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  • Stolen Justice by Robin James

    Stolen Justice by Robin James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Will she take on an entire town to clear the name of a convicted killer? Defense lawyer Cass Leary never backs down from a case. Though after her latest high-profile courtroom win, the ex-mafia attorney thinks she's finally earned a little rest and relaxation...
  • Blood Evidence by Robin James

    Blood Evidence by Robin James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She’s tough as nails when defending criminals. Can a simple test destroy her resolve? Defense lawyer Cass Leary believes wholeheartedly in justice for all. So when her deadbeat dad suddenly reappears begging for help, she throws her better judgment out the window. But Cass’s family drama takes a back seat when a new client’s desperate search for her birth parents flips from happy to horrifying...
  • First Degree by Robin James

    First Degree by Robin James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This lawyer is her client’s last hope, and her town’s worst nightmare.When a popular cheerleader winds up dead in a ditch, the case lands in defense attorney Cass Leary’s own backyard. Her niece’s boyfriend Cole is charged with first degree murder and the whole Leary family jumps to his defense. The evidence against him is as thin as the ice on Finn Lake...
  • The Girl on the Road by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl on the Road by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “You’re going on a date with someone you’ve just met online?There are a bunch of crazies out there. You need to be careful!”After multiple assassination attempts, FBI agent Emma Griffin is on the road to recovery.At times though, her dreams and reality seem to blur together. Leaving her to question aspects of her life...
  • The Girl and the Unlucky 13 by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Unlucky 13 by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Who are you?""I am the unlucky 13…"Throughout the years FBI agent Emma Griffin had to overcome experiences of trauma and devastating losses.The loss of her mother and the mysterious death of her ex.She has spent most of her life trying to bring light to darkness and uncover the disturbing truths that were kept hidden by those who live in the shadows...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  suspense  vigilante  thriller  adult  book  female-mc
  • Stone Cold Dead by Alex Smith

    Stone Cold Dead by Alex Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Getting blood from these stones will be all too easy.In the middle of one of Norfolk’s most brutal winters a frozen body is discovered on the legendary Stone of Ling. With Robert Kett out of action the case falls to DC Kate Savage and DI Pete Porter, and it quickly becomes clear to them that the young man wasn’t just killed, he was sacrificed.And he isn’t alone...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  suspense  vigilante  thriller  adult  book  fiction
  • Three Little Pigs by Alex Smith

    Three Little Pigs by Alex Smith

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He will find the truth. Even if it kills him. Five months ago, DCI Robert Kett’s wife Billie was snatched from a London street. Five months of no leads, no evidence, and no suspects. Until now...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  suspense  vigilante  thriller  adult  audiobook  book
  • Whip Crack by Alex Smith

    Whip Crack by Alex Smith

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Every time you hear his voice, another child will die.DCI Robert Kett’s family may be whole again, but he is a broken man.Suspended from duty, he takes his girls out of the city for a much-needed holiday on the Norfolk Coast.Instead of the peace he desperately needs, however, Kett finds a community in chaos. Four teenagers are missing, and time is running out before they meet a horrific fate...
  • The Kid: A Suspense Thriller by Dustin Stevens

    The Kid: A Suspense Thriller by Dustin Stevens

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What do you do when somebody targets one of your own?Alone on the couch one night, Reed and his partner are both summoned to the hospital to find two of their colleagues have been viciously attacked, left for dead on the side of the road with very little evidence to go on...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  suspense  vigilante  thriller  adult  animals  book
  • Buried Deep by T.R. Ragan

    Buried Deep by T.R. Ragan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Two missing persons. One apparent suicide. Three cases pushing PI Jessie Cole and crime reporter Ben Morrison closer to the edge.Lacey Geiger could be a very rich woman. If Jessie Cole can find her. The beneficiary of a sizable estate, Lacey vanished years ago after escaping an abusive childhood and is veiled now behind a new identity. Jessie has two weeks to find her...
  • Out of Her Mind by T.R. Ragan

    Out of Her Mind by T.R. Ragan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Crime reporter Sawyer Brooks still grieves for the family she and her two sisters never had. Raised in a house of horrors, they continue to fight through the trauma—releasing their rage by seeking justice for those who are just as vulnerable as they were...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  suspense  vigilante  thriller  adult  audiobook  book
  • Time of Justice by Robin James

    Time of Justice by Robin James

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This trial should be a slam-dunk. A faceless powerbroker has other ideas… Small-town prosecutor Mara Brent must be tough as nails to succeed in her male-dominated profession. But she harbors a soft spot for the victims who rely on her courtroom skill, especially the wheelchair-bound rape survivor she’s known for twenty years...
  • Killing Season by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Killing Season by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Let it bleed. Watch it burn.The first shot punches through the windshield of an SUV. A head shot. The driver's death is instantaneous.By the time Special Agent Violet Darger arrives in Atlanta, the city teeters toward panic. The vacant streets and restaurants paint an eerie picture. No one dares to venture out.A killer walks among them. A shadow...
  • The Crying Season by D.K. Hood

    The Crying Season by D.K. Hood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The light fades as she runs for her life, the forest now becoming quieter around her. The only noise she hears is the sound of footsteps following her... It’s hiking season in Black Rock Falls and the small town in Montana is flooded with visitors. But when a hiker finds a human skull on a deserted trail in the woods that surround the town, Detective Jenna Alton is called in to investigate...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  suspense  vigilante  thriller  adult  book  female-mc
  • Her Broken Wings by D.K. Hood

    Her Broken Wings by D.K. Hood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The sound that wakes her from sleep is unmistakable—someone is in their house...
  • Hunted by Heather Atkinson

    Hunted by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ryan and Rachel’s dreams of finally moving back into their family home in Devon after it was devastated by fire are doused by the discovery of a body buried on their land. Ryan, as ever highly dubious of the abilities of the police, decides to look into the matter personally, with the help of the ever-loyal Battler and Bruiser...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  vigilante  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Justice Lost by Scott Pratt

    Justice Lost by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the Wall Street Journal bestseller, lawyer turned rogue Darren Street faces the most personal and ruthless vendetta of his life.After forfeiting years serving time for a false murder conviction, former criminal defense attorney Darren Street finally got his freedom back and is trying to build a regular life...
  • Jack and the Giant Killer by Christopher Greyson

    Jack and the Giant Killer by Christopher Greyson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You said people were safe so he wanted to let them know they’re not. He wants people to be afraid. He wants them to be scared. If you want to catch this killer, let him know that he accomplished his goal. You need to let people know that he’s right—they should be scared because they’re not safe...
  • Bad Dog by Alex Smith

    Bad Dog by Alex Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Some legends can kill you. When a young woman is brutally murdered in the Norfolk countryside, the locals blame Black Shuck—a legendary wild dog. There’s only one problem: the wounds weren’t made by an animal. DCI Robert Kett is battling a black dog of his own...
    Categorized as:
    crime  justice  suspense  vigilante  thriller  adult  book  fiction
  • The Second Sign: A Sean Wyatt Archaeological Thriller: 19 by Ernest Dempsey

    The Second Sign: A Sean Wyatt Archaeological Thriller: 19 by Ernest Dempsey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For millennia, stories of God’s greatest prophets have inspired Christians across the world, urging them toward the kind of faith that compelled these celebrated sages of old.But one modern madman wants that power for himself, to conquer a world he views as filled with unrepentant sinners as he ushers in a new age of religious rule...
  • Perfect Silence by Helen Sarah Fields

    Perfect Silence by Helen Sarah Fields

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    'Relentless pace, devilish cleverness and a laser-sharp focus on plot.' Chris BrookmyreWhen silence falls, who will hear their cries?The body of a young girl is found dumped on the roadside on the outskirts of Edinburgh. When pathologists examine the remains, they make a gruesome discovery: the silhouette of a doll carved in the victim's skin...
  • Border Line by Kristi Belcamino

    Border Line by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    not a choice...It's her destiny.Gia Santella has settled into domestic life with a vengeance. The days of drinking too much, driving too fast, and going home with an assortment of cute boys have come to a screeching halt.But her world is upended when a little girl escaping a brutal life in Guatemala is thrust into her life...
  • The Ace of Clubs: A Thriller by Kristi Belcamino

    The Ace of Clubs: A Thriller by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fourth book in the acclaimed Queen of Spades Thriller Series featuring former Italian mob boss Eva Santella.When an American girl goes missing on spring break in Cabo San Lucas, her desperate mother turns to the Queen of Spades for help. Drunk tourists on spring break are a dime a dozen in the popular resort town, but nobody who lives there wants to help find the missing girl...
  • Dark Shadows by Kristi Belcamino

    Dark Shadows by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 11th book in the USA TODAY Bestselling series.From the moment a killer took her family away from her, Gia has fought tooth and nail against a threatening/looming destiny she’s been unwilling to confront—that of a lone wolf vigilante assassin...
  • A Cold Killing by Anna Smith

    A Cold Killing by Anna Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Crime reporter Rosie Gilmour returns from hiding in Bosnia to a story of a brutal execution. University lecturer Tom Mahoney was shot at point blank range, the killing has all the signs of a hit. But who would want to kill a retired lecturer? Rosie throws herself into the investigation, looking for a witness that has gone missing. A witness that might hold the key to the story...
  • Killer Lawyer by Mark Nolan

    Killer Lawyer by Mark Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jake Wolfe is a young lawyer who leads a secret life as a government assassin. Trained by the CIA, Jake now wants a new life of peace and quiet, living on a boat and practicing law. But when his city is shocked by a serial killer and he’s framed for the murder of a friend, Jake must race against time to find the killer before he strikes again...
  • One-Eyed Jack by Kristi Belcamino

    One-Eyed Jack by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The men, mostly virgins, gather in the darkest corners online, drawn together by a common self-hatred. They hate the way they look. They hate their disastrous sex lives. They hate alpha malesThere is only one thing they hate women.Women are the root of all their problems. Women are inferior and deserve to be punished for rejecting them...
  • Last Day Alive by J.R. Adler, Jeneva Rose

    Last Day Alive by J.R. Adler, Jeneva Rose

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    One hot summer’s evening, ten-year-old Piper Chase went for a bike ride. She never came home…Piper cycles off one hot Oklahoma evening for a sleepover with her new friend Miley from summer camp. But when she doesn’t come home, her grandparents raise the alarm. Their little angel is missing, last seen on her pink bicycle, heading towards the dark woods on Black Heart Lane...
  • Deadly Pursuit by C.M. Sutter

    Deadly Pursuit by C.M. Sutter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fans of James Patterson and Michael Connelly will love C.M. Sutter! A sadistic scene unlike any that Homicide Detective Jesse McCord has ever witnessed unfolds on a park bench in front of him. Jesse knows this isn’t just another Chicago murder...
  • The Southern Lawyer by Peter O'Mahoney

    The Southern Lawyer by Peter O'Mahoney

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After more than twenty years away from the law, Joe Hennessy is forced back into the courtroom…Trying to save his vineyard after years of drought, Hennessy returns to practice in the city he walked away from after the murder of his ten-year-old son—Charleston, South Carolina...
  • The House of Cross by James Patterson

    The House of Cross by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The thirty-second instalment in James Patterson's globally bestselling Alex Cross series. It’s time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way out of this place, we would catch you.A serial killer is taking out America’s finest legal minds, and Alex Cross is called to investigate their brutal murders...
  • The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

    The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Some doors are locked for a reason…While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.Until the day the police arrived at their front door.Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  killer
  • Burnout by Larry A. Winters

    Burnout by Larry A. Winters

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jessie Black is a rising star at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. But all of her abilities will be put to the test when Frank Ramsey, a brutal serial murderer and rapist she successfully prosecuted over a year ago, petitions the court for a new trial.Public defender Jack Ackerman represented Ramsey at his first trial. Beating him had not been easy...
  • Caleb by Jeff Menapace

    Caleb by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Vengeance is therapy.Caleb Lambert kills people for a living. The money is nice, but it comes a distant second to his primary reason for choosing such a Caleb often calls it “scratching an itch.”Here’s the thing, Caleb won’t just accept any contract. He and his team thoroughly vet each and every prospective mark to make sure they deserve to be punished...
  • The Russian by Saul Herzog

    The Russian by Saul Herzog

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Moscow, RussiaThe Kremlin activates a deadly assassin. Across the city, a massive bombing kills hundreds.Washington DC, USAThe President believes the Kremlin is preparing for a new Cold War.Langley, USAWith the world on the brink, the CIA has only one Asset capable of preventing catastrophe, but that man is AWOL. They have to find him.But some men don't want to be found...
  • The Boat Man by Dustin Stevens

    The Boat Man by Dustin Stevens

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Detective Reed Mattox, just three months removed from the death of his partner, has turned invisibility into an art form. Switching to the K-9, taking over the graveyard shift, moving to a farmhouse miles outside of Columbus, his every move has become predicated on putting as much distance between himself and the outside world as possible...
  • Force of Justice by J.J. Miller

    Force of Justice by J.J. Miller

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One of LA’s most powerful men is charged with murder, and criminal attorney Brad Madison is called to defend him.But murder is only the start of their problems…In this first instalment of the Brad Madison novel series, Madison finds himself defending Patrick Strickland against a mounting evidence base...
  • Run For Your Life by C.M. Sutter

    Run For Your Life by C.M. Sutter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With the weekend right around the corner, Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon is looking forward to Saturday night. It isn’t often he has a date, and this one will be particularly interesting. His new friend Liza is beautiful, edgy, outspoken, and somewhat odd.But Mitch’s usual Friday-morning phone call to his mom sets the wheels in motion for five days of pure hell...
  • The Station by Saul Herzog

    The Station by Saul Herzog

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Station by Saul Herzog is the stunning next instalment in the series that has taken the publishing industry, and Hollywood rights departments, by storm. This dazzling tour de force is a full standalone novel. From the mind of one of the most creative and versatile writers working in America today, this book will surely go down as a classic of the spy thriller genre...
  • The Joker: A thriller by Kristi Belcamino

    The Joker: A thriller by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE CHILDREN HAVE LITTLE KILL OR BE KILLED In this new pulse-pounding thriller, Eva will risk everything to free the most vulnerable from a life of violence and tyranny.The gun-toting children are lethal and highly trained instruments of death. The cartel has given them little kill or be killed...
  • The Suicide King by Kristi Belcamino

    The Suicide King by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former assassin and mafia boss Eva Lucia Santella has lost everything she’s ever cared about, but is still attempting to carve out a new life for herself back in Italy as a modern day Robin Hood, devoted to taking down those who prey on the innocent. And she’s training an army of female assassins to help her do it. When one of her top lieutenants comes under attack, Eva vows revenge...
  • The Garden of Secrets by A.J. Rivers

    The Garden of Secrets by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a hunter approaches an unattended fire, he sees a hand sticking out of the ground.There's a bracelet around her wrist, adorned with a rose charm.A decade has since passed, and to this day, her identity remains unknown.Dean Steele has spent most of his life in the service of something greater.From serving his country in the military to bringing justice to the evildoers in this world...
  • Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final game is here… A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving. Amy Lambert is a successful entrepreneur and in a promising relationship with Allan Brown. Caleb Lambert is a respected member of the United States Marine Corps. Carrie Lambert is a flourishing college student. Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder
  • His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Not all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  mystery
  • I Kill Killers by S.T. Ashman

    I Kill Killers by S.T. Ashman

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a genius pianist turned hunter of serial killers finds herself connected to her latest victim by an eerie twist of fate, her world spirals into dark chaos. Caught in a relentless game of cat-and-mouse with a tenacious FBI agent, she is also thrust into a dangerous face-off with a serial killer whose lethal cunning could rival her own...
  • The Girls They Lost by J.H. Leigh

    The Girls They Lost by J.H. Leigh

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dead girls don’t run or tell secrets.Nicole, Dylan and Jilly may have escaped the horrors of the auction house but they aren’t safe.Madame Moirai has eyes everywhere. There’s nowhere the girls can go that can shelter them for long. On the run, with no one to trust, it’s just a matter of time before they’re found...
  • Ten Little Girls by Willow Rose

    Ten Little Girls by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Every Mother's Worst Fear! Imagine waiting for the school bus, waiting for your daughter to come home, looking forward to spending the afternoon with her, but as the bus stops and the children start to come out, your daughter isn't there. Ten little girls go missing on the same day in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Ten little girls all from the same school...
  • Il était deux fois by Franck Thilliez

    Il était deux fois by Franck Thilliez

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    En 2008, Julie, dix-sept ans, disparaît en ne laissant comme trace que son vélo posé contre un arbre. Le drame agite Sagas, petite ville au cœur des montagnes, et percute de plein fouet le père de la jeune fille, le lieutenant de gendarmerie Gabriel Moscato. Ce dernier se lance alors dans une enquête aussi désespérée qu'effrénée.Jusqu'à ce jour où ses pas le mènent à l'hôtel de la Falaise..
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • The Dead Man by Joel Goldman

    The Dead Man by Joel Goldman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    If 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...
  • Love and Rage by Kaylie Hunter

    Love and Rage by Kaylie Hunter

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Run? Living the rest of my life in hiding?Or fight back? Starting with the man who hurt me in the worst of ways…After everything I survived, am I strong enough to do either? Am I strong enough to walk away from the protection that my family offered? The loving arms of my only son?And, if I fight, while already injured and barely holding on to reality, can I survive yet another war?Her enemies...
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