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Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAuthors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, where a fateful trip to New Mexico uncovers a case that may prove impossible to solve.In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains... -
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The Plea by Steve Cavanagh
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen David Child, a major client of a corrupt New York law firm, is arrested for murder, the FBI ask con-artist-turned-lawyer Eddie Flynn to secure Child as his client and force him to testify against the firm.Eddie's not a man to be coerced into representing a guilty client, but the FBI have incriminating files on Eddie's wife, and if Eddie won't play ball, she'll pay the price... -
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The Know by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJoanie Brewer' s children meant the world to her. She'd do anything to protect them, even resorting to prostitution and petty crime in order to feed and clothe them. So when her beautiful teenage daughter is raped and murdered, only one thing will stop Joanie's pain - seeing her daughter's killer brought to justice. Joanie knows who he is and she'll do whatever it takes to nail him.. -
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![Vražedná lhůta by Andreas Gruber]()
Vražedná lhůta by Andreas Gruber
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKdyž do 48 hodin zjistíte, proč jsem tu ženu unesl, zůstane naživu. Pokud ne, zemře.Tímto poselstvím začíná perverzní hra sériového vraha. Nechává své oběti vyhladovět, utopit v inkoustu nebo je zaživa zalije do betonu. Mnichovská komisařka Sabine Nemezová zoufale hledá nějaké vysvětlení, motiv... -
![I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen]()
I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the twelfth gripping novel featuring Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles, the crime-solving duo—featured in the smash-hit TNT series Rizzoli & Isles—are faced with the gruesomely staged murder of a horror film producer.The crime scene is unlike any that Detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles have ever before encountered... -
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Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWe don’t pick and choose what to be afraid of. Our fears pick us.Tash Carmody has been traumatised since childhood, when she witnessed her gruesome imaginary friend Sparrow lure young Mallory Fisher away from a carnival. At the time nobody believed Tash, and she has since come to accept that Sparrow wasn’t real. Now fifteen and mute, Mallory’s never spoken about the week she went missing... -
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Stolen Children by Peg Kehret
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAmy learned a lot in her babysitting course, but not what to do if two thugs show up, intent on kidnapping. Armed with misinformation and a weapon, the men take Amy and little Kendra to a remote cabin in the woods. There they make videos of the girls and mail them to Kendra’s wealthy parents in an effort to get ransom money... -
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Abduction! by Peg Kehret
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMatt is missing. Bonnie's brother left his classroom to use thebathroom —and disappeared. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger? Overwhelmed with fear, Bonnie discovers that her dog is gone, too. Was Pookie used as a lure for Matt? Bonnie makes one big mistake in her attempt to find her brother... -
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Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt's an idyllic late-summer day in Saddlestring, Wyoming, and game warden Joe Pickett is fly-fishing with his two daughters when he stumbles upon the mutilated body of a moose. Whatever - or whoever - attacked the animal was ruthless: half the animal's face has been sliced away, the skin peeled back from the flesh... -
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Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here, comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end... -
![All of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins]()
All of Us Are Broken by Fiona Cummins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s been a long time since the Hardwicke family has been on holiday. But thirteen-year-old Galen has wanted to see the wild dolphins at Scotland’s Chanonry Point for as long as she can remember, and her mother Christine – a lone parent since her beloved husband left – is determined she gets her wish. But their serene trip is about to be interrupted... -
![Hell's Half Acre by Will Christopher Baer]()
Hell's Half Acre by Will Christopher Baer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKidnapping, snuff films, amputee geeks and a requiem of lost love.Cast adrift after the blood symphony of Penny Dreadful, Phineas Poe is looking for answers in the form of a woman. He tracks Jude to San Francisco, where he finds her involved with John Ransom Miller, a wealthy sociopath with a mysterious hold over her... -
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Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn explosive, edge-of-your-seat read about three friends, one murder, and a whole world of secrets... Angela was one of the most popular girls in her high school before she disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever knew what became of her―not Georgina, her best friend, nor Kaiser, who was close with both girls... -
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![Their Last Secret by Rick Mofina]()
Their Last Secret by Rick Mofina
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“[A] lifetime of secrets and lies come back to haunt in this layered, engrossing thriller. . . . A riveting, moving read.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times–bestselling author of The Stranger InsideSome mistakes can never be forgotten—or forgiven.Janie Klassyn was only fourteen years old when she made the blood pact with her friends... -
![Le Manuscrit Inachevé by Franck Thilliez, Jean-Yves Berteloot]()
Le Manuscrit Inachevé by Franck Thilliez, Jean-Yves Berteloot
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAux alentours de Grenoble, un jeune a fini sa trajectoire dans un ravin après une course-poursuite avec la douane. Dans son coffre, le corps d’une femme, les orbites vides, les mains coupées et rassemblées dans un sac... -
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Mountain Home by Bracken MacLeod
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLyn works at an isolated roadside diner. When a retired combat veteran stages an assault there her world is turned upside down. Surviving the sniper’s bullets is only the beginning of Lyn's nightmare. Navigating hostilities, she establishes herself as the disputed leader of a diverse group of people that are at odds with the situation and each other... -
![What Waits in the Water by Kieran Scott]()
What Waits in the Water by Kieran Scott
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHannah is excited to spend some time at her best friend Jacob's lake house this summer. The catch? Hannah's annoying new stepsister, Katie, is tagging along. Katie is wild and pretty and seems to have a THING for Jacob. Hannah's not jealous...or is she? To make matters worse, the town they're staying in is sort of...creepy...Categorized as:
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American Devil by Oliver Stark
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA violent killer is stalking New York's streets, and the trophies he will take from his victims are essential if he is to complete his masterpiece. That he also likes playing games with the police and his pray is a bonus. He can outwit everyone he comes up against... -
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Wander in the Dark by Jumata Emill
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this new pulse-pounding thriller from the author of The Black Queen, two brothers must come together to solve the murder of the most popular girl in school after one of them is caught fleeing the scene of her death.Amir Trudeau only goes to his half brother Marcel’s birthday party because of Chloe Danvers... -
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Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaroline Webb knows what it means to lose the person you love most. Twenty years ago, her five-year-old daughter, Hayley, was the light of her life, her treasure, her angle. Then came the terrible day when Hayley was kidnapped from her favorite swing. More than a month passed before her burned, lifeless body was found. All that remained was the silence of Caroline's heartache--and her guilt.. -
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Nailed by Joseph Flynn
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRon Ketchum saw his share of the dark side of life as a cop in Los Angeles. Then he left L.A. to become the chief of police in the Sierra Nevada resort town of Goldstrike. One sunny morning in the mountains, though, he comes upon a crime unlike anything he’s ever seen before. He finds the body of an African American man nailed to a tree... -
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Forget Me Not by Claire Allan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings‘AMAZING’ Marian Keyes I disappeared on a Tuesday afternoon. I was there one minute and the next I was gone. They’ve never found my body… It’s six in the morning during the hottest summer on record when Elizabeth O’Loughlin, out walking her dog, comes across Clare, a victim of a horrific knife attack, clinging onto life at the side of the road... -
![Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub]()
Don't Scream by Wendy Corsi Staub
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDon't Tell A Soul. . . In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods--ever. Instead, they will take their terrible secret to their graves. . . Don't Think About The Past. . -
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![You're Family Now by Jack Stainton]()
You're Family Now by Jack Stainton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘ EPIC!! EPIC!! EPIC!! This book had EVERYTHING I love in a book!! ' Goodreads ReviewerHe only had to do one thing. Love her family…Matt Walker was a chancer; he’d spent his entire profession chasing the next job. His personal life took on a similar mantra; a succession of one-night stands and brief relationships. Life was slowly drifting him by... -
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No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTwo children get on the train. Only one gets off...No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube platform in London. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors slide shut and the train moves away, leaving you behind.Everyone is lying.By the time you get to the next stop, you've convinced yourself that everything will be fine... -
![The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry]()
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“Take her out back and finish her off.”She doesn’t know who she is. She doesn’t know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her.And that she must run.In her riveting style, April Henry crafts a nail-biting thriller involving murder, identity theft, and biological warfare... -
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Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAnthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm—a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter—the rising star of the state's medical examiners—to help her unravel a murderous puzzle... -
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In Silence by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Avery Chauvin returns to her Louisiana hometown after her father's suicide, she discovers clippings of a fifteen-year-old murder and learns about recent disappearances and murders that lead her to start an investigation... -
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Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKIn her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a thriller that will illuminate, surprise, and engage readers until the final word... -
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ASBO by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYOUR FEAR IS THEIR ENTERTAINMENT...Andrew’s life is one of bored contentedness: a teenage daughter, a faithful wife, and a middle-class job. He even has a Mercedes. His life is without drama, and the comfort of middle-age is setting in.That all changes when he refuses to buy a pack of cigarettes for the local gang of youths... -
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The Silence of Six by E.C. Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“What is the silence of six, and what are you going to do about it?”These are the last words uttered by 17-year-old Max Stein’s best friend, Evan: Just moments after hacking into the live-streaming Presidential debate at their high school, he kills himself... -
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The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat Josh thought would be the dullest summer of his life, spent with his eccentric great-aunt, turns chilling when he meets the ghost of a coal miner killed in a mine explosion. Willie has been waiting years for some kind soul to dig up his leg and rebury it with the rest of him--only then will he be at peace...Categorized as:
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![Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass]()
Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsConnor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he “changes.” But Connor’s troubles are only beginning... -
![L'Âme du mal by Maxime Chattam]()
L'Âme du mal by Maxime Chattam
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPas plus que sa jeune assistante, l'inspecteur-profileur Brolin ne pense que les serial killers reviennent d'outre-tombe. Fût-il le monstrueux bourreau de Portland qui étouffait et vitriolait ses victimes avant de les découper avec précision. Mais le bourreau est mort et le carnage se poursuit, identique : un même rituel horrible... -
![Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil]()
Get Dirty by Gretchen McNeil
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe members of Don’t Get Mad aren’t just mad anymore . . . they’re afraid. And with Margot in a coma and Bree stuck in juvie, it’s up to Olivia and Kitty to try to catch their deadly tormentor. But just as the girls are about to go on the offensive, Ed the Head reveals a shocking secret that turns all their theories upside down... -
![Twisted: The Collected Short Stories by Jeffery Deaver]()
Twisted: The Collected Short Stories by Jeffery Deaver
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has long thrilled fans with tales of masterful villains and their nefarious ways, and the brilliant minds who bring them to justice. Now the author of the Lincoln Rhyme series has collected for the first time his award-winning, spine-tingling stories of suspense -- stories that will widen your eyes and stretch your imagination... -
![Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson]()
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHijinks, heists, and high-octane action in Jude Watson's new middle-grade... -
![Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas]()
Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn electrifying tale of psychological suspense in which an unsuspecting young woman finds herself trapped in an increasingly sinister web of mystery and lies.CARER/COMPANION WANTED FOR ELDERLY LADYYOUNG FEMALE PREFERRED COMPETITIVE SALARYROOM AND BOARD INCLUDEDShe thought she was safe. So did the others . . -
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The Skin Gods by Richard Montanari
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Richard Montanari's The Echo Man.With the breakneck pacing and intricate plotting of his most recent novel, The Rosary Girls, Richard Montanari established himself as one of the most exciting suspense writers working today... -
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The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGhostwriter Olivia Dumont has spent her entire professional life hiding the fact that she is the only child of legendary horror author Vincent Taylor, famous not only for his novels but for being the prime suspect in the brutal slaying of his siblings... -
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Smilin' Sam's Corn Maze by Stephanie Perry Scissom
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen her seven-year-old daughter Lizzy disappeared into a corn maze on Halloween night in 1984, Catherine Bryant didn’t think she’d survive the loss.For nearly forty years, Catherine has struggled with her grief and guilt, so when her doctor delivers a fatal diagnosis, it’s almost a relief.But something is happening to Catherine... -
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The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first stand-alone thriller by critically acclaimed author Charlie Huston, The Shotgun Rule is a raw tale of four teenage friends who go looking for a little trouble–and find it.Blood spilled on the asphalt of this town long years gone has left a stain, and it’s spreading.Not that a thing like that matters to teenagers like George, Hector, Paul, and Andy... -
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![El libro negro de las horas by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi]()
El libro negro de las horas by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlguien que lleva muerto cuarenta años no puede ser secuestrado y, desde luego, no puede sangrar.Vitoria, 2022... -
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Cruel Summer by Juno Dawson
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA year after Janey’s suicide, her friends reunite at a remote Spanish villa, desperate to put the past behind them. However, an unwelcome guest arrives claiming to have evidence that Jane was murdered. When she is found floating in the pool, it becomes clear one of them is a killer... -
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The Doll's House by Tania Carver
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the outside, the house was unremarkable. Just one of many on an ordinary, suburban estate. But inside was a different matter. With pink ribbons and pink walls, stuffed toy animals everywhere and a dining table laid out for a tea party, it was a doll's house.The doll was sitting at the table. Life size, with blonde, pigtailed hair and rosy red cheeks, dressed in her best pink party dress... -
![The Last One by Will Dean]()
The Last One by Will Dean
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it’s the start of a vacation of a lifetime with her new love, Pete. On their first night they explore the ship, eat, dance, make friends, but when Caz wakes the next morning, Pete is missing.And when she walks out into the corridor, all the cabin doors are open. To her horror, she soon realizes that the ship is completely empty... -
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Lucky Day by Barry Lyga
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the story of the small town sheriff who captured one of the world's most ruthless and cunning murderers.It all started with Dead Girl #1 and Dead Girl #2, the first killings in the sleepy town of Lobo's Nod in decades. Two murders: just a coincidence, or something more sinister? One thing's for sure -- it was definitely inconvenient in a year when Sheriff G...
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