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Blindsighted
by Karin Slaughter
A small Georgia town is rocked by a series of gruesome murders, and it's up to a female detective to solve the case.
A small Georgia town erupts in panic when a young college professor is found brutally mutilated in the local diner. But it’s only when town pediatrician and coroner Sara Linton does the autopsy that ... (Barnes & Noble)
Kisscut
by Karin Slaughter
A gripping crime novel about a small town rocked by a series of murders.
Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly ... (Goodreads)
Indelible
by Karin Slaughter
A young woman's brutal attack and murder haunt her sister and the detective who failed to solve the case. Secrets unravel as they seek justice.
An officer is shot point-blank in the Grant County police station and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver is wounded, setting off a terrifying hostage situation with medical examiner Sara Linton at the ... (Goodreads)
Body Double
by Tess Gerritsen
A Hollywood double takes over the life of a famous actress, but soon realizes that someone is trying to kill her.
Returning to Boston from a business trip in Paris, Maura Isles encounters delays at Charles de Gaulle Airport , and finds upon landing in Boston that the airline has lost her luggage. When she ... (Wikipedia)
The Silent Girl
by Tess Gerritsen
A medical examiner and a detective investigate a series of gruesome murders in Boston.
Every crime scene tells a story. Some keep you awake at night. Others haunt your dreams. The grisly display homicide cop Jane Rizzoli finds in Boston’s Chinatown will do both. In the murky shadows of ... (Goodreads)
The Apprentice
by Tess Gerritsen
A medical student is drawn into a world of mystery and murder, and must unravel the truth.
When Rizzoli investigates a murder where cutting techniques similar to those of imprisoned Warren Hoyt but involving necrophilia (as determined by medical examiner Maura Isles), she is called by FBI ... (Wikipedia)
Gone
by Lisa Gardner
A fast-paced crime thriller that follows a detective's search for a missing girl.
From New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner, author of Alone and The Killing Hour , comes a thriller that goes from heartbreaking to heartstopping in the blink of an eye.… , , When someone you love ... (Goodreads)
61 Hours
by Lee Child
An ex-military cop races against the clock to uncover a sinister plot and protect a witness in small-town South Dakota.
Jack Reacher is hitching a ride on a senior citizen's tour through South Dakota in the middle of winter when the bus skids out on the interstate, disabling it. Together with the bus driver and the ... (Wikipedia)
Hide
by Lisa Gardner
A gripping thriller, following a detective's race to uncover the truth behind a murder.
You have good reason to be afraid. . . . It was a case that haunts Bobby Dodge to this day—the case that nearly killed him and changed his life forever. Now, in an underground chamber on the grounds ... (Goodreads)
Postmortem
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a serial killer in Richmond, Virginia.
The novel opens as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, receives an early-morning call from Sergeant Pete Marino, a homicide detective at the Richmond Police ... (Wikipedia)
The Devil's Star
by Jo Nesbø
Murder mystery set in Oslo involving a mysterious pentagram symbol.
A young woman is murdered in her Oslo flat. One finger has been severed from her left hand, and behind her eyelid is secreted a tiny red diamond in the shape of a five-pointed star - a pentagram, the ... (Goodreads)
Therapy
by Jonathan Kellerman
A psychologist investigates a murder and uncovers dark secrets in the patient's past.
Jonathan Kellerman has made the psychological thriller his own gripping province with his bestselling series of Alex Delaware novels. Now, Delaware’s new adventure leads the sleuthing psychologist on ... (Goodreads)
Seconds to Live
by Melinda Leigh
Detective Ava McLane investigates a series of murders while dealing with her own traumatic past. Time is running out to catch the killer.
A, Wall Street Journal, bestseller, Wildlife biologist Mac Barrett avoided his hometown of Scarlet Falls for years—too many bad memories. But when he receives the news that his father is dying, he ... (Goodreads)
13 Minutes
by Sarah Pinborough
A teenage girl is found unconscious in a river and her friends are suspected of attempted murder. But who is telling the truth?
13 Minutes, is a psychological thriller with a killer twist. From the #1 internationally bestselling author Sarah Pinborough. “Mean Girls for the Instagram age.” —,The Times, (London) The New York ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Survivors Club
by Lisa Gardner
Three survivors of different tragedies come together to solve a murder and confront their past traumas.
One of today's most electrifying suspense novelists, "New York Times" bestselling author Lisa Gardner returns with a shattering thriller that dares to play on our deepest vulnerabilities. In this ... (Goodreads)
Gone
by Jonathan Kellerman
A psychologist investigates the disappearance of a young patient, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
It’s a story tailor-made for the nightly news: Dylan Meserve and Michaela Brand, young lovers and fellow acting students, vanish on the way home from a rehearsal. Three days later, the two of them ... (Goodreads)
The Murder Book
by Jonathan Kellerman
A psychologist investigates a cold case of a murdered woman, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
In seventeen consecutive bestselling novels, Jonathan Kellerman has distinguished himself as the master of the psychological thriller. Now in Kellerman's most compelling and powerful novel yet, L.A. ... (Goodreads)
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø
Detective searches for clues to an elusive crime to find a killer terrorizing Oslo.
The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø’s tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. A brilliant and epic novel, breathtaking in its scope and design—winner of The ... (Goodreads)
Saving Faith
by David Baldacci
A lobbyist uncovers a conspiracy involving a senator and a defense contractor. She must fight to expose the truth and save her own life.
The botched attempt on Faith's life led to an all-out hunt for her by three parties - the FBI, the CIA and her boss, Danny Buchanan. Fleeing for her life, Faith was not sure who she can trust, ... (Wikipedia)
Two for the Dough
by Janet Evanovich
A humorous crime novel involving an unlikely bounty hunter and a dangerous search for a fugitive.
While Stephanie is looking for Kenny around their Trenton neighborhood, the friend he shot - Moogey Bues - is shot again. This second attack is fatal, which complicates the case against Kenny. At the ... (Wikipedia)
Cold Wind
by C.J. Box
A chilling mystery unfolds in the small town of Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, as game warden Joe Pickett investigates a series of murders.
The extraordinary new Joe Pickett novel from the Edgar Award-winning author. When Earl Alden is found dead, dangling from a wind turbine, it's his wife, Missy, who is arrested. Unfortunately for Joe ... (Goodreads)
Persuader
by Lee Child
A former military cop is forced to confront his past when a case involving a missing woman takes a deadly turn.
Jack Reacher is working unofficially with the DEA to bring down a boy's father, Zachary Beck, who is suspected of smuggling drugs under the pretext of trading in oriental carpets. They stage a kidnap ... (Wikipedia)
A Perfect Evil
by Alex Kava
A gripping tale of suspense as a small town is plunged into terror, and a detective races against time to uncover the truth.
A killer is watching . . . The brutal murders of three young boys paralyze the citizens of Platte City, Nebraska. What's worse is the grim realization that the man recently executed for the crimes ... (Goodreads)
Along Came a Spider
by James Patterson
A detective races against time to solve a kidnapper's twisted game.
What have we got? A missing little girl named Maggie Rose . . . a family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. . . . the thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school ... (Goodreads)
Missing You
by Harlan Coben
A woman's quest to uncover the truth behind her fiancé's disappearance.
It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she’s ignored for ... (Goodreads)
T is for Trespass
by Sue Grafton
Detective Kinsey Millhone investigates the disappearance of a client's daughter, uncovering a web of secrets and lies.
Kinsey's cantankerous neighbor Gus is badly injured in a fall and hires Solana Rojas, a private nurse, to help him while he recuperates. Kinsey becomes suspicious when Gus becomes isolated and ... (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)
The Preacher
by Camilla Läckberg
A gripping crime novel about a young detective investigating a series of murders in a small Swedish town.
Almost every subplot focuses on a parent-child relationship: central we have three generations of misogynist father/son in which violations of young girls is almost enshrined; ramifications occur ... (Wikipedia)
Heartsick
by Chelsea Cain
Detective Archie Sheridan is haunted by his past with serial killer Gretchen Lowell, who has escaped from prison and wants to play a deadly game.
, Damaged Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped ... (Goodreads)
