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Liberty's Last Stand

Stephen Coonts · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 544
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts delivers another nail-biting thriller starring CIA Director Jake Grafton and his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini. The president of the United States stands on an outdoor stage, flanked by powerful members of his administration and party....
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Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales

P D JAMES · Knopf
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

No one gets inside the head of the murderer - or makes it a more thrilling read - than the late, great P. D. James. Fast on the heels of her latest best seller: a new, fiendishly entertaining gathering of previously uncollected stories, from the author of Death Comes to Pemberley and The Private...
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What She Saw: A Novel

Gerard Stembridge · HarperPerennial
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

A taut, stylish thriller set over the course of twenty-four hours in Paris - perfect for fans of Chris Pavone's The Expats and Olen Steinhauer's The Tourist.The storied Hotel Chevalier on Paris' ritzy Right Bank hosts celebrities, dignitaries, and - for one night - Lana Gibson,...
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The Vanished

Lotte Hammer · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Lying at the bottom of his apartment stairs, a postman is found dead. At first glance, his death appears to be a simple fall, a straightforward accident and the perfect case for Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen to return to after a severe heart attack. But when he is called...
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Night Watch

Iris Johansen · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 342
Format: Print book

"A high-stakes, high-powered thriller." -- BOOKLIST Sometimes, what you can't see will kill you ... Kendra is surprised when she is visited by Dr. Charles Waldridge, the researcher who gave her sight through a revolutionary medical procedure developed by England's Night Watch...
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Six Four: A Novel

Hideo Yokoyama · Farrar
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE. THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE. THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT.For five days, the parents of a seven-year-old Japanese schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. And they would...
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Bonfire: A Novel

CROWN. · Crown Archetype
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Can you ever outrun your past?From actress, producer, and writer Krysten Ritter, a gripping, tightly wound suspense novel about a woman forced to confront her past in the wake of small-town corruption It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence...
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Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars: A Novel

Miranda Emmerson · Harper
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

In this sparkling debut novel imbued with the rich intrigue of Kate Atkinson's literary mysteries and the spirited heart of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, a disparate group of Londoners plunge into a search for a missing American actress.In the dreary days of November 1965, American actress...
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The Body Snatchers Affair: A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery

Marcia Muller · Forge
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The Body Snatchers Affair: The latest in the Carpenter and Quincannon historical mystery series from Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Two missing bodies and two separate investigations take Carpenter and Quincannon from the heights above San Francisco Bay to the depths of Chinatown's...
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Black Horizon

James Grippando · Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In Black Horizon, a riveting and timely thriller drawn from tomorrow's headlines, New York Times bestselling author James Grippando brings back popular Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck in an international case involving a devastating oil spill that pits him against his most...
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The Girl from Venice

Martin Cruz Smith · Simon and Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The highly anticipated new standalone novel from Martin Cruz Smith, whom The Washington Post has declared "that uncommon phenomenon: a popular and well-regarded crime novelist who is also a writer of real distinction," The Girl from Venice is a suspenseful World War II love story...
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Grace Sees Red

Julie Hyzy · Premier Mystery Series
Pages: 500
Format: Large print book

Grace Wheaton, curator and manager of Marshfield Manor, and her benefactor, Bennett Marshfield, are discussing how to help her roommates Bruce and Scott with their wine shop troubles when Grace s trusted if testy assistant, Frances, calls, saying she needs some assistance of her own. Arriving...
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Downfall: A Brady Novel of Suspense

J A Jance · William Morrow
Pages: 383
Format: Print book

Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outstanding new mystery set in the beautiful desert country of the Southwest.With a baby on the way, sudden deaths in the family from which to recover, a re-election campaign looming, and a daughter heading off for college, Cochise County Sheriff...
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No Echo: Hanne Wilhelmsen Book Six

Anne Holt · Scribner
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

One of Oslo's hottest celebrity chefs is murdered and Hanne Wilhelmsen is called back into action in the sixth installment of the award-winning series from Anne Holt, Norway's #1 bestselling crime writer.When celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of the Oslo...
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The Arc of the Swallow

S.J. Gazan · Quercus Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Danish author S.J. Gazan established herself as an international talent to watch with her debut thriller novel, The Dinosaur Feather. In addition to being named "Crime Novel of the Decade" by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, NPR's Maureen Corrigan called it her favorite...
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