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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... -
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The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 2 by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis second volume shows Feluda at the peak of his sleuthing career. He is at his inimitable best as he tracks down the last known letter of Napoleon, or investigates a sinister crime that has to do with Tintoretto's painting of Jesus...Categorized as:
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![Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated) by Arthur Conan Doyle]()
Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated) by Arthur Conan Doyle
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFeatures:* annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other texts* illustrated with the original Sherlock Holmes images* images of how the books first appeared, giving your kindle a taste of the Victorian texts* ALMOST all of the Sherlock Holmes stories (due to copyright) – even the rare and unfinished “THE ADVENTURE OF THE TALL MAN”* the Challenger and Gerard stories* the rare comic... -
![Cerberus Tactical K9: Team Alpha Boxed Set by Fiona Quinn]()
Cerberus Tactical K9: Team Alpha Boxed Set by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEx-Special Operators join the Cerberus Iniquus Tactical K9 Team Alpha with three action adventure novelsSurvival InstinctMilitary training won’t help when the enemy is a force of nature…All Major Dani Addams wanted when she started up that trail was to mourn and honor her fallen friend... -
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![Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett]()
Complete Novels: Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsComplete in one volume, the five books that created the modern American crime novelIn a few years of extraordinary creative energy, Dashiell Hammett invented the modern American crime novel... -
![Steady As She Goes by Wayne Stinnett]()
Steady As She Goes by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt is starting a new chapter in his life. As captain of the research vessel Ambrosia, his stated mission is to study the oceans and seafloor, searching for rich oil deposits. His unstated mission is to locate and eradicate the enemies of society on behalf of Armstrong Research, a secretive organization funded by some of the wealthiest people on the planet... -
![All Ahead Full: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
All Ahead Full: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt discovers an environmental nightmare of deception and greed taking place in Central America. A cartel is branching into smuggling things other than drugs. And they’re doing it quite effectively.The Honduran rain forests and its inhabitants are at peril. The cartel needs hidden places to grow coca, used in the manufacture of cocaine... -
![Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben]()
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... -
![The Last Teacher by Alan Lee]()
The Last Teacher by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMackenzie August is starting a new life. After a successful but destructive career as a high-profile California homicide detective, and then a less successful and even more destructive stint working for a church, he has moved to Virginia to start over as a teacher. The only thing he’s bringing with him is Kix, his infant baby boy... -
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![The Perk by Mark Gimenez]()
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... -
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Trial by Clifford Irving
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA thrilling adventure into the real world of criminal law, a rich and powerful novel that deals with murder, the morality of justice and the perils of love, Clifford Irving's novel sets a new standard for courtroom fiction. A twisting, relentless thriller, Trial follows Texas lawyer Warren Blackburn as he defends two accused murderers in two separate cases... -
![Lost Charity: A Charity Styles Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
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... -
![Man Overboard: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Man Overboard: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt has returned to the Florida Keys. But things in the islands are different now. The locals are worried, but nobody can explain why. A sense of foreboding hangs in the humid July air.One of the locals, an investment banker, is waiting tables at the Rusty Anchor Bar and Grill. He seems a shell of the man he used to be, a hollow man whose fortune and wife are gone... -
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![Hot Type by Joseph Flynn]()
Hot Type by Joseph Flynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo men on the run ... Newspaperman Dan Cameron gets a cool old typewriter for his 40th birthday. It once belonged to Ben Hecht, who used it to write the movie "Notorious." Dan uses it to write a best-seller. Then the Hecht estate says the typewriter was stolen and demands its return... -
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Weapons by Matt Rogers
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAN ARMY OF TWO FOR THE AGES... Jason King and Will Slater, the two most lethal operatives in government history, are out on their own. They’ve been through their personal journeys into hell, but they unite in New York City as brothers in arms. So begins a vigilante crusade against the city’s morally bankrupt inhabitants. But their private war doesn’t last long.. -
![No More Mr. Nice Guy by Remington Kane]()
No More Mr. Nice Guy by Remington Kane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn old enemy resurfaces and wreaks havoc on White by targeting his family and friends. His one hope of fighting back requires him to unleash the monster within, an act that may change him forever. From REMINGTON KANE, the author of the TANNER Series TAKEN! - NO MORE MR...Categorized as:
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![What She Saw by Mark Roberts]()
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... -
![A Taste for Death by Peter O'Donnell]()
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... -
![The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King]()
The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMark Jones is a henchman for hire. He guards bunkers, patrols perimeters and stands around in a boiler suit waiting to get knocked out by Ninjas. This is his job... -
![The Shadow File by A.C. Fuller]()
The Shadow File by A.C. Fuller
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmerica's intelligence security is in the hands of a million private contractors. Now one woman may bring down their entire system.Four months ago, Alex Vane lost his friend James Stacy, killed by private security contractors working for the intelligence-industrial complex. Though Alex exposed the killers, most of the system survived, including the amoral torturer known only as Amand... -
![Thread of Hope by Jeff Shelby]()
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... -
![Tampa Burn by Randy Wayne White]()
Tampa Burn by Randy Wayne White
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe abduction of Doc Ford's son pulls the former assassin back into business--and into the trap of an avenging politico with a twisted and violent plan of revenge... -
![A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald]()
A Purple Place for Dying by John D. MacDonald
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA beautiful woman calls Travis McGee to Arizona. She needs his help recovering the money that her good-for-nothing, soon-to-be-ex-husband stole from her. But she's not long for the world, and even though his employer dies, Travis isn't giving up. It's not often he leaves Florida, and he's not about to go home empty-handed. The third Travis McGee adventure... -
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![The Gentleman's Hour by Don Winslow]()
The Gentleman's Hour by Don Winslow
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBoone Daniels, the most laid-back of private investigators, gathers with his surfing buddies on Pacific Beach, California as per usual. There's no surf to speak of, but the Dawn Patrol are out in force anyway...it's what they do... -
![The Perfect Assassin by James Patterson, Brian Sitts]()
The Perfect Assassin by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsProf. Brandt Savage—grandson of the legendary action hero Doc Savage—is forced into a top-secret training program where he discovers his true calling...as the perfect assassin. Dr. Brandt Savage is on sabbatical from the University of Chicago. Instead of doing solo fieldwork in anthropology, the gawky, bespectacled PhD finds himself enrolled in a school where he is the sole pupil... -
![Stay Alive by Simon Kernick]()
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... -
![Hollywood Pharaohs by Andrew Mayne, Kevin T. Collins]()
Hollywood Pharaohs by Andrew Mayne, Kevin T. Collins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMike Ray, former cop and body-double for a world famous action star, was ready to put show business behind him when he was asked to do one last favor for Hollywood’s hottest new actress.All he has to do is find her the necklace from a forgotten film and not get killed in the process... -
![The Assessment by Kerry J. Donovan]()
The Assessment by Kerry J. Donovan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome jobs are dangerous. Some job interviews are explosive.Security consultant and former Royal Marine Commando, Captain Ryan Kaine expects his crew to be the best. When executing classified government military contracts, they need to be.The latest group of potential recruits are enthusiastic. By the time Kaine’s finished with them, they’ll know enthusiasm alone doesn’t cut it in a war zone... -
![The Scythe by Jonas Saul]()
The Scythe by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Book One, The Kill, the Italian Mafia go after the wrong man.In Book Two, The Blade, the Gambino Family do it again.In Book Three, The Scythe, the Russian Mafia have different plans. They want to take over Toronto, a territory so large it was previously thought to be too big for one family. But Darwin Kostas and his wife, Rosina, stand in the way...Categorized as:
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![The Hot Spot by Charles Williams]()
The Hot Spot by Charles Williams
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA dark, brooding masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony. Madox wasn't all bad. He was just half-bad... -
![Cross Current by Christine Kling]()
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... -
![Con Law by Mark Gimenez]()
Con Law by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJohn Bookman - Book to his friends - is a tenured professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He's thirty-five, handsome and unmarried. He teaches Constitutional Law, reduces senators to blithering fools on talk shows, and is often mentioned as a future Supreme Court nominee.But Book is also famous for something more unusual. He likes to take on lost causes and win... -
![The Bone Orchard by Daniel Judson]()
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... -
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![Kiss & Die by Lee Weeks]()
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... -
![Smoke and Mirrors by Steve Marshall]()
Smoke and Mirrors by Steve Marshall
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen you can’t call the cops… Call Trunk Dennis Trunk has a reputation for figuring things out and he’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. Trunk won’t kill, unless he has to. Between one and two percent of the population are psychopaths. Trunk is highly functional. He has a steady job, an ex-wife, and a plan to kill her boyfriend... -
![The Man of Bronze / The Land of Terror by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent]()
The Man of Bronze / The Land of Terror by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Man of Bronze's origin story is revealed in the classic Lester Dent novels that launched the superhero genre, in an extra-length volume commemorating the 75th anniversary of Doc Savage's pulp debut... -
![The Repairman: A Mike Reardon Novel by L.J. Martin]()
The Repairman: A Mike Reardon Novel by L.J. Martin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGot a problem? Mike Reardon, the repairman, can fix it. Your son in debt to his dope dealer? Your captain steal your plane or boat? Someone put a hit on you? Mike Readon, as a Marine, was taught to search and destroy, now he's got to do what he knows! Acclaimed action adventure writer L. J. Martin brings you the ultimate kick ass fiction.. -
![Land of Always Night: by Kenneth Robeson, W. Ryerson Johnson]()
Land of Always Night: by Kenneth Robeson, W. Ryerson Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsused science fiction... -
![Dead Calm by Charles Williams]()
Dead Calm by Charles Williams
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn and Rae Ingram are alone on their honeymoon yacht in the Pacific, becalmed. It shoud be idyllic. . .but it's not.On the near horizon a ship is sinking. They rescue its lone passenger, a young man who claims he buried his wife and another couple, dead from food poisoning. But suspicion gnaws at Ingram, a suspicion only too soon justified... -
![68 Kill by Bryan Smith]()
68 Kill by Bryan Smith
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt started with a couple of dead bodies and $68,000 in stolen cash. Chip Taylor’s girlfriend Liza had the perfect plan to rip off her rich sugar daddy. It should have been an easy in and out kind of deal. Nobody would get hurt and they would come out of it with enough loot to solve their problems... -
![Nick of Time by John Gilstrap]()
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... -
![The Second Life of Inspector Canessa by Roberto Perrone]()
The Second Life of Inspector Canessa by Roberto Perrone
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFamily secrets, terrorist plots and the return of a legendary cop: a ferociously paced noir thriller from one of Italy’s top crime writers, and the second book in Pushkin Press’s collaboration with Walter PresentsAnnibale Canessa didn’t want to go back to his old life. When everything went wrong in 1984, he traded his brutal, exciting career in the Carabinieri for paradise in San Fruttuoso... -
![Strong Medicine by Arthur Hailey]()
Strong Medicine by Arthur Hailey
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMiracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but for profit-motivated companies, the miracle is the money they generate...at any cost. Billions of dollars in profits will make men and women do many things--lie, cheat, even kill. now one beautiful woman will be caught in the cross fire between ethics and profits... -
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![The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey]()
The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe "New York Times" Number One bestseller from 1976 is back in this great new package. As the day begins at First Mercantile American Bank, so do the high-stake risks, the public scandals, and the private affairs. It is the inside world where secret million-dollar deals are made, manipulated, and sweetened with sex by the men and women who play to win... -
![Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here by Ed McBain, Dick Hill]()
Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here by Ed McBain, Dick Hill
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMurders, muggings, and assaults…just a routine night and day in the 87th Precinct until one of their own is shot, sending every available detective on the hunt to bring down the gunman.“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew... -
![Shelter from the Storm by Tony Dunbar]()
Shelter from the Storm by Tony Dunbar
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe FOURTH sly adventure in the Tubby Dubonnet Series, Tony Dunbar's witty yet hard-boiled foodie-noir mysteries... -
![A Twist in the Tale by Jeffrey Archer]()
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... -
![Command Strike by Don Pendleton]()
Command Strike by Don Pendleton
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMission Unthinkable. . .Long live the king, the king is dead. Augie Marinello, Boss of All the Bosses, has paid the final tab to the Executioner. But from the ashes of Augies defeat is rising a new and stronger syndicate - better than ever. The big "if" seems to be David Eritrea, formly chief advisor to the dead king, now heir presumptive to the Marinello throne... -
![Kill Or Cure (The Destroyer) by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir]()
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...
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