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The Highway
by C.J. Box
A truck driver's routine delivery turns into a dangerous chase when he witnesses a crime and becomes the target of a ruthless killer.
The inspiration for the new ABC series Big Sky . ,“A violent, tension-packed, well-written thriller spiced with Box’s vivid portrayal of the Western landscape.” — Associated Press When two sisters ... (Barnes & Noble)
Badlands
by C.J. Box
A gripping thriller about a game warden's investigation into a murder in the remote wilderness of Wyoming.
In C.J. Box's, Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it’s the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and ... (Barnes & Noble)
Vicious Circle
by C.J. Box
An epic tale of survival and justice, as a Wyoming game warden must outwit a ruthless killer.
The plane circled in the dark. Joe Pickett could just make out down below a figure in the snow and timber, and then three other figures closing in. There was nothing he could do about it. And Joe ... (Goodreads)
The Sixth Man
by David Baldacci
A murder mystery set in the world of college basketball, as two brothers work to uncover the truth.
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called to help Edgar Roy, an alleged serial killer awaiting trial. Roy faces almost certain conviction. Roy’s attorney, Sean’s friend and mentor Ted Bergin, is set ... (Wikipedia)
Criminal
by Karin Slaughter
A gripping crime thriller that follows a police detective's search for the truth behind a mysterious murder.
Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is ... (Goodreads)
The Night the Lights Went Out
by Karen White
A woman moves to a small town and uncovers dark secrets about her new home and the people in it.
15 hours, 19 minutes From the, New York Times, bestselling author of the Tradd Street series comes a stunning new novel about a young single mother who discovers that the nature of friendship is ... (Goodreads)
Seeing Red
by Sandra Brown
A journalist investigates a murder case, but the prime suspect is her ex-lover. As she digs deeper, she uncovers shocking secrets.
#1, New York Times, bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers nonstop suspense and supercharged sexual tension in a thriller about tainted heroism and vengeance without mercy. Kerra Bailey is a TV ... (Barnes & Noble)
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)
Long Road to Mercy
by David Baldacci
FBI agent Atlee Pine investigates a murder in the Grand Canyon, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.
Introducing a remarkable new character from #1 New York Times bestselling writer David Baldacci: Atlee Pine, an FBI agent with special skills assigned to the remote wilds of the southwestern United ... (Barnes & Noble)
As The Crow Flies
by Craig Johnson
A Wyoming Sheriff investigates a murder amidst a rising tide of violence.
The eighth novel from the, New York Times, bestselling author of the Longmire series, the basis for, LONGMIRE, the hit Netflix original series, Embarking on his eighth adventure, Wyoming Sheriff Walt ... (Goodreads)
Stay Close
by Harlan Coben
Thriller involving a family caught in a web of secrets and lies.
Megan is a suburban soccer mom who once upon a time walked on the wild side. Now she’s got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a ... (Goodreads)
The Simple Truth
by David Baldacci
A legal thriller involving a murder mystery, a wrongful conviction and the search for justice.
Twenty five years ago, Rufus Harms was convicted of a murder he believes he committed. But when his memory is jogged by a letter from the army, he has a shocking realization: he's not guilty. From ... (Goodreads)
Hell Is Empty
by Craig Johnson
Sheriff Walt Longmire searches for a missing escaped convict in the wilderness of Wyoming's Absaroka County.
Wyoming's favorite sheriff braves a frozen inferno as he races to capture an escaped murderer. , Well-read and world-weary, Sheriff Walt Longmire has been maintaing order in Wyoming's Absaroka County ... (Goodreads)
The Mountain Between Us
by Charles Martin
Stranded in the snow-covered wilderness, two strangers must work together to survive.
On a stormy winter night, Dr. Ben Payne and writer Ashley Knox are stuck in Salt Lake City International Airport when their flights are canceled. Both are eager to reach their destinations—Ben has ... (Wikipedia)
Caught
by Harlan Coben
A man's search to uncover the truth behind his wife's disappearance and his own involvement.
17-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents ... (Wikipedia)
The Poet
by Michael Connelly
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's descent into darkness, as he unravels a web of deceit and murder.
Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how–he decides to write the story. But ... (Goodreads)
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
A family drama set in the Australian outback, where a man is found dead and his family must confront their secrets and past mistakes.
“Jane Harper has done it again! This standalone novel takes the reader on a thrilling rollercoaster ride through the Australian Outback as Nathan tries to solve the mystery of his brother’s death and ... (Barnes & Noble)
Echo Burning
by Lee Child
A former military man is hired for a dangerous job to protect a woman and her daughter from an abusive husband.
Jack Reacher breaks a bully's nose and finger after being repeatedly provoked in a Texas saloon, so when the bully turns out to be a local cop and shows up with three of his colleagues the following ... (Wikipedia)
Fallen
by Karin Slaughter
A small town is rocked by a brutal crime that exposes long-held secrets and threatens to tear the community apart.
Agent Faith Mitchell is late leaving a training workshop with the GBI. She was supposed to pick up her baby at noon, but there's no answer at her mother's house. Retired Atlanta Police Captain Evelyn ... (Wikipedia)
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)
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
Epic tale of two former Texas Rangers on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana.
It is the late 1870s. , Captain Woodrow F. Call and Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae, two famous retired Texas Rangers , run the Hat Creek Cattle Company and Livery Emporium in the small Texas border ... (Wikipedia)
The Huntress
by Kate Quinn
A post-WWII thriller about a Nazi hunter, a British war correspondent, and a Russian fighter pilot. Their paths cross in pursuit of a notorious war criminal.
Instant New York Times Bestseller! "...compulsively readable historical fiction…[a] powerful novel about unusual women facing sometimes insurmountable odds with grace, grit, love and tenacity.” - ... (Barnes & Noble)
Dark Sacred Night
by Michael Connelly
Detective Renée Ballard teams up with retired detective Harry Bosch to solve a cold case involving the murder of a teenage runaway.
Harry Bosch teams up with LAPD Detective Renée Ballard to face the unsolved murder of a runaway, and the fight to bring a killer to justice.,Detective Renée Ballard is working the night beat — known ... (Barnes & Noble)
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)
Fool Me Once
by Harlan Coben
A woman's search for justice and the truth behind her husband's death.
Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya’s husband, Joe—who had been ... (Goodreads)
Kill Shot
by Vince Flynn
An ex-CIA operative is called back to action to stop a political assassination plot.
#1, New York Times, bestselling author of, American Assassin,—now a major motion picture Vince Flynn’s intensely suspenseful #1, New York Times, bestseller puts the young, hungry, and lethal ... (Goodreads)
Triptych
by Karin Slaughter
A gripping crime novel exposing a dark web of secrets, lies, and vengeance.
Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is on the trail of a serial rapist with a gruesome inclination when he comes into contact with Michael Ormewood, an Atlanta homicide detective with a ... (Wikipedia)
Tripwire
by Lee Child
A retired military cop is drawn into a tangled web of intrigue, uncovering a deadly conspiracy.
The prologue describes Victor Truman "Hook" Hobie's carefully planned escape route in the event of somebody discovering his "really big, well-guarded secret". His "early-warning system" consists of ... (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)
