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Smoked Out by Jeff Carson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith over a dozen mending bones and other injuries wreaking havoc on his body, along with a shredded spirit twisting his sanity, former sheriff David Wolf is in no shape for any sort of action. But when FBI surveillance units move into the valley and surround his house, it seems he's about to have no choice... -
Blood Money: A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the sixth volume of the bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard does something he has never done before -- he hires a young associate. Her name is Charleston Story, she is bright and beautiful, and in her very first case, she winds up inheriting an item so valuable that it threatens to destroy her and everything she cares about... -
Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA six-year-old girl is kidnapped from her bed in Tennessee's oldest town. The ransom note demands millions. In this fifth installment of the highly-acclaimed and bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to represent the parents of a child who has gone missing... -
Injustice For All by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA criminal court judge is found hanging from a tree. A young employee of the district attorney's office goes missing. In this third book of the best selling Joe Dillard series, Dillard finds himself in the middle of two volatile mysteries. The primary suspect in the judge's murder is Dillard's son's best friend, and Dillard's wife may have destroyed evidence... -
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Reasonable Fear by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThree young women are found floating in a lake. The suspect is one of the richest and most powerful men in Tennessee. "Reasonable Fear" is the fourth of the bestselling Joe Dillard series offered by Scott Pratt. In this novel, Dillard has become the district attorney in Northeast Tennessee... -
The Professor by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLaw professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next.Meanwhile, a devastating trucking accident in Henshaw, Alabama, leaves a young family dead... -
A Crime of Passion by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA beautiful, young, rising star in the country music world is found dead in a Nashville hotel room. The owner of her record company is charged with murder. In the seventh installment of Scott Pratt's bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to travel to Tennessee's capital city to defend Paul Milius, a record company baron accused of strangling Kasey Cartwright, his label's young star... -
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... -
Midnight Reckoning by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer sister was a world-class jewel thief. But she crossed the wrong person and now Sophie's baby may pay the price. Sophie Valero has spent her life living down her last name. In a family of murderers, thieves, and con artists, she's the black sheep... -
The Alchemy Fire Murder by Susan Rowland
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFormer Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma mater that their prized medieval alchemy scroll, is, in fact, a seventeenth century copy. She learns that the original vanished to colonial Connecticut with alchemist, Robert Le More. Later the genuine scroll surfaces in Los Angeles... -
Dangerous Lady by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMartina's explosive first novel of corruption and... -
Dark is the Grave by T.G. Reid
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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The Fugitive's Trail by J.C. Fields
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlternate 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... -
Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor 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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An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt, Khaled Nokib
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsASIN moved from less recent editionA preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room. A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused. In this Mystery Readers International finalist for "Best Debut Mystery," criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he's tried to balance his career against his conscience... -
King City by Lee Goldberg
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMajor 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... -
The Last Teacher by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMackenzie August is starting a new life. After a successful but destructive career as a high-profile California homicide detective, and then a less successful and even more destructive stint working for a church, he has moved to Virginia to start over as a teacher. The only thing he’s bringing with him is Kix, his infant baby boy... -
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... -
Incriminating Evidence by Sheldon Siegel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWith his terrific first novel, Special Circumstances , Sheldon Siegel delivered legal fiction so exciting, it drew comparisons with the very top tier of courtroom thrillers. Now he has a new challenge for defense attorney Mike Daley--ex-priest, ex-husband, ex-public defender--and it’s a high-profile zinger: a case he doesn’t think he can win for a client he can’t stand... -
Night Deception by Tamsen Schultz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom 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... -
Mad River by John Sandford
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThey 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... -
Fire with Fire by Candice Fox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop.Four people with everything on the line... -
A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker. "I'm going to offer you a choice." Controversial satellite radio talk show host, Jordan Briggs, has clawed her way to the top of the broadcast world... -
Night and Day by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsForensic sculptor Eve Duncan risked it all to protect Cara Delaney from the enemies who want her dead. The journey has led them from California to a remote mountain in the Scottish highlands--and earned Eve the distinction of becoming their next target. When, despite all precautions, Cara is taken, Eve must hunt down the very people who want to kill her in order to save the young girl... -
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From Cradle to Grave by Patricia MacDonald
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA nail-biting novel of domestic suspense from a best-selling author - When Morgan Adair arrives at the small seaside town of West Briar on the Long Island shore, she is looking forward to attending the baptism of her new godson, Drew. Morgan and Drew's mother, Claire, have been friends since childhood, and Morgan was delighted when Claire married the handsome Guy Bolton... -
Enemy Exposure by Meghan Rogers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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...Categorized as:
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I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn innocent father serving life for the murder of his own son receives evidence that his child may still be alive, and must break out of prison to find out the truth in #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben’s latest breathtaking thriller.David and Cheryl Burroughs were living the dream life when tragedy struck. Now, five years after that terrible night, Cheryl is remarried... -
Split Second by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe number-one New York Times-bestselling author returns with another pulse-pounding thriller featuring FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, and introducing Speical Agents Lucy Carlyle and Cooper McKnight. A serial killer is on the loose, and it's up to FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock to bring him down... -
The Insider by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMove over, Jack Reacher and Kinsey Millhone: cast-iron bodyguard Charlie McCabe is back in Craig Schaefer’s gritty sequel to The Loot.Hard-bitten bodyguard Charlie McCabe is lucky to be alive after her recent foray into Boston's criminal underworld... -
Dark Justice by Brandilyn Collins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf I’d had any idea what those words would mean to me, to my mother and daughter, I’d have fled California without looking back. While driving a rural road, Hannah Shire and her aging mother, who suffers from dementia, stop to help a man at the scene of a car accident. The man whispers mysterious words in Hannah’s ear. Soon people want to kill Hannah and her mother for what they “know... -
The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEight people, one deadly secret.Passengers boarding the 10.35 train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston are bound for work, assignations, reunions, holidays or new starts, with no idea that their journey is about to be brutally curtailed... -
The Center Cannot Hold: A Ray Elkins Thriller by Aaron Stander
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn 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...Categorized as:
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Silent Little Angels by Jennifer Chase
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhile on holiday in Spain, Michael Forsythe is arrested in the chaos of a soccer riot and hauled off to jail... -
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Blood Money by Thomas Perry
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Thomas Perry just keeps getting better," said Tony Hillerman, about Sleeping Dogs--and in this superb new novel by one of America's best thriller writers, Jane Whitefield takes on the mafia, and its money.Jane Whitefield, the fearless "guide" who helps people in trouble disappear, make victims vanish,has just begun her quiet new life as Mrs... -
Catherine Coulter - FBI Thriller Series: Books 3-4: The Edge, The Target by Catherine Coulter, Robert Lawrence
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE EDGE Baffled by a seemingly supernatural connection to his critically injured sister, an FBI special agent heads to the Oregon coast in search of a more plausible explanation for his sudden ESP, only to discover more puzzling mysteries. FBI agent Ford MacDougal?"Mac"?is recovering from a terrorist car bombing when his sister appears to purposely drive her Porsche off an Oregon cliff... -
Ultimatum by Simon Kernick
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE THREAT8 an explosion blasts through a cafe in Central London.THE ULTIMATUMMinutes later, a call from an unknown terror group warns that a far greater attack will be launched in 12 hours' time.THE PRISONERWilliam Garrett, AKA Fox, is awaiting trial for mass murder. He claims he can name the bombers. But only at a price...Categorized as:
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Night Frost by R.D. Wingfield
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA 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.. -
Her Second Death by Melinda Leigh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this short-story prequel to the Bree Taggert series by #1 Amazon Charts and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh, a murder investigation yields parallels to the Philly detective’s own frightening past.When a man is shot in the head, Bree Taggert and her new partner, veteran detective Dana Romano, respond to the call... -
Long After Midnight by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsShe wanted to save lives. The killer wanted to end hers.The first warning was triggered hundreds of miles away. The second warning exploded only yards from where she and her son stood. Now Kate Denby realizes the frightening truth: She is somebody's target.Danger has arrived in Kate's backyard with a vengeance... -
Deadly Stillwater by Roger Stelljes
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is the hardcover edition of Deadly Stillwater by Roger Stelljes, a police procedural novel set in St. Paul, Minnesota.The ruggedly handsome Mac McRyan, a fourth-generation cop, is faced with a complicated brazen daytime kidnapping, a media storm surrounding the case, and political scrutiny. It is a case of betrayal and revenge that will ultimately strike at the soul of the St... -
Not Dead Enough by Peter James
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOn the night Brian Bishop murdered his wife, he was sixty miles away, asleep in bed at the time. At least, that’s the way it looks to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who is called in to investigate the kinky slaying of beautiful young Brighton socialite, Katie Bishop... -
Lupa nera by Juan Gómez-Jurado
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRestare viva non è mai stato tanto difficile. Dopo Regina Rossa, che ha incoronato Antonia Scott come la nuova protagonista assoluta del thriller spagnolo, il secondo capitolo della trilogia bestseller di Juan Gómez-Jurado. Antonia Scott e Jon Gutiérrez sono ancora alla ricerca di Sandra Fajardo, quando Mentor li convoca per un altro caso al momento più pressante... -
Red Queen by Juan Gómez-Jurado
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsYou've never met anyone like her …Antonia Scott is special. Very special. She is not a policewoman or a lawyer. She has never wielded a weapon or carried a badge, and yet, she has solved dozens of crimes.But it's been awhile since Antonia left her attic in Madrid. The things she has lost are much more important to her than the things awaiting her outside.She also doesn't receive visitors... -
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The Blood Tide by Neil Lancaster
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings‘Think Jack Reacher fronting Line of Duty’ Ian RankinYou get away with murder.In a remote sea loch on the west coast of Scotland, a fisherman vanishes without trace. His remains are never found.You make people disappear.A young man jumps from a bridge in Glasgow and falls to his death in the water below. DS Max Craigie uncovers evidence that links both victims... -
Payment Upon Delivery by Hackley Hammett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRecent college graduate Jake Williams takes a job with a mysterious trading company in Mexico City. He overlooks the obvious red flags because he needs the money to save his parents’ home. By the time he realizes he’s in over his head, it’s too late to make a clean break. Along the way, Jake falls for the gorgeous Sandra - a Mexican actress who, just like the trading company, has a dark secret...Categorized as:
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Roses Are Blood Red by Novoneel Chakraborty
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'll gift you a love story that every girl desires, but few get to live.'He'd told me once. And boy, did he stick to his words! Vanav Thakur is the perfect boyfriend that any girl can have. He ticks every box you can ever have for your Mr Right. Trust me on this... -
Critical Pursuit by Janice Cantore
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOfficer Brinna Caruso has built a reputation at the precinct as the cop to call when a child goes missing. For Brinna, it's personal because she was once one of them. Brinna and her K-9 search and rescue dog, Hero, will stop at nothing to find a missing child, no matter the stakes. Detective Jack O'Reilly isn't ready to return to his homicide duties after losing his wife to a drunk driver... -
The Jackdaw by Luke Delaney
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fourth novel in the DI Sean Corrigan series – authentic and terrifying crime fiction with a psychological edge, by an ex-Met detective. Guilty or not guilty?A lone vigilante is abducting wealthy Londoners and putting their fate in the hands of the public. Within hours of disappearing, the victims appear on the internet, bound to a chair in a white room... -
The Birthday Girl by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTony Freeman rescued Mersiha when she was fighting for her life in war-torn Yugoslavia. Now she's his adopted daughter, the perfect all-American girl, and it seems like her past is another country.But Mersiha has been trained to kill. And when she discovers that Freeman's company is being subjected to a sinister takeover bid, she decides to help - whatever the risks...
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