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The Keeper of Lost Causes
by Jussi Adler-Olsen
A police detective investigates a mysterious disappearance, uncovering a sinister conspiracy.
Carl Mørck is demoted to Department Q, the cold case unit, after a raid goes wrong. One case, a suspected suicide, piques his interest. His investigations suggest that the woman, a rising politician, ... (Wikipedia)
Three Daughters
by Consuelo Saah Baehr
A family saga set in the Middle East, following three sisters as they navigate love, loss, and cultural expectations.
From the fertile hills of a tiny village near Jerusalem to the elegant townhouses of Georgetown,, Three Daughters, is a historical saga that chronicles the lives, loves, and secrets of three ... (Barnes & Noble)
Voices
by Arnaldur Indriðason
A detective investigates the murder of a hotel Santa Claus, uncovering dark secrets and personal demons.
Mancano pochi giorni a Natale e nello squallido seminterrato di un grande albergo di Reykjavik viene ritrovato il cadavere di un uomo vestito da Babbo Natale e con i pantaloni abbassati. Si tratta ... (Goodreads)
The Man Who Smiled
by Henning Mankell
A story of revenge and redemption, as a Swedish detective unravels a mystery spanning three generations.
The Man Who Smiled begins with Inspector Kurt Wallander deep in a personal and professional crisis after killing a man in the line of duty; eventually, he vows to quit the Ystad police force for ... (Goodreads)
One Step Behind
by Henning Mankell
A detective solves a murder mystery, uncovering a web of corruption in the process.
It is Midsummer's Eve. Three young friends meet in a wood to act out an elaborate masque. But unknown to them, they are being watched. With a bullet each, all three are murdered. Soon afterwards, one ... (Goodreads)
Roseanna
by Maj Sjöwall
Detective investigates a murder, uncovering unexpected secrets and corruption.
A young woman is found dead in the Göta Canal , molested and murdered. The case is almost instantly cold: nobody can identify her and where and by whom she was killed. Then a stroke of luck: through ... (Wikipedia)
The Neon Rain
by James Lee Burke
A detective's search for justice in a crime-ridden city, uncovering long-buried truths.
While fishing on a back country bayou New Orleans Police Department officer Dave Robicheaux finds a body. Robicheaux, once a U.S. Army infantry lieutenant who fought in the Vietnam War , , becomes ... (Wikipedia)
Sidetracked
by Henning Mankell
A police detective's investigation into a mysterious murder, uncovering a dark conspiracy.
In the award-winning Sidetracked , Kurt Wallander is called to a nearby rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in ... (Goodreads)
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indriðason
Detective Erlendur investigates a murder in Reykjavík, uncovering secrets that have been buried for decades.
When a lonely old man is found murdered in his Reykjavík flat, the only clues are a cryptic note left by the killer and a photograph of a young girl’s grave. Inspector Erlendur, who heads the ... (Goodreads)
The Redeemer
by Jo Nesbø
Private detective Harry Hole investigates a murder and uncovers a sinister conspiracy.
In 1991, at a youth camp run by the Norwegian Salvation Army , the 14-year-old daughter of a senior Salvationist official is raped in a public toilet . Because of the Salvation Army's strict ... (Wikipedia)
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)
Full Dark, No Stars
by Stephen King
Four suspenseful stories of retribution, exploring the depths of human darkness.
"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger..." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922." the first in this pitch-black quartet ... (Goodreads)
Wolves of the Calla
by Stephen King
A small town in the Wild West faces a mysterious threat and must rely on a gunslinger to save them.
After escaping the alternate Topeka and the evil wizard Walter O'Dim and weathering the starkblast , Roland's ka-tet begin to sense they are being followed in their travels. During this time, Eddie ... (Wikipedia)
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)
The Sparrow
by Mary Doria Russell
A Jesuit mission to an alien planet ends in tragedy, raising questions about faith, morality, and the nature of God.
In the year 2019, the SETI program at Arecibo Observatory discovers radio broadcasts of music from the vicinity of Alpha Centauri . The first expedition to Rakhat, the world that is sending the ... (Wikipedia)
Siracusa
by Delia Ephron
Two couples reunite in Siracusa, Italy, but their vacation takes a dark turn as secrets and tensions unravel.
New Yorkers Michael, a famous writer, and Lizzie, a journalist, travel to Italy with their friends from Maine—Finn; his wife, Taylor; and their daughter, Snow. “From the beginning,” says Taylor, “it ... (Goodreads)
City of Thieves
by David Benioff
Two young men embark on a perilous mission in the besieged Leningrad of WWII.
The story is introduced as the recollections of the narrator's grandfather Lev Beniov, a contemporary Russian Jewish émigré. It is set in the first week of 1942, with the 17-years-old Lev trying to ... (Wikipedia)
Night Chills
by Dean Koontz
A small town is plagued by a mysterious force that causes people to turn into violent killers. A chilling thriller that will keep you on edge.
#1, New York Times, bestselling author Dean Koontz unleashes a contagion on a small Maine town–one that triggers the darkest desires of the soul. Designed by top scientists and unleashed in a ... (Goodreads)
The Mist
by Stephen King
A group of survivors confront terror and terrorizing creatures in a thick mist.
The morning after a severe thunderstorm , an unnaturally thick mist gradually envelopes the small town of Bridgton, Maine. Artist David Drayton, along with his son Billy and neighbor Brent Norton ... (Wikipedia)
The Devil's Punchbowl
by Greg Iles
A lawyer uncovers a dark secret in a small Mississippi town, leading to a dangerous investigation and a fight for justice.
From New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles comes his most electrifying thriller yet. The Devil's Punchbowl reveals a world of depravity, sex, violence, and the corruption of a Southern town. As ... (Goodreads)
Murder List
by Julie Garwood
A successful businesswoman is targeted by a killer, and she turns to a detective for help. As they work together, they uncover a dangerous conspiracy.
There are few authors who can weave nail-biting thrills, edge-of-your-seat drama, and romantic suspense as masterfully as Julie Garwood. Now she ratchets up the tension with Murder List , in which ... (Goodreads)
Edge
by Jeffery Deaver
A young woman with a rare neurological disorder becomes the target of a ruthless killer. Can a paralyzed detective solve the case before it's too late?
Behind the well-known U.S. security organizations—the FBI and CIA among them—lies a heavily guarded, anonymous government agency dedicated to intelligence surveillance and to a highly specialized ... (Barnes & Noble)
Tuesday's Gone
by Nicci French
A psychologist is called to help solve a murder case, but her own past traumas begin to resurface.
A London social worker makes a routine home visit only to discover her client serving afternoon tea to a naked, decomposing corpse. With no clues as to the dead man’s identity, Chief Inspector ... (Goodreads)
In the Blood
by Steve Robinson
Genealogist Jefferson Tayte uncovers a dark family secret that leads him on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth.
Two hundred years ago a loyalist family fled to England to escape the American War of Independence and seemingly vanished into thin air. American genealogist Jefferson Tayte is hired to find out what ... (Barnes & Noble)
Icebound
by David Axton
A small town in Maine is trapped by a deadly ice storm, and a killer is among them.
The plot concerns a group of international scientists working for the project of towing an iceberg to be used as relief for droughts. It is headed up by the husband and wife team of Rita and Harold ... (Wikipedia)
Heartbreaker
by Julie Garwood
A young woman is kidnapped and falls in love with her captor, a notorious outlaw. Can their love survive the dangers of the Wild West?
#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood proves she is a master storyteller in this classic romantic suspense novel featuring FBI agent Nick Buchanan. In the still shadows of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Burning Wire
by Jeffery Deaver
Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race against time to stop a killer who uses electricity as his weapon.
The sabotage of a substation of the prominent electrical energy distributor Algonquin Consolidated Power and Light Company in Queens , New York, causing a deadly arc flash leads to an investigation ... (Wikipedia)
Lipstick Jungle
by Candace Bushnell
Three successful women navigate their careers, relationships, and personal lives in New York City's cutthroat fashion industry.
In a way, Candace Bushnell's Lipstick Jungle picks up where her career-defining book Sex and the City left off, in the money-soaked, power-hungry, beauty-obsessed jungle that is New York City. This ... (Goodreads)
Kill Me If You Can
by James Patterson
A young man finds a bag of diamonds and becomes the target of a deadly assassin. Fast-paced thriller with unexpected twists and turns.
A poor art student living in New York stumbles on a bag of diamonds . . . but they come at a price in this unforgettable novel from "America's #1 storyteller" (,Forbes,). Matthew Bannon, a poor art ... (Barnes & Noble)
Roadside Crosses
by Jeffery Deaver
A killer is using the internet to select and murder his victims, leaving roadside crosses as a calling card. Can detective Kathryn Dance stop him before it's too late?
The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways – not in memoriam, but as announcements of his intention to kill. And to kill in particularly ... (Barnes & Noble)
