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Updated August 1, 2023
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City of the lost
Armstrong, Kelley
Paper Book
Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows that someday this crime will catch up to her. Casey's best friend, Diana, is on the run from a violent, abusive ex-husband. When...
Zero day : a novel
Baldacci, David.
Paper Book
Combat veteran and U. S. Army investigator John Puller is on the hunt for justice with the help of a homicide detective--but as they face deceptions and dead ends, a powerful force threatens to stop them forever in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. John...
The burning
Casey, Jane
Paper Book
A determined young police constable goes it alone against an enigmatic killer and her bosses in a series debut for fans of Sophie Hannah and Tana French The Burning Man. It’s the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women...
Killing floor
Child, Lee.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Not much of a welcome. All Jack knows is that he didn't kill anybody. At least not here. Not lately. But he doesn't...
The Black Echo: 30th Anniversary Edition
Connelly, Michael.
Paper Book
Celebrating 30 years of Michael Connelly, a special edition of the book that introduced the now legendary Harry Bosch to the world.
The bone collector
Deaver, Jeffery.
Paper Book
In his most gripping thriller yet, Jeffery Deaver takes readers on a terrifying ride into two ingenious minds...that of a physically challenged detective and the scheming killer he must stop. The detective was the former head of forensics at the NYPD, but is now a quadriplegic who can...
A bad day for Sunshine
Jones, Darynda
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones is back with the first novel in the brand-new snarky, sassy, wickedly fun Sunshine Vicram series--A Bad Day for Sunshine! "Laugh-out-loud funny, intensely suspenseful, page-turning fun."--New York...
When the bough breaks
Kellerman, Jonathan
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Dr. Morton Hander practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Hander paid for his sins when he was brutally murdered in his luxurious Pacific Palisades apartment. The...
Deception Cove
Laukkanen, Owen
Paper Book
A rescue dog, an ex-Marine, and an ex-convict are caught in the crosshairs of a ruthless gang in remote Washington state in this "first-rate thriller" (Associated Press) for "fans of CJ Box and Michael Koryta" (Booklist). Former US...
Along came a spider
Patterson, James
Paper Book
Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years, one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads," and watch the Cross series coming soon to Amazon!  Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in...
The ultimatum
Robards, Karen
Paper Book
"Enthralling... Readers won't want this adrenaline-rich story to end. "--Booklist (starred review) Thief. Manipulator. Con artist. Call it what you will--Bianca St. Ives is the best in the business.  Growing up, Bianca St. Ives knew she was...
Fractured
Slaughter, Karin
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Ansley Park is one of Atlanta's most upscale neighborhoods--but in one gleaming mansion, in a teenager's lavish bedroom, a girl has been savagely murdered. And in the hallway, her mother stands amid shattered glass, having killed her daughter's...

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