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The Forgotten
by David Baldacci
A former CIA agent's mission to uncover the truth behind his family's mysterious past.
In Paradise, nothing is what it seems... Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the ... (Goodreads)
The Innocent
by David Baldacci
A former assassin risks life and limb to uncover a vast conspiracy and protect a child.
America has enemies - ruthless people that the police, the FBI, even the military can't stop. That's when the U.S. government calls on Will Robie, a stone cold hitman who never questions orders and ... (Goodreads)
Split Second
by David Baldacci
An FBI agent races against the clock to prevent a terrorist attack that could change the world.
Michelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment and the man whose safety ... (Goodreads)
American Assassin
by Vince Flynn
CIA recruits and trains Mitch Rapp to become a lethal assassin, seeking revenge against terrorists who killed his girlfriend.
Mitch Rapp is a gifted college athlete who just wants retribution for the Pan Am Lockerbie attack. He trains six months intensely with other clandestine operatives, under CIA Operations Director ... (Goodreads)
The Last Man
by Vince Flynn
A CIA operative's mission to stop a terrorist group from launching a devastating attack.
#1, New York Times, bestselling author of, American Assassin,—now a major motion picture Mitch Rapp’s hunt for a missing CIA asset raises the stakes for his own survival—in Vince Flynn’s “tight, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Plum Island
by Nelson DeMille
A mysterious investigation into a series of strange, unexplained events on a remote island.
In 1997, NYPD detective John Corey is on the back porch of his uncle's waterfront home on the North Fork of Long Island recovering from three gunshot wounds while working in his town of Manhattan, ... (Wikipedia)
Die Trying
by Lee Child
An intense thriller involving a daring mission to rescue a kidnapped woman.
While in Chicago, former military policeman Jack Reacher is helping a young woman with an injured leg with her dry cleaning when they're captured at gunpoint by three men and thrown into a car, then ... (Wikipedia)
Power Down
by Ben Coes
A terrorist group takes control of a nuclear power plant, and only one man can stop them. Fast-paced action and political intrigue ensue.
Introducing a major new thriller writer–in the vein of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor--and an electrifying character, Dewey Andreas., A major North American hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest ... (Goodreads)
Patriot Games
by Tom Clancy
A former CIA analyst must protect his family from domestic terrorists, while thwarting a major international conspiracy.
A kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant son occurs at the Mall in London . The attack is orchestrated by members of the Ulster Liberation Army , an ideologically ... (Wikipedia)
The Affair
by Lee Child
An ex-military cop investigates a murder that leads him to uncover a deeper conspiracy.
In March 1997, Maj. Jack Reacher is briefed by his superior Leon Garber on a troubling development in Carter's Crossing, Mississippi : a woman has been found murdered, her throat slit, with signs of ... (Wikipedia)
Lethal
by Sandra Brown
Unsuspecting woman discovers her husband's dark past, and must save her family from a dangerous criminal.
When her four year old daughter informs her a sick man is in their yard, Honor Gillette rushes out to help him. But that "sick" man turns out to be Lee Coburn, the man accused of murdering seven ... (Goodreads)
Killing Floor
by Lee Child
An ex-military cop is thrust into a dangerous criminal underworld to solve the murder of a woman.
Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in the town of Margrave, Georgia , because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. Much to his surprise, ... (Wikipedia)
The Racketeer
by John Grisham
An imprisoned lawyer discovers a sinister plot, using his knowledge of the law to uncover the truth.
Malcolm Bannister is an African American attorney in a small-town Virginia law firm. A real estate transaction which he undertook in good faith turns out to have involved the purchase of a secluded ... (Wikipedia)
Bloodline
by James Rollins
A thrilling tale of murder and conspiracy, as a team of experts investigate a secret organization in pursuit of the truth.
James Rollins takes you to the edge of modern medicine, genetics, and technology, revealing the next evolutionary leap forward: Immortality — a future conceived through the monstrous ingenuity of ... (Goodreads)
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
A thrilling adventure of a submarine captain's race against the clock in a thrilling game of cat and mouse.
During the Cold War ,(the story must be set in 1982, according to the days assigned to the dates in the novel, e.g. Dec. 17 was a Friday only in 1982,1976 and 1971 ) Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy ... (Wikipedia)
Consent to Kill
by Vince Flynn
An assassin is tasked with killing a powerful enemy of the United States, leading to a deadly international manhunt.
In Flynn's previous novel,, Memorial Day, , CIA counter-terror operative and assassin Mitch Rapp uncovered an Al-Qaeda plot to use a nuclear weapon obtained from abandoned Russian nuclear storage ... (Wikipedia)
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
An amnesiac assassin must uncover his past and true identity in a deadly search for the truth.
The preface of the novel consists of two real-life newspaper articles from 1975 about terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as " Carlos the Jackal ." The story opens with gunfire on a boat in the ... (Wikipedia)
I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes
A former operative is called back into action to track down a terrorist plotting a global attack.
A breakneck race against time...and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the ... (Goodreads)
Path of the Assassin
by Brad Thor
A CIA operative must stop a terrorist plot to assassinate the President of the United States. Fast-paced action and political intrigue ensue.
The #1, New York Times, bestselling author of the Scot Harvath series and “heir to Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum” (,Chicago Tribune,) returns with this unputdownable, white-knuckled thriller following ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Accident
by Linwood Barclay
A tragic accident leads to a web of secrets and lies in a small town. The truth threatens to destroy everything.
In this mesmerizing thriller by acclaimed author Linwood Barclay, a typical American community descends into darkness, as an ordinary man is swept into one of the most violent mysteries of modern ... (Goodreads)
The Inner Circle
by Brad Meltzer
A White House lawyer discovers a shocking conspiracy that threatens to destroy the presidency and his own life.
The best-kept secret of the U.S. Presidency is about to be revealed. "There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those ... (Goodreads)
The Book of Lies
by Brad Meltzer
A conspiracy thriller that follows a man's quest to uncover the truth behind his father's death and a secret society.
In Chapter Four of the Bible, Cain kills Abel. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail: the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost ... (Goodreads)
The Emperor's Tomb
by Steve Berry
A historical thriller that follows Cotton Malone as he uncovers a conspiracy surrounding the tomb of China's first emperor.
BONUS: This edition contains a Cotton Malone Dossier, an excerpt from Steve Berry's The Columbus Affair, and a short story by Steve Berry, The Balkan Escape . NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Justice ... (Barnes & Noble)
Spymaster
by Brad Thor
Harvath, a former Navy SEAL, is called back into action to stop a terrorist attack on American soil. Fast-paced and action-packed.
Scot Harvath must do whatever it takes to prevent the United States from being dragged into a deadly war in this heart-pounding thriller that is “timely, raw, and filled with enough action for two ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Bourne Supremacy
by Robert Ludlum
An ex-CIA agent must clear his name from charges of espionage and murder.
In the first book,, The Bourne Identity, , the title character suffers amnesia . Over the course of the book, he regains his memory with the help of a Canadian economist, Marie St Jacques, and ... (Wikipedia)
Origin
by Dan Brown
An exploration of secret societies and history, uncovering dark secrets of the past.
Edmond Kirsch, a billionaire philanthropist, computer scientist and futurist , as well as a strident atheist , attends a meeting in Catalonia ( Spain ) with Roman Catholic Bishop Antonio Valdespino, ... (Wikipedia)
The Jefferson Key
by Steve Berry
A thrilling adventure of Cotton Malone as he uncovers a conspiracy to seize the presidency by decoding a hidden message in the Declaration of Independence.
Four United States presidents have been assassinated – in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963 -- each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time. But what if those presidents were all killed for the ... (Goodreads)
The Drop
by Michael Connelly
A Los Angeles Police detective investigates a case of lost money and a missing girl.
The book was mentioned in a February 2011 interview, where Connelly explained that Bosch would be "handling two cases at once, a cold case that turns hot and the politically charged investigation ... (Wikipedia)
Kill Alex Cross
by James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross is thrust into a thrilling and dangerous pursuit of a notorious killer.
President Coyle's children, Zoe (who is depicted as 'always getting in trouble' or starting it) and Ethan (who is the opposite of his sister, and is often picked on and bullied by fellow students at ... (Wikipedia)
Stolen Prey
by John Sandford
A crime thriller involving a former cop's pursuit of a criminal mastermind.
Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed—husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. There’s ... (Goodreads)
