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Indigo Slam
by Robert Crais
Elvis Cole investigates the murder of a wealthy art collector's wife, leading him into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles.
Life in the California sun suits Elvis Cole—until the day a fifteen-year-old girl and her two younger siblings walk into his office. Then everything changes. Three years ago, a Seattle family ran for ... (Goodreads)
The Last Detective
by Robert Crais
Private detective unravels a web of lies as he searches for missing persons.
P.I. Elvis Cole’s relationship with attorney Lucy Chenier is strained. Then the unthinkable happens. While Lucy is away on business and her ten-year-old son Ben is staying with Elvis, the boy ... (Goodreads)
Chasing Darkness
by Robert Crais
Private investigator Elvis Cole investigates a case involving a missing woman and a serial killer.
Elvis 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 ... (Goodreads)
Blood Work
by Michael Connelly
A retired FBI agent unravels a mystery while struggling with his own mortality.
After receiving a heart transplant, retired FBI criminal profiler Terrell "Terry" McCaleb is contacted by Graciela Rivers, the sister of his donor Gloria, and asked to investigate her death, which ... (Wikipedia)
Tick Tock
by James Patterson
Detective Michael Bennett races against time to stop a deadly serial killer who is targeting the city's wealthiest families.
NYC's #1 detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problem-the Son of Sam, the Werewolf of Wisteria and the Mad Bomber are all back. The city has never been more terrified! When a rash of horrifying ... (Barnes & Noble)
Trunk Music
by Michael Connelly
Detective investigates a murder in Hollywood, uncovering secrets and lies.
A body found in the trunk of a Rolls Royce seems to have connections with the mob and leads Bosch and his investigation to Las Vegas . It's Harry Bosch's first case after being transferred to the ... (Wikipedia)
The Client
by John Grisham
A young boy is thrust into a legal battle, as he tries to protect himself and his family.
Boyd Boyette, a United States Senator from Louisiana, goes missing. Because of his vocal opposition to a proposed major toxic landfill project by a company known to be Mafia-backed, murder is ... (Wikipedia)
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)
Tourist Season
by Carl Hiaasen
A journalist investigates the mysterious killings of tourists in the Florida Keys.
Las Noches de Diciembre ( Spanish , "The Nights of December") is a small terrorist cell led by rogue newspaper columnist Skip Wiley, calling himself El Fuego .. Skip believes that the only way to ... (Wikipedia)
The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
A jury trial where the jury's decision is up for sale as two sides battle for a multi-million dollar verdict.
Wendall Rohr and his team of tort lawyers have filed suit on behalf of plaintiff Celeste Wood, whose husband died of lung cancer , against the tobacco company Pynex. The trial is to be held in Biloxi ... (Wikipedia)
The Lincoln Lawyer
by Michael Connelly
A defense attorney navigates the legal system and unravels a conspiracy that could destroy him.
Moderately successful criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller operates around Los Angeles County out of a Lincoln Town Car (hence the title) driven by a former client working off his legal fees. ... (Wikipedia)
Flight of the Intruder
by Stephen Coonts
American Navy pilots take on a daring mission to strike deep into North Vietnam.
Flight of the Intruder begins with a night attack mission flown by Jake Grafton and his navigator Morgan "Morg" McPherson from the USN aircraft carrier, USS Shiloh , striking a target in North ... (Wikipedia)
The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham
A law student's investigation into a political assassination, uncovering a deadly conspiracy.
The story begins with the assassinations of two ideologically divergent Supreme Court Justices. Both murders are committed by Khamel, the most wanted hitman in the world. Justice Rosenberg, a ... (Wikipedia)
Time to Hunt
by Stephen Hunter
A group of Vietnam veterans embark on a daring mission of revenge against the crime syndicate that betrayed them.
The book begins about four or five years after the events in Black Light . Swagger's daughter is now around 8, and he owns a "lay-up" horse ranch, where he cares for horses. He has been slipping into ... (Wikipedia)
Point of Impact
by Stephen Hunter
A gripping story of a sniper and his mission to protect the President from an assassin.
He was one the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today, twenty years later, disgruntled hero of an unheroic war, all Bob Lee Swagger wants to be left alone and to leave the killing behind. But with ... (Goodreads)
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
An all-out war between NATO and the Soviet Union, as seen through the eyes of the soldiers.
Militants from Azerbaijan destroy an oil production refinery in Nizhnevartovsk , threatening to cripple the Soviet Union's economy due to oil shortages. After much deliberation, the Soviet Politburo ... (Wikipedia)
A Drink Before the War
by Dennis Lehane
Private detectives investigate a kidnapping case, uncovering dark secrets of the city.
Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro receive a job from three state politicians, Sterling Mulkern, Jim Vurnan and Brian Paulson, to recover documents from a former cleaning ... (Wikipedia)
The Juror
by George Dawes Green
A woman is selected for jury duty in a high-profile case, but soon realizes she's being manipulated by the defendant.
Annie Laird ( Demi Moore ) is a sculptor who lives in New York with her son Oliver ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt ); she works a day job as a data entry clerk . Annie is selected to be a juror in the trial ... (Wikipedia)
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
A hard-boiled detective's journey to unravel the truth behind a mysterious disappearance.
The novel opens outside a club called the Dancers. It is late October or early November. No year is given for the events but internal evidence and the publication date of the novel place them between ... (Wikipedia)
Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
A thrilling tale of espionage and wartime romance, set in the chaos of WWII.
In 1940, Henry Faber, a German spy nicknamed 'die Nadel' ('The Needle') due to his trademark weapon being a stiletto , is working at a London railway depot, collecting information on troop movements. ... (Wikipedia)
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
A post-apocalyptic tale of survival, as the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.
The novel is broken into 11 parts of varying lengths. The story itself is broken into two sections: the first and shorter section covers the origins of the virus and its outbreak, while the second is ... (Wikipedia)
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
A gripping story of the Battle of Gettysburg, told through the eyes of the soldiers on both sides.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain , one of the major characters, remembers reciting to his father a speech from, Hamlet, : "What a piece of work is man...in action how like an angel!" Sgt. Buster Kilrain ... (Wikipedia)
One Shot
by Lee Child
A former military investigator must solve a murder case in a short period of time.
In a small Indiana city, a lone gunman in a parking garage calmly fires into a rush-hour crowd in a public plaza, committing a massacre of five apparently random victims with six shots. The shooter ... (Wikipedia)
Private Paris
by James Patterson
Jack Morgan, head of Private Investigations, is called to Paris to investigate a series of murders targeting the city's elite.
When Jack Morgan, the owner of Private, visits his office in Paris, he hopes to have a relaxing time of enjoying the sights and having fine food and wine. His trip ends up being anything but ... (Wikipedia)
One Rough Man
by Brad Taylor
A former Delta Force operative is called back into action to stop a terrorist plot. Fast-paced action and suspenseful twists keep readers on edge.
Vince Flynn and Brad Thor, move over: introducing a pulse-pounding new international thriller series by a former Delta Force commander., They call it the Taskforce. Their existence is as essential as ... (Goodreads)
A Crime of Passion
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
A 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 ... (Goodreads)
The Killing Hour
by Lisa Gardner
A serial killer is on the loose, targeting lone women at night. Detective D.D. Warren must race against time to catch the killer before he strikes again.
Each time he struck, he took two victims. Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered–a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who ... (Goodreads)
Hornet's Nest
by Patricia Cornwell
A small town in North Carolina is rocked by a series of murders, and the investigation uncovers dark secrets and corruption.
Deputy Chief Virginia West likes and respects her boss, Hammer, but with an increasing number of visiting businessmen being murdered in her city by a maniac with a penchant for painting his victims ... (Goodreads)
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
Private eye investigates a complex case involving a wealthy family and blackmail.
Private investigator Philip Marlowe is called to the home of the wealthy and elderly General Sternwood, in the month of October. He wants Marlowe to deal with an attempt by a bookseller named Arthur ... (Wikipedia)
Friction
by Sandra Brown
A homicide detective and a TV journalist team up to solve a murder case, but their past relationship creates tension and danger.
After a courtroom gunman threatens everything he holds dear, a Texas Ranger with a checkered past must choose between vengeance and family in this #1, New York Times, bestselling thriller. Crawford ... (Barnes & Noble)
