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Wrath by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe follow-up to the Wall Street Journal bestseller Outrage.Those who hunt monsters must be careful not to become monsters themselves.In another life, before human traffickers murdered her husband and stole her children, Faith McMann was a wife, mother, and teacher. Now she has become Furious, a merciless avenger on a deadly mission to retrieve her young son and daughter, no matter the cost... -
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Divided Sky by Jeff Carson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne dead. One missing. Loyalty pulls Wolf into the case. Getting back out alive will be another matter. One man is dead and another is missing down south near Ridgway, Colorado. When the local law enforcement reaches out to Chief Detective David Wolf's department, his task is to check on former-sheriff Harold "Hal" Burton... -
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Bad Blood by Angela Marsons
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe victim is lying under the trees, arms lifted above his head, unnaturally still. His muscles are slack. His eyes are empty. There are no signs of life. But he is not quite dead…When Detective Kim Stone races to the crime scene, there is no body waiting for the paramedics are desperately trying to save the victim’s life... -
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Outrage by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestseller. The happy life Faith McMann knew as a wife, mother, and teacher was destroyed when vicious criminals murdered her husband, kidnapped her children, and left her for dead. After paralyzing grief, fear, and despair, there was nothing left for her to feel…except fury... -
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Lethal Defense by Michael Stagg
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA client savagely kills a man to protect a friend. A lawyer with secrets must prove it was justified.Attorney Nate Shepherd left a big firm to go out on his own. He sees nothing but opportunity when an out-of-town lawyer wants to hire him as local counsel on a high-profile murder case. Though his family worries that the case hits too close to home, Nate joins the defense team... -
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Sinful Justice by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMurderer?Vigilante?Or seeker of justice?The choice is yours.I’m Minka Mayet, Copeland City’s newly appointed chief medical examiner.My position demands I bring justice to those who can no longer fight, but my true calling is to honor the dead... -
![Rising Water by Wayne Stinnett]()
Rising Water by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a group of strangers purchase land on Tortola and Norman Island to set up a commune, the locals simply write them off as an odd sort—until one of their bloated bodies washes up on the shore of a nearby resort island. As luck would have it, Jesse McDermitt is visiting a friend on Norman Island after tracking a terrorist submarine from the Windward Islands... -
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The Girl and the Deadly End by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSmall towns have secrets. The dark mysteries of Emma's life are ready to be told.It has been more than a year since Emma Griffin stumbled upon a clue behind the dangerous secrets of her past. Now, she has the answers at her fingertips.The only question is will she survive long enough to find them?As Greg struggles to recover, Emma keeps watch over him... -
![Whisper of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought]()
Whisper of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA suspicious death mirrors a serial killer signatureA ghostly visitor might hold the answerCassie must decipher the cryptic messageWhispered in the bones of the deadIf she hopes to help solve the crime and save herself in the processThe latest installment from USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought in the Cassie Quinn Series... -
![The Girl in the Woods by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl in the Woods by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI’m all alone now… But I just have to make it there.I need to keep going… Keep…A beautiful woman's body is found frozen on the ground.And many questions that no one can answer arises.When Emma Griffin joined the FBI, she had hopes that she could find out the truth about her own past. But over time she realized that it was more than just herself. She wanted to be a voice for the victims... -
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Divided Loyalties by Heather Atkinson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRachel Maguire finally has it all. Matriarch of the powerful Maguire family, whose name is feared and revered throughout the city of Manchester, she is wealthy, contented and more in love than ever with her husband Danny. Working in conjunction with their one time arch enemies, the Law Family, life for the Maguires has never been more peaceful... -
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Guilty Mothers by Angela Marsons
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe lies on the floor, her blue eyes wide and unseeing, arms outstretched as if begging for help. Kneeling next to her, wearing a purple sequinned ballgown and holding a knife in shaking hands, is her daughter… In a quiet kitchen, where two mugs wait by the kettle to be filled, Sheryl Hawne lies in a pool of blood... -
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Out of Her Mind by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCrime reporter Sawyer Brooks still grieves for the family she and her two sisters never had. Raised in a house of horrors, they continue to fight through the trauma—releasing their rage by seeking justice for those who are just as vulnerable as they were... -
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The Girl in the Mist by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s something strange about the mist... After a night of a scary movie marathon, a cold thick fog rolls over Sherwood, bringing with it the promise of fall. And when FBI Agent Emma Griffin wakes up the next morning, she can't help but shake the feeling that something is off... -
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Nova by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCain LeBlanc, known as Nova to his brothers, is the Enforcer for the Kings of Retribution MC, Louisiana.He's dedicated to the club, but Nova's entire world revolves around his daughter, Piper. Being a single father doesn't come without its challenges. Making sure his lifestyle doesn't affect his home life is one of them.Never bring a woman home.That's one rule Nova has stood by for years... -
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Fallen King by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe quiet and solitude found in the back country and wetlands of south Florida has been shattered. Someone is using explosives to fish the ecologically fragile patch reefs in the shallow waters of Florida Bay, north of the Keys. Retired Marine Jesse McDermitt doesn't like explosions in his backyard... -
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The Crying Season by D.K. Hood
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe light fades as she runs for her life, the forest now becoming quieter around her. The only noise she hears is the sound of footsteps following her... It’s hiking season in Black Rock Falls and the small town in Montana is flooded with visitors. But when a hiker finds a human skull on a deserted trail in the woods that surround the town, Detective Jenna Alton is called in to investigate... -
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Hunted by Heather Atkinson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyan and Rachel’s dreams of finally moving back into their family home in Devon after it was devastated by fire are doused by the discovery of a body buried on their land. Ryan, as ever highly dubious of the abilities of the police, decides to look into the matter personally, with the help of the ever-loyal Battler and Bruiser... -
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No Going Back by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe biggest story of a crime reporter’s career could be her last as fury, vengeance, and justice collide in this breathtaking thriller by New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan.Some call it murder. Others, karma. The female vigilantes dubbed The Black Wigs call it justice. The victims? Sexual predators who never paid for their sins... -
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![Free to Prey by Julie Mellon]()
Free to Prey by Julie Mellon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow that her suspension has been lifted, Katie Freeman is determined to return to work, keep her head low, and – most importantly – stay off her boss’s radar. But someone has other plans. Waiting on her desk is a package with shocking contents, with no indication of who sent it - and the implied threat lands Katie in the one spot she was most determined to avoid... -
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Free to Live by Julie Mellon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpecial Agent Katie Freeman has a secret, one she has only shared with her partner, Michael Powell. While looking at the files of a cold case, Katie discovered a possible personal connection... -
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Perfect Silence by Helen Sarah Fields
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratings'Relentless pace, devilish cleverness and a laser-sharp focus on plot.' Chris BrookmyreWhen silence falls, who will hear their cries?The body of a young girl is found dumped on the roadside on the outskirts of Edinburgh. When pathologists examine the remains, they make a gruesome discovery: the silhouette of a doll carved in the victim's skin... -
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Ruthless Charity by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter licking her physical and emotional wounds for several months, Charity Styles finally has a shot at redemption when her handler offers her a mission. It's dangerous, sure, but Charity also knows that it's meant as a test of her self-control. In the jungles of Venezuela, a land baron controls the native population with an iron fist .. -
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Wired Justice by Toby Neal
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings****WIRED JUSTICE***** Paradise hides too many bodies. Sophie Ang's lovable dog Ginger has a nose for murder, and leads her tech sleuth mistress through perilous lava fields on the Big Island to a terrible discovery. Sophie is plunged into a new investigation with dynamic partner Jake Dunn, searching for a missing young woman who is just one of many... -
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Cold as Death by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGia Santella and Rosalie have fallen into domestic life at an estate outside Mexico City where the seemingly endless days are long, lazy, and luxurious ...The sun-drenched days seem as if they will last forever. Even though Gia must return to San Francisco when Rosalie's school starts again, that reality seems far away... -
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Dark Justice by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA ruthless killer intent on wreaking havoc in San Francisco through a series of senseless slayings will do anything to escape detection, including making sure Gia Santella is the one who takes the fall ...After years abroad, Gia Santella has finally gone home to San Francisco searching for meaning in a life full of loss... -
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Stone Cold by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGia Santella wasn’t sure she ever wanted to be a mother, but when 8-year-old Rosalie came into her life, she immediately took to the girl and never looked back.Now Rosalie’s real father has decided he wants her back. And unfortunately, this daddy is head of one of the world’s most powerful drug cartels.Nico Morales is determined to get his daughter, no matter what the cost...Categorized as:
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Deadly Justice by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 14 in the USA Today Bestselling Gia Santella Crime Thriller series by Agatha, Anthony, Barry & Macavity finalist Kristi Belcamino... -
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Concealed in Shadow by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fifth installment in the bestselling Cassie Quinn mystery series from Wall Street Journal bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought. A gripping thriller with a touch of the paranormal that will keep you guessing until the last page.When Cassie lands in Chicago, all she knows is that Detective Harris has a lead on what happened to David... -
![Rising Spirit: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Rising Spirit: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Jesse McDermitt has rebuilt his island in the Content Keys far better than it was before the storm. The task was enormous, but so was his need to make things better. Unbeknownst to Jesse, an environmentally conscious woman from his past has stumbled onto a drug manufacturing cartel in Virginia while working on a pollution mitigation problem... -
![Silas by Lane Hart, D.B. West]()
Silas by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCora Walsh had no idea how drastically her life would change when a mob boss hired her to cook for him.After witnessing a bloody massacre, she tries to pretend it was all just a bad dream when she returns to her normal life. That is, until two detectives show up at the restaurant where she works, asking questions about who killed the man who hired her and his four guards... -
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The Betrayal by S.R. Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you find out your whole existence, everything you ever knew is a lie, where does that leave you? I am Star and I'm a sacrificial offering for my people. A thing to be sold to the highest bidder. Then I'm bought and nothing is as it seems. Up is down, and good is bad. My new master is a hardened mafia soldier named Markos. He wants to save me. I don't want to be saved... -
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A Veronica Lee Thriller Collection Volume Two: A Veronica Lee Thriller Box Set Includes Books 5-8 by Melinda Woodhall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf you love twisty thrillers with heart, you'll love the Veronica Lee Thriller Collection Volume Two, Books 5-8, which has been earning rave reviews from thriller lovers looking for their next chilling series... -
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![Drive Thru Murder by Colleen Mooney]()
Drive Thru Murder by Colleen Mooney
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsColleen Mooney keeps the twists coming as fast as the laughs in her third THIRD funny cozy starring Brandy Alexander, everybody’s idea of the perfect chick lit heroine. Brandy’s blonde, adorable, has a good job, two guys to choose from, and very possibly the poor judgment to pick the wrong one. (Half the fun’s watching to see if she’s ever going to wise up)... -
![Deadly Pursuit by C.M. Sutter]()
Deadly Pursuit by C.M. Sutter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFans of James Patterson and Michael Connelly will love C.M. Sutter! A sadistic scene unlike any that Homicide Detective Jesse McCord has ever witnessed unfolds on a park bench in front of him. Jesse knows this isn’t just another Chicago murder... -
![BLACKHEART by Jessie Cooke, Suzy Wilson]()
BLACKHEART by Jessie Cooke, Suzy Wilson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvan “Blackheart” Babineaux is a hard-working, hard-partying, playboy who has spent most of his life as the President of the infamous Jokers, a 1% MC, set deep in the swamps of New Orleans.Blackheart was raised in the swamps, as wild as the cattails that grow there and the alligators he'd learned to wrestle even before he was old enough to drive... -
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Betrayal by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwenty-eight year old Jet, the former Mossad operative from the eponymous novel JET, must battle insurmountable odds to protect those she loves in a deadly race that stretches from the heartland of Nebraska to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., from the lurid streets of Bangkok to the deadly jungles of Laos and Myanmar... -
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Twelve Years Gone by K.J. Kalis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwelve years gone…Sarah Schmidt went out for a hike a month before heading to college on a cross-country scholarship. She never came back.In the twelve years she’s been gone, the local police have done little to help the family, leaving them with the desperate knowledge that Sarah could still be alive, somewhere, somehow...The family hasn’t given up their hope for revenge, or at least answers... -
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Rising Fury by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the backcountry of the Florida Keys, you can see and hear trouble coming for miles in any direction. If you’re paying attention. Jesse McDermitt lives in the backcountry and very little happens near him that he’s not aware of. During a quiet moment, he watches a slow-moving shrimp trawler as it serenely cruises by, far out on the Gulf, at the edge of the three-mile limit... -
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Path of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K M Rought
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA murderer's victims haunt Cassie QuinnThe clues lie in shadowed whispersDeath holds no boundary for justiceTo shine truth's light Cassie must walk through the darknessThe debut novel in the Cassie Quinn Series from USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M... -
![The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell]()
The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAttorney Sabre Brown is summoned into Judge Lawrence Mitchell chambers for an ex parte hearing. When the judge attempts to discuss one of her cases, she refuses to listen without proper counsel present. Later that evening, Judge Mitchell is murdered.Sabre’s shock at his death is only surpassed by an attempt on the life of Dr. Carolina Heller, a psychologist she employs on a regular basis... -
![The Pilot's Daughter by Audrey J. Cole]()
The Pilot's Daughter by Audrey J. Cole
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome aboard Pacific Air Flight 385, with nonstop service from Seattle to Honolulu.Cora is scared to fly again after her husband died in a recent helicopter crash in Pago Pago.A thousand times she has told herself to turn around, not get on the flight, go back to her young children... -
![Lucas by Lane Hart, D.B. West]()
Lucas by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucas Bennett hasn’t been able to catch a break lately.At the top of his growing list of disasters is the ongoing feud with Jake, his former best friend. It hasn’t helped that the two are also prospects competing against each other for the single spot with the Savage Kings MC... -
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![Deadly Revenge by Renee Pawlish]()
Deadly Revenge by Renee Pawlish
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA car found at a park, a woman’s body inside.It appeared Dr. Amy Babbitt had a good life. Did she commit suicide, or did someone want her dead?As Denver Homicide Detective Sarah Spillman delves into Amy’s life, the details don’t add up, but the suspect list does. Everyone is keeping secrets, and someone is willing to kill to keep theirs hidden... -
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Manhunt by Remington Kane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom REMINGTON KANE, the author of the Taken! SeriesMANHUNT - A Tanner Novel - Book 46Tanner works with Team Predator... -
![Target: A Circle of Justice Novel by L.P. Dover]()
Target: A Circle of Justice Novel by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*~* STANDALONE NOVEL *~* An assassin . . . that’s what I am. I’m Wade Chandler by day and a killer at night. I get the job done no matter the cost. Not only do I hunt people for the FBI, but I’m also the owner of Chandler Enterprises, one of the top companies in the southeast... -
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Lawless 2 by Amarie Avant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m the Tsar's heartbeat, his entire world . . .AnastasiyaI finally submitted to the darker side of Happily Ever After, claiming my throne as the Tsariana.After all, Simeon left me no other choice—all his love or nothing.But it’s never that easy to be tethered to a man who rules a Bratva. No amount of money or power was going to stop what was coming for us the day Simeon claimed me... -
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Hard Escape by Debra Kayn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sexy, gripping romantic suspense… He leads. She follows. She might have Stockholm Syndrome. Heidi Lundin has lost her name, her identity, and her past. She's just another homeless person trying to make it through the night. Until the biker from Notus Motorcycle Club keeps saving her and won't let her drift back into the shadows... -
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Free to Steal by Julie Mellon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGreed can be deadly. When called to the scene of a bank robbery that leaves a young mother dead, Katie Freeman and Michael Powell are confronted with their most perplexing case yet. The trail connects a series of unsolved bank robberies from across the country dating back more than a decade – yet the investigation suggests that money was never the motive...
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