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Darkness, Take My Hand
by Dennis Lehane
Detective's hunt for a serial killer in a gritty urban setting.
Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in Darkness, Take My Hand, a terrifying tale of redemption. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro’s ... (Goodreads)
Prayers for Rain
by Dennis Lehane
Thriller about a PI's investigation into a missing girl's disappearance, uncovering a city's criminal underworld.
After the events of the preceding novel,, Gone, Baby, Gone, , Patrick Kenzie is working solo; Angie Gennaro has left their partnership for employment at a large investigative firm, moving out of ... (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 Sins of the Fathers
by Lawrence Block
Private investigator Matt Scudder is hired to investigate a series of murders that seem to be connected to a group of men who committed a crime together years ago.
The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers, ... (Goodreads)
Hard Eight
by Janet Evanovich
Adventure with a con artist, a hitman, and an FBI agent, on a wild mission of suspense and deception.
Stephanie is asked by her parents' next-door neighbor, Mabel Markowitz, to find her granddaughter, Evelyn and great-granddaughter, Annie, who have disappeared. During a messy divorce with her ... (Wikipedia)
Ten Big Ones
by Janet Evanovich
Mayhem ensues as bounty hunter Stephanie Plum searches for a missing person.
Stephanie and Lula happen to be waiting outside a deli when a young man in a red Devil mask runs outside after robbing it, only to find that his getaway bicycle 's tire is flat, Lula having shot it ... (Wikipedia)
The Black Dahlia
by James Ellroy
A 1940s Los Angeles detective story, exploring the depths of a gruesome unsolved murder.
On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia—and so begins the greatest manhunt in California ... (Goodreads)
Agnes and the Hitman
by Jennifer Crusie
A hitman and a food writer team up to save a bride-to-be from her mobster fiancé. Chaos and romance ensue.
Take one food writer named Cranky Agnes, add a hitman named Shane, mix them together with a Southern mob wedding, a missing necklace, two annoyed flamingos, and a dog named Rhett and you've got a ... (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)
One False Move
by Harlan Coben
A high school student's past comes back to haunt him when he witnesses a murder. Secrets and lies unravel in this thrilling mystery.
One False Move is a novel detailing a period of time in the life of Myron Bolitar, sports agent, and a long standing secret in his hometown. Myron meets with Norm Zuckerman the CEO of Zoom sports ... (Wikipedia)
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)
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)
Violets Are Blue
by James Patterson
A detective must race against the clock to uncover the truth behind a murder mystery.
Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever- and his own deepest fears- in this electrifying thriller from the world's #1 bestselling writer. D.C. Detective Alex Cross has ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Big Bad Wolf
by James Patterson
Detective investigates a series of grisly murders in a small town.
Cross is in the middle of his training at the FBI when he is assigned to work on a kidnapping case. A federal judge's wife has been kidnapped, and Cross discovers that her kidnapping fits the pattern ... (Wikipedia)
The Vanished Man
by Jeffery Deaver
A magician disappears during a performance, and a serial killer is on the loose. Can Lincoln Rhyme solve the case before it's too late?
The plot starts off with an introduction by Malerick, the antagonist in the story. Speaking in patter to his imaginary 'Revered Audience', he introduces the first trick he shall perform, The Lazy ... (Wikipedia)
Honeymoon
by James Patterson
A young couple's honeymoon takes a sinister turn when secrets from their past come to light.
This book has two plots. The primary plot concerns a serial killer who targets newlyweds on their honeymoons. FBI agent John O'Hara (who was central to the first book of this series) works this case, ... (Wikipedia)
Saving Fish from Drowning
by Amy Tan
A group of friends on a spiritual journey in the jungles of Burma, meeting unexpected turns of fate.
The story concerns a group of American tourists travelling the Burma Road from China to Myanmar, and the comic confusions that occur when they are kidnapped by a group of Karen people who believe one ... (Wikipedia)
The Hour I First Believed
by Wally Lamb
A teacher's life is shattered by the Columbine shooting, leading to a journey of self-discovery and healing.
When high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in ... (Barnes & Noble)
Vanishing Acts
by Jodi Picoult
A woman discovers her past is not what she thought, leading to a search for the truth and a fight for her daughter's custody.
Delia Hopkins is a missing persons' investigator, who lives in New Hampshire with her widowed father Andrew and her young daughter Sophie. Delia works with her own search-and-rescue bloodhound to ... (Wikipedia)
Fearless Fourteen
by Janet Evanovich
A thrilling adventure of crime, mystery, and romance as Stephanie Plum takes on her toughest case yet.
Stephanie Plum apprehends Loretta Rizzi for failure to appear in court, but Loretta, who is a distant cousin of Stephanie's policeman boyfriend, Joe Morelli, agrees to go along only if Stephanie will ... (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)
I Know This Much Is True
by Wally Lamb
A man's journey of self-discovery, coming to terms with family trauma and understanding his identity.
The novel takes place in Three Rivers, Connecticut in the early 1990s. Dominick Birdsey's identical twin , Thomas Birdsey, suffers from paranoid schizophrenia . With medication, Thomas is able to ... (Wikipedia)
The Narrows
by Michael Connelly
A detective's pursuit of justice, exploring the dark underworld of L.A.
FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous ... (Goodreads)
The Thin Man
by Dashiell Hammett
A retired detective called to investigate a mysterious murder.
The story is set in New York City in December 1932, in the last days of Prohibition. The main characters are a former private detective , Nick Charles and Nora, his clever young wife. Nick, son of a ... (Wikipedia)
Hannibal
by Thomas Harris
A psychological thriller about a renowned FBI agent and his pursuit of a dangerous serial killer.
Years after his escape, posing as scholarly Dr. Fell, curator of a grand family's palazzo, Hannibal lives the good life in Florence, playing lovely tunes by serial killer/composer Henry VIII and ... (Goodreads)
Haunted
by Chuck Palahniuk
A group of strangers are invited to stay in a mansion, where they are forced to confront their darkest fears.
Each of the book's chapters contains three sections: a story chapter, which acts as a framing device for the otherwise unconnected short stories; a poem about a particular writer on the tour, its ... (Wikipedia)
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)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Dai Sijie
Two city boys discover the beauty of the countryside, and the power of art, during the Cultural Revolution.
The novel, written by Dai Sijie, is about two teenage boys during the Chinese Cultural Revolution , Luo, described as having "a genius for storytelling", , and the unnamed narrator, "a fine ... (Wikipedia)
Echo Park
by Michael Connelly
LAPD detective investigates a murder with ties to a past cold case, unraveling a complex web of secrets.
In 1993, Harry Bosch and his partner Jerry Edgar caught the Marie Gesto case. Marie was a young equestrian who went missing. Her car and clothing turned up in an apartment garage but her body was ... (Wikipedia)
Gone Tomorrow
by Lee Child
Detective Jack Reacher uncovers a deadly conspiracy while on the hunt for a missing woman.
It's 2am, and Jack Reacher is travelling on the New York City Subway . He notices a suspicious looking passenger who matches many of the specifications for a potential suicide bomber. When he ... (Wikipedia)
