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Bamburgh by L.J. Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a cantankerous old woman dies at her home in the sleepy, picturesque village of Bamburgh, DCI Ryan doesn’t think much of it—except, that is, for the small matter of it having been his wife who happened to find her body... -
All In by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThree casinos. Three bodies. Three days. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate. But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial killers, this one uses different methods every time. All of the victims were killed in public, yet the killer does not show up on any tape... -
The House in the Woods by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFour murders. Two detectives. One mystifying crime. On Christmas Eve, DCI Mackenzie Jones is called to a shooting at a remote farmhouse. Ralph Mallender believes his father lies dead inside. When three more bodies are discovered, it’s clear a festive family gathering has turned into a gruesome tragedy...Categorized as:
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Winter's Web by Mary Stone
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHuman webs are the deadliest...When Ryan O’Connelly—the unwilling accomplice of a bank robber turned mass murderer—slipped out of the FBI’s grasp, no one expected to hear from him again, much less of his own volition...Categorized as:
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Bad Blood by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her mother's murder. But now, everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night has been called into question. Her mother is alive, and the people holding her captive are more powerful—and dangerous—than anything the Naturals have faced so far... -
Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance...Categorized as:
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The Netscher Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNazi-looted art. Cyber-stalking. Betrayal.Nonverbal communication expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard is on holiday in Hungary when she and her team are asked to assist in a missing person case. Her autistic mind is already having difficulties dealing with the new environment, and having to co-operate with local authorities might push her past her limits...Categorized as:
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The Pucelle Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMediaeval books. Murdered priests. Bioweapons. Renowned nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard's search for an international criminal is interrupted when her team receives an antique book. At first the book is dismissed--until they discover similar books gifted to people who are now dead...Categorized as:
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The Courbet Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsForged masterpieces. Kidnapped students. The dark net. Nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard's search for an international assassin is rudely interrupted by an autistic teenager who claims that forged masterpieces are being sold on the dark net--a secret internet few know exists...Categorized as:
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Fear No Evil by James Patterson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlex Cross enters the final showdown with the relentless killer who has stalked him and his family for years.Dr. Alex Cross and Detective John Sampson venture into the rugged Montana wilderness—where they will be the prey. They’re not on the job, but on a personal mission...Categorized as:
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One Shot by Lee Child, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSix shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, from the world he lives in - no phone, no address, no commitments - ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming...Categorized as:
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Jack and the Giant Killer by Christopher Greyson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYou 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...Categorized as:
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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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The Sirani Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStolen masterpieces. Deadly narcotics. Artificial intelligence.A mysterious email and the arrest of a fugitive art thief send Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team to Prague, where it soon becomes apparent that this theft has a close connection to a sadistic killer they've been tracking for almost a year... -
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The Morisot Connection by Estelle Ryan
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMurdered criminals. Flawless forgeries. Encrypted operas.The murder of an opera house director forces world-renowned nonverbal communications expert Doctor Genevieve Lenard and her team into an impossible position: protecting notorious criminals--from what appears to be a serial killer...Categorized as:
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Fatal Intrusion by Jeffery Deaver, Isabella Maldonado
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAs a wave of murders grips Southern California, an unlikely pair must untangle the mysterious patterns of an elusive killer. A propulsive new series by New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Isabella Maldonado.Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules...Categorized as:
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Border Line by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsnot 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...Categorized as:
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Dark Shadows by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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A L'ombre Du Mal by Robert Crais, Hubert Tézenas
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsElvis Cole is Back--In a Desperate Fight to Clear his Name... It's fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. When police and fire department personnel rush door to door in a frenzied evacuation effort, they discover the week-old corpse of an apparent suicide... -
Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon... -
The Terminal List by Jack Carr
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller.On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them...Categorized as:
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A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAtlee Pine has spent most of her life trying to find out what happened that fateful night in Andersonville, Georgia. Her six year old twin sister, Mercy, was taken and Atlee was left for dead while their parents were apparently partying downstairs. One person who continues to haunt her is notorious serial killer Daniel James Tor, locked away in a Colerado maximum security prison...Categorized as:
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Seven Days by Alex Lake
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe twisty new psychological thriller from the USA Today bestselling author Maggie Taylor’s son is a week away from his third birthday, and she is terrified. Because in her world, third birthdays are the day on which the worst possible thing happens…She loses her child.For the last decade, Maggie has been imprisoned in a basement. Kidnapped aged sixteen, she has not seen a sunrise for ten years...Categorized as:
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Paradox by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith unparalleled suspense and her trademark explosive twists, #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter delves into the terrifying mind of an escaped mental patient obsessed with revenge in this next installment of her riveting FBI series...Categorized as:
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Murder in the Village by Faith Martin, Gemma Dawson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA would-be politician is found battered to death in the kitchen of his expensive home in a lovely Oxfordshire village. His wife's alibi is full of holes and there's another woman in the background. And what about his seemingly mild-mannered political rival? DI Hillary Greene tries to get to the bottom of this perplexing murder... -
One-Eyed Jack by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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Perfect Prey by Helen Sarah Fields
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn the midst of a rock festival, a charity worker is sliced across the stomach. He dies minutes later. In a crowd of thousands, no one saw his attacker. The following week, the body of a primary school teacher is found in a dumpster in an Edinburgh alley, strangled with her own woollen scarf...Categorized as:
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The Southern Lawyer by Peter O'Mahoney
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter 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... -
Neon Prey by John Sandford, Richard Ferrone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsListening length: 11 hours and 17 minutesClayton Deese looks like a small-time criminal, muscle for hire when his loan shark boss needs to teach someone a lesson. Now, seven months after a job that went south and landed him in jail, Deese has skipped out on bail, and the U.S. Marshals come looking for him... -
End of Days by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPike Logan must stop a deranged fanatic bent on igniting an international conflagration in this explosive, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer, Brad Taylor...Categorized as:
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The Russian by Saul Herzog
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMoscow, 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...Categorized as:
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The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAfter the #1 New York Times bestsellers Split Second, Hour Game, Simple Genius, and First Family, Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return in their most shocking case: a high stakes struggle where the relentless needs of national security run up against the absolute limits of the human mind...Categorized as:
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Threat Warning by John Gilstrap
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJonathan Grave, my favorite freelance peacemaker, problem-solver, and tough-guy hero, is back--and in particularly fine form. --Jeffery DeaverIn his most terrifying thriller yet, New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap exposes the darkest threat to America's freedom, a secret society of merciless killers, watching and waiting to strike. . .The first victims are random...Categorized as:
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The Station by Saul Herzog
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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The Suicide King by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer 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... -
Very Nice Funerals by Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRose Malone is doing all right except that her daughter is struggling with PTSD, her lover is leaving her for the Appalachian Trail, and there’s a rumor that there’s a million bucks in the building she inherited which has inspired every money-hungry man in her weird little town to bring her cheap flowers and offer to search the place for her... -
Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes Eleventh Hour. The murder of a priest leads FBI agents Sherlock and Savich to their most baffling case yet, in this riveting novel of suspense...Categorized as:
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The Runaway by Nick Petrie
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPetrie has a preternatural talent for ratcheting up suspense.--New York Times Book Review When Peter Ash rescues a stranded woman, he finds she's in far deeper trouble than he could ever imagine in the powerful new thriller in this bestselling and award-winning series... -
Private Sector by Brian Haig, Michael Emerson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings- The first Sean Drummond novel, "Secret Sanction (Warner, 6/01), has more than 460,000 combined copies in print and was a "Washington Post and "USA TODAY best-seller. "Mortal Allies was published in 4/02 and has more than 213,000 combined copies in print.- This is the fourth title in Brian Haig's series featuring JAG attorney Sean Drummond... -
Married Lies by Chris Collett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDo you love gripping mysteries with great characters? Discover Detective Tom Mariner in this critically acclaimed series. 'Collett is a wonderful writer, subtle, clever, strong on atmosphere and character.’ Yorkshire Post Lucy Jarrett is terrified. Someone is watching her every move, following her home from work and making threatening phone calls... -
Running Blind by Lee Child, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn Jack Reacher, Lee Child has created an epic hero: tough, taciturn, yet vulnerable. His first three Reacher novels, Killing Floor, Die Trying and Tripwire, were published to great acclaim; Killing Floor was recently awarded the Anthony Award in America for the Best First Novel, and Die Trying was selected as a Thumping Good Read by W.H. Smith in the U.K...Categorized as:
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The 9th Judgment by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe most personalA young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. There are no witnesses, and Detective Lindsay Boxer is left with only one shred of evidence: a cryptic message scrawled across the windshield in bloodred lipstick...Categorized as:
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On the Straight and Narrow by Faith Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a pretty French student is found dead in her room at an exclusive private Oxford college, everyone assumes it is yet another sad case of accidental drug overdose. But Detective Inspector Hillary Greene quickly begins to think otherwise. As the investigation unfolds, D.I. Greene soon discovers that the young victim had been leading a very interesting life indeed... -
Close to the Bone by Stuart MacBride
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe first body is chained to a stake: strangled, and stabbed, with a burning tyre around its neck. But is this a gangland execution or something much darker?Someone’s leaving little knots of bones outside Detective Inspector Logan McRae’s house, but he’s got more pressing things to worry about... -
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The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen serial-killing local Florida historian Serge A. Storms is off his meds, no one is safe -- not Russian hoods, Jamaican mobsters, spoiled frat boys, women's book clubs, drug dealers, bad Vegas-rejected local lounge acts -- especially when $5 million in cash in a bugged suitcase is still racing up and down the Eastern Seaboard... -
Point Blank by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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The Maze by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this FBI Thriller Special Agent Dillon Savich teams up with new agent Lacey Sherlock in a case that leads them back to the murder of Sherlock's sister seven years ago—and puts both their lives on the line.As the head of the FBI’s Criminal Apprehension Unit, Dillon Savich has developed predictive analogue programs to aid in the capture of serial killers...Categorized as:
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Two Shades of Blue by Sydney Gibson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Detective Lieutenant Emma Tiernan, murder's been her business for too long. Just as she's looking forward to early retirement, she is assigned a disturbing new homicide - and an unwelcome new partner, stretching her boundaries to their limit.Beautiful rookie detective Sasha Garnier is as infuriating as she is impressive, and the combination wreaks havoc on Emma's careful defenses... -
Jurassic Dark by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatilda Dare might be in a new relationship, but she’s not sure. Ever since Boone kissed her, it’s been up in the air if they’re an item or not. Either way, she can’t focus on romance for very long because one of her best friends has been accused of murder, and Matilda is bound and determined to prove her innocence... -
Blood Trial by Freya Atwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe smell of tobacco brings Sarah closer to the ghosts of her past…It all started with a call.Federal Prosecutor Sarah Cross knows she should have turned down detective Lee Black's request for help. When a respected politician from her hometown is found murdered, all clues point to the estranged, cheating husband. Until they don't...
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