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Updated August 1, 2023
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City of the lost : a thriller
Armstrong, Kelley
Paper Book
Where would you go if you suddenly had to disappear? In her new bestselling thriller, City of the Lost, New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author Kelley Armstrong delivers us to Rockton, a secret little town in the far north where the hunted go to hide. And...
Zero day
Baldacci, David
CD
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...
Reacher : killing floor
Child, Lee
Paper Book
THE FIRST NOVEL IN LEE CHILD'S #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES--NOW AN ORIGINAL SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! "From its jolting opening scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible."--People Ex-military...
The black echo
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
An LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in this "thrilling" novel filled with mystery and adventure (New York Times Book Review). ​ For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the...
The night bird
Freeman, Brian
Paper Book
What if you had to relive your most terrifying memory...over and over? A detective and a psychiatrist investigate in Thriller Award-winning author Brian Freeman's gripping psychological novel. Homicide detective Frost Easton doesn't like coincidences. When a series of bizarre deaths...
The quiet game
Iles, Greg
Paper Book
INTRODUCING PENN CAGE... From the author of Cemetery Road comes the first intelligent, gripping thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Penn Cage series.  Natchez, Mississippi. Jewel of the South. City of old money and older sins....
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...
The ritual bath
Kellerman, Faye
CD
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 women was brutally raped as she returned from the mikvah, the bathhouse where the cleansing ritual...
Iron Lake : a novel
Krueger, William Kent
Paper Book
The first in the New York Times bestselling Cork O'Connor mystery series follows Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor as he delves into the dark side of small-town Minnesota while investigating a tangled web of corruption and danger. "A brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer...
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).   After...
Along came a spider
Patterson, James
Paper Book
Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series and is the inspiration for the original series Cross on Prime Video!  Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in Southeast D.C....
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...
One rough man
Taylor, Brad
Paper Book
Vince Flynn and Brad Thor, move over: introducing a pulse-pounding new international thriller series by a former Delta Force commander. They call it the Taskforce. Their existence is as essential as it is illegal. Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government....

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