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Henri Lefort mysteries volume 2.
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5 stars
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"Winter 1940: With soldiers parading down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Nazi flags dangling from the Arc de Triomphe, and the Eiffel Tower defaced with German propaganda, Parisians have little to celebrate as Christmas approaches. Police Inspector Henri Lefort's wishes for a quiet holiday season are dashed when the Gestapo orders him to investigate the disappearance of Dr. Viktor Brandt, a neurologist involved in a secret project at one of Paris's...
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Henri Lefort mysteries volume 3.
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5 stars
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"Paris detective Henri Lefort must solve a complex case when a man is murdered on the policeman's own doorstep. January 1941: It's cold and still dark when Paris Detective Henri Lefort wakes up to an empty apartment, irritated with his roommate for not even starting the coffee. Irritation turns to suspicion when he starts his walk to work and spots a large blood stain in front of the building. At the office his boss, chief of homicide, is incredulous...
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Hugo Marston novels volume 5.
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5 stars
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A nineteen-year-old aspiring model has disappeared in Paris. Her father, Bart Denum, turns to his old friend Hugo Marston for help. Marston, the security chief at the American Embassy, makes some inquiries and quickly realizes something is amiss: Bart's daughter was not a model, but rather a dancer at a seedy strip club. And she headed to Barcelona with some guy she met at the club. With his friend and former CIA agent, Tom Green, Marston heads for...
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One dark evening on New York City's Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realize they have much in common, especially loneliness and an intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed their families. As they talk into the night, they come up with the perfect plan: if you kill for me, I'll kill for you. In another part of the city, Ruth is home alone when the beautiful brownstone she shares with her...
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Kindle County novels volume 4.
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5 stars
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In Kindle County, a woman is killed in an apparent random drive-by shooting. The woman turns out to be the ex-wife of a prominent state senator and an old acquaintance of Judge Sonia Klonsky, on whose desk the case lands. As the pursuit of justice takes bizarre and unusual turns, Judge Klonsky is brought face-to-face with a host of extraordinary personalities and formidable enemies bent on her destruction.
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Kurt Wallander mysteries volume 2.
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5 stars
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February, 1991. A life raft washes ashore in Skåne carrying two dead men in expensive suits, shot gangland-style. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team determine that the men were Eastern European criminals. But what appears in Sweden to be an open-and-shut case soon plunges Wallander into an alien world of police surveillance, thinly veiled threats, and life-endangering lies.
When another murder is committed, Wallander must travel to Riga, Latvia,...
When another murder is committed, Wallander must travel to Riga, Latvia,...
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Tuscan mysteries volume 1.
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5 stars
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"Mourning the loss of his wife, Rita, former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the wine-soaked region of Chianti. Half-Italian and half-Irish, Nico finds himself able to get by in the region with the help of Rita's relatives, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn't sure if it's peace he's seeking, but it isn't what he finds. Early one morning, he hears a gunshot near his cabin and walks out to discover...
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Omar Yussef mysteries volume 1.
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5 stars
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Omar, a history teacher, manages to stay away from all the violence around him until a former pupil of his is charged with murder, and Omar cannot believe he is guilty, so he decides to investigate the case for himself.
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Casey Duncan novels volume 7.
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5 stars
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"It's not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand. Tucked away in the Yukon wilderness, the community survives--and thrives--because the residents' many secrets stay just that--secret. But what happens when these secrets start to come out? Overnight, no one is safe. It's not a question of if your secret will come out--but when. Casey and her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, need to find the...
10. Executive power
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Mitch Rapp novels volume 6.
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4.9 stars
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CIA superagent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Separation of Power -- another chillingly authentic adventure from the master of the political thriller. Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown. After leading a team of commandos deep into Iraq to prevent Saddam Hussein from joining the nuclear arms race, he was publicly hailed by the president as the single most important person in the fight...
11. Consent to kill
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Mitch Rapp novels volume 8.
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Having earned numerous enemies in his more than fifteen years on the front lines of the war on terror, CIA operative Mitch Rapp is targeted by the influential father of a terrorist who is demanding retribution for his son's death.
12. Code Red
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The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues as Mitch Rapp faces off with Russia in this high-octane installment that is "ripped straight from next week's headlines" (The Real Book Spy).
Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor—especially when it's the world's most powerful crime lord. But when Damian Losa calls, Mitch is honor bound to answer.
The Syrian government has created a highly addictive new narcotic...
Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor—especially when it's the world's most powerful crime lord. But when Damian Losa calls, Mitch is honor bound to answer.
The Syrian government has created a highly addictive new narcotic...
13. Oath of loyalty
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Mitch Rapp novels volume 21.
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4.8 stars
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With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until Cook's power-hungry security adviser convinces him that...
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"It is 1990 when Melvina Donleavy arrives in Soviet Belarus on her first undercover mission with the CIA, alongside three fellow agents--none of whom know she is playing two roles. To the prying eyes of the KGB, she is merely a secretary; to her CIA minders, she is the only one who can stop the flow of nuclear weapons from the crumbling Soviet Union into the Middle East. For Mel has a secret; she is a 'super recognizer,' someone who never forgets...
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Baby Ganesh Agency investigations volume 4.
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4.8 stars
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For a century the iconic Grand Raj Palace Hotel has welcomed the world's elite. From film stars to foreign dignitaries, anyone who is anyone stays at the Grand Raj. The last thing the venerable old hotel needs is a murder. When American billionaire Hollis Burbank is found dead, the day after buying India's most expensive painting, the authorities are keen to label it a suicide. But the man in charge of the investigation is not so sure. Inspector Chopra...
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Sam Wyndham novels volume 3.
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5 stars
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Recognizing ritualistic injuries on a murder victim from a memory compromised by his opium addiction, Captain Sam Wyndham, aided by sidekick Surrender-Not Banerjee, struggles to solve two mysteries while hiding his personal demons from the Calcutta police force.
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Body farm mysteries volume 4.
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5 stars
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"The forensic thriller meets a formidable slice of history....A riveting mystery with an intricately emotional conclusion."
—Washington Post
Bones of Betrayal is the fourth heart-racing "Body Farm" thriller from the world's top forensic anthropologist. Kathy Reichs calls author Jefferson Bass, "the real deal," and his hero Bill Brockton has already taken his rightful place alongside Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta
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Body farm mysteries volume 3.
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5 stars
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A burned car sits on a Tennessee hilltop, a woman's lifeless, charred body seated inside. Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's job is to discover the truth hidden in the fire-desecrated corpse. Was the woman's death accidental . . . or was she incinerated to cover up her murder?
But his research into the effect of flame on flesh and bone is about to collide with reality like a lit match meeting spilled gasoline. The arrival of a mysterious
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Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries volume 21.
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4.9 stars
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A tip from an ex-convict seems implausible--but Inspector Ian Rutledge is intrigued and brings it to his superior at Scotland Yard. Alan Barrington, who has evaded capture for ten years, is the suspect in an appalling murder during Black Ascot, the famous 1910 royal horserace honoring the late King Edward VII. His disappearance began a manhunt that consumed Britain for a decade. Now it appears that Barrington has turned to England, giving Scotland...