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Ideal for readers looking for mystery thrillers with a sardonic detective, a double murder, and secrets tied to a government research facility.
Plum Island
Mystery · Medical Thriller
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A #1 New York Times bestseller, wounded NYPD homicide detective John Corey is recuperating on Long Island when a couple he knows, both Plum Island scientists, are murdered and he is pulled into the investigation, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 16,200 Amazon reviewers. Ideal for readers looking for mystery thrillers with a sardonic detective, a double murder, and secrets tied to a government research facility.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
CELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR
Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey convalesces in the Long Island township of Southold, home to farmers, fishermen -- and at least one killer. Tom and Judy Gordon, a young, attractive couple Corey knows, have been found on their patio, each with a bullet in the head. The local police chief, Sylvester Maxwell, wants Corey's big-city expertise, but Maxwell gets more than he bargained for.
John Corey doesn't like mysteries, which is why he likes to solve them. His investigations lead him into the lore, legends, and ancient secrets of northern Long Island -- more deadly and more dangerous than he could ever have imagined. During his journey of discovery, he meets two remarkable women, Detective Beth Penrose and Mayflower descendant Emma Whitestone, both of whom change his life irrevocably. Ultimately, through his understanding of the murders, John Corey comes to understand himself.
Fast-paced and atmospheric, marked by entrancing characters, incandescent storytelling, and brilliant comic touches, Plum Island is Nelson DeMille at his thrill-inducing best.
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This will appeal to readers who want dark police procedurals, psychological suspense, violent crimes, and complicated personal connections.
The Kept Woman
Thriller · Police Procedural
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Will Trent investigates the murder of an ex-cop at an abandoned Atlanta construction site, where bloody evidence points to a second victim who has disappeared and a case tied to his own troubled past, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 29,600 Amazon reviewers. This will appeal to readers who want dark police procedurals, psychological suspense, violent crimes, and complicated personal connections.
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“Part True Detective, part The Girl on the Train. All parts gripping.” — TheSkimm
From #1 New York Times bestselling author, Karin Slaughter, comes an electrifying, emotionally complex crime thriller that plunges GBI Inspector Will Trent into the darkest depths of a mystery that just might destroy him.
Husbands and wives. Mothers and daughters. The past and the future.
Secrets bind them. And secrets can destroy them.
With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site in Atlanta, Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop.
Studying the body, Sara Linton—the GBI’s newest medical examiner and Will’s lover—realizes that the extensive blood loss didn't belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victim—a missing woman—who has vanished . . . and who will die soon if she isn’t found.
Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the city’s most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the world’s most expensive lawyers—a man who’s already gotten away with rape, despite Will’s exhaustive efforts to put him away.
But the worst is yet to come. Evidence soon links Will’s troubled past to the case, threatening to expose the secrets and lies that bind them . . . and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friends—and even the suspects he pursues.
Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller — a searing, unforgettable novel of love, loss, and redemption.
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to Cold War espionage, international chases, political intrigue, and conspiracy-driven thrillers.
A Matter of Honor
Mystery
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Adam Scott inherits a mysterious letter from his disgraced father and soon finds himself running across Europe after his lover is murdered, pursued by the KGB, CIA, and his own countrymen, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 3,500 Amazon reviewers. A sharp fit for readers drawn to Cold War espionage, international chases, political intrigue, and conspiracy-driven thrillers.
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International bestseller Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles with A Matter of Honor--featuring a bonus interview with author.
It seems innocent enough. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world.
Within days, Adam's lover is brutally murdered and he's running for his life through the great cities of Europe, pursued not only by the KGB, but by the CIA and his own countrymen as well. Their common intent is to kill him before the truth comes out. While powerful men in smoke-filled rooms plot ever more ingenious means of destroying him, Adam finds himself betrayed and abandoned even by those he holds most dear.
When at last he comes to understand what he is in possession of, he's even more determined to protect it, for it's more than a matter of life and death-it's a matter of honor.
Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will never be fulfilled, has joined the Merchant Navy. But his ship is sunk in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, drowning almost the entire crew. An American cruise liner, the SS Kansas Star, rescues a handful of sailors, among them Harry and the third officer, an American named Tom Bradshaw. When Bradshaw dies in the night, Harry seizes on the chance to escape his tangled past and assumes his identity.
On landing in America, however, Bradshaw quickly learns the mistake he has made, when he discovers what is awaiting him in New York. Without any way of proving his true identity, Harry Clifton is now chained to a past that could be far worse than the one he had hoped to escape.
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A strong match for readers who like dragon-shifter romantasy, reverse-harem relationships, hidden identities, and M/M themes.
To Tame a Shifter Complete 5 Book Series
Romantasy
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A runaway mage is forced to travel with three dragon shifters hired to bring her back while hiding the fact that she is the dangerous mage they are hunting, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers who like dragon-shifter romantasy, reverse-harem relationships, hidden identities, and M/M themes.
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I can only run from my past for so long. Eventually my problems always find me.
Unfortunately, that problem has hired three insufferable dragon shifters to capture and bring me back to him.
I just have to hide my secrets a little longer. I just have to pretend to help these assholes find the person they’re looking for without letting them know the truth.
They’re on the hunt for a dangerous Mage. Just wait until they find out the Mage they’re hunting is actually me …
NOTE: This set includes all five books of the sexy tension filled To Tame a Shifter Series: Taming, Claiming, Maiming, Sustaining, Reigning. This is a spicy why choose series containing M/M themes. Recommended for readers 18 and over.
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Best for readers who like tense psychological thrillers built around suspicious deaths, unreliable stories, isolation, and escalating danger.
Hairpin Bridge
Horror
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Lena Nguyen refuses to believe her twin sister died by suicide, so she returns to the remote bridge where Cambry died to question the state trooper who found her body. As inconsistencies in his story pile up, Lena’s search for answers becomes increasingly dangerous, with a 3.7-star average from more than 2,200 Goodreads ratings. Best for readers who like tense psychological thrillers built around suspicious deaths, unreliable stories, isolation, and escalating danger.
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From the author of the “full-throttle thriller” (A. J. Finn) No Exit—a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine.
Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge seventy miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version.
But Lena isn’t buying it.
Now she’s come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin’s car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister’s body.
Corporal Raymond Raycevic has agreed to meet Lena at the scene. He is sympathetic, forthright, and professional. But his story still seems a bit off. For one thing, he stopped Cambry for speeding just an hour before she supposedly leaped to her death. Then there are the sixteen attempted 911 calls from her cell phone, made in what was unfortunately a dead zone.
But perhaps most troubling of all, the state trooper is referred to by name in Cambry’s final enigmatic text to her sister: Please Forgive Me. Lena will do anything to uncover the truth. But as her twin’s final hours come into focus, Lena’s search turns into a harrowing tooth-and-nail fight for her own survival—one that will test everything she thought she knew about her sister and herself...
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A strong match for readers who like epic fantasy with warrior queens, political intrigue, magic, and romance.
Crush the King
Romantasy
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Queen Everleigh Blair takes the fight to her enemies at the Regalia Games, where a new threat forces her to draw on her growing magic to protect her throne and kingdom, with a 4.1-star average from more than 7,600 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers who like epic fantasy with warrior queens, political intrigue, magic, and romance.
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A fierce gladiator queen must face off against her enemies in an epic battle in this next thrilling installment of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Estep’s Crown of Shards series—an action-packed adventure full of magic, murderous machinations, courtly intrigue, and pulse-pounding romance.
Queen Everleigh Blair of Bellona has survived the mass murder of the royal family, become a fearsome warrior trained by an elite gladiator troupe, and unleashed her ability to destroy magic. After surviving yet another assassination attempt orchestrated by the conniving king of Morta, Evie has had enough. It’s time to turn the tables and take the fight to her enemies.
There is no better opportunity to strike than during the Regalia Games, a time when warriors, nobles, and royals from all the kingdoms come together to compete in various sporting events. With the help of her loyal friends, Evie goes on the attack at the Regalia, but things don’t turn out the way she hopes. Soon, she is facing a terrifying new threat, and she will have to dig deep and learn even more about her growing magic if she has any chance of defeating her foes.
Because to secure her throne and ensure her kingdom’s survival, Evie must think like a true Bellonan: she must outsmart and outwit her enemies . . . and crush the king.
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Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro take a case involving a psychiatrist threatened by the Irish mob, only to become caught in a series of violent…
Darkness, Take My Hand
Thriller
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Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro take a case involving a psychiatrist threatened by the Irish mob, only to become caught in a series of violent murders connected to long-buried secrets, with a 4.2-star average from more than 33,800 Goodreads ratings. Readers drawn to dark crime fiction should find plenty to like in its private-eye investigation, Boston setting, serial-killer case, and noir atmosphere.
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Master of new noir Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in Darkness, Take My Hand, a terrifying tale of redemption.
In this gripping psychological thriller, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro’s latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist, running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they’ve seen the darkness that lives in the hearts of the unfortunate.
But an evil for which even they are unprepared is about to strike, as secrets that have long lain dormant erupt, setting off a hunt for a serial killer that will stain everything — including the truth.
With razor-sharp dialogue and penetrating prose, Darkness, Take My Hand is another superior entry in his acclaimed private investigator series from the author of Mystic River; Gone, Baby, Gone; and Shutter Island.
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This will appeal to readers who want psychological horror built around possession, memory, religion, and uncertain reality.
A Head Full of Ghosts
Horror
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Bram Stoker Award-winning A Head Full of Ghosts follows the Barrett family as fourteen-year-old Marjorie's disturbing behavior leads to an exorcism and a reality television show, while her younger sister revisits what happened fifteen years later, with a 3.8-star average from more than 112,200 Goodreads ratings. This will appeal to readers who want psychological horror built around possession, memory, religion, and uncertain reality.
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WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
A chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.
The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.
To her parents despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjories descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts plight. With John, Marjories father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.
Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjories younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surfaceand a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to gritty detective fiction, Boston crime, political corruption, and hard-edged investigations.
A Drink Before the War
Mystery
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Boston private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find a missing woman and recover stolen documents, but the case draws them into gang violence, corruption, and murder, with a 3.9-star average from more than 47,900 Goodreads ratings. A sharp fit for readers drawn to gritty detective fiction, Boston crime, political corruption, and hard-edged investigations.
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The mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of now New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir—and introduced Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators weaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester.
A cabal of powerful Boston politicians is willing to pay Kenzie and Gennaro big money for a seemingly small job: to find a missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. As Kenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's about justice, about right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn’t just a dirty business . . . it’s deadly.
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Best for readers who appreciate dark comedy, antiwar fiction, absurd logic, and satire of military bureaucracy.
Catch-22
Literary Fiction
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A bestseller, Catch-22 follows World War II bombardier Yossarian as he tries to survive both the enemy and an army that continually increases the number of missions he must fly, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 13,700 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who appreciate dark comedy, antiwar fiction, absurd logic, and satire of military bureaucracy.
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This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction; critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos; and much more.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Now a Hulu limited series starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, and Hugh Laurie.
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time. In recent years it has been named to “best novels” lists by Time, Newsweek, the Modern Library, and the London Observer.
Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy—it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse himself from the perilous missions he’s assigned, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule: a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but if he makes a formal request to be removed from duty, he is proven sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved.
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller’s personal archive; and much more. Here, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature.
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A powerful fit for readers drawn to fact-based historical fiction about World War II, moral courage, and rescue.
Schindler’s List
Historical Fiction
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A bestselling classic called “A masterful account of the growth of the human soul.” by the Los Angeles Times Book Review, this novel uses survivor testimony to tell how Oskar Schindler saved 1,300 Jewish people during the Holocaust, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 4,000 Amazon reviewers. A powerful fit for readers drawn to fact-based historical fiction about World War II, moral courage, and rescue.
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The award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and “masterful account of the growth of the human soul” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), now with an all-new introduction by the author.
An “extraordinary” (The New York Review of Books) novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. In this milestone of Holocaust literature, Thomas Keneally, author of The Book of Science and Antiquities and The Daughter of Mars, uses the actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden—Schindler’s Jews—to brilliantly portray the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil. “Astounding…in this case the truth is far more powerful than anything the imagination could invent” (Newsweek).
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to cozy mysteries with tech-savvy heroines, workplace intrigue, humor, and romantic tension.
No One to Trust
Mystery
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Former NSA hacker Lexi Carmichael has left government work behind when Darren Greening, a brilliant researcher at her new employer's first client, disappears and suspicion falls on Lexi. She must uncover what happened while navigating complications with her new boss, Finn Shaughnessy, with a 4.5-star average from more than 70 Goodreads ratings for this Kindle edition. A sharp fit for readers drawn to cozy mysteries with tech-savvy heroines, workplace intrigue, humor, and romantic tension.
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A reformed NSA agent must solve the next case before she becomes the next victim in this beloved cozy mystery rom-com by Julie Moffett!
SWFG: Single, White, Female, Geek.
That's me, Lexi Carmichael. But a series of extraordinary events led me to leave government life behind for a fresh start with a brand-new. It may not be cool to have the hots for your new boss, but Finn Shaughnessy seems to have the hots for me, too. If only things didn't get so complicated...
Darren Greening, a genius researcher from Flow Technologies (our first client!) is missing, and his bosses think I'm involved. And they aren't the only ones—the man who nearly snapped my neck in the parking garage thinks so, too.
Now I'm caught in the middle of a complex and dangerous case. I'll have to use all my geek skills and a little help from my friends to solve the mystery of Darren's disappearance before Neck-Snapping-Man makes a return visit...
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