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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Dana Catrell is shocked when her neighbor Celia is brutally murdered. To Dana's horror, she was the last person to see Celia alive. Suffering from mania, the result of her bipolar disorder, she has troubling holes in her memory, including what happened on the afternoon of Celia's death. Her husband's odd behavior and the probing of Detective Jack Moss create further complications as she searches for answers. The closer she comes to piecing together...
62) Point blank
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Series
Sisterhood series volume 26
Language
English
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When Harry Wong's daughter goes missing from her Shaolin temple school, the members of the Sisterhood and their friends organize a daring rescue mission to China.
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Recently fired, Gavin Sasaki returns to his Florida hometown to start a job with his sister Elio's real estate company. His move is also motivated by the appearance of a ten-year-old girl who looks like him and has the same last name as his high school girlfriend, Anna, who left town abruptly after graduation. Determined to find out if the girl might be his daughter, Gavin sets off to find Anna, starting with the three friends they shared back when...
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Pike Logan thrillers volume 6
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English
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"In former delta force operator and New York Times bestseller Brad Taylor's latest Pike Logan thriller, the Taskforce must stop their most devastating threat yet-a weapon of mass destruction. The Taskforce is used to being the hunter, but this time they're the hunted. Intent on embroiling the US in a quagmire that will sap its economy and drain its legitimacy, Russia passes a potential weapon of mass destruction to Boco Haram, an extreme Islamic sect...
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Joe Pickett novels volume 17
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English
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"The past comes back to haunt game warden Joe Pickett and his family with devastating effect in the thrilling new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. The plane circled in the dark. Joe Pickett could just make out down below a figure in the snow and timber, and then three other figures closing in. There was nothing he could do about it. And Joe knew that he might be their next target. The Cates family had always been a bad lot. Game...
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Louise Rick and Camilla Lind novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Four days later, Louise Rick still had no answers. The body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a local forest. A large, unique scar on one side of her face should have made the identification easy, but nobody has reported her missing. As the new commander of the Missing Persons Department, Louise risks involving the media by releasing a photo of the victim, hoping to find someone who knew her. Louise's gamble pays off: an older woman phones...
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English
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"When young lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. But then she takes on her first murder case and meets Joe. A convicted murderer whom Lily is strangely drawn to. For whom she will soon be willing to risk almost anything. But Lily is not the only one with secrets. Her next-door neighbor Carla may be only nine, but she has already learned that secrets are powerful things. That they...
69) Forgive me
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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After her mother's sudden death, Angie DeRose discovers a photograph of a little girl with a code and handwritten message on the back and, determined to learn the fate of the girl, goes up against a faceless enemy who will kill to keep a secret hidden forever.
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Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Valerie Trueblood is, simply put, one of the finest story writers who is currently working in the American language, as prize committees acknowledge. In this, her beautifully made third collection, each of the fifteen stories asks two defining questions: What kind of love story is this? Who here is exactly what kind of criminal? In "His Rank," an armed man enters a bar to claim the girl he understands to be his destiny only to be told she has, the...
71) The escape
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John Puller novels volume 3
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English
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"When John Puller's older brother Robert inexplicably escapes from the military's most secure prison, where he's being held for national security crimes, Puller finds himself part of an investigation to hunt down his own brother. As he digs more deeply into the case, Puller discovers troubling details about his brother's conviction and that someone is out there who doesn't want the truth to ever come out." -- from author's web site.
73) Private L.A
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, with three perfect children. They maybe two of the biggest mega movie stars in the world, but they're also great parents, philanthropists and just all-around good people. When they disappear without a word from their ranch, facts are hard to find. They live behind such a high wall of security and image control that even world-renowned Private Investigator Jack Morgan can't get to the truth. But as...
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Pike Logan thrillers volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
When a rogue state plots to unleash a genetically mutated virus, the Taskforce counterterrorism unit under Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill follows a dangerous trail across Southeast Asia to the United States.
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Devil's Rock novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Shy and awkward, First Daughter Grace Reeves has always done what she{u2019}s told. Tired of taking orders, she escapes her security detail for a rare moment of peace. However, her worst nightmare comes to life when a ruthless gang of criminals abducts her. Her only choice is to place her trust in Reid Allister, an escaped convict whose piercing gaze awakens something deep inside her. Reid is nothing like her other captors. He{u2019}s tougher, smarter{u2026}and...
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Stone Barrington novels volume 39
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English
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"Stone Barrington takes on a client who gives him a run for his money in the newest heart-stopping thriller from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Fresh off the runway at Teterboro, Stone Barrington arrives home to find an unexpected new client on his doorstep, anxiously soliciting his help. But everything is not as it seems, when the client reveals the true nature--and value--of his recent turn of fortune. From luxury New York high-rises...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
Description
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the conversation and wine flowing. They appear to be in their element while entertaining. And Grace's friends are eager to reciprocate with lunch the following...
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Hidden identity (Lynette Eason) volume 1
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English
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Waking up one morning to discover her husband missing and three men in her home intent on finding him, Summer Abernathy learns that her husband was not the man he claimed to be before she is led into a world of organized crime in search of answers.
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Jack Reacher novels volume 20
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English
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"Why is this town called Mother{u2019}s Rest?" That{u2019}s all Reacher wants to know. But no one will tell him. It{u2019}s a tiny place hidden in a thousand square miles of wheat fields, with a railroad stop, and sullen and watchful people, and a worried woman named Michelle Chang, who mistakes him for someone else: her missing partner in a private investigation she thinks must have started small and then turned lethal. Reacher has no particular...
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