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The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
· 32 ratings
A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong...

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Vortex by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
In the latest installment in Catherine Coulter’s #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, agents Sherlock and Savich find themselves dealing with powerful pieces of the past that could have dire consequences in the present.Seven years ago, Mia Briscoe was at a frat party with her best friend Serena when a fire broke out. Everyone was accounted for except Serena...

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Extreme Prey by John Sandford
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
An extraordinary Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 "New York Times" bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford.After the events in "Gathering Prey", Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation—no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA...

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Lone Wolf by Robert Muchamore
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
· 17 ratings
Fay has spent eighteen months locked up in a Secure Training Centre. Drug deals and rip-offs are the only things this teenager knows. Now she's back on the street, looking to settle old scores.CHERUB agents Ryan and Ning need Fay's knowledge to unearth a major drug importer...

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The Tracker by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 25 ratings
Trust 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...

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Dangerous Choice by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
In Dangerous Choice, Special Agent Diego Rivera must choose between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, and between his ideals and the agency he serves… Don't miss this new thrilling, chilling, romantic suspense by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy...

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The Chaos Kind by Barry Eisler
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
The assassins of Barry Eisler’s #1 bestseller The Killer Collective are back—and this time, it’s chaos.Assistant US Attorney Alondra Diaz hates traffickers. And she’s determined to put one of America’s most powerful financiers, Andrew Schrader, in prison forever for his crimes against children.But Schrader has videos implicating some of the most powerful members of the US national security state...

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To Die For by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
From #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...

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Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
He is the most dangerous man alive. He only wants to live in peace with his family, and forget the war that nearly killed him...It's not going to happen...

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Brigands M.C. by Robert Muchamore
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 37 ratings
A new member of CHERUB gets the chance to avenge the death of his family in the eleventh book of the CHERUB series, which Rick Riordan says has “plenty of action.”CHERUB agents are highly trained, extremely talented—and all under the age of seventeen. For official purposes, these agents do not exist...

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Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. He’s playing by Moscow rules now.It is not the grim, gray Moscow of Soviet times but a new Moscow, awash in oil wealth and choked with bulletproof Bentleys...

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The Messenger by Daniel Silva
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
Gabriel 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...

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Deadlock by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
This exhilarating FBI thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter finds Savich and Sherlock confronting two baffling mysteries.A young wife is forced to confront a decades-old deadly secret when a medium connects her to her dead grandfather. A vicious psychopath wants ultimate revenge against Savich, but first, she wants to destroy what he loves most—his family...

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The End Game by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
From #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...

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Dark is the Grave by T.G. Reid
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
A dead cop. A damaged detective. A copycat killer on the loose.When the chief suspect in the notorious Peek-a-boo cop killer case blew himself up, almost taking lead investigator DCI Duncan Bone with him, the psychologically damaged detective thought his days on the force were over...

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Coup d'Etat by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
Wanting only a peaceful, obscure life, Dewey Andreas has gone to rural Australia, far from turbulent forces that he once fought against. But powerful men, seeking revenge, have been scouring the earth looking for Dewey. And now, they've finally found him - forcing Dewey to abandon his home and to fight for his life against a very well armed, well trained group of assassins...

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The Fugitive's Trail by J.C. Fields
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Alternate Kindle cover edition ASIN: B00WS00FW8How do you find a ghost? That’s what FBI Agent Sean Kruger must do. He is dispatched to New York City to find a fugitive who is accused of killing one man and wounding another in the lobby of a high profile investment firm. Once there, Kruger learns the only information known about the man is his name. Everything else has been erased from the system...

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Redemption by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 30 ratings
Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in the latest Memory Man thriller in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling series.Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by an unfamiliar man. But he instantly recognizes the man's name: Meryl Hawkins...

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Silken Prey by John Sandford
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Very early one morning, a Minnesota political fixer answers his doorbell. The next thing he knows, he’s waking up on the floor of a moving car, lying on a plastic sheet, his body wet with blood. When the car stops, a voice says, “Hey, I think he’s breathing,” and another voice says, “Yeah? Give me the bat.” And that’s the last thing he knows...

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Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire in a an incendiary thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg.Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at near hurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames...

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The Fix by David Baldacci, Orlagh Cassidy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
· 35 ratings
Amos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters. A man shoots a woman execution-style on a crowded sidewalk, then turns the gun on himself.Even with Decker's extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killing is baffling...

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Cold Light of Day by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Physicist Scarlett Stone is the daughter of the man considered to be the most notorious Russian agent in FBI history. With her father dying in prison she’s determined to prove he’s innocent, but time is running out. Using a false identity, she gains access to the Russian ambassador’s Christmas party, searching for evidence of a set-up...

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King City by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Major Crimes Unit detective Tom Wade secretly worked with the Feds to nail seven of his fellow cops for corruption…turning him into a pariah in the police department. So he’s exiled to patrol a beat in King City’s deadliest neighborhood… with no back-up, no resources, and no hope of survival...

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Dead Tomorrow by Peter James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
*Lynn gripped the sides of the armchair, trying to put aside her own inner terror. 'I can't believe I'm thinking this, Ross. I'm not a violent person, even before Caitlin's influence, I never even liked killing flies in my kitchen. Now I'm sitting here actually willing some stranger to die...

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Night Deception by Tamsen Schultz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
From the award-winning author of The Windsor Series comes the second Tildas Island mystery:When treason isn’t enoughIsiah Clarke may be a former Navy SEAL, but now that he’s retired, he’s more than happy to be passing his time tending to the bar he owns on Tildas Island. That is, until a former teammate sends him a message asking for help in finding and protecting an elusive CIA asset...

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Crossing the Line by Meghan Rogers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 8 ratings
IN THIS TEEN SPY THRILLER, JOCELYN STEELY IS AMERICA'S LAST SHOT TO BEAT THE NORTH KOREANSWhen Jocelyn Steely was kidnapped by a North Korean spy agency, she was only a little girl. Young. Scared. Powerless. And completely moldable.Now, ten years later, she’s a ruthless assassin. Yet her target isn't who you might think...

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Power Down by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Introducing a major new thriller writer--in the vein of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor--and an electrifying character, Dewey Andreas. A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest off-shore oil field in this hemisphere is destroyed in a brutal, coordinated terrorist attack...

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Night Owl by Andrew Mayne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
A shocking act of sabotage draws a retired spy into a deadly conspiracy in an explosive thriller by an Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author.After three decades in counterintelligence, Brad Trasker is retired, disillusioned, and dealing with a tragic loss. Spy games are behind him until he attends the launch of a next-generation aircraft...

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Walk the Wire by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
· 31 ratings
Amos Decker -- the FBI consultant with a perfect memory -- returns to solve a gruesome murder in a booming North Dakota oil town in the newest thriller in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series. When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense that the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble...

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Mad River by John Sandford
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
They thought they were Bonnie and Clyde. And what's-his-name, the sidekick. Three teenagers with dead-end lives, chips on their shoulders, and guns. The first person they killed was a woman during a robbery. The second was incidental. Simply in the way...

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Shock Wave by John Sandford
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
The fifth Virgil Flowers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author John SandfordA billion-dollar superstore has its sights set on a small Minnesota river town for its next outlet. Two very angry groups want to stop it: local merchants, fearing for their businesses, and environmentalists, predicting ecological disaster...

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Masked Prey by John Sandford
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
Lucas Davenport investigates a vitriolic blog that seems to be targeting the children of U.S. politicians in the latest thriller by #1 New York Times-bestselling author John Sandford.The daughter of a U.S. Senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. And there are other pictures . .

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Fixed in Blood by T.E. Woods
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Perfect for fans of Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter thrillers and the novels of Lisa Gardner and Karin Slaughter, the gritty, action-packed Justice series continues as a depraved mind taunts those who seek retribution on both sides of the law. I become whatever they want. Whatever they need. Seattle Chief of Detectives Mort Grant is still reeling from losing his daughter—again...

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The Namatjira Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Looted artworks. Italian Mafia. Deepfakes.The weekend in Italy is supposed to be a family event—a celebration as well as a break for the whole team to enjoy everything Naples has to offer. As it is, Doctor Genevieve Lenard is hard-pushed to keep an autistic shutdown at bay while surrounded by boisterous relatives and friends...

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The Face Changers by Thomas Perry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Can a woman who's rescued countless victims now save herself from an unknown enemy? After over a decade as a guide who helped people in trouble disappear, Jane Whitefield has promised her new husband that she will never work again. But she is asked to perform her magic just one last time...

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Soft Target by Stephen Leather, Martyn Read
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
There's only one thing more dangerous than a corrupt cop... and that's a corrupt cop with a gun. When a group of armed police in an elite unit turn maverick and start to rip off drug dealers at gunpoint, undercover cop Dan "Spider" Shepherd is given his most dangerous mission so far. Shepherd is ordered to infiltrate the tight-knit team, to gain their confidence and, ultimately, to betray them...

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Dead Man's Wake by Paul Doiron
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Game Warden Mike Bowditch's engagement party is interrupted by the discovery of a gruesome double murder in this new thriller from Edgar Award-winning author Paul Doiron.On the evening of their engagement party, Maine Game Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch and Stacey Stevens witness what seems to be a hit-and-run speedboat crash on a darkened lake...

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The Lost Key by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
The newest entry in the sizzling international thriller series featuring Nicholas Drummond, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.Freshly minted FBI agent Nicholas Drummond is barely out of his Quantico training when he and his partner, Mike Caine, are called to investigate a stabbing on Wall Street.Their investigation, however, yields more questions than answers...

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Winner Take All by Barry Eisler
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
Previously published as Rain Storm and Choke PointJohn Rain has disappeared to Brazil to escape the killing business and the enemies encircling him in Japan. But the CIA isn't willing to lose its premier "natural causes" contract killer, and they force Rain to take on a high-risk assignment: eliminate a ruthless arms dealer operating in Southeast Asia...

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Point Blank by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
The explosive action kicks off as treasure-hunting FBI agent Ruth Warnecki is on the trail of stolen Confederate gold hidden in Winkel’s Cave in western Virginia. She never expects to find herself chin-deep in a grisly murder that leaves her nearly dead and rocks the town of Maestro...

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Total Control by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
· 28 ratings
Sidney Archer thought she had the perfect life - a great family and a great career. Then her husband is killed in a plane crash. But when the FBI think he is still alive, Sidney begins a desperate search for the truth...

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The Winner by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
· 30 ratings
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A woman who gets rich after being forced to participate in a fixed lottery is wanted for murder...

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Enemy Exposure by Meghan Rogers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
A spy and action thriller featuring a teenage girl who kicks butt and outsmarts with the best of them. To accomplish her mission, though, she'll need to team up with those she trusts the least in this latest Raven File case.Jocelyn Steely (code name: Raven) may have escaped the clutches of KATO and won the trust of the IDA, but she isn’t out of danger yet...

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The First Lady's Second Man by David Bishop
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
Linda Darby Mystery - Book 3 An assassination is planned in Syria. An extramarital affair occurs in Washington, D.C. The U.S. President decides to run for re-election. A mother and her daughter in Oregon are threatened. Relentlessly, Linda Darby and Ryan Testler are pulled toward these seemingly disparate events until their only way out is to confront what is quickly becoming unavoidable...

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Shades of Mercy by Bruce Borgos
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenges—a series of unlikely, disturbing and increasingly deadly events of unknown origins.Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, doing the same lawman's job his father once did now that he's returned home after decades away...

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The Center Cannot Hold: A Ray Elkins Thriller by Aaron Stander
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
· 13 ratings
In the depths of winter, Cedar County is on occasion literally frozen in place. Roads are impassable; the area schools are closed for days at a time. And the bad guys and gals, they’re hunkered down like everyone else until the weather breaks. But this winter isn’t the usual. There’s arson and murder...

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Silent Little Angels by Jennifer Chase
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
The water ripples as the girl’s body escapes the reeds and floats silently upwards. Her beautiful face—blue eyes frozen open, skin as white as snow—breaks the surface. But it’s too late, this innocent soul has taken her final breath…When camp counselor Carolyn Sable’s body is found floating in a lake beside Eagle Ridge Summer Camp, Detective Katie Scott must dig deep to stay focused...

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A Terminal Agenda by Mark McKay
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
When 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...

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Burned by Melissa F. Miller
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Strike the match. Light the fuse. Watch Olivia burn.CIA operative Olivia Santos lives on a razor's edge. As a NOC--an agent with non-official cover--she's well aware of the risks: if her cover's blown, there's no diplomatic immunity, and a life sentence in a foreign prison is the best-case scenario. The worst-case scenario is too gruesome to mention...

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Night Frost by R.D. Wingfield
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
A serial killer is terrorizing the senior citizens of Denton, and the local police are succumbing to a flu epidemic. Tired and demoralized, the force has to contend with a seemingly perfect young couple suffering arson attacks and death threats, a suspicious suicide, burglaries, pornographic videos, poison-pen letters..

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