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The amateur gentleman Jeffery Farnol · 1900 · ★ 3.9 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Challenging IN WHICH BABNABAS KNOCKS DOWN HIS FATHER, THOUGH AS DUTIFULLY AS MAY BE Shares London, Thriller

A Deadly Shade of Gold

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 KingWith an Introduction by Lee ChildWhen 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 as… Shares Thriller

Bones Are Forever

Bones Are Forever Kathy Reichs #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth “pulse-pounding” (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan—a story of infanticide and murder set in the high stakes, high danger world of diamond mining.A woman calling herself Amy Roberts checks into a Montreal hospital… Shares Thriller

Dead Boyfriends

Dead Boyfriends David Housewright · 2007 · ★ 4.0 Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the cops were kidding. After all, he did them a favor by stopping a rookie cop from roughing up a distraught woman at a murder scene. But the next thing Mac knows he's in jail, missing an important date with his girlfriend and reliving nightmares he thought he'd finally left behind – and he's vowing payback for all of it. If that means… Shares Thriller

Seventeen

Seventeen John Brownlow · 2022 *Winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller**A Financial Times Best Thriller Book of 2022*You'll never know my name.But you won't forget my number.Behind the events you know are the killers you don’t. When diplomacy fails, we're the ones who gear up. Officially we don’t exist, but every government in the world uses our services. We’ve been saving the world, and your ass, for… Shares Thriller

The Unknown Devil: A C.T. Ferguson Private Investigator Mystery

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 C.T.… Shares Thriller

The Way Out (Jack Reacher's Special Investigators)

The Way Out (Jack Reacher's Special Investigators) Dan Ames Shares Thriller with this book.

Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Portrait of an Unknown Woman Daniel Silva · 2022 · ★ 4.2 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In a spellbinding new masterpiece by #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva, Gabriel Allon undertakes a high-stakes search for the greatest art forger who ever livedLegendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon has at long last severed ties with Israeli intelligence and settled quietly in Venice, the only place where he has ever truly known peace. His beautiful wife, Chiara, has taken… Shares Thriller

The Green Wound Contract

The Green Wound Contract Philip Atlee Shares Thriller with this book.

Find Me Nowhere

Find Me Nowhere Andrew Klavan Shares Thriller with this book.

Hush Little Girl

Hush Little Girl Lisa Regan · 2021 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Dressed in pajamas covered with stars, the little girl’s body is perfectly still, her arms folded neatly over her chest. The wildflowers decorating her hair scatter across the grass in the sharp breeze. Her lips are parted slightly, as if to whisper goodnight for the very last time… When twelve-year-old Holly Mitchell’s fragile little body is found on the steps of a mountainside church in the… Shares Thriller

Cape Fear

Cape Fear John D. MacDonald & Dean Koontz NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this masterwork of suspense from “a mesmerizing storyteller” (Stephen King), a mild-mannered family is tormented by an obsessed criminal—and decides to take matters into their own hands.Now an Apple TV limited series starring Javier Bardem, Amy Adams, and Patrick Wilson, from executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg“An acute psychological study of… Shares Thriller

The Sound and the Furry

The Sound and the Furry Spencer Quinn In the sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series that the Los Angeles Times called “nothing short of masterful,” Chet and Bernie are handed a hard case in the Big Easy.Chet and Bernie, the best canine/human P.I. team in the business, encounter a prison work crew that includes Frenchie Boutette, an old pal they sent up the river. Frenchie begs Bernie to go find his brother… Shares Thriller

More Perfect Union, A

More Perfect Union, A J. A. Jance Shares Thriller with this book.

The Stepson

The Stepson Diane Saxon ‘An intensely dark thriller’ Ross GreenwoodWhen your whole life becomes one big lie…The night my mum disappeared, after a panicked 3am phonecall, I knew something was wrong.The police tried to reassure me. There had to be a logical explanation, they said – perhaps she’s taking a break after the tragic death of my father.But I know my mum.Or do I?She would never leave without telling me.Or would… Shares Thriller

A Desperate Place for Dying

A Desperate Place for Dying Scott William Carter An old flame.A killer on the loose.A crazy cult on the rise.Nearly a year has passed since Garrison Gage became the reluctant guardian of a troubled teenage girl, but neither fatherhood nor the the intervening months has improved his mood. His right knee is still mostly worthless. He still prefers to drink his bourbon alone. And even with a certain blonde bombshell a persistent part of his life,… Shares Thriller

Blessing of the Lost Girls

Blessing of the Lost Girls J. A. Jance · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate From J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling Brady and Walker novels, federal investigator Dan Pardee, Brandon Walker’s son-in-law, crosses paths with Sheriff Joanna Brady as he traces the bloody path of a merciless serial killer across the Southwest in this intense thriller.Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit,… Shares Thriller

The Courtroom Coroner

The Courtroom Coroner Paul Austin Ardoin · 2020 · 467p · ≈ 15h · Moderate A dead defendant. A court in lockdown. And a murderer in the room.Fenway Stevenson came to her father's arraignment to support him. She didn't expect another murder—this time, right before her eyes.When two gunshots shatter the tense courtroom, panic erupts—and the doors lock automatically, trapping Fenway inside with twelve others.One of them is the killer.With no backup, limited tools, and time… Shares Thriller

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