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Eleven on Top
by Janet Evanovich
A thrilling mystery featuring Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter caught up in a dangerous case.
Stephanie Plum has had enough - enough of grappling with fugitives in garbage piles, enough of being constantly shot at, and enough of having her cars blown up on a semi-regular basis. So she quits ... (Wikipedia)
The Contortionist's Handbook
by Craig Clevenger
A forger with a rare medical condition navigates through a world of drugs, crime, and love.
John Dolan Vincent is a talented young forger with a proclivity for mathematics and drug addiction. In the face of his impending institutionalization, he continually reinvents himself to escape the ... (Wikipedia)
High Heat
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher investigates a case of arson in a small town, uncovering a web of corruption and violence.
Thriller master Lee Child returns with an exclusive eBook short story. In the midst of a savage heat wave and an infamous murder spree, a blackout awakens the dark side of the city that never ... (Goodreads)
The Enemy
by Lee Child
A retired military cop is tasked with finding a missing American soldier in Iraq.
In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel, apparently while in the company of a prostitute. MP Maj. Jack Reacher investigates and ... (Wikipedia)
Make Me
by Lee Child
An ex-military drifter is framed for a murder and must uncover the truth to clear his name.
Somewhere in the sprawling, flat, desolate Midwestern United States, Reacher arrives by train at a small town named Mother's Rest, curious as to the story behind the name. He meets a Chinese American ... (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)
Smash Cut
by Sandra Brown
A wealthy businessman's life is turned upside down when his actress wife is brutally murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown comes this thrilling new novel full of jarring, cinematic twists and breathless suspense that will have you on the edge of your seat. When ... (Goodreads)
Never Never
by James Patterson
Detective Harriet Blue is on the hunt for her brother's killer, but her own past and present become intertwined in a dangerous game.
When Harry's brother is arrested for the murders of three young women, her boss needs to get the mercurial Harry away "for her own good" from Sydney and a merciless press. She is assigned to a small ... (Wikipedia)
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)
A Sudden Light
by Garth Stein
A boy uncovers family secrets while trying to save his ancestral home, haunted by the ghosts of his ancestors.
From Garth Stein, author of the beloved bestseller, The Art of Racing in the Rain,—now a major motion picture! The New York Times bestselling “witty, atmospheric” ( People ) story of a once powerful ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Eiger Sanction
by Trevanian
Art professor and assassin Jonathan Hemlock is forced to climb the treacherous Eiger mountain to complete a deadly mission.
Dr. Jonathan Hemlock is an art professor and mountaineer . He is also a collector of paintings, most of them obtained from the black market . To finance his collection Hemlock, who served in a ... (Wikipedia)
Don't Blink
by James Patterson
A young girl is kidnapped and the clock is ticking for her rescue. Detective Michael Bennett races against time to save her.
Join reporter Nick Daniels as he uncovers deadly secrets in a page-turning thriller from the "unstoppable" James Patterson (,USA Today,). Seated at New York's Lombardo's Steak House, reporter Nick ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Postcard Killers
by James Patterson
NYPD detective and Swedish journalist team up to solve a string of murders across Europe, all connected by postcards left at the crime scenes.
A young American couple is murdered while vacationing in Europe. The young woman’s father, Jacob Kanon, is a New York City police investigator who travels to Europe to hunt down the murderer. Other ... (Wikipedia)
Book of the Dead
by Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates a series of murders with a connection to an ancient Egyptian tomb.
Soon after relocating to Charleston, S.C., to launch a private forensics lab, Scarpetta is asked to consult on the murder of U.S. tennis star Drew Martin, whose mutilated body was found in Rome. ... (Goodreads)
World Gone By
by Dennis Lehane
A former gangster navigates the criminal underworld of 1940s Florida while trying to protect his family. Loyalties are tested and secrets are revealed.
Ten years after the events chronicled in the prior novel,, Live by Night, , Joe Coughlin is working as the consigliere to the crime family headed by his former partner Dion Bartolo. Outwardly, Joe is ... (Wikipedia)
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
A human raised by Martians must find his place in a hostile Earth society.
The story focuses on a human raised on Mars and his adaptation to and understanding of humans and their culture. It is set in a post- Third World War United States, where organized religions are ... (Wikipedia)
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
by Cat Winters
In 1918, a teenage girl navigates the spiritualism craze and the horrors of World War I while trying to solve her own murder.
In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Aquitaine Progression
by Robert Ludlum
A lawyer uncovers a conspiracy involving a powerful pharmaceutical company and must go on the run to expose the truth.
In Geneva, American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasn’t seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies violently at his feet, whispering words that hand Converse a staggering legacy of ... (Goodreads)
Kindred in Death
by J.D. Robb
Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates a series of brutal murders that lead her to confront her own painful past.
When the newly promoted captain of the NYPSD and his wife return a day early from their vacation, they were looking forward to spending time with their bright and vivacious sixteen-year-old daughter ... (Goodreads)
Monday Mourning
by Kathy Reichs
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates a series of murders involving young girls in Montreal.
The plot of the story revolves around Brennan trying to decipher the clues left behind by the skeletons of three girls found in a pizza parlor basement in Montreal, Quebec , Canada, which has a ... (Wikipedia)
Broken Prey
by John Sandford
Detective Lucas Davenport investigates a series of gruesome murders in Minneapolis, uncovering a twisted web of secrets and lies.
The first body is of a young woman, found on a Minneapolis riverbank, her throat cut, her body scourged and put on display. Whoever did this, Lucas Davenport knows, is pushed by brain chemistry. ... (Goodreads)
Star Island
by Carl Hiaasen
A pop star's life is in danger when a crazed fan mistakes her for a lookalike. A hilarious satire on celebrity culture.
Ann DeLusia, the " stunt double " for habitually intoxicated and drug-addicted pop star "Cherry Pye", is mistakenly kidnapped by an obsessed paparazzo . Now, the star's entourage must find a way to ... (Wikipedia)
Trouble in Mudbug
by Jana Deleon
A humorous mystery novel set in a small Louisiana town, where a ghostly presence and a murder investigation collide.
Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over ... (Goodreads)
Nature Girl
by Carl Hiaasen
A woman takes a man on a wild and dangerous adventure through the Florida Everglades.
In his latest New York Times bestseller, Hiaasen introduces impassioned, possibly bipolar, self-proclaimed queen of lost causes Honey Santana, who schemes to help rid the world of irresponsibility, ... (Goodreads)
Revenge of the Spellmans
by Lisa Lutz
A private investigator family must protect its secrets while solving a mystery.
YOU THOUGHT YOUR LIFE WAS COMPLICATED Private investigator Isabel Spellman is back on the case and back on the couch – in court-ordered therapy after getting a little too close to her previous ... (Goodreads)
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
A hacker's journey through a dystopian cyberpunk world, searching for a way to survive.
Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler in the dystopian underworld of Chiba City , Japan. Once a talented computer hacker , Case was caught stealing from his employer. As punishment for his theft, ... (Wikipedia)
Deliver Us from Evil
by David Baldacci
A small-town detective investigates a string of murders, uncovering a dark conspiracy that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
Evan Waller is a monster. He has built a fortune from his willingness to buy and sell anything… and anyone. In search of new opportunities, Waller has just begun a new business venture: one that ... (Goodreads)
Fields of Fire
by Marko Kloos
A group of soldiers fight for survival on a hostile planet, facing not only the enemy but also their own demons.
The time has come to take the fight to the Lankies. Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. Since then, the depleted forces of Earth's alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing ... (Goodreads)
Vittorio, The Vampire
by Anne Rice
Vittorio, a young Italian nobleman, becomes a vampire and struggles with his newfound immortality and thirst for blood.
In the twentieth century, from his castle in the northern part of Tuscany , Vittorio writes the tragic tale of his life. In 1450, Vittorio di Raniari is a sixteen-year-old Italian nobleman, when his ... (Wikipedia)
The Bone Labyrinth
by James Rollins
An archaeological expedition unravels an ancient secret, igniting a global race to prevent a catastrophic event.
A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within our DNA, a ... (Barnes & Noble)
