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The Modigliani Scandal

Ken Follett · Penguin Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

A high-speed, high-stakes thriller from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense. Look out for Ken's newest book, A Column of Fire, available now. A fabulous "lost masterpiece" becomes the ultimate prize--for an art historian whose ambition consumes...
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Sideman, The: A Scottish police procedural set in Glasgow

Caro Ramsay · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

With no evidence against him and no known motive, DI Costello must break the rules if she is to get her man. Detective Inspector Costello has resigned. No notice, no goodbyes. Convinced that George Haggerty murdered his wife and son despite his cast-iron alibi, Costello has gone solo, determined...
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Open Your Eyes

PAULA DALY · Grove Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Haven't we all wanted to pretend everything's perfectly fine? Jane Campbell avoids confrontation at all costs. Given the choice, she'll always let her husband, Leon -- a bestselling thriller author -- fight their battles. She'd prefer to focus on the good things in life: precious days with...
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The Darkness: A Thriller

RAGNAR JONASSON · Minotaur Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Spanning the icy streets of Reykjavik, the Icelandic highlands and cold, isolated fjords, The Darkness is an atmospheric thriller from Ragnar Jonasson, one of the most exciting names in Nordic Noir.The body of a young Russian woman washes up on an Icelandic shore. After a cursory investigation,...
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I Will Never Leave You

S. M. Thayer · Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover

For one couple, getting what they want comes at a devastating price in this gripping debut thriller.Banking heiress Trish and her husband, James, seem to have it all, from a lavish lifestyle to a historic mansion in the nation's capital. The only thing that's missing to make their family...
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Paris in the Dark

Robert Olen Butler · Mysterious Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

With Paris in the Dark, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler returns to his lauded Christopher Marlowe Cobb series and proves once again that he can craft "a ripping good yarn" (Wall Street Journal) with unmistakably literary underpinnings.Autumn 1915. World War I is raging...
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Man of War: An Eric Steele Novel

SEAN PARNELL · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Fast, hard, and effortlessly authentic - both lead character Eric Steele and author Sean Parnell are the real deal." - Lee Child"An exciting, action-packed debut! Bristling with intrigue, deceit, power, and treason - once you pick this book up, you will NOT be able to put it down....
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Firefly

HENRY PORTER · Mysterious Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Henry Porter, who has been widely hailed as a next-generation John le Carré, is a bestselling author in the UK and has won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. From the refugee camps of Greece to the mountains of Macedonia, a thirteen-year-old boy is making his way to Germany and to safety....
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The Craftsman

S J Bolton · Minotaur Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Sharon Bolton returns with her creepiest standalone yet, following a young cop trying to trace the disappearances of a small town's teenagers.Florence Lovelady's career was made when she convicted coffin-maker Larry Grassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years ago in a small village...
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The Confession: A Novel

JO SPAIN.

You find out who did it on the very first page. On the last page, you'll find out why in this expertly plotted, "enthralling" (J. P. Delaney) psychological suspense novel from an internationally bestselling author.Late one night a man walks into
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The Forbidden Door: A Jane Hawk Novel

Michelle Cliff · Bantam
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Jane Hawk--rogue FBI agent and the country's #1 fugitive--confronts her worst nightmare when her enemies strike shockingly close to home in the explosive new thriller from Dean Koontz, bestselling author of The Silent Corner.Jane Hawk thinks her precious five-year-old son is hidden safely...
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Suffer the Children

LISA BLACK · Kensington
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Maggie Gardiner, forensics expert for the Cleveland police department, and Jack Renner, a homicide detective with a killer secret, return in bestselling author Lisa Black's new thriller as they confront the darkest threat yet to their careers - and their lives. The body of fifteen-year-old...
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