18 books like As Time Goes By

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Eaters of the Dead Michael Crichton · 1976 · ★ 3.9 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaptation of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton, the fourth novel under his own name and his 14th overall. The story is about a 10th-century Muslim Arab who travels with a group of Vikings to their… Shares: Thriller

Gates of Fire Steven Pressfield · 1998 · ★ 4.5 · 387p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Godine 480.pr.Kr. kod Termopila (Vruća vrata) na sjeveru Grčke odigrala se najveličanstvenija bitka za slobodu tijekom čitave povijesti čovječanstva. U uskom planinskom prolazu iznad Egejskog mora sukobilo se 300 spartanskih vitezova s nadmoćnim snagama perzijskog kralja Kserksa. Od samog početka bilo je jasno da će Spartanci izgubiti bitku. Zašto su ipak bili spremni poginuti? Priča zarobljenog… Shares: Community pick

Pretty Girls Karin Slaughter · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss -- a… Shares: Kriminalroman, Family secrets, Secrets, Amerikanisches Englisch

Unnatural acts Kevin J. Anderson · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 317p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Another full caseload for the zombie detective . . ."  in this "inventive" urban fantasy novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews).   To Be Dead Or Not To Be Dead   In the Unnatural Quarter, golems slave away in sweatshops, necromancers sell black-market trinkets to tourists, and the dead rise up—to work the night shift. But zombie detective… Shares: Kriminalroman, Amerikanisches Englisch

Blue Labyrinth Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea, which in turn… Shares: Family secrets, Secrets, Thriller

Fatal conceit Robert Tanenbaum · 2014 · ★ 3.9 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "A CIA chief dies under suspicious circumstances before he is about to testify about a controversial government cover-up involving a terrorist attack on the US mission in Chechnya. Butch Karp is on the case in this exciting installment to Robert K. Tanenbaum's bestselling series. When the CIA director is murdered, Butch Karp finds himself battling a heavyweight opponent: the US government. The… Shares: Kriminalroman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Mystery & Detective, Thriller

Compound Murder A Dan Rhodes Mystery Bill Crider · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "In Compound Murder, award-winning Bill Crider invites mystery fans on a new adventure with Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college campus in Clearview. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests… Shares: Kriminalroman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Mystery & Detective

The Heist Daniel Silva · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio. Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one. Shares: Kriminalroman, Secrets, Amerikanisches Englisch

Rooms Lauren Oliver · 2014 · ★ 3.3 The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane—a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways.Wealthy Richard… Shares: Family secrets, Inheritance and succession

Bitter Truth William Lashner · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 592p · ≈ 19h · Moderate A stained legal career spent defending mob enforcers, two-bit hoods, and other dregs of humanity has left Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl jaded and resentful -- until a new client appears to offer him an escape and a big payday. Caroline Shaw, the desperate scion of a prominent Main Line dynasty, wants him to prove that her sister Jacqueline's recent suicide was, in fact, murder before Caroline… Shares: Trials, Thriller

Never Go Back Lee Child · 2013 · ★ 4.1 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Never go back--but Jack Reacher does, and the past finally catches up with him. Never Go Back is #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child's new novel of action-charged suspense starring "one of the best thriller characters at work today" (Newsweek). Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near… Shares: Kriminalroman, Secrets, Mystery & Detective, Thriller

Wrecked Tricia Fields · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When her longtime boyfriend, Dillon, is accused of murdering his secretary, police officer Josie Gray struggles with precinct disputes and memories of the last time she saw Dillon only to discover that she was the actual target in a multimillion-dollar con game. Shares: Kriminalroman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Mystery & Detective

Unintended Consequences Stuart Woods · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes; as an attorney for the premier white-shoe law firm Woodman & Weld, he has seen more than his share. But when he travels to Europe under highly unusual circumstances, Stone finds himself at the center of a mystery that is, even by his standards, most peculiar. While investigating a high-profile murder, he uncovers a puzzling… Shares: Kriminalroman, Amerikanisches Englisch

A Deadly Thaw Sarah Ward · 2016 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate DC Childs investigates when a convicted murderer's victim is found recently dead almost two decades later in this mystery. Lena Grey is found guilty of murdering her husband, who was found smothered in their bed. She offers no defense and serves fourteen long years in prison. But within months of her release nearly two decades later, his body is found in a disused morgue, recently killed. Who was… Shares: Family secrets, Secrets, Mystery & Detective

A twist of hate V. R. Barkowski · 2015 · 339p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "After his family's priceless Cézanne disappears from a local museum, security consultant Del Miller leaves the investigation to the FBI. But that's before an art dealer alleges that Del's grandfather, a victim of the Nazi death camps, stole the masterpiece from a Paris gallery seventy years before. After the dealer is found dead, and Del's father is implicated, Del sets out to uncover the… Shares: Family secrets, Mystery & Detective

The Days of Anna Madrigal Armistead Maupin · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Follows ninety-two-year-old Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she joins her former tenant Brian on a road trip to Nevada where she attends to unfinished business she has long avoided. Shares: Family secrets, Secrets, Amerikanisches Englisch

Flesh and Blood Patricia Cornwell · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate It's Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house. Is this a kids' game? If so, why are all of the coins dated 1981 and so shiny they could be newly minted? Her cellphone rings, and Detective Pete Marino tells her there's been a homicide five minutes… Shares: Kriminalroman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Mystery & Detective, Thriller

Missing You Harlan Coben · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiancé Jeff, the man who shattered her heart -- and who she hasn't seen in 18 years. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the… Shares: Kriminalroman, Amerikanisches Englisch, Thriller

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