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False Oath by Michael Stagg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo brothers. One accused of a horrific crime. The other chasing a golden future. And an attorney navigating between both.Fresh off his latest case, Attorney Nate Shepherd takes in some local high school football, hoping that a Friday night under the lights will give him a chance to relax with his family. It does - until the quarterback’s brother is arrested in the middle of the game... -
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Blind Conviction by Michael Stagg
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA vicious attack leaves a woman near death. The evidence points to one man. Only Nate Shepherd stands in the way of a conviction.Attorney Nate Shepherd doesn’t want to take on an attempted murder case. But when people he trusts ask him to get involved, Nate agrees to represent the hard-working farmer who’s been accused of trying to kill his brother’s fiancée... -
![The Client by Janet McAlpin]()
The Client by Janet McAlpin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous that it's better not to tell. But it's just as dangerous if you don't. So Mark needs help fast - because there isn't much time... -
![Murder One by Robert Dugoni]()
Murder One by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this riveting legal thriller from Robert Dugoni, the #1 Kindle bestselling author of MY SISTER’S GRAVE, attorney David Sloane takes on his first criminal case…defending the woman he loves. Recovering from the shock of his wife’s murder the previous year, David Sloane returns to Seattle after some much-needed healing time in Mexico... -
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![Cold-Blooded by Lisa Regan]()
Cold-Blooded by Lisa Regan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFourteen years ago, high school track star Sydney Adams was gunned down in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The investigation yielded useless clues, and the case went cold. But homicide detective Augustus Knox never gave up on finding Sydney's killer... -
![The Berwyn River Killings by Simon McCleave]()
The Berwyn River Killings by Simon McCleave
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA double suicide. A dark investigation into historic abuse. Can DI Ruth Hunter link the present killings to secrets of the past before the killer strikes again?Detective Inspector Ruth Hunter has resolved to put her past life in London behind her... -
![Final Out by Sheldon Siegel]()
Final Out by Sheldon Siegel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA ballpark. A bay. A body.Robbie Blum was San Francisco’s most prominent sports agent. His clients included players on the Giants, Warriors, and Niners. It all came crashing down when his body was found floating in San Francisco Bay after a Giants game, his skull crushed. A Louisville Slugger floating next to his body.Though Blum was a wildly successful agent, his personal life was a disaster... -
![The Dreamer by Sheldon Siegel]()
The Dreamer by Sheldon Siegel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe chef's knife was in the wrong place... wedged deep in the gut of celebrity chef Carlos Cruz.With her bloody discovery, Mercy could lose it all. And not just for her, her entire family is at risk too.San Francisco's hottest young chef rose from modest beginnings to getting a James Beard Award for his upscale Mission District eatery, El Conquistador... -
![The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe sound of a blood curdling scream echoed through the manor. Her pleas ignored, her screams unheard... -
![Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy]()
Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission.In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children.A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace... -
![The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSherwood is a sleepy little town. A town full of friendly faces, and even friendlier neighbors.Which is why FBI agent Emma Griffin isn't surprised when her new neighbor starts stopping by to chat.Turns out her neighbor has a dark past and secrets that made her run... -
![Never Too Late by Sally Rigby]()
Never Too Late by Sally Rigby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA vicious attack. A dirty secret. And a chance for justiceEx-police officer Sebastian Clifford is quickly finding that life as a private investigator is never quiet. His doors have only been open a few weeks when DCI Whitney Walker approaches him to investigate the brutal attack that left her older brother, Rob, with irreversible brain damage... -
![Twisted Pursuit by Paige Black]()
Twisted Pursuit by Paige Black
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor fans of Michael Connelly and Karin Slaughter comes a heart-stopping thriller that explores the depths of redemption and impossible choices.When K-9 Officer Eden Mercer enrolls in an elite search and rescue training course in remote Juniper Wells, Arizona, she has a hidden agenda... -
![Over The Edge by Lisa Regan]()
Over The Edge by Lisa Regan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen retired Philadelphia detective turned private investigator Joselyn Rush is rear-ended, her knee-jerk response is anger, especially when the well-dressed woman driving tries to flee the scene. But as Jocelyn watches in disbelief, the woman jumps off the bridge, plunging to her death in the Schuylkill River one hundred fifty feet below... -
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![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... -
![Grant of Immunity by Garret Holms]()
Grant of Immunity by Garret Holms
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCurrent Edition for ISBN-10: 1503114783; ISBN-13: 978-1503114784WHEN EVIL HIDES BEHIND A BADGE, NO ONE IS SAFE . .. It’s 1976, Los Angeles. Sarah Collins, a young mother of two, is brutally raped and murdered at the Hollywood Reservoir. For nineteen years, the murder remains unsolved and the case goes cold... -
![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 Clockmaker's Secret by Jack Benton
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA buried clock holds the key to a decades-old mystery. On holiday to escape the nightmares of his last case, disgraced soldier turned private detective John “Slim” Hardy comes upon something buried in the peat on Bodmin Moor. Unfinished and water-damaged but still ticking, the old clock provides a vital clue to an unsolved missing-persons case... -
![What She Left by H.K. Christie]()
What She Left by H.K. Christie
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe’s on her last chance. When the bodies start piling up, she’ll need to save more than her job.Martina Monroe is a single bad day away from losing it all. Stuck catching insurance fraudsters and cheating spouses due to a DUI, the despondent PI yearns to return to more fulfilling gigs... -
![A Cross to Bear by Vince Vogel]()
A Cross to Bear by Vince Vogel
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"They burned it down once…They should burn it down again." Once the star of Scotland Yard, burnt out East London detective Jack Sheridan is now a washed up cop working a low end station, estranged from his family and haunted by his past... -
![Ice Into Ashes by John Carson]()
Ice Into Ashes by John Carson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime is a healer….unless you’re the one doing the killing…DCI James Craig is heading home to Fife for a family funeral after the discovery of his wife's uncle's lifeless body at home, having fallen down the stairs. The incident was classified as a Sudden Death, attributing it to the man's advanced age and fragility. Case officially closed... -
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Second Helping by Stephanie Bond
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSisters are like chubby thighs--they stick together!The Guy sisters are ready to take their place as top-tier private investigators. The problem is, the only thing top-tier about their strip-mall agency is Octavia’s wardrobe…and the cases that come their way are less on the exciting side, and more on the eccentric side... -
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Accused by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 19 ratings'Scott, it's Rebecca. I need you.'After years of silence, Texan lawyer Scott Fenney receives a devastating phonecall from his ex-wife. She has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Trey - the man she left Scott for - and is being held in a police cell. Now she is begging Scott to defend her.Scott is used to high-stakes cases, but this one is bigger than anything he has handled before... -
![The Juror by George Dawes Green]()
The Juror by George Dawes Green
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThis is a psychological thriller about a young woman threatened by the Mafia who must return a verdict of 'not guilty' to ensure the safety of her son. The book has been turned into a movie, featuring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore... -
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![Jo Nesbø Collection 3 Books Set: The Redbreast, Nemesis, The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø]()
Jo Nesbø Collection 3 Books Set: The Redbreast, Nemesis, The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTitle In This SetThe SnowmanThe RedbreastThe Devil's StarThe SnowmanThe night the first snow falls a young boy wakes to find his mother gone. He walks through the silent house, but finds only wet footprints on the stairs. In the garden looms a solitary figure: a snowman bathed in cold moonlight, its black eyes glaring up at the bedroom windows. Round its neck is his mother's pink scarf... -
![L'ultimo traghetto by Domingo Villar, Federico Zanandrea]()
L'ultimo traghetto by Domingo Villar, Federico Zanandrea
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMónica Andrade è sparita da qualche giorno, e il caso non meriterebbe particolari attenzioni se non si trattasse della figlia di un celebre cardiochirurgo con cui mezza città (incluso il commissario Soto, diretto superiore dell'ispettore Leo Caldas) pare sentirsi in debito... -
![Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson, Christina Traister]()
Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson, Christina Traister
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNational Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson brings back renowned FBI Profiler Karen Vail in an intelligent thriller that bridges time and space. When an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, Vail heads west to team up with SFPD Inspector Lance Burden and her former task force colleague, Detective Roxxann Dixon... -
![The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver]()
The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"The Dead Tracks" is the second in the David Raker series from Tim Weaver. A serial killer more terrifying than you could ever imagine...Seventeen-year-old Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. A straight - a student from a happy home, she studied hard and rarely got into trouble. Six months on, she's never been found. Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it's like to grieve... -
![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... -
![The Dead Daughter by Thomas Fincham]()
The Dead Daughter by Thomas Fincham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsstrong>Can a father murder his only child? Kyla Gardener’s dead body is found in her bed one early morning. She had been stabbed multiple times. Her father, Paul, has blood stains on his shirt and his fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. Paul has no memory of what happened.Kyla’s mother, Sharon, was not at home when the murder occurred. She was having an affair with her yoga instructor... -
![The Dentist by Tim Sullivan]()
The Dentist by Tim Sullivan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA homeless man. Violently strangled. No leads. Except for his past.An outsider himself, DS George Cross is drawn to this case. The discovery of the dead man's connection to an old cold case then pulls Cross in further. Convinced this is where the answer to the murder lies, he sets about solving another that someone has spent the past fifteen years thinking they’ve got away with... -
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The 13th Juror by John Lescroart
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn John T. Lescroart's brilliant new novel, The 13th Juror, Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defense of Jennifer Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their eight-year-old son as well as her first husband, who had died nine years earlier from an apparent drug overdose. While preparing his case, Hardy learns that both of Jennifer's husbands had physically abused her... -
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Hollywood Jury by M.Z. Kelly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHollywood Jury, the tenth book in the Hollywood Alphabet Series Thrillers, finds Detective Kate Sexton and her canine partner Bernie continuing their assignment in Section One, an elite homicide unit that works out of Hollywood Station. Kate’s job quickly becomes more stressful than she could ever imagine when a deranged serial killer begins a murderous spree on college campuses... -
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![The Silence at Mystery Bay by D.D. Black]()
The Silence at Mystery Bay by D.D. Black
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA thousand people watched. No one saw a thing.Private investigator Thomas Austin is enjoying a relaxing holiday vacation in picturesque Port Townsend, Washington, accompanied by an intriguing new friend. But his tranquility is shattered when the nearby community of Mystery Bay is rocked by the death of a revered musician at an infamous counterculture The Rabbit Hole... -
![Murder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C. Murders / Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie]()
Murder on the Orient Express / Cards on the Table / The A.B.C. Murders / Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie
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Trouble Brewing by G.K. Parks
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile Alex and Martin prepare to return home, a storm is brewing that threatens to derail everything they’ve built.Private investigator Alexis Parker is ready to say goodbye to the sun, surf, and sand. The West Coast branch of Cross Security is finally getting off the ground, and Martin’s business in Los Angeles is coming to an end... -
![Fortuitous Justice by Dennis Carstens]()
Fortuitous Justice by Dennis Carstens
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWHEN THEY THROW THE BOOKAT YOU, WHO YOU GONNA CALL? You’d better call top Minneapolis criminal defense attorney Marc Kadella.Fixer Burt Chayson had well and truly fixed it this time. About to be charged in a vote-buying scandal, he was overheard declaring that if he went down, he’d take some people with him... -
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The Advocate's Illusion by Teresa Burrell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAttorney Sabre O. Brown takes on three disconcerting new cases, each with its own a woman claiming she's been impregnated by a ghost, a threatening parent prone to violence, and a child bride with a heart-breaking First Amendment issue. At the same time, Sabre tries to protect her mother who is dating a suspicious widower she met on online... -
![The Club by Mandasue Heller]()
The Club by Mandasue Heller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJenna Lorde knows she's taking on a challenge when she inherits her dad???s nightclub.But Zenith comes with a top class reputation and a location other clubs would kill for, so she reckons she's more than up for it. Until she starts to realise that the dangers aren???t just from other clubs... -
![Severed Relations by Rebecca Forster]()
Severed Relations by Rebecca Forster
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMurder behind the gates of Fremont Place was unusual; two children and a nanny slaughtered in the home of a rich young lawyer and his beautiful wife was unheard of. When Detective Finn O'Brien, recently cleared of murder charges in the death of a fellow officer, catches the call it creates a political nightmare... -
![Sharko by Franck Thilliez]()
Sharko by Franck Thilliez
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings" Sharko comparait toujours les premiers jours d'une enquête à une partie de chasse. Ils étaient la meute de chiens stimulés par les cors, qui s'élancent à la poursuite du gibier. À la différence près que, cette fois, le gibier, c'était eux. " Eux, c'est Lucie Henebelle et Franck Sharko, flics aux 36 quai des Orfèvres, unis à la ville comme à la scène, parents de deux petits garçons... -
![Torch Scene by Renee Pawlish]()
Torch Scene by Renee Pawlish
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDenver private investigator Reed Ferguson is between cases when a house fire threatens to consume the home of his girlfriend, Willie. The police think it's arson, and they look to Willie - the owner of the building - as the logical suspect. Worse yet, when a body is found in the charred third-floor apartment, the police think Willie is the killer... -
![Bum Luck by Paul Levine]()
Bum Luck by Paul Levine
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client. Second-string linebacker turned trial lawyer Jake Lassiter squares off against his toughest, most unpredictable adversary himself. The downward spiral begins when Jake’s client, Miami Dolphins’ running back Thunder Thurston, is cleared of murdering his wife... -
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![Secrets Girls Keep by John Ellsworth]()
Secrets Girls Keep by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGOT A KILLER IN YOUR GUEST ROOM? Michael Gresham is a criminal attorney whose priest has fathered a son. The boy is now seventeen, acting-out, and arrested for first-degree murder. The priest asks Michael to take his son into his home so he can be released on bail. Michael and his wife agree and the boy, with his snake and mice, moves in... -
![The Worm in the Bud by Chris Collett]()
The Worm in the Bud by Chris Collett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA puncture wound in the arm of a local journalist found dead in his home gives testimony to his death by lethal injection, and the cryptic note by his side—“no more”—suggests suicide. To DI Tom Mariner, however, there is something a little too staged about events, especially given that just that evening Mariner had witnessed the journalist—Edward Barham—pick up a prostitute in a bar... -
![Presumption of Innocence by Stephen Penner]()
Presumption of Innocence by Stephen Penner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHomicide prosecutor David Brunelle faces the most difficult case of his career. An innocent young girl is murdered in a heinous, unforgivable way. The only evidence against the killer is the full confession of his accomplice--another young girl he also victimized. But the accomplice is charged with the murder as well, which means she has the right to remain silent... -
![The Case Against William by Mark Gimenez]()
The Case Against William by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCriminal defence lawyers must make their peace with one harsh fact of life: most of their clients are guilty. Yet when William Tucker, a celebrated and self-centered star college football player, is suddenly arrested and charged with the brutal rape and murder of a college coed two years before, his broken-down, drunken estranged father Frank can't believe he's guilty... -
![Last Gasp by Robert F. Barker]()
Last Gasp by Robert F. Barker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe last time DCI Jamie Carver involved a would-be victim in his hunt for a serial killer, it ended badly. Now they want him to do it again, only this time the 'victim' is a Dominatrix... -
![Blood in the Bayou by C.M. Sutter]()
Blood in the Bayou by C.M. Sutter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn her first assignment since her promotion to SSA status in the Serial Crimes Unit of the FBI, Jade Monroe and her new partner, Lorenzo DeLeon, are tasked to southern Louisiana, where disturbing discoveries have been made. Human bones have been found in numerous sites deep in bayou country, and the locals aren’t too excited about having outsiders poking around in their business...
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