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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... -
![War of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone]()
War of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRocky Mountain Showdown Big Max Higgins ran the outlaw town of Hell's Creek up in the north Montana Rockies. . .and he decided to include the nearby town of Barlow in his cutthroat operation. What he didn't know was that Smoke Jensen was there with his wife, visiting relatives. It didn't take Smoke long to rout out the lot of them with angry fists and blazing guns. . -
![Scarecrow / Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly]()
Scarecrow / Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSCARECROWAs 'Scarecrow' Schofield watches his mission to eliminate a Siberian turn into a bloodbath, he realizes he has been tricked—and now becomes the prey rather than the predator. For a shadowy consortium of staggering power and wealth has included his name on a list of fifteen targets to be eliminated without fail by noon that day... -
![At The Heart Of It by Penny Vincenzi]()
At The Heart Of It by Penny Vincenzi
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAT THE HEART OF IT is vintage Penny Vincenzi: rich with characters, life-changing decisions, love, desire and conflict. 'There are few things better in life than ... the latest novel by Penny Vincenzi' Daily Express1950s London. Tom Knelston is charismatic, working class and driven by ambition, ideals and passion. He is a man to watch. His wife Alice shares his vision... -
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![The Cain Conspiracy by Nick Thacker]()
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... -
![Sea of Greed by Clive Cussler]()
Sea of Greed by Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling master of adventure, a brand new mission for Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew--based on a remarkable historical incident. January 1968Two submarines--one French, one Israeli--vanish in the Mediterranean within days of each other. Extensive search-and-rescue operations turn up no sign of either vessel... -
![The Atlantis Stone by Nick Hawkes]()
The Atlantis Stone by Nick Hawkes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBenjamin is part Aborigine, but nightmares from the past cause him to disown his heritage. Unfortunately, he feels no more at home in the Western world and so struggles to know his identity. Benjamin seeks to hide from both worlds in his workshop where he ekes out a living as a wood-turner... -
![Miss Nightingale's Nurses by Kate Eastham]()
Miss Nightingale's Nurses by Kate Eastham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*PREORDER THE HEART-WARMING FIRST NOVEL IN KATE EASTHAM'S NURSING SERIES* Liverpool 1855. Ada Houston is alone. Her grandfather has recently passed away and her brother is missing, last seen working on the Liverpool docks. Everyone assumes him to be dead. But she will not give up hope. Ada's determined search takes her to the Crimea where she joins the team of Florence Nightingale's nurses... -
![Violence of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone]()
Violence of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDEAL WITH THE DEVILSmoke Jensen has seen the worst that men can do on the lawless frontier. But even the mountain man is not prepared for the outlaw band that strikes Smoke's ranch, kidnapping Sally and the daughter of Smoke's neighbor. Now, the women are gone and a ranch hand and his young daughter are dead. AND PAY THE PRICE IN BLOOD..Categorized as:
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![Dead Man's Gold by J.A. Johnstone]()
Dead Man's Gold by J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, The Loner is fast with his fists, faster with a gun, and haunted by the demons of his past. . .The Way Of The WestWith his wife's killers dead and buried, Conrad Morgan--known as The Loner--is on his way to Mexico for some peace and quiet. But on the way he's sidetracked by some intriguing travelers who are hunting down a valuable golden artifact... -
![Roselys, justicière de l'ombre by Annie Jay]()
Roselys, justicière de l'ombre by Annie Jay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA seize ans, l'intrépide Roselys d'Angemont monte à cheval et manie l'épée à merveille. Cependant, ses parents décident qu'il est temps pour elle d'avoir une vraie vie de demoiselle. Finis les vêtements d'homme, les leçons d'escrime et les escapades ! Roselys, à contrecoeur, part vivre à Paris chez sa tante. Elle y fait la connaissance de sa cousine Aimée...Categorized as:
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![A Poisonous Plot: The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory]()
A Poisonous Plot: The Twenty First Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michaelhouse is facing a serious shortfall of funds and competition from upstarts rivals such as Zachary Hostel. Their problems are made no easier by the hostility of the town's inhabitants who favour the university moving away to the Fens... -
![Blackfoot Messiah by William W. Johnstone]()
Blackfoot Messiah by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the seventh book in his bestselling Preacher series, William W. Johnstone gives his millions of avid fans exactly the kind of gritty, action-packed Western novel they look for from this prolific and hugely popular writer. "A Messiah Shall Lead Them..."...Categorized as:
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![The Jackals by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
The Jackals by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJohnstone. Keeping the west wild. FATE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER. IT MAY ALSO SEND THEM STRAIGHT TO HELL. Alone, these justice fighters are dangerous enough. Together they're a wild bunch known as the Jackals. Now, national bestselling authors William W. and J.A. Johnstone are turning them loose . . -
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![To Kill or Cure: The Thirteenth Chronicle Of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory]()
To Kill or Cure: The Thirteenth Chronicle Of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCambridge University is in dire financial straits: the town's landlords are demanding an extortionate rent rise for the students' hostels and the plague years have left the colleges with scant resources. Tension between town and gown is at boiling point and soon explodes into violence and death... -
![Last Chance by Duane Boehm]()
Last Chance by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Chance is the highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling novel Last Stand. Gideon Johann is the new sheriff of Last Stand, Colorado, hoping to put roots down in the place where he grew up... -
![The Outfit by Richard Stark]()
The Outfit by Richard Stark
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but going one-on-one with Bronson, the Outfit's big boss, is the hard part. Hard for anyone but Parker, because the entire underworld understands that whatever Parker does -- he does for keep... -
![The Lost Relic by Scott Mariani]()
The Lost Relic by Scott Mariani
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA SUPER-CHARGED THRILLER FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR‘Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart . . . packs a real punch’ Andy McDermottA WEB OF DECEIT.AND BEN HOPE IS CAUGHT UP IN THE MAYHEM…Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy, a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy – and unwittingly walks into his deadliest mission yet... -
![La leyenda del ladrón by Juan Gómez-Jurado]()
La leyenda del ladrón by Juan Gómez-Jurado
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPrepárate a transportarte a la Sevilla del XVI, a un fascinante mundo de mendigos y prostitutas, nobles y comerciantes, espadachines y ladrones. El amor, la pasión y la venganza son los pilares de esta magistral novela de aventuras en torno a un niño salvado misteriosamente de la muerte, que crecerá para erigirse en la última esperanza de los desfavorecidos... -
![Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze]()
Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe had the face of a madonna and a heart made of dollar bills.She was sitting on the floor, naked, in a skitter of green bills. Beyond her was the custodian, still simpering in death. She was scooping up handfuls of the green money and dropping it on top of her head so that it came sliding down along the cream-colored hair, slipping down along her shoulders and body... -
![Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer]()
Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer.THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN THIS ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF A THRILLER…In London, the Metropolitan Police set up a new Unsolved Murders Unit—a cold case squad—to catch the criminals nobody else can... -
![Homeboy: A Novel by Seth Morgan]()
Homeboy: A Novel by Seth Morgan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeth Morgan’s frenzied, addictive walk on the wild side of 1980s San Francisco When strip-joint barker Joe Speaker unwittingly steals a sixty-nine-carat blue diamond, he becomes enmeshed in a blackmail-and-murder conspiracy that begins with the savage slaying of high-priced call girl Gloria Monday. Suddenly Joe’s a wanted man... -
![Lady Henterman's Wardrobe by Marshall Ryan Maresca]()
Lady Henterman's Wardrobe by Marshall Ryan Maresca
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMixing high fantasy and urban fantasy, the second novel of the Streets of Maradaine series follows the Rynax brothers' crew of outlaws as they attempt their biggest heist yet and restore justice to the common people.The neighborhood of North Seleth has suffered--and not just the Holver Alley Fire... -
![The Brothers O'Brien by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone]()
The Brothers O'Brien by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour Brothers. One Dream.From William W. Johnstone, the master of the epic Western, comes a bold new series set in the harsh, untamed New Mexico Territory--where four bravehearted brothers struggle to work the land, keep the peace, and fight for the dream of America. The Saga Begins. . . The War Between the States has ended... -
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![The Slave Players by Megan Allen]()
The Slave Players by Megan Allen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s modern day in the Deep South. Racial unrest is rampant, and outbreaks of violence reach epidemic proportions. When a church bus makes a wrong turn in the Alabama countryside, a dozen teenage girls become victims of a heinous crime. The resulting outcry is explosive, as a new civil war erupts, but this time it will be whites who are cast into bondage... -
![Dark Age by James Wilde]()
Dark Age by James Wilde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBridging the gap between 'Game of Thrones' and Bernard Cornwell comes the second chapter in James Wilde's epic adventure of betrayal, battle and bloodshed set during the darkest of times - a time when civilisation itself was foundering, when Britain was facing a Dark Age and in desperate need of a hero.. -
![In Times Like These by Emilie Loring]()
In Times Like These by Emilie Loring
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung, beautiful, embittered Page Wilburn staggered under the impact of a callously broken engagement. Her only solace was her drab secretarial job. Suddenly winter turned to spring. Page was swept into the whirlwind of international intrigue as the in-name-only wife of a dashing undercover agent investigating treason in our space program... -
![Wanted Man, A by Nancy J. Parra]()
Wanted Man, A by Nancy J. Parra
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrianna McGraw ventures out West to find and rescue her brother from bandits who will sell him illegally to the highest bidder. Separated after they were orphaned a few years ago, Brianna has worked hard as a librarian to save money for the trip. But when she arrives, she realizes she has to somehow come up with a thousand dollars to buy him back...Categorized as:
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![Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt]()
Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey were the first and only all-female gang in the American West. Though the newspapers refuse to give them credit, their exploits don't go unnoticed. Now, they've got a rival male gang on their trail and an old score to settle. Margaret Parker and Hattie LaCour never intended to turn outlaw. After being run off their ranch by a greedy cattleman, their family is left destitute... -
![Kissyman & the Gentleman by Scott Sigler]()
Kissyman & the Gentleman by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York City, 1946. No one knows his real name, but when the job is too dirty, too dangerous, they call Kissyman. Once an elite Nazi SS commando, an honorable soldier, a taker of lives. When he was assigned to Dachau and saw what he was actually fighting for, he went AWOL and ran as far away as he could — to America. He still makes his living with a gun, but he no longer kills for his country... -
![The Rule of Knowledge by Scott Baker]()
The Rule of Knowledge by Scott Baker
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFaith, history, science and love collide in this fast-paced action adventure.High school teacher Shaun Strickland is shocked when he receives a last-minute invitation from Cambridge University to deliver a paper on the relationship between space and time, something he has been studying for years. This could be the break he s been longing for... -
![The Lost Abbot by Susanna Gregory, Andrew Wincott]()
The Lost Abbot by Susanna Gregory, Andrew Wincott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatthew Bartholomew doesn't want to travel to Peterborough, but he has caused a scandal in Cambridge, so has no choice. He is one of a party of Bishop's Commissioners, charged to discover what happened to Peterborough's abbot, who has disappeared. When the Commissioners arrive, they find the town in turmoil... -
![West on 66 by James H. Cobb]()
West on 66 by James H. Cobb
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA classic noir mystery in the tradition of Elmore Leonard. The location is Route 66 in 1958, where a young L.A. deputy sheriff becomes involved with a mysterious woman, mobsters, and a lost fortune...Categorized as:
crime mystery hard-boiled historical-fiction historical thriller action-adventure military -
![The Mark of a Murderer by Susanna Gregory]()
The Mark of a Murderer by Susanna Gregory
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn St Scholastica's Day in February 1355, Oxford explodes in one of the most serious riots of its turbulent history. Fearing for their lives, the scholars flee the city, and some choose the University at Cambridge as their temporary refuge. However, they don't remain safe for long. Within hours of their arrival, the first of their number dies, followed quickly by a second... -
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![Death, Diamonds, and Deception by Rosemary Simpson]()
Death, Diamonds, and Deception by Rosemary Simpson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…Set amidst the opulent mansions and cobblestone streets of Old New York, this fifth installment in Rosemary Simpson's acclaimed series brings the Gilded Age to life, as heiress Prudence MacKenzie and ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter dash down a... -
![The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet by Jamyang Norbu]()
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of the Great Detective in India and Tibet by Jamyang Norbu
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 1891, the British public was horrified to learn that Sherlock Holmes had perished in a deadly struggle with the archcriminal Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Then, to its amazement, he reappeared two years later, informing a stunned Watson, 'I traveled for two years in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhasa...Categorized as:
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![He Lover of Death by Boris Akunin]()
He Lover of Death by Boris Akunin
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSenka Skorikov, orphan and urchin, has been abandoned to the murky world of Moscow's gangster district. While picking a pocket or two, he glimpses the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and joins the gang of her overlord lover, The Prince, so desperate he is to meet her... -
![G-Man by Stephen Hunter]()
G-Man by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, the latest episode in his Swagger familiy saga replete with Hunter's wicked suspense, vivid gun fights, and historical truths... -
![The Sacred Vault by Andy McDermott]()
The Sacred Vault by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNina Wilde and Eddie Chase are back in another epic contemporary adventure thriller. As the story opens Michelangelo's David is stolen from its plinth in Florence, Italy, in the latest of a series of audacious raids of the world's greatest treasures... -
![The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell]()
The Gray Ghost by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 1906, a groundbreaking Rolls-Royce prototype known as the Grey Ghost vanishes from the streets of Manchester, England, and it is only the lucky intervention of an American detective named Isaac Bell that prevents it from being lost forever... -
![A Deadly Brew by Susanna Gregory]()
A Deadly Brew by Susanna Gregory
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe fourth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew continues the adventures of the 14th century Cambridge physician when he is called to attend to two deaths from some poisoned wine. The opening of a new and very well-endowed college has created petty in-fighting amongst the academics as new appointments are made... -
![A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zahler]()
A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zahler
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne of Oswell's old bank-robbing gang is getting married out in Montana Territory, and the rest of the boys are all invited. But someone else will be there too. Quinlan. He was part of the gang once, but betrayal turned an ally into a bitter enemy, one who will stop at nothing to get his revenge... -
![City of Ink by Elsa Hart]()
City of Ink by Elsa Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFollowing the enthralling 18th century Chinese mysteries Jade Dragon Mountain and White Mirror, comes the next Li Du adventure in City of Ink.Li Du was prepared to travel anywhere in the world except for one place: home. But to unravel the mystery that surrounds his mentor’s execution, that’s exactly where he must go... -
![Death of a Scholar: The Twentieth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory]()
Death of a Scholar: The Twentieth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew by Susanna Gregory
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe University should have been delighted when an influential courtier decides to found a new College in Cambridge, but the older Colleges are jealous of the newcomer's ostentatious wealth, and the townsfolk bitterly resent yet another academic foundation thrust into their midst... -
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![Hombre by Elmore Leonard]()
Hombre by Elmore Leonard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSet in Arizona mining country, Hombre is the tale of a white man raised by Indians, who must come to the aid of people who hate him when their stagecoach is attacked by outlaws... -
![Bank Shot by Donald E. Westlake]()
Bank Shot by Donald E. Westlake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen John Dortmunder sets out to rob a bank, he really means it. He steals the whole thing. With the help of his usual crew, as well as a sophomoric ex-FBI man and a militant safecracker, Dortmunder puts a set of wheels under a trailer that just happens to be the temporary site of the Capitalists' & Immigrants' Trust Corp... -
![Killer's Wake by Bernard Cornwell, David Case]()
Killer's Wake by Bernard Cornwell, David Case
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnother taut nautical thriller from Bernard Cornwell, author of WILDTRACK and the Sharpe series. John Rossendale's home is the sea; in his 38-foot cutter, he is far away from his disagreeable, contentious family and his role as black sheep and heir to an impoverished earldom. Still, mystery and danger have a way of finding him even when he is far from any coast... -
![The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer]()
The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker longlisted author Belinda Bauer comes this sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years.How do you find something that doesn’t exist?1926. On the cliffs of Yorkshire, men are lowered on ropes to steal the eggs of the sea birds who nest there... -
![The History of Things to Come by Duncan Simpson]()
The History of Things to Come by Duncan Simpson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe mind of a genius can hold the darkest of secrets A razor-sharp thriller A Bosnian gangster is gunned down in a packed London restaurant. In his possession is a notebook once belonging to Isaac Newton. This is just the latest in a series of shocking crimes connected to objects once belonging to the famous scientist. The police are stumped and the pressure for an arrest is mounting... -
![The Boy Who Stole from the Dead by Orest Stelmach, Tanya Eby]()
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...
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