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Updated November 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 neon rain
Burke, James Lee
Paper Book
The outstanding first book in the ever-popular Dave Robicheaux series. Introducing the New Orleans detective Dave Robicheaux. Johnny Massina, a convicted murderer bound for the electric chair, has warned Dave Robicheaux that he's on somebody's hit list, and now...
Heart sick
Cain, Chelsea
Paper Book
In Chelsea Cain's bestselling series debut, Portland detective Archie Sheridan has spent years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer. In the end she was the one who caught him, but after torturing him for days she mysteriously let him go and turned herself in. Since then the she has...
The burning
Casey, Jane
Paper Book
"Astute, complex, layered--and very twisted. You'll remember this one for a long time."--Lee Child The Burning Man. It's the name the media has given a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London's...
Killing floor : a Jack Reacher novel
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
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
An LAPD homicide detective must choose between justice and vengeance as he teams up with the FBI in the first novel of the "thrilling" Harry Bosch series (New York Times Book Review). For maverick LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, the body in the drainpipe at...
All shall be well
Crombie, Deborah
Paper Book
Perhaps it is a blessing when Jasmine Dent dies in her sleep. At long last an end has come to the suffering of a body horribly ravaged by disease. It may well have been suicide; she had certainly expressed her willingness to speed the inevitable. But small inconsistencies lead her neighbor,...
The bone collector
Deaver, Jeffery.
Paper Book
My sister's grave
Dugoni, Robert
Paper Book
The first book in the series that has garnered millions of readers across the globe, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni. Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah's disappearance and the murder trial that...
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...
IQ
Ide, Joe
Paper Book
'Joe Ide is the best new discovery I've come across in a long time. And Isaiah Quintabe is the kind of sleuth not seen on the mystery landscape before.' MICHAEL CONNELLY THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH: 'Full of humour, originality and high-quality writing'
The quiet game
Iles, Greg
Paper Book
The first thriller in the New York Times No.1 bestselling series featuring Penn Cage: a prosecutor in a corrupt system, a husband whose wife has died, and a father who must protect his daughter. 'An engrossing, page-turning ride' (Jeffery Deaver). Don't say a word... ...
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 : a novel
Kellerman, Faye.
Paper Book
A report of rape in a Los Angeles yeshiva brings police detective Peter Decker into an insular Orthodox Jewish community, but the strict religious practices and customs of the community prevent him from following his standard investigative procedures. Reissue.
When the bough breaks
Kellerman, Jonathan.
Paper Book
WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS is the outstandingly original first novel in Jonathan Kellerman's bestselling Alex Delaware series. 'An engrossing thriller . . . This knockout of an entertainment is the kind of book which establishes a career in one stroke' (Newsday). From the New York...
Iron Lake : a novel
Krueger, William Kent
Paper Book
"A brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate." --Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Glass Houses "A master craftsman [and] a series of books written with a grace and precision so stunning that you'd swear...
Deception Cove
Laukkanen, Owen
Paper Book
Former US Marine Jess Winslow has a medical discharge for PTSD and a loyal dog named Lucy, who helps her cope with her memories of Afghanistan. Mason Burke owns one set of clothes and a photo of Lucy, the service dog he trained while behind bars. Seeking a fresh start, he sets out for Deception Cove...
Two girls down
Luna, Louisa
Paper Book
When two sisters disappear from a car park while their mother is in the supermarket, the devastated family hires bounty hunter Alice Vega to help find the girls. Immediately shut out by a local police department already stretched too thin by budget cuts and the growing meth epidemic, Vega enlists...
Along came a spider : a novel
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...
Fractured
Slaughter, Karin
Paper Book
Slaughter, one of the best crime novelists in America (Washington Post), brings back the characters from her New York Times-bestselling work Triptych for a shocking showdown of heart-stopping suspense.
One rough man
Taylor, Brad
Paper Book
The first Pike Logan novel from New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor. They call it the Taskforce. Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government. Protected from the prying eyes of Congress and the media. Designed to operate outside the bounds of U.S....
Monkeewrench
Tracy, P. J.
Paper Book
People are dying for the new computer game by the software company Monkeewrench. Literally. With Serial Killer Detective out in limited release, the real-life murders of a jogger and a young woman have already mimicked the first two scenarios in the game. But Grace McBride and her eccentric...

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