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Fatal Invasion by Marie Force
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFirst the fire, then the heat…A brutal home invasion. Two small traumatized survivors who may have witnessed the horror. Lieutenant Sam Holland has never worked a case quite like this one, in which her eyewitnesses are five-year-old twins. But when Sam steps up in a big way for them, she risks her heart as much as her career... -
![State of Denial by Marie Force]()
State of Denial by Marie Force
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDenial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant… His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks... -
![Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force]()
Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen tragedy strikes, a cold case suddenly turns hot—and deadly A peaceful morning is shattered when Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland’s beloved father succumbs to injuries from an unsolved shooting while on duty four years ago... -
![State of Affairs by Marie Force]()
State of Affairs by Marie Force
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe phone call that changed their lives forever…Minutes after Vice President Nick Cappuano and Lt. Sam Holland get the call that President Nelson has been found dead in the residence on Thanksgiving, they’re still processing that Nick has been asked to come to the White House to take the oath of office... -
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![The Midnight Gang by David Walliams]()
The Midnight Gang by David Walliams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWelcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for… the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning…When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter... -
![Lion Down by Stuart Gibbs]()
Lion Down by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTeddy Fitzroy returns as FunJungle’s resident sleuth when a lion is falsely accused of killing a distinguished dog in the latest novel in New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs’s FunJungle series...Categorized as:
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![Rocky Ground by Kaylea Cross]()
Rocky Ground by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s been hurt too many times… Single mom Tiana Fitzgerald has sworn off all romantic relationships to protect herself and her daughter. Her track record is disastrous and she’s done getting hurt. But a certain sexy Scotsman in Crimson Point has other ideas, and somehow manages to sneak past her defenses at every turn... -
![State of Retribution by Marie Force]()
State of Retribution by Marie Force
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Baffling Series of Events Leads to An Unsettling Conclusion… The First Family is hosting their first Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House when Secret Service agents mobilize to hustle them to safety... -
![Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch]()
Death Leaves a Shadow: A Marlowe Black Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThen comes the brutal announcement that his pregnant fianc�e has committed suicide. Marlowe simply cannot accept the official verdict, and as anguish and rage replace the love he once felt, he is driven by a madness that forces him to question his own integrity while he hunts an elusive killer."Koch is an author who has his priorities in order... -
![Body In The Woods by Behcet Kaya]()
Body In The Woods by Behcet Kaya
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAward-winning author Behcet Kaya has once again brought his PI protagonist Jack Ludefance to life in a novel of suspense and mystery, filled with indelible characters, and laced with threads of credible circumstances, in his latest book titled Body in the Woods... -
![Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya]()
Murder on the Naval Base by Behcet Kaya
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMurder on the Naval Base begins with a blurry account of a cold-blooded shooting of a couple, singled out while having dinner at an Officer's Club. The prime suspect is apprehended hours later while apparently attempting to flee the state... -
![The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White]()
The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the crossroads of small town mystery and dark suspense comes a romance that explores the bonds of family, the power of love, and the potentially explosive collateral damage of the secrets we keep... Sometimes a contract to forget can be as powerful as a promise to remember.. -
![Matrimony Meltdown by Kathi Daley]()
Matrimony Meltdown by Kathi Daley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a year and a half of on again off again relationship status, Zak and Zoe are finally getting married. Not only has her own mother morphed into Momzilla, but Zak’s mother shows up a month before the wedding with plans to stay until the big day. When the mom’s gang up to undo all of Zoe’s wedding plans, things become tense... -
![Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott]()
Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSomeone has it out for Rialto. Ian Banner is loving his hectic life. He’s newly married, ready to start a family, and opening a new restaurant. All his dreams are coming true. The last thing he needs is a problem with his restaurant. But when one attack after another comes, he grows convinced he has another enemy... -
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![A Mother's Choice by Kristin Noel Fischer]()
A Mother's Choice by Kristin Noel Fischer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor thirty years, Nadine Kingsley has kept a heart-wrenching secret. When a letter arrives threatening to reveal the truth that could destroy her tight-knit family, Nadine embarks on a difficult journey to explain her painful decision, especially to her youngest daughter, Autumn. Meanwhile, Autumn Anderson, Speech Pathologist and mother of two, is struggling in her marriage... -
![The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr]()
The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn emotional and triumphant novel about new beginnings and the fierce power of a mother's love... When Hannah Russell suddenly becomes guardian to a five-year-old, she's terrified she's not up to the challenge. She and Noah need to get to know each other, so she rents a country house on a lake in rural Colorado... -
![Night of the Rat by Tanya Thompson]()
Night of the Rat by Tanya Thompson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere are just some men you can’t send from the house at midnight with a live rat in a trap and expect them not to somehow get the police involved. Granted, it sounds like an exaggeration, but Silas was more panicked about leaving the house than even the rat. Neither wanted to go. One had a family, the other had social anxiety... -
![UNDER THE BUS by Kyle Keyes]()
UNDER THE BUS by Kyle Keyes
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHomicide detectives, Donde Clark and Juanito Lewis moved to Hobbs Creek just days before banker, Richard Ghetti was gunned down in the front room of his Lake Powhattan, water front cabin.Barbershop talk had it that divine providence played some part in transferring the two NYC lawmen from the Big Apple to this backwater town in South Jersey... -
![Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello]()
Betrayal of Faith by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow can one have faith when faith itself is corrupt? When Jennifer Tracey discovers that her new parish priest has harmed her two sons, she seeks justice. Standing in her way? The Coalition-a secret church organization tasked with the responsibility of taking care of these types of incidents quickly and quietly and by any means necessary... -
![Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko]()
Tooth for Tooth by J.K. Franko
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat would YOU do?What would you do if you got away with murder? Would you stop there? Could you?Susie and Roy thought that they committed the perfect crime.Their planning was meticulous. Their execution was flawless. But, there is always a loose end, isn’t there? Always a singing bone.Now, while enemies multiply and suspicions abound, their perfect world begins to crumble... -
![Where There's Smoke by Kirsten Fullmer]()
Where There's Smoke by Kirsten Fullmer
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA picturesque mountain town, sparks of romance, a threatening mystery, and a secret society of devious women…“Wonderful characters, a real mix of women with varied strength and foibles” -Goodreads review 5 stars“I loved the first book in the Sugar Mountain series so I was really second to read the second installment and get back to investigating with the Sugar Mountain Ladies Historical Society”... -
![The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland]()
The Sacred Well Murders by Susan Rowland
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA simple job turns deadly when Mary Wandwalker, novice detective, is hired to chaperone a young American, Rhiannon, to the Oxford University Summer School on the ancient Celts. Worried by a rhetoric of blood sacrifice, Mary and her operatives, Caroline, and Anna, attend a sacrifice at a sacred well. They discover that those who fail to individuate their gods become possessed by them... -
![A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere]()
A Woman to Blame by Vincent Panettiere
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHours after a thoroughbred racehorse collapses and dies after finishing last in a race he was favored to win, his trainer—a young woman with a promising career—is found dead on a suburban Chicago beach. To the police, it's a simple case of murder-suicide. But Mike Hegan, veteran police detective, refuses to believe the official story... -
![Olive Juice by T.J. Klune]()
Olive Juice by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt begins with a message that David cannot ignore: I want to see you. He agrees, and on a cold winter’s night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of the memory of a life no longer lived. David is burdened, carrying with him the heavy guilt of the past six years upon his shoulders. Phillip offers redemption... -
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![Shadow Horse by Alison Hart]()
Shadow Horse by Alison Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThirteen-year-old Jasmine Schuler must prove that the man she attacked killedher horse... -
![Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook]()
Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWITH MURDER IN COMMON FRIENDSHIP IS INEVITABLE. In the town of Hollow Creek, South Carolina two separate murders, fifteen years apart, unite fifteen-year-old Pleasant Day and sixty-year-old Clarissa Blackwell. As Pleasant Day struggles with her mother's distance, her father's infidelity and the death of her best friend, she draws closer to Clarissa, an older woman with the secrets to heal her... -
![Hairspray and Lighter by J. Jupes]()
Hairspray and Lighter by J. Jupes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll Detective Eckerly wanted to do that day was place a bet on a horse. He didn't expect Darlene Johnson to walk into his office with her chocolate box. And certainly didn't expect what followed. . Book One of the Detectives That Don't Fit Series... -
![Ramonst by A.F. Knott]()
Ramonst by A.F. Knott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHidden in the mountains of East Tennessee, an eleven-year old goes about the business of being a boy during the summer of 1970. Within a balance of terror and innocence, he bears silent witness to ghosts of the dead and the cruelties of a teenage killer while local justice plays out in a community carved from legacies of coal mining and religion... -
![Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel]()
Unforgivably Broken by Maegan Abel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**This is a New Adult Romance with dark themes intended for readers 18 years and up** It took a near-tragedy for Zane and Lili to admit their feelings for one another. If they could survive that explosion, wading through the debris left behind should be a breeze, right? Lili has spent years hiding from her past. Now, she's being forced to admit her mistakes and make a decision... -
![Reno by V. Theia]()
Reno by V. Theia
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone thought Reno was a happy-go-lucky biker.But in truth, the Diablo Disciples MC’s SAA had many personal issues on his shoulders.His co-dependent twin, for one.They’d relied only on each other for years.Now their sadistic older brother was back in their lives to cause trouble for the club.And then a knock-out woman changed Reno’s entire outlook on life.He wanted more... -
![Pain by E.M. Leya]()
Pain by E.M. Leya
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen his daughter is kidnapped, Matt’s life screeches to a halt. He would do anything to get his daughter back, but first he needs to find her. When the police exhaust all possible leads, Matt does the only thing he can do — he uses his hacking skills to infiltrate the dark web... -
![Dark Signal by Shannon Baker]()
Dark Signal by Shannon Baker
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDark Signal by Shannon Baker is the second installment in the Kate Fox mystery series, called "A must read" by New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava, starring a female Longmire in the atmospheric Nebraska Sandhills.Reeling from her recent divorce, Kate Fox has just been sworn in as Grand County, Nebraska Sheriff when tragedy strikes... -
![Tales of Fosterganj by Ruskin Bond]()
Tales of Fosterganj by Ruskin Bond
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew novel by one of Indias most beloved storytellers.Set in a fictional suburb on the outskirts of Mussourie, which he has made famous with his near legendary stories.Vintage Ruskin Bond that is bound to delight his readers with his understated humour, wit and effortless storytelling... -
![Kane and Abel / The Prodigal Daughter / Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer]()
Kane and Abel / The Prodigal Daughter / Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis collection of Jeffrey Archer novels includes "Kane and Abel" the sequel "The Prodigal Daughter" and the novel "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less"... -
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![Treacherous Estate: Crime Story by Behcet Kaya]()
Treacherous Estate: Crime Story by Behcet Kaya
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrivate Investigator... -
![Breaking the Story by Ashley Farley]()
Breaking the Story by Ashley Farley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPassion, peril, and a scandal that will rock American politics. Scottie Darden’s life is a disaster. Her marriage has become toxic, and her career as a photojournalist has stalled out. To attract the attention of the main players in the news industry, she needs a standout story with a unique perspective. What she finds is a scandal that could turn the 2016 presidential election upside down... -
![All in the Timing by David Ives]()
All in the Timing by David Ives
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe world according to David Ives is a very odd place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called "Philadelphias," where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet... -
![Lost and Found by Anne Schraff]()
Lost and Found by Anne Schraff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome to Bluford High. This widely acclaimed teen series set in an urban high school features engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines.Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the mysterious stranger who started following her. Then there was the threatening note left on her desk at Bluford High School... -
![خرائط التيه by بثينة العيسى]()
خرائط التيه by بثينة العيسى
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"تعتبر رواية خرائط التّيه الرواية السادسة ل بثينة العيسى جاءتها بأسلوب و أفكار مختلفة عما سبق .قد يوحي عنوان الرواية خرائط التيه بأنّه يحاكي التيه العربي بشكل عام في ظلّ أحداثٍ مدوّخة تُذهب العقل. لكنّ سرعان ما يتبدّد هذا الانطباع أمام معنى أكبر تطرحه بثينة حين تضع القارئ في مواجهة التيه الإنساني داخل عالمٍ مشوّه تغدو الحياة فيه أشبه بمتاهة لا خلاص منها... -
![And Come Day's End: A Michael McKaybees Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch]()
And Come Day's End: A Michael McKaybees Mystery by Gabriel F.W. Koch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLenny Oliver’s secrets ended his life—lies he dressed up in detailed and occasionally elaborate finery. But only the secret holder is fooled in the long run, as Lenny discovered in a dark alley in the Wall Street neighborhood. Michael McKaybees is a private investigator working in New York’s five boroughs... -
![ROCKLEDGE: INTRODUCING CADE CHASE by John M. Vermillion]()
ROCKLEDGE: INTRODUCING CADE CHASE by John M. Vermillion
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRockledge is a crime thriller that examines the effects of a crooked, autocratic group of elites (politicians and contractors) on people who have been abused for many decades. This is the opener of a planned Cade Chase series. It is a crime thriller set in the fictional Rockledge, an impoverished town in the center of Appalachia, more precisely in extreme southwest Virginia... -
![Lies a River Deep by Vera Jane Cook]()
Lies a River Deep by Vera Jane Cook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the summer of 1962, at a high school graduation party, Bessie Day Hardy is brutally raped. Fifty years later, the consequences of that horrific night will transition into unforeseen events that will shatter her serene and uncomplicated life... -
![Evoke by Danielle Simmons, D.M. Simmons]()
Evoke by Danielle Simmons, D.M. Simmons
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the fictional town of Lake Haven, Maine, Evoke examines the complexities of love and loss among childhood friends after a tragic accident claims the lives of three, while leaving two behind.When five friends return home from college for the summer, it feels as if the friendship that has bound them together since childhood is stronger than ever... -
![Hennessey's Handler by Pandora Pine]()
Hennessey's Handler by Pandora Pine
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBar owner Hennessey McCoy finally has his life on track after being discharged from the U.S. Coast Guard under mysterious circumstances. He’s rebuilt his life piece by piece and Hennessey is the right place to open his heart to the right man. When his three-year-old niece goes missing at a party, Hennessey is paired with an annoyingly handsome search and rescue dog handler to help find the child... -
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![Memento & Following by Christopher J. Nolan]()
Memento & Following by Christopher J. Nolan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristopher Nolan's Memento is an intricate, original, fascinating thriller, hailed by Philip French of the Observer as 'one of the year's most exciting pictures'. Its protagonist Leonard (Guy Pearce) is a puzzle, even to himself. He sports the trappings of an expensive lifestyle, yet he lives in seedy motels, and seems to be on a desperate mission of revenge to find the man who murdered his wife... -
![The Casebook of Elisha Grey by Isabeau Vollhardt]()
The Casebook of Elisha Grey by Isabeau Vollhardt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElisha Grey, graduate student in many sciences and private consulting detective in Atlantis, solves three different mysteries with the help of his roommate, Kiara Ptolmai, the daughter of an Atlantean diplomat and a woman from the far off region of the Caucasus, who records the adventures... -
![Forbidden by Lisa Clark O'Neill]()
Forbidden by Lisa Clark O'Neill
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpecial Agent Clay Copeland lives his job. As a behavioral specialist with the FBI’s Investigative Support Unit, his days are spent traveling the country assisting other law enforcement agencies with their most disturbing and difficult cases. Clay excels at his work, maintaining an easygoing affability and sense of humor despite his frequently gruesome job... -
![No Children, No Pets by Marion Holland]()
No Children, No Pets by Marion Holland
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA quite humorous story of the Sanders family, Mother, Don and Jane, four-year-old Betsy, and Victoria the cat off to Florida to take possession of the apartment house they've just inherited... -
![Mr. S: A First Day of School Book by Monica Arnaldo]()
Mr. S: A First Day of School Book by Monica Arnaldo
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrepare for plenty of giggles as a kindergarten class arrives for their first day of school, but can't find their teacher—only a delicious-looking sandwich and the words "Mr. S" scribbled on the chalkboard. Chaos ensues as the kids argue whether or not the sandwich must be their teacher... -
![De vuelta a tu amor by Isabel Acuña C.]()
De vuelta a tu amor by Isabel Acuña C.
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMelisa Escandón y Gabriel Preciado Lavalle no podían ser de mundos más distintos. Ella, estudiante de último año de Literatura, y él, un poderoso industrial de una de las familias más ricas del norte del país. Ambos se conocen en el marco del Hay Festival, en Cartagena de Indias...
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