYou’re on a trip with your family, miles from anywhere. A shot rings out – and your whole life changes in an instant.ONE SECRETA woman is racing towards you, chased by three gunmen. Although you don’t know it, she harbours a deadly secret. She’s in terrible danger. And now you are too.NO ESCAPEYou’re running, terrified, desperate to find safety... -
Faking a Murderer by Kathy Reichs, Lee Child
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJack Reacher walked out of the Baltimore bust depot into a world of frozen streets and dirty snow… In this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Kathy Reichs and Lee Child—along with their popular series characters Temperance Brennan and Jack Reacher—team up for the first time ever... -
Island of the Dolls by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE CREEPIEST ISLAND ON EARTHDeep within an ancient Aztec canal system on the outskirts of Mexico City lies Isla de las Munecas...a reportedly haunted island infested with thousands of decrepit dolls.While there to film a television documentary, several friends discover a brutal murder... -
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Bitch Creek by William G. Tapply
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilliam G. Tapply has created a fresh new world in BITCH CREEK, a steamy, perfectly crafted mystery introducing Stoney Calhoun, an unlikely hero. Stoney is a man without a past. A lightning strike obliterated his memory, and, as so many might like to do, he was given a chance to completely reinvent himself. That's not an easy task when a man doesn't know the slightest thing about himself... -
The Saint In New York by Leslie Charteris
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow Simon Templar cleans up corruption in Manhattan and brings the mob along with its mysterious leader to justice all in the space of forty-eight hours.Another long weekend - for the Saint... -
Storm File by C.B. Samet
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's a professional bodyguard who leaves nothing to chance. He’s a rockstar who stands to lose everything.Billy Jean Parrish is a marine turned professional bodyguard. She thrives on discipline and order, and she’s never lost a client. But when she takes an investigative role in the attempted assassination of devilishly handsome rockstar, Ethan Storm, she’s out of her depth—in more ways than one... -
The Water Rat of Wanchai + The Dragon Head King of Hong Kong by Ian Hamilton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsGet the very first book in the wildly popular Ava Lee series, which includes the prequel — The Dragon Head of Hong KongIn the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton introduces us to Ava Lee — the smartest, most stylish heroine in crime fiction since Lisbeth Salandar... -
The White South by Hammond Innes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHuman conflict lies behind the tragedy unfolded in this epic story of the indomitable courage and endurance of a handful of English and Norwegians plunged through unforeseen circumstances into a fight with the pitiless forces of nature... -
Run by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDEDuring a camping trip to the Catskill Mountains, Charlotte's boyfriend Luke, a former soldier suffering PTSD, goes on a rampage, nearly killing Charlotte and her two friends. A year later Charlotte is a graduate student in the small college town of Ashenville, North Carolina... -
Cross Current by Christine Kling
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristine Kling’s first novel, Surface Tension, introduced a remarkable sleuth in Seychelle Sullivan. Now, in Kling’s electrifying new book, Sullivan returns–a tall, strong, beautiful woman in a man’s world, caught up in a complex drama set on the South Florida seacoast, where the crimes, hopes, and follies of dreamers and con artists all come washing ashore... -
Killing Kelly by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPlaying a malicious diva on a popular daytime soap, actress Kelly Trent has garnered more than her fair share of hate mail. She doesn't believe anyone would really confuse her with her character, but when an accident on the set hits too close for the producers' comfort, Kelly is unceremoniously put on hiatus... -
The Bone Orchard by Daniel Judson
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA TOWN GETTING AWAY WITH MURDERBeneath the glamour of a trendy Hamptons summer town lies another world–one of dark lives and desperate secrets. And when Labor Day arrives and the beautiful people depart, locals like Declan MacManus are left behind to make a living out of just surviving. A sometime P.I... -
Hear No Evil by James Grippando
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMiami attorney Jack Swyteck is involved in the most explosive criminal trial of his career -- a case that starts with a murder on a military base and concludes with a shocking surprise that will change Jack's life forever.A beautiful woman comes to see Jack and begs him to represent her. She says she's about to be arrested for the murder of her husband, an officer stationed at Guantanamo Bay... -
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The Rabbit Skinners by John Eidswick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSilver Medal Winner of the 2020 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards for General Mystery Fiction!FBI special agent James Strait, hailed as a national hero for stopping a major terrorist attack, is disabled by a rare disease. Until a child asks him to use his skills to find her missing friend... -
Dead Man Running by Theresa Ragan
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNYT bestselling author Theresa Ragan’s newest suspense, DEAD MAN RUNNING, is set in motion when an accused murderer escapes prison in a body bag and sets out to prove his innocence... -
Shipkiller-C by Bernard Scott
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt was the largest moving object on the face of the earth, but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a towering wall of steel bursting out of a squall at full speed, bearing down on their ketch Siren. In a few dramatic moments, Siren was shattered by the indifferent juggernaut... -
Kiss & Die by Lee Weeks
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuby is looking for love- but her kiss is deadly... A serial killer is on the loose and it appears to be a woman-her target, adulterous businessmen. After picking them up in bars, she brutally tortures her victims before decapitating them. Meanwhile, Hong Kong detective Johnny Mann is still struggling to deal with his dead father's legacy of corruption and triad involvement... -
The Source by Michael Cordy
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s not a myth. It exists. Find it. Geologist Ross Kelly has it all: a lucrative career searching for oil across the world and a beautiful, brilliant wife, Lauren, pregnant with their fist child. But when Lauren, a Yale academic, deciphers the university’s mysterious Voynich manuscript, which has confounded experts for centuries, everything changes... -
Vertical Burn by Earl Emerson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months after firefighter John Finney fought his way out of a burning Seattle warehouse to get help, no one remembers him giving the directions that pinpointed his partner’s position inside. No one can remember anything about Finney except that he left his friend to die. But Finney doesn’t believe the fire was an accident. And he doesn’t believe the campaign against him is one either... -
Dark Tiger by William G. Tapply
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven years ago, Stoney Calhoun woke up in a VA hospital with no memories and a series of unexplained talents (language ability, weapons expertise, etc.). Since then he’s been living quietly, working as a part time fishing guide and co-owner of a local bait shop—with an unnamed visitor coming around occasionally to see if he’s regained any memories... -
Ferris' Bluff by Fred Limberg
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAce is on the run from everyone! The feds want him back in the Witness Protection Program. An international collection of gangsters and arms-merchants he pissed off working undercover are still looking for him. And worst of all-his own scarred self-image and terrifying nightmares haunt him almost every damn day... -
Nick of Time by John Gilstrap
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn Gilstrap's pulse-pounding serial together in one book for the first time!“A page-turning thriller with strong characters, exciting action, and a big heart.” —Heather GrahamA pulse-pounding novel of two young lovers on the ultimate joyride—racing against the clock and against the law . . .SHE’S RUNNING OUT OF TIMENicki Janssen’s days are numbered, but she refuses to accept her fate lying down... -
A Twist in the Tale by Jeffrey Archer
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNo one can weave a web of suspense, deliver a jolt of surprise, or teach a lesson in living like bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. From Africa to the Middle East, and from London to Beijing, Archer takes us to places we've never seen and introduces us to people we'll never forget... -
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Murder Island by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsProf. Brandt Savage—grandson of the legendary hero Doc Savage—is back in a new action-adventure thriller! They thought they found heaven on earth. But their paradise becomes a nightmare when Professor Brandt Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight stumble on a terrifying conspiracy... -
Predatory Kill by Kenneth Eade
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLive the mystery and suspense of the best selling legal thrillerCan too big to fail get away with murder?#1 best selling financial thriller and #1 best selling political thriller. A compelling legal novel by the best selling author of "An Involuntary Spy"... -
I'll Bury My Dead by James Hadley Chase
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is a personal matter. Someone killed my brother. I don't like that. If the police can't take care of it, then I'll bury my own dead.Nick English meant every word, but his efforts to find his brother's killer started a chain reaction of murder and violence that would nearly end his own life.Here is a story of organized blackmail punctuated by sudden and gruesome murder... -
No Human Involved by Barbara Seranella
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMunch Mancini wants a new life. To make ends meet, she is working as an auto mechanic in Venice, California, and trying to lose old habits. But she has more to kick than a heroin addiction--she's wanted for murder. As usual, there's no one to turn to for help, so it's up to Munch alone to clean up her act, clear her name, and save her life... -
Tiger by Wesley Robert Lowe
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate title/cover edition for B06VX5FB2J Is the girl of his dreams worth the nightmare of life?Meet Noah Reid. Born to American missionaries in Shanghai. Mentored by Shaolin grandmaster in Hong Kong. That makes him Yin and Yang: compassionate, yet lethal; ferocious, yet charming; serious, yet sexy. He's a special kind of action hero... -
Perilous by Tamara Hart Heiner
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDetective Carl Hamilton is called out on a homicide case, where the partially decayed body of an unidentified teenage girl is found along a remote highway. . . . Weeks before, Jaci Rivera join her best friends Callie, Sara and Amanda for a night of pizza and shopping...
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