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March Violets
by Philip Kerr
In 1936 Berlin, detective Bernie Gunther investigates a wealthy industrialist's daughter's murder.
Bernhard Gunther, a 38-year-old Berlin ex-cop turned private detective, is hired in the summer of 1936 by rich industrialist Hermann Six to recover a diamond necklace stolen from his daughter Grete's ... (Wikipedia)
The Naming of the Dead
by Ian Rankin
A detective investigates a serial killer during the G8 summit in Edinburgh, Scotland.
An underlying thread throughout the book is that of familial relationships; the book opens with Detective Inspector John Rebus attending the funeral of his brother Michael, who has died suddenly from ... (Wikipedia)
Prince of Fire
by Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon, an Israeli spy, investigates a terrorist attack in Rome and uncovers a conspiracy to ignite a war in the Middle East.
After terrorists bomb the Israeli embassy in Rome , agents at Israel ’s intelligence service —better known as the Office— struggle to determine a precise motive for the attack. The investigation ... (Wikipedia)
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
A Franciscan friar investigates a series of murders in a medieval monastery, uncovering a sinister plot.
In 1327, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Adso of Melk , a Benedictine novice travelling under his protection, arrive at a Benedictine monastery in Northern Italy to attend a theological ... (Wikipedia)
The Black Widow
by Daniel Silva
A thriller following an intelligence agent's pursuit of a dangerous assassin.
Gabriel Allon is expected to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence service . However, on the eve of his promotion, ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris. He had ... (Wikipedia)
The English Assassin
by Daniel Silva
An art restorer is tasked with investigating a murder related to a long-lost masterpiece.
Art restorer, Gabriel Allon, who also works part-time for 'The Office', a semi-official Israeli intelligence agency, accepts an assignment from an anonymous Zurich banker. Arriving at his villa , he ... (Wikipedia)
Conclave
by Robert Harris
Political thriller about the election of a new Pope amid a power struggle in the Vatican.
The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy ... (Goodreads)
Munich
by Robert Harris
A gripping historical thriller set in the aftermath of World War II.
From the internationally best-selling author of, Fatherland, and the Cicero Trilogy–a new spy thriller about treason and conscience, loyalty and betrayal, set against the backdrop of the fateful ... (Goodreads)
An Officer and a Spy
by Robert Harris
A story of espionage and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Dreyfus Affair.
Upon being promoted to run the Statistical Section , the top secret headquarters of French military intelligence, Georges Picquart begins to discover that the evidence used to convict Alfred Dreyfus ... (Wikipedia)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
by Gabriel García Márquez
An elderly man's reflections on love and life, through the lens of a young prostitute.
An old journalist, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday, seeks sex with a 14 year old prostitute, who is selling her virginity to help her family. Instead of sex, he discovers love for the first ... (Wikipedia)
The Magus
by John Fowles
A man's search for truth, enlightenment and freedom amid a web of deception.
The story reflects the perspective of Nicholas Urfe, a young Oxford graduate and aspiring poet. After graduation, he briefly works as a teacher at a small school, but becomes bored and decides to ... (Wikipedia)
Silk
by Alessandro Baricco
Adventure of a 19th century French trader who travels to Japan to find rare silkworm eggs.
The novel tells the story of a French silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler named Hervé Joncour in 19th century France who travels to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out ... (Wikipedia)
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett
Detective Sam Spade must solve a mysterious case involving a precious artifact and a deadly trio of criminals.
‘Sam’ Spade is a private detective in San Francisco , in partnership with Miles Archer. The beautiful "Miss Wonderley" hires them to follow Floyd Thursby, who has run off with her sister. Archer ... (Wikipedia)
The Gambler
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A story of addiction and gambling, and the psychological depths of a man’s desperation.
The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a Russian family living in a suite at a German hotel. The patriarch of the family, The General, is ... (Wikipedia)
The Shipping News
by Annie Proulx
A man's attempt to rebuild his life in a small Newfoundland town, discovering compassion and joy.
The story centers around Quoyle, a newspaper reporter from upstate New York , whose father had emigrated from Newfoundland . Shortly after his parents' joint suicide, Quoyle's unfaithful and abusive ... (Wikipedia)
The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe
A man's obsession with the eye of an old man leads him to commit murder and ultimately drives him insane.
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a first-person narrative told by an unnamed narrator. Insisting that they are sane, the narrator suffers from a disease (nervousness) which causes " over-acuteness of the ... (Wikipedia)
Judgment Cometh: And That Right Soon
by Scott Pratt
A small-town lawyer defends a man accused of murder, uncovering corruption and danger in the process.
A Supreme Court Justice is found cut into pieces in the back of a pick-up truck. Three other judges have already gone missing. In the eighth installment of Scott Pratt’s bestselling Joe Dillard ... (Goodreads)
Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges
A collection of short stories exploring the limits of the imagination.
The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his ... (Goodreads)
Use of Force
by Brad Thor
Counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath races against time to stop a terrorist attack on American soil.
From #1, New York Times, and, #1 Wall Street Journal b,estselling author Brad Thor comes “his latest pulse-pounding adventure” (,The Real Book Spy,) that follows covert operative Scot Harvath as he ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
A family drama exploring the complexities of relationships, aging and life’s choices.
The novel shifts back and forth through the late 20th century, intermittently following spouses Alfred and Enid Lambert as they raise their children Gary, Chip, and Denise in the traditional ... (Wikipedia)
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
A post-apocalyptic tale of a world struggling to rebuild after a devastating nuclear war.
After 20th century civilization was destroyed by a global nuclear war , known as the "Flame Deluge", there was a violent backlash against the culture of advanced knowledge and technology that had led ... (Wikipedia)
Day
by Elie Wiesel
A Holocaust survivor grapples with the aftermath of trauma and the search for meaning in life.
Day is the story of a Holocaust survivor who is struck by a taxicab in New York City . While recovering from his injuries, the character reflects on his relationships and experiences during the ... (Wikipedia)
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett
Epic historical fiction recounting the tumultuous events of World War I and its aftermath.
The novel begins with the thirteen-year-old Billy Williams, nicknamed 'Billy With Jesus', going to work his first day in the coal mine underneath the fictional Welsh town of Aberowen in 1911. Three ... (Wikipedia)
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)
Me and You
by Niccolò Ammaniti
A 14-year-old boy fakes a school ski trip to spend a week alone in his family's basement, but his plan is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of his older half-sister.
The action takes place in Rome in 2000. The main character is Lorenzo, a 14-year-old highly introverted boy who has had problems socialising and relating to other children since he was little. He is ... (Wikipedia)
The Tracker
by Chad Zunker
A lawyer turned private investigator searches for a missing girl, uncovering a web of corruption and danger.
Trust no one. Sam Callahan learned this lesson from a childhood spent in abusive foster care, on the streets, and locked in juvie. With the past behind him and his future staked on law school, he is ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Faithful Spy
by Alex Berenson
A former CIA agent goes undercover in Al Qaeda to prevent a terrorist attack.
A New York Times reporter has drawn upon his experience covering the occupation in Iraq to write the most gripping and chillingly plausible thriller of the post-9/11 era. Alex Berenson’s debut novel ... (Goodreads)
In the Dark
by Loreth Anne White
A psychological thriller about a woman who returns to her hometown to investigate her father's death, only to uncover dark secrets and danger.
A secluded mountain lodge. The perfect getaway. So remote no one will ever find you., The promise of a luxury vacation at a secluded wilderness spa has brought together eight lucky guests. But ... (Barnes & Noble)
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)
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
Epic science-fiction story of a journey to the distant planet Hyperion.
In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore , a civilisation of AIs . Modified ... (Wikipedia)
