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The Blue Ice Hammond Innes · 1948 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Ten years after George Farnell's disappearance, two lines of poetry and a lump of mineral ore are found. It's enough to send mineral expert Bill Gansert to Norway. But word of his findings has leaked out and Gansert finds himself caught in a maze of ambition and treachery. Shares: Thriller

The progress of Julius Daphne du Maurier · 1933 · ★ 5.0 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape France for Algeria. Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs, and… Shares: Thriller

Deadly Mistake Rob Sinclair · 342p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The BRAND NEW intense thriller from MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Rob Sinclair! A must-read for fans of Lee Child and David Baldacci 💥⚠️ The Simon Peake Thrillers can be read in any order "Gritty, brutal, explosive!" Alex Shaw ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ We need your help… 👀 A knock on the door in the middle of the night catches ex-Special Forces Simon Peake off guard. He only recognizes one of the three men standing on the… Shares: Thriller

Death on the Norfolk Express Ross Greenwood The heart-stopping new instalment in the bestselling Norfolk Murders series! A BRAND NEW, must-read, page-turning thriller from BESTSELLER Ross Greenwood! Unmissable for fans of Mark Billingham, Ian Rankin and Peter James 💥 'The Norfolk series is Ross Greenwood’s crowning achievement - characters to root for, an intricate web of suspense, all set against a stunning backdrop. I can’t wait for… Shares: Thriller

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The Color of Death Trey Gowdy & Christopher Greyson · 2025 · ★ 4.5 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Bruce Alexander Cook (1932 – November 9, 2003) was an American journalist and author who also wrote under the pseudonym Bruce Alexander, creating historical novels about a blind 18th-century Englishman and also a 20th-century Mexican-American detective. Shares: Thriller

The Blue Flame George Pelecanos · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Private investigator Derek Strange returns in a riveting drama about revenge, greed, and redemption—from bestselling author and Emmy-nominated writer for HBO’s The Wire and Treme, George Pelecanos. He was curious. It was the cop in him. That flame was still alive. The neon “Strange Investigations” sign may be flickering in disrepair outside his office, but private investigator Derek Strange is… Shares: Thriller

Her Last Kiss Lisa Regan · 258p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares: Thriller

Last Girl Ghosted Lisa Unger · 2021 · ★ 3.6 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game, from the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45 She met him through a dating app. An intriguing picture on a screen, a date at a downtown bar. What she thought might be just a quick hookup quickly became much more. She fell for him—hard. It… Shares: Thriller

A Deadly Shade of Gold John D. MacDonald & Lee Child “John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King With an Introduction by Lee Child When Travis McGee picks up the phone and hears a voice from his past, he can’t help it: He has to meddle. Especially when he has the chance to reunite Sam Taggart, a reckless, restless man like himself, with the woman who’s still waiting for him. But what begins… Shares: Thriller

The Curator M W Craven · 406p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year 2022 Longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger 2021 'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES 'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' DAVID MARK LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER Nothing says Christmas like severed fingers It's December and a serial killer… Shares: Thriller

Dead Irish John Lescroart · ★ 4.0 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Moderate BDD Audio releases these four bestselling Price-less titles by top-notch authors, repackaged and re-priced at $9.99. Shares: Thriller

The Lies We Bury Stacy Green · 2018 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate LMN, an initialism for the Lifetime Movie Network, also known as Lifetime Movies, is an American pay television network launched on June 29, 1998 and owned by the Lifetime Entertainment Services subsidiary of A+E Global Media, a joint venture between the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications. LMN is one of the three flagship networks of LES, alongside… Shares: Thriller

The Unknown Devil: A C.T. Ferguson Private Investigator Mystery Tom Fowler A gray hat hacker. A dark-hearted crime boss.   Baltimore isn't big enough for both of them.   C.T. Ferguson uses his illicit digital skills as a private investigator. When a teenaged boy wants to find his missing older brother, C.T. takes the case.   He soon discovers the missing brother is a fellow keyboard wizard, which piques his interest. Then shadowy figures turn up wherever… Shares: Thriller

In a Hard Wind David Housewright · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When asked to investigate a murder in a seemingly idyllic Minnesota town, Rushmore McKenzie finds that all the evidence points directly at his client, in the next installment in David Housewright's McKenzie novels, In a Hard Wind... Shares: Thriller

Her Final Confession Lisa Regan · 2018 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Watching her friend dragged away in handcuffs, Josie couldn't believe for one second that Gretchen had killed that poor boy. Confession or not, someone else was involved. She would find out who… When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a local Denton home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. The house belongs to Gretchen Palmer, a… Shares: Thriller

Portrait of an Unknown Woman Daniel Silva · 2022 · ★ 4.2 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Portrait of an Unknown Woman is the twenty second novel by Daniel Silva. It was released on July 19, 2022, and as with others in Silvas Allon series is a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Shares: Thriller

The Deep Blue Good-by John D. MacDonald & Lee Child From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Deep Blue Good-by is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.   Travis McGee is a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He’s also a knight-errant who’s wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his… Shares: Thriller

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