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Over the Edge
by Jonathan Kellerman
An investigative psychologist delves into the world of murder and mayhem to uncover a diabolical killer.
When the phone rings in the middle of the night, child psychologist Alex Delaware does not hesitate. It's a call he can't ignore. Driving through the San Fernando Valley, Alex rushes to Jamey Cadmus, ... (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)
Silent Partner
by Jonathan Kellerman
A psychologist helps a traumatized young boy who witnessed a murder, but soon realizes the boy may be hiding something sinister.
At a party for a controversial Los Angeles sex therapist, Alex encounters a face from his own past–Sharon Ransom, an exquisite, alluring lover who left him abruptly more than a decade earlier. Sharon ... (Goodreads)
The Bone Collector
by Jeffery Deaver
A detective and a forensic specialist race against time to stop a serial killer.
Lincoln Rhyme was once a brilliant criminologist, a genius in the field of forensics – until an accident left him physically and emotionally shattered. But now a diabolical killer is challenging ... (Goodreads)
Killing Floor
by Lee Child
An ex-military cop is thrust into a dangerous criminal underworld to solve the murder of a woman.
Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in the town of Margrave, Georgia , because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. Much to his surprise, ... (Wikipedia)
Blood Test
by Jonathan Kellerman
Child psychologist Alex Delaware investigates a murder case involving a former patient and uncovers a web of secrets and lies.
When the parents of deathly ill five-year-old Woody Swope vanish with their child, psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and his friend, homicide detective Milo Sturgis, begin an investigation into their ... (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)
1st to Die
by James Patterson
Four female friends team up to catch a killer preying on newlyweds.
Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay ... (Goodreads)
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 Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
A jury trial where the jury's decision is up for sale as two sides battle for a multi-million dollar verdict.
Wendall Rohr and his team of tort lawyers have filed suit on behalf of plaintiff Celeste Wood, whose husband died of lung cancer , against the tobacco company Pynex. The trial is to be held in Biloxi ... (Wikipedia)
K is for Killer
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired to solve the murder of a woman's daughter, but the case becomes more complicated than she anticipated.
Kinsey Millhone is hired by Janice Kepler to investigate the death of her daughter, Lorna Kepler. Lorna had been found dead and badly decomposed ten months earlier in her lonely cabin home. The ... (Wikipedia)
Last Man Standing
by David Baldacci
An ex-CIA agent's mission to reveal a powerful conspiracy and keep his family safe.
Web London and the FBI's super-elite Hostage Rescue Team are sent down an alley for a surprise attack on a drug dealer's lair. As they move with stealth precision towards the target, they are ... (Wikipedia)
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
Epic tale of two former Texas Rangers on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana.
It is the late 1870s. , Captain Woodrow F. Call and Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae, two famous retired Texas Rangers , run the Hat Creek Cattle Company and Livery Emporium in the small Texas border ... (Wikipedia)
The Black Echo
by Michael Connelly
A former LAPD detective is drawn into a web of mystery and crime as he investigates the death of a Vietnam vet.
The novel centers on Harry Bosch , a Vietnam veteran who served as a " tunnel rat " (nicknamed Hari Kari Bosch), with the 1st Infantry Division — a specialized soldier whose job it was to go into the ... (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)
Milk and Honey
by Faye Kellerman
A gripping murder mystery set in Los Angeles, where a detective must solve a case involving a wealthy family and their secrets.
Decker finds a toddler with blood-soaked pajamas in the early morning hours while driving home from the yeshiva . He brings her in to the station to turn her over to child services and starts trying ... (Wikipedia)
Nine Dragons
by Michael Connelly
A detective races against time to save a kidnapped child in the bustling streets of Hong Kong.
Harry Bosch is still back in homicide (no closer duty for him) and during a slow night he is asked to investigate a shooting in a "rougher" section of L.A. Harry and his partner (Detective Ignacio ... (Wikipedia)
Final Jeopardy
by Linda Fairstein
Alexandra Cooper investigates the murder of a contestant on the TV show "Jeopardy!" while also dealing with personal struggles.
This critically acclaimed, explosive thriller is a book only prosecutor Linda Fairstein could write. Patricia Cornwall knows the morgue; John Grisham knows the courtroom; but no one knows the inner ... (Goodreads)
The Chamber
by John Grisham
A lawyer's battle to uncover the truth behind a long-concealed crime.
In 1967, in Greenville, Mississippi , the office of Jewish lawyer Marvin Kramer is bombed, injuring Kramer and killing his two young sons. Sam Cayhall, a member of the Ku Klux Klan , is identified, ... (Wikipedia)
The Ritual Bath
by Faye Kellerman
A female detective investigates a religious murder, uncovering a web of secrets.
Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
One Breath Away
by Heather Gudenkauf
A small town is held hostage by a school shooter, as the lives of a mother, daughter, and teacher intertwine.
In her most emotionally charged novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf explores the unspoken events that shape a community, the ties between parents and their children and ... (Goodreads)
Shattered
by Dean Koontz
A man's life is shattered when his wife and daughter are brutally murdered, leading him on a quest for revenge and justice.
Artist Alex Doyle and his new family, bride Courtney and her 11-year-old brother Colin, are moving from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Courtney's flying out ahead to get the house set up. Alex and ... (Wikipedia)
Indemnity Only
by Sara Paretsky
Private investigator V.I. Warshawski takes on a case involving a missing person and uncovers a web of corruption and danger.
Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski's specialty. Her client says he's the prominent banker, John ... (Goodreads)
The Street Lawyer
by John Grisham
A successful lawyer's life changes when he is held hostage by a homeless man. He becomes a street lawyer, fighting for justice for the underprivileged.
A homeless man, identifying himself only as "Mister," enters the offices of the powerful Washington D.C. law firm Drake & Sweeney and takes many of the lawyers hostage while angrily demanding ... (Wikipedia)
The Burden of Proof
by Scott Turow
A lawyer's wife dies, and he is accused of her murder. He must prove his innocence while dealing with his own grief and family secrets.
Turow's acclaimed second novel, which topped international bestseller lists, is now available in trade paperback. Sandy Stern, the brilliant defense attorney from Presumed Innocent , faces an event ... (Goodreads)
Hide and Seek
by James Patterson
Maggie Bradford, a famous singer, is accused of killing her second husband. She goes on the run with her children to prove her innocence.
Maggie Bradford is a successful singer/songwriter who is on trial for murder. She has married twice and it appears that she has shot both husbands. Due to Maggie Bradford's history of killing her ... (Wikipedia)
Point of Origin
by Patricia Cornwell
An FBI agent investigates a string of arson cases, uncovering a mysterious criminal.
Dr Kay Scarpetta, Virginia Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF , is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia that has been destroyed by fire. In ... (Wikipedia)
Terminal Freeze
by Lincoln Child
A team of scientists and soldiers discover a prehistoric creature frozen in the Arctic ice, but it's not dead. It's hungry.
The events take place in Alaska , north of the Arctic Circle . A decommissioned military base located near the fictional Mount Fear, the Mount Fear Remote Sensing Installation, is being used by a ... (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)
The Bastard
by John Jakes
Epic journey of a young man searching for his identity amidst the chaos of the American Civil War.
The story begins in November 1770 in Auvergne , France , near Chavaniac . Philippe Charboneau, a seventeen-year-old boy, is living with his mother, Marie, in an inn inherited from her deceased ... (Wikipedia)
