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Wrath by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe follow-up to the Wall Street Journal bestseller Outrage.Those who hunt monsters must be careful not to become monsters themselves.In another life, before human traffickers murdered her husband and stole her children, Faith McMann was a wife, mother, and teacher. Now she has become Furious, a merciless avenger on a deadly mission to retrieve her young son and daughter, no matter the cost... -
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Outrage by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestseller. The happy life Faith McMann knew as a wife, mother, and teacher was destroyed when vicious criminals murdered her husband, kidnapped her children, and left her for dead. After paralyzing grief, fear, and despair, there was nothing left for her to feel…except fury... -
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Rising Water by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a group of strangers purchase land on Tortola and Norman Island to set up a commune, the locals simply write them off as an odd sort—until one of their bloated bodies washes up on the shore of a nearby resort island. As luck would have it, Jesse McDermitt is visiting a friend on Norman Island after tracking a terrorist submarine from the Windward Islands... -
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Black Sheep by David Archer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNoah is called in for debriefing after the mission that lost Sarah and reveals his worries that one of the team members is a traitor.. -
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![Fallen King by Wayne Stinnett]()
Fallen King by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe quiet and solitude found in the back country and wetlands of south Florida has been shattered. Someone is using explosives to fish the ecologically fragile patch reefs in the shallow waters of Florida Bay, north of the Keys. Retired Marine Jesse McDermitt doesn't like explosions in his backyard... -
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Her Broken Wings by D.K. Hood
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sound that wakes her from sleep is unmistakable—someone is in their house... -
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Deadly Weapon by Mark Nolan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJake Wolfe must race against time on a mission to stop rogue operatives from launching a deadly weapon against his city.With assassins on his trail, and the clock ticking, Jake desperately searches for clues to solve the mystery and bring him face-to-face with a criminal genius who must be stopped at all costs.Deadly Weapon is part of a series, but may be read as a stand-alone novel... -
![Cerberus Tactical K9: Team Alpha Boxed Set by Fiona Quinn]()
Cerberus Tactical K9: Team Alpha Boxed Set by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEx-Special Operators join the Cerberus Iniquus Tactical K9 Team Alpha with three action adventure novelsSurvival InstinctMilitary training won’t help when the enemy is a force of nature…All Major Dani Addams wanted when she started up that trail was to mourn and honor her fallen friend... -
![Swift and Silent: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Swift and Silent: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThings in the Middle Florida Keys aren’t as idyllic as they seem. If one looks closely, there’s a layer of dirt just below the surface. The butt-ugly kind of dirt that’s hard to get off... -
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Danger Close by Cameron Curtis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey were powerful and ruthless, but they made one mistake. His name is Breed. Ex-Delta Force sniper Breed has spent most of his life at war and now he’s trying to make some time for peace. But when a veteran from his old unit is murdered in El Paso, Breed feels duty-bound to bring the killer to justice. A feeling that only grows stronger when his friend’s widow and son are also murdered... -
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Red Square by David Archer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTeam Cinderella has been sent into Russia to "fake" an assassination of a Russian Deputy Minister, in order to cover up the fact of his defection to the United States. They accomplish the mission, but then are compromised during their own escape and captured. They are quickly disavowed by the US Secretary of State, and sentenced to a public execution in Red Square only a week hence... -
![End Game by L.T. Ryan]()
End Game by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsarcus Hamilton Thanos is marked for death. And Jack Noble is the man for the job. But when the high-profile target vanishes the day of the assassination attempt, Jack is forced to team up with a female FBI agent who was poised to learn Thanos's secret that morning... -
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Gray After Dark by Noelle W. Ihli
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape.When a tragic accident sidelines Miley's dreams of Olympic gold, she takes a summer job at a mountain guest lodge.The Frank Church Wilderness is remote, but it’s the perfect place to train and recover. Local lore about a staffer who died years ago doesn’t scare her. But it should... -
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Ruthless Charity by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter licking her physical and emotional wounds for several months, Charity Styles finally has a shot at redemption when her handler offers her a mission. It's dangerous, sure, but Charity also knows that it's meant as a test of her self-control. In the jungles of Venezuela, a land baron controls the native population with an iron fist .. -
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![Hard To Kill by Paul Heatley]()
Hard To Kill by Paul Heatley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne man can’t start a war. But he can end it.Laying low in Mexico, Tom meets Carmen who is searching for her little sister, Rosa, recently abducted and trafficked by a vicious gang. Tom sees that Carmen is likely to get herself killed and decides he is duty bound to help her... -
![Just Pardon My French by Jinx Schwartz]()
Just Pardon My French by Jinx Schwartz
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! She’s living aboard her forty-five foot boat in Mexico’s spectacular Sea of Cortez, taking work where she can get it and, characteristically, she isn’t all that concerned about any pesky legalities involved... -
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Fish On!: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJesse McDermitt is finally ready to retire. But life has other plans. While diving on a remote reef deep in the backcountry of the Florida Keys with his wife, son and two friends, he discovers of all things, a car.Not just any car, but a 1928 Duesenberg Model J, the most powerful and stylish automobile of its time... -
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Dark Justice by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA ruthless killer intent on wreaking havoc in San Francisco through a series of senseless slayings will do anything to escape detection, including making sure Gia Santella is the one who takes the fall ...After years abroad, Gia Santella has finally gone home to San Francisco searching for meaning in a life full of loss... -
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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... -
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Deadly Justice by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 14 in the USA Today Bestselling Gia Santella Crime Thriller series by Agatha, Anthony, Barry & Macavity finalist Kristi Belcamino... -
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The Ace of Clubs: A Thriller by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 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... -
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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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Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a small homemade boat drifts under the Seven Mile Bridge, Jesse McDermitt doesn’t hesitate to jump in and pull the boat ashore on Pigeon Key with an injured boy aboard. The boy provides more questions than answers. He’s believed to be a Cuban refugee, yet when he regains consciousness, he speaks perfect English, but can’t even remember his name... -
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Rising Spirit: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Jesse McDermitt has rebuilt his island in the Content Keys far better than it was before the storm. The task was enormous, but so was his need to make things better. Unbeknownst to Jesse, an environmentally conscious woman from his past has stumbled onto a drug manufacturing cartel in Virginia while working on a pollution mitigation problem... -
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![Dead Reckoning by Dawn Lee McKenna, Axel Blackwell]()
Dead Reckoning by Dawn Lee McKenna, Axel Blackwell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe real Florida lies far from the interstates, where there are no dancing mice, bikini-covered beaches, or shopping malls. If you listen closely, beneath the cries of hungry gulls and the rustle of wind through the palm fronds, you might hear it whisper its secrets. Lieutenant Evan Caldwell is a man adrift, cut loose from a life he thought he knew... -
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Fallen Tide by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCoral branches rarely wear a wristwatch. That was Jesse McDermitt’s first thought when he found a partially denuded human arm, teeming with crab, lobster, and fish life, during his morning ocean swim... -
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Fast Ice by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKurt Austin races to Antarctica to stop a chilling plot that imperils the entire planet in the latest novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of Adventure.After a former NUMA colleague disappears while researching the icebergs of Antarctica, Kurt Austin and his assistant Joe Zavala embark for the freezing edge of the world to investigate... -
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Journey of the Pharaohs by Clive Cussler, Graham Brown
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsANCIENT SECRETS. MODERN WEAPONS . . . When Kurt Austin rescues the crew of a Scottish trawler, he finds himself trying to save them not once but twice. First, from the violent storm that dashes their vessel into jagged rocks and, second, from the deadly gunmen desperate to get their hands on its lost cargo of stolen Egyptian artefacts... -
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Silas by Lane Hart, D.B. West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCora Walsh had no idea how drastically her life would change when a mob boss hired her to cook for him.After witnessing a bloody massacre, she tries to pretend it was all just a bad dream when she returns to her normal life. That is, until two detectives show up at the restaurant where she works, asking questions about who killed the man who hired her and his four guards... -
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Dark Mountain by Jeff Carson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe past returns, and it’s ready for vengeance. When Wolf’s detective goes missing, disturbing memories come to life in the next suspense-filled thriller in the Amazon Bestselling David Wolf Series. When a dead body is discovered stuffed inside a car trunk in the forest outside Rocky Points, Colorado, Chief Detective David Wolf finds himself involved in a case that will rock the local community... -
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San Diego Dead by Mark Nolan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a drug tunnel under the border, no one can hear you scream. Danger awaits Marine veteran Jake Wolfe in San Diego. There he finds white sand beaches, warm turquoise water, boat trips among gray whales, and … cold blooded murder... -
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Steady As She Goes by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt is starting a new chapter in his life. As captain of the research vessel Ambrosia, his stated mission is to study the oceans and seafloor, searching for rich oil deposits. His unstated mission is to locate and eradicate the enemies of society on behalf of Armstrong Research, a secretive organization funded by some of the wealthiest people on the planet... -
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Enduring Charity by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen her position with the government is eliminated, Charity Styles is faced with an uncertain future. The only part of her previous life that she truly enjoyed was sailing her classic sloop. The cruising lifestyle is wonderful and helps keep her mind centered, as she sails from one anchorage to another, looking for her true calling... -
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All Ahead Full: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJesse McDermitt discovers an environmental nightmare of deception and greed taking place in Central America. A cartel is branching into smuggling things other than drugs. And they’re doing it quite effectively.The Honduran rain forests and its inhabitants are at peril. The cartel needs hidden places to grow coca, used in the manufacture of cocaine... -
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![Betrayal by Russell Blake]()
Betrayal by Russell Blake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwenty-eight year old Jet, the former Mossad operative from the eponymous novel JET, must battle insurmountable odds to protect those she loves in a deadly race that stretches from the heartland of Nebraska to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., from the lurid streets of Bangkok to the deadly jungles of Laos and Myanmar... -
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Twelve Years Gone by K.J. Kalis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwelve years gone…Sarah Schmidt went out for a hike a month before heading to college on a cross-country scholarship. She never came back.In the twelve years she’s been gone, the local police have done little to help the family, leaving them with the desperate knowledge that Sarah could still be alive, somewhere, somehow...The family hasn’t given up their hope for revenge, or at least answers... -
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Rising Fury by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the backcountry of the Florida Keys, you can see and hear trouble coming for miles in any direction. If you’re paying attention. Jesse McDermitt lives in the backcountry and very little happens near him that he’s not aware of. During a quiet moment, he watches a slow-moving shrimp trawler as it serenely cruises by, far out on the Gulf, at the edge of the three-mile limit... -
![Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben]()
Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius.TELL NO ONEFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams... -
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Council of Patriots by C.G. Cooper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA beautiful woman butchered…A Congressman blackmailed…A secret cabal of Japanese imperialists…A small group of retired politicians form to protect America. The Council of Patriots is born. Former Marine Cal Stokes, and his team at SSI, head to Las Vegas, to uncover an invisible enemy that threatens to infiltrate the Democratic National Convention... -
![The Last Teacher by Alan Lee]()
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... -
![The Pilot's Daughter by Audrey J. Cole]()
The Pilot's Daughter by Audrey J. Cole
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWelcome aboard Pacific Air Flight 385, with nonstop service from Seattle to Honolulu.Cora is scared to fly again after her husband died in a recent helicopter crash in Pago Pago.A thousand times she has told herself to turn around, not get on the flight, go back to her young children... -
![Las Vegas Girl by Leslie Wolfe]()
Las Vegas Girl by Leslie Wolfe
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDetectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the United States. In the middle of a city with two million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they’re hunting for a killer... -
![The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz]()
The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan, the latest New York Times bestselling Orphan X thriller--when everything changes and everything is at risk.As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program... -
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Snake by Scarlett Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was never a game.She was at the wrong place at the wrong time in her life.I had no choice but to do what I do best—play to win.When that turned the woman, who was sweet on my tongue to bitter, I had to change my game plan to convince her that she belongs to me.But she turned me into a prisoner, and the only way out is through her... -
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Bloodlands by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe cold of Siberia meets the chill of betrayal.In a world where loyalty is fleeting and alliances are temporary, John Milton is on a mission that will bring him face-to-face with enemies old and new. When his friend, Alex Hicks, finds himself pursued by mysterious adversaries, the two men are thrust back into the web of international espionage... -
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High Stakes by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Warning* Be prepared to lose sleep, skip chores, and hide from family to read this new Queen of Spades thriller!When Eva Santella answers a desperate plea for help from a boy worried about his sibling, she has no idea that a sinister organization is behind his problems.As Eva uncovers a mass murder scheme, her enemies try to stop her by striking at what she holds dear... -
![The Joker: A thriller by Kristi Belcamino]()
The Joker: A thriller by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE 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...Categorized as:
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Wild Storm by Tripp Ellis
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new menace.A shocking killing.A disturbing secret. When a beautiful reporter is murdered, Tyson and his Navy buddy, JD, hunt for the killer. A crazed fan? A disgruntled coworker? Or had the ambitious journalist uncovered something sinister? As the deputies investigate the slaying, a slew of sordid details emerge, and the case takes a wicked turn... -
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Elusive Charity by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSince the recent death of a wealthy but perverted businessman, Charity Styles has been hiding in plain sight, as if challenging anyone to come after her.She’s on her own once more, living day to day on her beloved Wind Dancer, anchored near a quaint little Gulf Coast town in the Florida Panhandle... -
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Sea of Greed by Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling master of adventure, a brand new mission for Kurt Austin and the NUMA crew--based on a remarkable historical incident. January 1968Two submarines--one French, one Israeli--vanish in the Mediterranean within days of each other. Extensive search-and-rescue operations turn up no sign of either vessel...
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