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The Edge by David Baldacci, Zachary Webber
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 25 ratings11 hours, 45 minutesThe 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America’s dirtiest secrets—can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Sikwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security... -
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Final Option by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected ending created by the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his #1 New York Times-bestselling series...Categorized as:
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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... -
![Hired to Kill by Andrew Peterson, Dick Hill]()
Hired to Kill by Andrew Peterson, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this fast-paced thriller, special operative Nathan McBride battles the most treacherous enemy he’s ever faced—and the one hitting closest to home.After simultaneous deadly terror attacks on San Diego and Washington, DC, hammer the nation, Nathan learns that the mass murders weren’t random events—they targeted his family.And the threat is far from over...Categorized as:
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![Hard Wired by J.B. Turner]()
Hard Wired by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen an ex-Delta Forces operative dies in a car wreck in Miami, the FBI dismiss it as a tragic accident. But Jon Reznick isn’t so sure—especially when he learns that his teetotal former colleague was apparently drunk at the wheel.Reznick’s one-man investigation quickly enters dangerous territory when it becomes clear that this was merely the first in a series of mysterious deaths...Categorized as:
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![Twist and Turn by Tim Tigner, Scott Brick]()
Twist and Turn by Tim Tigner, Scott Brick
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTHEIR PLAN WAS BRILLIANT,their tactics cunning,but then came a twist,they never saw coming.Imagine BREAKING BAD meets THE SUM OF ALL FEARS.In TWIST AND TURN, author Tim Tigner once again delivers a fast-paced, unpredictable ride destined to delight his fans...Categorized as:
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![Legacy of Lies by Robert Bailey]()
Legacy of Lies by Robert Bailey
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA small-town attorney takes on prejudice and corruption in this powerful legal thriller. Small-town lawyer Bocephus Haynes comes home late one night to find District Attorney General Helen Lewis waiting for him. Her ex-husband has just been killed. She’s about to be arrested for his murder. And she wants Bo to represent her.There’s a lot working against them...Categorized as:
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Falling Stars by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTWO DISTRESSED HEROES.THREE DASTARDLY CRIMES.AND THE SLICKEST HEISTS OF ALL TIME.Imagine Bin Laden meets Bernie Madoff—and hold on for the ride._______________________________________A mysterious summons lures Kyle Achilles to a midnight meeting that shocks the world and sets a master plan in motion.Meanwhile, his former partner also enters a terrible trap...Categorized as:
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Duty of Care by J.C. Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's Rome. It's August. It's early morning. It's going to be a perfect day. Rex and Digger, his former military dog and best friend, are in Rome. They are at a trattoria not far from the famous Spanish Steps. Rex is hoping that Catia Romano, the woman he fell in love with four years ago, would make an appearance. It's been two years. Rex's memory stirs...Categorized as:
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To Die For by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author, David Baldacci, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid the FBI in a case that gets more complicated with the more questions Devine asks—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl on the train. Travis Devine has become a pro at adapting to any situation to accomplish the mission set in front of him...Categorized as:
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![The Supremacy License by Alan Lee]()
The Supremacy License by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeet Manny, also known as Agent Sinatra. A US Marshal renowned for his bravura in collaring fugitives. The only thing he loves more than America is a well-tailored sports jacket. An international terrorist slips through the East Coast and takes up residence inside an impregnable mountain chateau—within American borders but beyond legal reach...Categorized as:
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The Messenger by Daniel Silva
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating characters in the genre and now he is about to face the greatest challenge of his life.Allon is recovering from a grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when a figure from his past arrives in Jerusalem...Categorized as:
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Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRecruited as a field operative in a totally secret and uncompromising new spy agency, former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath is summoned when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students. The evidence points to a dangerous colleague from Harvath's past and a plan for further attacks on an unimaginable scale...Categorized as:
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![The End Game by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison]()
The End Game by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times–bestselling author Catherine Coulter, the explosive new addition to the remarkable thriller series featuring Nicholas Drummond and Mike Caine. FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, are deep into an investigation of COE—Celebrants of the Earth—a violent group known for widespread bombings of power grids and oil refineries across the country...Categorized as:
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![Fortunate Son by Andrew Bridgeman]()
Fortunate Son by Andrew Bridgeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deadly prophecy must be stopped before all is lost. Trust none, sacrifice words to live (or die) by in this edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller of deceit and intrigue...Categorized as:
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![Prince Of Fire by Daniel Silva, Guerin Barry]()
Prince Of Fire by Daniel Silva, Guerin Barry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFew recent thriller writers have elicited the kind of critical praise that Daniel Silva has received, with his novels featuring art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon.Now Allon is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation: the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets, lays bare his history...Categorized as:
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Situation Room by Jack Mars, K.C. Kelly
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSITUATION ROOM is book #3 in the bestselling Luke Stone thriller series, which begins with ANY MEANS NECESSARY (book #1), a free download with over 60 five star reviews! A cyberattack on an obscure U.S. dam leaves thousands dead and the government wondering who attacked it, and why...Categorized as:
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The Bourne Evolution by Brian Freeman
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmerica's most enduring hero, Jason Bourne, returns--with old skills and new plot twists--in a propulsive, action-packed addition to the Bourne canon. After the death of his wife in a mass shooting, secret agent Jason Bourne is convinced that there is more to her murder than it seems. Worse, he believes that the agency that trained him and made him who he is--Treadstone--is behind the killing...Categorized as:
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![A Perfect Grave by Rick Mofina]()
A Perfect Grave by Rick Mofina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Book 3 of the Jason Wade series, the rookie crime reporter from the wrong side of the tracks pursues the story of a murdered Seattle nun.The case leads him to a hermit nun who founded a mysterious religious order; and ultimately to the dark secret that has tormented his ex-cop father for decades. It culminates in a life and death struggle against the clock... -
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Day Zero by Marc Cameron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHell Up AboveSpecial agent Jericho Quinn is a wanted man. Suspected of murder and marked for death by a network of conspirators embedded in the White House, Quinn knows he has to get out of the country--fast--before a team of contract killers find him and his daughter...Categorized as:
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Damage Control by John Gilstrap
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA routine hostage extraction hints at a devastating plot. The hostages are young: a bus full of teenagers on a church mission. The ransom demands are explicit: deliver three million dollars – with no involvement from law enforcement – or all captives will be executed.But rescue specialist Jonathan Grave doesn't believe in ultimatums...Categorized as:
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Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"While investigating a crew of people-traffickers…Dan Shepherd discovers a cross-Channel currency-smuggling operation. Posing as a low-level criminal, Shepherd infiltrates the gang, befriending its London soldiers and establishing contact with the Albanian gangster who masterminds the business from his swank Paris flat...Categorized as:
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![Nighthawk by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown]()
Nighthawk by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNUMA crew leaders Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must beat the clock to stop the world’s most dazzling new technological advance from becoming mankind’s last in this action-packed thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling grand master of adventure...Categorized as:
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![Debris Line by Matthew FitzSimmons]()
Debris Line by Matthew FitzSimmons
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe stakes are higher than ever as the Wall Street Journal bestselling series continues.Lying low on the sun-kissed coast of Portugal is a far cry from twenty-four-hour lockdown in a CIA black-site prison. But even in paradise, Gibson Vaughn is a long way from being home free. With the feds hot on his heels, he and his crew of fellow fugitives know they can’t hide in a sunny beach town forever...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Shepherd by Chad Zunker]()
Shadow Shepherd by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs a former political tracker with a brand-new law degree, Sam Callahan has turned his life around, leaving behind a childhood ravaged by abuse and a fatally dangerous job shadowing political candidates. Now a lawyer, Sam hopes for a risk-free future, but harm’s way has a much longer reach than he could ever expect...Categorized as:
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![Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning]()
Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlina Maschik was one of the best. She never missed. Yet, two years ago in Cairo, she missed her shot at one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. Now, he’s back. This time, he’s on US soil.Given the opportunity to redeem herself, Alina’s objective is simple: find the terrorist and complete her mission... -
![An Equal Justice by Chad Zunker]()
An Equal Justice by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn Amazon Charts bestseller and finalist for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.Inside a prestigious law firm, a rookie lawyer is pulled into a dark maze of lies and violence.An ambitious Stanford graduate, David Adams has begun a fast-track career at Austin’s most prestigious law firm... -
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President Elect by Jack Mars
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen China bankrupts the U.S. economy by calling in its debt and by shutting down the South China Sea, Americans are desperate for radical change. President Susan Hopkins, running for re-election, is floored as she watches the returns come in...Categorized as:
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![The Assassin's List by Scott Matthews]()
The Assassin's List by Scott Matthews
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE ASSASSIN'S LIST is book one in the Adam Drake series - a headline-current thriller about homegrown jihadist assassins and a timid, too-PC government. The assassination of the Secretary of Homeland Security is planned at a decommissioning ceremony at an Army Chemical Depot...Categorized as:
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3:34 a.m. by Nick Pirog
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings**WINNER 2015 BEST SERIES!** **THIS IS A DOUBLE LENGTH VOLUME****TWICE THE LENGTH. TWICE THE LASSIE. TWICE THE FUN...Categorized as:
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![Shadow of a Doubt by William J. Coughlin]()
Shadow of a Doubt by William J. Coughlin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn electrifying courtroom drama of extraordinary power, reissued to tie in with the super release of In the Presence of Enemies. A failed trial lawyer and recovering alcoholic is swept back into the spectacular career he'd lost when a woman from his past asks him to defend her stepdaughter against a murder charge... -
![High Treason by John Gilstrap]()
High Treason by John Gilstrap
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Gilstrap will leave you breathless."--Harlan Coben "Gilstrap pushes every thriller button."--"San Francisco Chronicle""Rocket-paced suspense."--Jeffery Deaver"A great hero, a really exciting series."--Joseph FinderFirst Lady Anna Darmond has been kidnapped in a bloody gunfight...Categorized as:
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![Miami Requiem by J.B. Turner]()
Miami Requiem by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA gripping race-against-time crime thriller for fans of Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter.She wanted the truth. They wanted her dead.Since her first day on the Miami Herald, rookie reporter Deborah Jones has been agitating for a shot at one particular story. William Craig is on Death Row, convicted of killling Senator Jack O'Neill's only son... -
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5 Minutes to Die by R.J. Patterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe deadliest enemies are the ones we cannot see.When Army Ranger Garrett Knox left behind his military career to lead wilderness expeditions, he thought he’d escaped the life-threatening missions forever... -
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![流星の絆 [Ryuusei no Kizuna] by Keigo Higashino, 東野 圭吾]()
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![Terminal Velocity by M.P. Woodward, Tom Clancy]()
Terminal Velocity by M.P. Woodward, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA string of savage murders in the United States seems unrelated until the FBI makes a shocking discovery: a decade ago, all of the murder victims were involved in a raid to eliminate the Umayyad Revolutionary Council, a vicious terror group that—were it not for John Clark and the Campus—would have perpetrated the most devastating attack against critical American infrastructure in history... -
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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... -
![A Terminal Agenda by Mark McKay]()
A Terminal Agenda by Mark McKay
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the only form of justice that counts is your ownDCI Nick Severance investigates murders, a rare occurrence in the City of London. When a man dies violently one morning, only yards from the police station, the motive eludes him. The victim had recently been in India, looking for an ancient tomb that could contain something priceless...Categorized as:
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![I Spy, I Saw Her Die by Ian C.P. Irvine]()
I Spy, I Saw Her Die by Ian C.P. Irvine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a race against time, it's Ray Luck against the world! When Ray Luck - a top cyber security expert - accidentally stumbles upon a devastating secret while surfing the web, he knows immediately he is in way above his head and soon he is being hunted by both Mossad and the British Security Services...Categorized as:
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![A Clean Kill by Steven Konkoly]()
A Clean Kill by Steven Konkoly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn FBI agent hunting a serial killer has to up his game when a trail of murders is not what it seems in a riveting thriller by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Steven Konkoly.Five dismembered bodies are found along the roadside, dumped in the middle of nowhere. This isn’t new to Special Agent Garrett Mann...Categorized as:
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![Pushing Brilliance by Tim Tigner]()
Pushing Brilliance by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHE DIDN'T DO IT.He really didn't.But proving it,will be a killer.Framed for murder and on the run, former Olympic biathlete Kyle Achilles is also in the crosshairs of assassins' guns. Why? He has no idea. He's fighting blind against two master strategists and one extraordinary invention--known as Brillyanc...Categorized as:
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![Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica]()
Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobert B. Parker's PI Sunny Randall's newest case hits close to home in ways she never expected in her latest thrilling investigation.Melanie Joan Hall is back in Boston, riding high, refusing to have Sunny and Rosie move out. She has a Netflix series about to start shooting in Boston, based on her wildly popular new series of books for girls. Then it turns out that most of her fortune is gone... -
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Road by John Sweeney
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a child is kidnapped by his unstable mother, the father turns to Joe Tiplady—offering him a lot of money to find the boy and bring him back. It soon becomes clear that Joe will have to earn every cent: mother and son are in war-torn Syria, and they’ve willingly joined the ranks of ISIS... -
![White Hot Silence: A Novel by Henry Porter]()
White Hot Silence: A Novel by Henry Porter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn a deserted road in Calabria, Greek aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is driving alone to visit one of the new refugee centers funded by billionaire Denis Hisami whom she has recently married. She slows down to greet two African migrants she recognizes. Too late she realizes they are not her friends. This is an ambush... -
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Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this critically acclaimed and bestselling international thriller, FBI hostage-negotiator Alexander Blackwell is dragged out of a dishonorable retirement to negotiate with a terrorist leader who has taken hostages in a Manhattan skyscraper...Categorized as:
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![Nine Lives by Tom Barber]()
Nine Lives by Tom Barber
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s New Year’s Eve. A major terrorist cell is planning a series of attacks across London over the next forty-eight hours. The government has surveillance on the group, a man undercover, and prepare to move in, to take out the terrorists before they can strike. But they lose contact with their inside man...Categorized as:
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![The Sinners by Ace Atkins]()
The Sinners by Ace Atkins
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the new novel from New York Times -bestselling crime master Ace Atkins, violence comes in many forms...and this time it may be more than Quinn Colson can handle. The Pritchards had never been worth a damn--an evil, greedy family who made their living dealing drugs and committing mayhem...Categorized as:
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The Absence of Guilt by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMark Gimenez, author the massive international bestseller The Colour of Law, is back as superstar lawyer Scott A. Fenney takes the stand for an impossible case.An ISIS attack on America is narrowly averted when the FBI uncovers a plot to detonate a weapon of mass destruction in Dallas, Texas during the Super Bowl... -
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3:10 a.m. by Nick Pirog
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHenry Bins hasn't seen his mother in thirty years. She walked out when he was six and never looked back. Five years ago, Henry started looking for her. Now she’s been found. At the bottom of the Potomac River. Henry soon learns everything he thought he knew about his mother was a lie. And that maybe his condition wasn't the reason his mother left all those years ago...Categorized as:
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The Bone Field by Simon Kernick
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the best-selling author of Stay Alive, The Final Minute and The Witness.When the bones of a 21-year old woman who went missing without trace in Thailand in 1990, are discovered in the grounds of an old Catholic school in Buckinghamshire, an enduring mystery takes on a whole new twist...Categorized as:
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