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Independence Day by Ben Coes, Peter Hermann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDewey Andreas, former Delta and newly recruited intelligence agent, is sidelined after screwing up his last two operations. Still drowning in grief after the tragic murder of his fiancé, Dewey has seemingly lost his focus, his edge, and the confidence of his superiors... -
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Wiki content for your Kindle by AMencher19, AbsoluteGleek92
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNB: This is not the novel by Stieg Larsson. You can find The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo here.Wish you could read your favorite wiki content conveniently on your Kindle device? Now you can with the "Wiki content for your kindle" series.This book provides background information on the novel "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," written by Stieg Larsson... -
![Without Measure by Scott Blade]()
Without Measure by Scott Blade
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a long night trying to sleep in the cab of a truck—hauling bullets, of all things—Jack Widow gives up trying to catch some sleep. He gets out at the next stop, a small town in the northeast corner of California with two industries: a small arms manufacturer and a Marine base on the verge of being forgotten... -
![The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh]()
The Devil's Advocate by Steve Cavanagh
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA deadly prosecutorThey call him the King of Death Row. Randal Korn has sent more men to their deaths than any district attorney in the history of the United States.A twisted ritualistic killingWhen a young woman, Skylar Edwards, is found murdered in Buckstown, Alabama, a corrupt sheriff arrests the last person to see her alive, Andy Dubois...Categorized as:
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![The Caribbean Job by Vince Milam]()
The Caribbean Job by Vince Milam
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA simple job. Low key. Investigate the mysterious deaths of two rich guys. No worries. Until spies and professional hitters started coming out of the woodwork, pointed my direction. And discovered a man with special skills. Very special skills. Welcome to the world of Case Lee. A retired Delta operator unleashed into a world of deadly espionage and ultimate betrayal...Categorized as:
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![The Tracker by Chad Zunker]()
The Tracker by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTrust no one.Sam Callahan learned this lesson from a childhood spent in abusive foster care, on the streets, and locked in juvie. With the past behind him and his future staked on law school, he is moonlighting as a political tracker, paid to hide in crowds and shadow candidates, recording their missteps for use by their opponents... -
![The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos]()
The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Neon Lawyer comes a page-turning thriller about a scrappy lawyer and his fight for justice.Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that’ll make his name and net him millions... -
![Clint Wolf Boxed Set: Books 4 - 6 by BJ Bourg]()
Clint Wolf Boxed Set: Books 4 - 6 by BJ Bourg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks 4-6 (But Not Forever, But Not For Naught, and But Not Forbidden) of the Clint Wolf Mystery Series by award-winning author BJ Bourg now available as a boxed set! BUT NOT FOREVER After a year of working as a tour guide in the swamps of Louisiana--and the day after a man’s body is found in a canal--former Police Chief Clint Wolf realizes he can’t stay away from law enforcement work... -
![Cold Crash by Mary Stone]()
Cold Crash by Mary Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn a crash course with death.Ellie Kline’s return to the world of crime investigation is heralded by two unexpected texts. The first bears unsettling news from her mother...a family friend has been found dead under mysterious circumstances. Was it an accident, suicide, or foul play?Before Ellie can process this family tragedy, the second text arrives, jolting her back into professional mode...Categorized as:
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![Origami Man by Matthew FitzSimmons]()
Origami Man by Matthew FitzSimmons
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo stop a terrorist threat, Gibson Vaughn must trust a man who can’t be trusted.Former Marine, brilliant hacker, and wanted fugitive Gibson Vaughn is off the grid in the Caymans. Until the ice-cold assassin Tinsley draws him out of the shadows. Complying with the man who murdered his father and left Gibson for dead? In the war against terror, never say never...Categorized as:
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![Political Justice by Dennis Carstens]()
Political Justice by Dennis Carstens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA politically ambitious couple will stop at nothing to obtain the presidency. He is a popular governor of a western state. A philanderer, but charming, good-looking, charismatic, a dream candidate. Thomas Jefferson Carver is a capable administrator and attracts sycophants like moths to a flame. People willing to sacrifice themselves and anyone who opposes him... -
![Hail Storme by W.L. Ripley]()
Hail Storme by W.L. Ripley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsVietnam vet and former pro football player Wyatt Storme is bow-hunting in Missouri when he stumbles upon a hidden field of marijuana…and is attacked by a vicious dog and shot at by a sniper. He reports violent incident confidentially to the local Sheriff…who is murdered the next day... -
![Flesh and Bones by Paul Levine]()
Flesh and Bones by Paul Levine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSPELLBINDING THRILLER FROM EDGAR NOMINEE PAUL LEVINE"I was sitting at the end of the bar sipping single-malt Scotch when I spotted the tall blond woman with the large green eyes and the small gray gun." The next thing Jake Lassiter knows, the woman pumps three bullets into the man on the next bar stool. Lassiter, the linebacker-turned-lawyer, has a new client... -
![The Last Chance Lawyer by William Bernhardt]()
The Last Chance Lawyer by William Bernhardt
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGetting his client off death row could save his career… or make him the next victim. Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause... -
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![Cold Kill by Stephen Leather]()
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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini]()
Vecchie conoscenze by Antonio Manzini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRocco Schiavone indaga sull’omicidio di una professoressa in pensione. E intanto l’ombra del passato si fa pressante: la pena per Sebastiano, l’amico fraterno che non ha mai smesso di dare la caccia a Enzo Baiocchi, che gli ha assassinato la moglie, lo rende inquieto e gli ruba il sonno... -
![The Dead Man by Joel Goldman]()
The Dead Man by Joel Goldman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIf you like John Grisham's twists and turns and James Patterson's page-turning thrills, you'll love Joel Goldman's The Dead Man, the second book in the Jack Davis Thriller series! "A masterful blend of rock-solid detective work and escalating dread. The Dead Man is both a top-notch thriller and a heart-rendering story of loss, courage and second chances. I loved it... -
![Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan]()
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsArmy veteran seeking solitude in the Alaskan wilderness after her husband’s death—only to find herself a pawn in a deadly game with Russia.After her young husband’s untimely death, Army veteran Cassie Gale decides to take a few days of solitude in the Alaska wilderness before she starts her new job... -
![Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen]()
Free Fall in Crimson by John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMcGee tracks killers who brutally murder an ailing millionaire. He renews unfinished adventure with Hollywood actress who leads him into a nasty nest of murderers involving a motorcycle gang, porn movies, and mad balloonists. And Mcgee relearns old lesson. Only close to the edge of death does he feel completely alive... -
![Cold Harbor by Matthew FitzSimmons]()
Cold Harbor by Matthew FitzSimmons
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series.After a period of brutal isolation in a CIA black-site prison, former Marine and gifted hacker Gibson Vaughn is free—but with no idea where he was or how much time he’s lost. Struggling to maintain his grip on reality, he races to return to the life he left behind... -
![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... -
![When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block]()
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDowning a bourbon or two with a couple of cronies, Scudder witnesses a heist. The Morrisey brothers who run the joint are strangely submissive during the raid, but eager to see Scudder track down the thieves without involving the regular forces of law and order...Categorized as:
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![The Detachment by Barry Eisler]()
The Detachment by Barry Eisler
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJohn Rain is back. And “the most charismatic assassin since James Bond” (San Francisco Chronicle) is up against his most formidable enemy yet: the nexus of political, military, media, and corporate factions known only as the Oligarchy...Categorized as:
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![Call to Kill by Billy Billingham]()
Call to Kill by Billy Billingham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE FIRST IN A BRAND NEW SERIES FROM SAS: WHO DARES WINS STAR.A country in turmoil.A rescue mission gone wrong.A hero on unlike any other fighting to save a broken world.Matt 'Mace' Mason is deployed on a deniable SAS mission in war-torn Yemen, becoming embroiled in a hostage rescue that goes terribly wrong... -
![Silent as the Grave by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Silent as the Grave by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings38-year-old Rebecca Barlow drops her four-year-old son off at parents' house, promising to return by five.Five comes and goes.Then six.Then seven.Worried, Rebecca's parents try calling. She doesn't answer, and her friends haven't heard from her either. It seems no one has.As concern mounts, Rebecca's father drives to the lake house where she's been staying...Categorized as:
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![Death by Dangerous by Olly Jarvis]()
Death by Dangerous by Olly Jarvis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeath by Dangerous is a compelling legal thriller set in Manchester and Bradford. John Anderson is one of the North West’s most dedicated and successful prosecution barristers. His career is going from strength to strength and he is on the verge of becoming Queen’s Counsel. But the life he once knew suddenly comes crashing down following a fatal road traffic accident.. -
![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... -
![Girl On Fire: by Tony Parsons]()
Girl On Fire: by Tony Parsons
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsALMOST HOME. BUT NOWHERE TO HIDE. From the number one bestselling crime-writer comes a brilliant, page-turning new DC Max Wolfe thriller.'Remarkably moving' The TimesWhen terrorists use a drone to bring down a plane on one of London's busiest shopping centres, it ignites a chain of events that will draw in the innocent and guilty alike... -
![The Hearing by John Lescroart]()
The Hearing by John Lescroart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHardy's best friend, Lieutenant Abe Glitsky, has kept a secret from him...and everyone else. Hardy never knew that Abe had a daughter-until she was shot dead. It seems obvious that the heroin addict hovering over her body with a gun is the guilty party, and Glitsky has few qualms about sweating a confession out of him. But there is more to this murder-much more... -
![The President's Henchman by Joseph Flynn]()
The President's Henchman by Joseph Flynn
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAccording to the polls, it's only a matter of time - and not that long a time - before the United States elects its first female president. Which will make her husband - what? Well, if he's the ex-cop who solved the murder of the president's first husband and brought the killers to justice ... and if he's not the kind of guy to stand on formality .. -
![Stranger in Town by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Stranger in Town by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHe only needed her to look away for a few seconds... Six-year-old Olivia Hathaway tiptoes down the center aisle of Maybelle's Market, stopping once to glance over her shoulder and make sure her mother isn't watching. But Mrs. Hathaway is too preoccupied to notice her daughter has slipped away. Moments later, a frantic Mrs... -
![The Lost Girl by Tania Carver]()
The Lost Girl by Tania Carver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe terrifying new thriller in the Brennan and Esposito series - are you brave enough to read it?When three men are found hanged in locations around Colchester, Detective Inspector Phil Brennan gets the shock of his life... -
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![Who Painted My Money White? by Sree Iyer]()
Who Painted My Money White? by Sree Iyer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ship carrying 2 containers, each containing Rs.5000 crores in 500- and 1000-rupee notes, docks in the dark of night at Kochi. The money is quickly distributed to members of a minority community using a network of 100 Chartered accountants. The bulk of the money finds its way back into fake firms, shell corporations and charities with the sole aim of destabilizing the country... -
![House Arrest by Mike Lawson]()
House Arrest by Mike Lawson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the thirteenth book in Mike Lawson’s celebrated series, Joe DeMarco finds himself on the wrong side of an investigation—in the wake of a political assassination, he’s been framed as the killer.As the fixer for Congressman John Mahoney in Washington, D.C., Joe DeMarco has had to bend and break the law more than a few times... -
![Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa]()
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... -
![Shella by Andrew Vachss]()
Shella by Andrew Vachss
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of the acclaimed Burke private-eye series comes an ambitious and chilling novel that shows us not only what evil is, but where it comes from. For Shella is nothing less than a tour of evil's spawning ground, conducted by one of its natural predators... -
![Seven Days by Deon Meyer]()
Seven Days by Deon Meyer
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"I'll shoot one policeman every day, until you arrest the murderer of Hanneke Sloet," says the e-mail to the South African Police Services. And then the sniper turns threat into reality.Bennie Griessel has to reopen the Sloet dossier. The case is 40 days old, the trail has gone cold... -
![Thread of Hope by Jeff Shelby]()
Thread of Hope by Jeff Shelby
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf someone took your child, how soon would you stop looking for her? If someone accused your best friend of a terrible crime, when would you stop defending him?Seven years after Joe Tyler’s daughter Elizabeth was abducted, he hasn’t stopped looking for answers, and he hasn’t forgotten the friend who stood by him as he lost his wife, his home, and his career in his search... -
![The Mercy Rule by John Lescroart]()
The Mercy Rule by John Lescroart
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJustice...Once Dismas Hardy was a cop. Now he spends his days in a lawyer's suit, billing hours to a corporate client in a downtown San Francisco office. Hardy's wife and kids like it that way. Then one client changes everything.Compassion...Graham Russo, a former baseball star, is charged with murdering his dying father... -
![The First Family by Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer]()
The First Family by Michael Palmer, Daniel Palmer
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe President’s teenaged son is threatened by a potentially fatal illness that is rooted in dark secrets from a long-buried past. President Geoffrey Hilliard and his family live in the ever-present glare of the political limelight, with relentless scrutiny of their daily lives... -
![Flash by Tim Tigner]()
Flash by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN here.Two blood-spattered strangers awake locked in the trunk of a car-with a murdered cop and the smoking gun. Aside from raging headaches and no idea what has happened they appear to have nothing in common. Troy thinks it's 2001 and he's still a combat surgeon fighting terrorists in Afghanistan... -
![How to Disappear by Gillian McAllister]()
How to Disappear by Gillian McAllister
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYou can run, you can hide, but can you ever really disappear? . . . Lauren's daughter Zara witnessed a terrible crime. But speaking up comes with a price, and when Zara's identity is revealed online, it puts a target on her back.The only choice is to disappear.From their family, their friends, even from Lauren's husband.No goodbyes. Just new names, new home, new lives... -
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![Dress Her in Indigo by John D. MacDonald]()
Dress Her in Indigo by John D. MacDonald
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA wealthy old man laid up in the hospital is desperate to understand the last months of his daughter's life before she was killed in a car crash in Mexico. It was puzzling. She'd cleaned out her considerable bank account, left Miami and hadn't been heard from again... -
![A Life to Kill (7) by M.R. Hall]()
A Life to Kill (7) by M.R. Hall
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe day they've all been waiting for is at hand. The last British combat soldiers in Helmand are counting the minutes until their departure for home. For their excited families in Highcliffe, it spells the end of an agonizing six month wait. But in the final hours, disaster strikes. Nineteen-year-old Private Pete "Skippy" Lyons is abducted and the patrol sent out to locate him is ambushed... -
![Cal Rogan Mysteries, Books 4, 5 & 6 by Robert P. French]()
Cal Rogan Mysteries, Books 4, 5 & 6 by Robert P. French
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA killing more gruesome than you've ever seen.Two different deaths, two thousand miles apart but somehow connected; a teenager who has vanished and everyone who tries to find her end up dead.Continue the journey with Cal Rogan and the crew for the next three books in this amazing series... -
![The Judge by Steve Martini]()
The Judge by Steve Martini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJudge Armanda "the Coconut" Acosta is arrested on charges of soliciting a prostitute in a sting operation for "johns," and few -- including attorney Paul Madriani, who has a long history of enmity with the judge -- are sympathetic. When the young female decoy who snared the judge is found brutally murdered, Acosta is the prime suspect... -
![Silent Witness by Richard North Patterson, Boyd Gaines]()
Silent Witness by Richard North Patterson, Boyd Gaines
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLawyer Tony Lord returns to his childhood town, but it's not a pleasant homecoming in the least. He's back because his boyhood friend, now a schoolteacher, is accused of murdering a pregnant student... -
![Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson]()
Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn a cold day in January President Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office-- and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon's choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret...
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