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Judgment Cometh (And That Right Soon): A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Supreme Court Justice is found cut into pieces in the back of a pick-up truck. Three other judges have already gone missing. In the eighth installment of Scott Pratt’s bestselling Joe Dillard Series, Dillard is hired to represent the man driving the pick-up. As Dillard delves into the case, he comes to believe his client is not guilty... -
![The Last Agent by Robert Dugoni]()
The Last Agent by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn Amazon Charts, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling series.An American operative in Russia is on the run for his life in a thriller of heart-stopping betrayal and international intrigue by the New York Times bestselling author of The Eighth Sister.Betrayed by his own country and tried for treason, former spy Charles Jenkins survived an undercover Russian operation gone wrong... -
![The Wrong Side by Robert Bailey]()
The Wrong Side by Robert Bailey
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA battle-worn lawyer fights for a young man’s life in this criminally enthralling legal thriller.Teen pop star Brittany Crutcher is found dead in small-town Tennessee. For attorney Bocephus Haynes, it’s just another night in Pulaski. Bo swore off criminal work after his last case, but the beloved singer’s murder demands answers... -
![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... -
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![The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden]()
The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors... -
![Final Verdict by Sheldon Siegel]()
Final Verdict by Sheldon Siegel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFate throws a curveball at the San Francisco ex-husband-and-wife legal team of Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez, when Mike picks up the phone and hears the voice of Leon Walker. This is not good news-because Walker was the one who ruined their marriage. Years ago, he and his brother participated in a stickup that left a man dead... -
![Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh]()
Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Kill For Me, Kill for You, What if the witness was more twisted than the killer?Something is wrong with Ruby Johnson... -
![Dark Lies by Elliot York]()
Dark Lies by Elliot York
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRelax, this won’t be so bad.After all, this isn’t the first time you’ve died.She was the girl everyone wanted but no one could have—no one but him. They’d loved each other. Becca’s suicide at age 18 broke Logan. The heartache never fully healed. But nothing could have prepared him for the shock of what came next.At age 39, Logan Cooper’s hard-earned detective career is hanging on by a mere thread... -
![Billie Jo by Kimberley Chambers]()
Billie Jo by Kimberley Chambers
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer dad’s a villain. She’s his princess.And their world is about to crash. For Terry, family is everything. But it’s far from perfect… Billie Jo is the adored only child of wealthy villain, Terry, and Michelle, the drunken wife he hates... -
![The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis]()
The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer one good deed is about to turn into her worst nightmare.Becoming a surrogate for Marcia and Travis Thorpe is Grace’s chance to overcome her inner demons.Nothing can go wrong. Her life depends on it.Determined to focus on the pregnancy, she drops everything and accepts the Thorpes’ offer to move in with them until the baby is born. A simple decision. One big mistake... -
![I Looked Away by Jane Corry]()
I Looked Away by Jane Corry
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsYOU MADE A MISTAKE. BUT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S MURDER.From the Sunday Times bestselling author of My Husband's Wife, comes a beautifully written psycholgocial thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Clare Mackintosh.Every Monday, 49-year-old Ellie looks after her grandson Josh. She loves him more than anyone else in the world. The only thing that can mar her happiness is her husband's affair... -
![Damage Control by Robert Dugoni]()
Damage Control by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAttorney Dana Hill is used to managing a stressful life: she's one of the most successful lawyers at Strong & Thurmond, mother to a young daughter, wife to a busy, self-involved man. But when she is diagnosed with breast cancer, and her twin brother turns up beaten to death in an apparent robbery-gone-wrong in the same week, the careful balance of Dana's life is sent into flux... -
![Betrayal of Justice by Mark M. Bello]()
Betrayal of Justice by Mark M. Bello
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis very topical, controversial, and prophetic novel is set in Washington D.C. and Dearborn, Michigan. In Washington D.C., a newly-elected president promises, in his inaugural speech, to “make America pure again... -
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![Life for Life by J.K. Franko]()
Life for Life by J.K. Franko
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat would YOU do if someone threatened your family?Roy Cruise and his pregnant wife Susie barely survived an assassination attempt in their own home. The police now have them under surveillance. Meanwhile, Kristy Wise is a loose cannon—she knows too much and is trying to “set things right.”What goes around comes around. And in this case, Roy and Susie may have pushed things too far... -
![Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner]()
Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA thriller of murder, redemption, and breakneck twists by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Dead Certain. After her sister was murdered, Ella Broden meted out her own punishment, then abandoned her career to pursue her passion as a singer. But another murder that hits close to home draws her back to seek justice... -
![State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine, Luke Daniels]()
State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine, Luke Daniels
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJake Lassiter is crazy about the new woman in his life...His law practice is booming...His delinquent nephew is getting A's in school.Then Jake is charged with murder. It's supposed to be a romantic weekend at the Fontainebleau for Jake and Pamela Baylins. Then they quarrel, and Pamela--who's Jake's banker as well as lover--accuses him of stealing from clients. Hours later, she's found strangled... -
![First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston]()
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEvie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.The identity comes to Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it... -
![Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek]()
Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEin winziges Zucken im Mundwinkel, die kleinste Veränderung in der Pupille reichen ihr, um das wahre Ich eines Menschen zu „lesen“: Hannah Herbst ist Deutschlands erfahrenste Mimikresonanz-Expertin, spezialisiert auf die geheimen Signale des menschlichen Körpers. Als Beraterin der Polizei hat sie schon etliche Gewaltverbrecher überführt... -
![REST IN PEACE by Willow Rose]()
REST IN PEACE by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSarah Chapman is angry at her husband. She’s also drunk… very drunk as she drives down their street, ready to face him.When a neighbor hears the commotion and rushes to help, he finds her inside, gun still in her hand, and her husband, Steven, dead in the bed.Sarah is arrested and taken away but claims to be innocent.The only one who believes her is FBI profiler, Eva Rae Thomas... -
![Accused by Mark Gimenez]()
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... -
![The Victim of the System by Steve Hadden]()
The Victim of the System by Steve Hadden
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwenty-two years ago, Ike Rossi’s life was shattered when his parents were murdered in cold blood. He surrendered his football scholarship and returned home to find their killer and raise his nine-year-old sister. Now, the crime of a local ten-year-old genius, Jack Cole, threatens to unearth old wounds rather than provide the closure Ike desperately wants... -
![A Murder Under The Bridge: A New "Broken Lawyer" Legal Thriller by Donald L'Abbate]()
A Murder Under The Bridge: A New "Broken Lawyer" Legal Thriller by Donald L'Abbate
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA NEW "BROKEN LAWYER" NOVELWhen a mentally disturbed homeless man, charged with murdering a teenage boy under a Manhattan bridge, refuses to speak, can a veteran attorney who has battled his own demons save him? Facing seemingly overwhelming odds, the lawyer slowly begins to uncover the homeless man's secrets... -
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![The GirI Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by David Donaldson]()
The GirI Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by David Donaldson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNB: This is NOT the novel by Stieg... -
![Hunting Delilah by Anne Baines]()
Hunting Delilah by Anne Baines
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCon artist. Get-away driver. Thief. Delilah makes her own way in a crooked world.Desperate for money after a heist goes south, Delilah breaks into a rich man's home. But instead of cash and jewels, she discovers a severed head and a serial killer... -
![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... -
![Le chasseur de regards by Sebastian Fitzek]()
Le chasseur de regards by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAlexander Zorbach, reporter dans un grand quotidien berlinois, a temporairement permis de mettre un terme aux agissements du tristement célèbre Voleur de regards, un psychopathe ayant assassiné de manière bestiale quatre femmes et trois enfants – à qui il avait chacun prélevé un œil – et à sauver in extremis deux futures victimes.Mais le journaliste a dû pour cela payer le prix fort... -
![The Game You Played by Anni Taylor]()
The Game You Played by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLittle Boy Blue Where did you go? Who led you away? Only I know . . . . Two-year-old Tommy Basko goes missing from a popular inner-city playground. Six months later, his parents begin receiving cryptic messages in rhyme about Tommy. The police don't believe the messages are from the abductor, but Tommy's mother Phoebe is certain they're a game meant for her... -
![The No. 1 Lawyer by James Patterson, Nancy Allen]()
The No. 1 Lawyer by James Patterson, Nancy Allen
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsStafford Lee Penney is the best defence lawyer in Mississippi - he's never lost a case. Until now.Hot on the heels of his latest courtroom victory, his wife is brutally murdered. Devastated, Stafford Lee spirals into a losing streak that forces him to abandon his once brilliant career.But his wife's killer is still on the loose and they seem determined to frame Stafford Lee for their crimes... -
![Obliterate by Autumn Grey]()
Obliterate by Autumn Grey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I knew the moment I gave in to pursuing Selene that trouble would follow me. It always does. I should have resisted." Remington St. Germain is at a crossroads. He can either go after the one person who makes him feel as if he matters—the only person to ever calm the demons that roam his mind—or forget about her. The latter is not an option, even though there is a chance she might reject him... -
![The Biker Series Mega Boxed Set by Cassie Alexandra, K.L. Middleton]()
The Biker Series Mega Boxed Set by Cassie Alexandra, K.L. Middleton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWritten by USA Today Bestselling Author Cassie Alexandra Save big with this MEGA boxed set! An Amazon bestselling biker romance series. Included: Resisting the Biker Surviving the Biker Fearing the Biker Breaking the Biker Loving the Biker Phoenix Rising Luring the Biker Christmas with The Biker What readers are saying - They need to make it into a movie. I would definitely watch - Nikki T... -
![Friends of the Devil: A Jerry Snyder Novel by Wayne Stinnett, Stewart Matthews]()
Friends of the Devil: A Jerry Snyder Novel by Wayne Stinnett, Stewart Matthews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter watching his yacht burn to the waterline in a fiery explosion, Jerry Snyder is forced to make a deal with the only devil who can help track down a lead—his estranged, mob-connected father figure, Arlen Burkhart... -
![Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney]()
Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Every Pretty Thing serial killer hunter Darby McCormick finds herself in Montana, looking for a friend. Little does she realise that a murderer is waiting for her . . .She came to find her friend.Instead she found a killer.Serial killer expert Darby McCormick gets a call from FBI Agent Jackson Cooper, who has been contacted by a woman who's been in hiding for twenty years... -
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![The List by Velvet Vaughn]()
The List by Velvet Vaughn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the author of The Fan and Committed is the first romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. The List is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. It was just supposed to be a game... What started out as a harmless game between friends has turned deadly real. Fourteen men are dead, all from apparent accidents... -
![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... -
![One Little Lie by Christopher Greyson]()
One Little Lie by Christopher Greyson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE TRUTH COULD COST HER EVERYTHING.Kate had high hopes when she moved to her husband‘s hometown, but her domestic bliss was short-lived. Blindsided by her spouse’s very public affair with his high school sweetheart and a painful divorce, Kate’s determined to hold onto custody of her kids and pull herself together... -
![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 Firm / The Pelican Brief by John Grisham]()
The Firm / The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE FIRMThe law student He was young and had dreams. He'd qualified third in his class at Harvard, now offers poured in from every law firm in America The Firm They were small , but well -respected. They we prepared to match, and then exceed Mitch's wildest dreams - eighty thousand a year, a BMW and a low interest mortgage. Soon the house, the car and the job are his... -
![Lassiter by Paul Levine]()
Lassiter by Paul Levine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Take John Grisham's courtroom skills, add a dash of James Patterson's action and a pinch of Harlan Coben's humanity...and you've got LASSITER."Eighteen years ago, Jake Lassiter crossed paths with a teenage runaway who disappeared into South Florida's sex trade... -
![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... -
![The Child Taker & Slow Burn by Conrad Jones]()
The Child Taker & Slow Burn by Conrad Jones
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratings2 top ten 'unputdownable' thrillers in one special edition download. How far would you go to get your children back......?A stand alone novel based on high profile child abductions, which have been followed by millions of concerned parents on the news. 5 year old twins are abducted from a tent in the Lake District and the hunt for a dangerous paedophile ring begins... -
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![The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks]()
The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow well do you know your daughter?Grace is living through every mother’s worst nightmare. Her student daughter Abi went away on a dream vacation to South Africa - and was murdered... -
![White Death by Ken McClure]()
White Death by Ken McClure
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhite Death is the seventh thriller by Ken McClure to feature the ex-special forces medic Steven Dunbar. The governments of the western world know a terrorist biological attack will happen sooner rather than later... -
![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... -
![No Way Out by D.C. Brockwell]()
No Way Out by D.C. Brockwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat would you do if you woke up in a strange room, strapped to a bed?This is exactly the predicament Daniel Rose finds himself in.He is soon introduced to a beautiful, intimidating woman who calls herself the Queen Bee, and refers to Danny as one of her workers... -
![Below Zero by Eva Hudson]()
Below Zero by Eva Hudson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe fifth adventure in Eva Hudson's enormously popular Ingrid Skyberg Thriller seriesStockholm is under siege. A bomb has gone off, several high-profile people have been kidnapped, and the city is on lockdown. Unfortunately for Special Agent Ingrid Skyberg, everything is kicking off the day she arrives to complete a dangerous undercover assignment... -
![Gang Land by A.J. Carella]()
Gang Land by A.J. Carella
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Finn discovers that the son he never knew he had was adopted into an abusive environment, he is compelled to find out for himself what has become of him. What he finds is worse than he ever could have imagined--his son is an active member of the most murderous gang in the city...
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