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Book cover for "In secret service"
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Inheriting Ian Fleming's long-lost account of his spy activities during World War II, young American academic Amy Greenberg finds herself targeted by unknown assailants and must race to finish the manuscript in order to reveal the actions of a traitor.
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3.4 stars
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"Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure. Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there. The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride...
Book cover for "Larry Bond's red dragon rising"
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4 stars
Book cover for "The Last Detective"
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5 stars
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With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage and Demolition Angel, Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and cinematic prose. Now, Crais returns to his signature character, Los Angeles private investigator Elvis Cole, in a masterful page-turner that probes the meaning of family and the burdens of the past.

Elvis Cole is back...

Elvis Cole's relationship with attorney Lucy...
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Expanse volume 1.
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4.3 stars
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When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
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Book cover for "The Medici return"
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4 stars
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"Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ--a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries, now worth in the trillions of dollars. But collecting that debt centers around what happened to the famed Medici of Florence--a family that history says died out, without heirs, centuries ago. Two more things also hang in the balance: who will become...
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"One woman's trippy, mystical journey down parallel tracks of time and love. On the way, Emer will battle natural and supernatural forces to find her true voice, power, and destiny. A fairy tale of love lost and regained, is also a love letter to the city that enchants us all: New York"--
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Mistborn novels volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.
Book cover for "Moonraker"
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5 stars
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British secret agent James Bond investigates war hero Hugo Drax, the man behind Britain's top-secret Moonraker missile program, revealing a sinister past and a secret plan for the Moonraker.
Book cover for "Naked empire"
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Sword of truth volume 8.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Book cover for "On desperate ground"
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4.8 stars
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"A chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "The Persian gamble"
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4.8 stars
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"[An] international thriller about a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers--Russia, Iran, and North Korea--and the man who must halt their deadly strategy ... former U.S. Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker"--
Book cover for "Robert B. Parker's Blind spot"
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3.9 stars
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"It's been a long time since Jesse Stone left L.A., and longer still since the tragic injury that ruined his chances for a professional baseballcareer. When Jesse is invited to a reunion of his old Triple-A team, he is forced to grapple with his memories and his regrets over what might have been. But his time at the reunion is cut short when a young woman is found murdered and her boyfriend, a son of one of Paradise's most prominent families, is missing...
Book cover for "The saboteur"
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3.4 stars
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A "story probing the limits of heroism, sacrifice, and determination, The Saboteur portrays a hero who must weigh duty against his heart in order to single-handedly end the one threat that could alter the course of World War II"--Amazon.com.
Book cover for "Safe enough"
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2.8 stars
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"For the past twenty years, Lee Child has been one of the bestselling authors in the world, thanks to the popularity of his iconic ... hero Jack Reacher. But even at the height of Reacher's fame, Child's short story writing was not confined to the series; throughout the course of his career, he published tales about a range of characters on both sides of the law, including assassins, a body guard, CIA and FBI agents, gangsters, and more. Meticulously...
Book cover for "SEAL Team Six"
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3.8 stars
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Howard E. Wasdin takes readers deep inside the world of Navy SEALs and Special Forces sniper training. The battle of Mogadishu left eighteen American soldiers dead. Wasdin's dramatic account, combined with inside details of becoming one of the world's deadliest snipers, make this one of the most explosive military memoirs in years.
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Shadow volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Awakening in a world both unknown and disturbingly familiar, Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, must once again go up against his fiercest enemy, Shiwan Khan, and prove that he is not only a super crime-fighter, but an icon.
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4.5 stars
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John Wells, an undercover operative for the CIA, travels to Kabul to investigate a drug trafficking operation that involves the agency, the military, and the Taliban.
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5 stars
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"Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville music festival triggers a shooting--one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie. Before the stunned populace can process the tragedy, an arsonist begins torching antebellum plantation homes in Bienville. When an unknown...