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A forgotten blog post becomes a blueprint for real murder.
Eight Perfect Murders
Mystery · Historical Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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A forgotten blog post becomes a blueprint for real murder. In Eight Perfect Murders, bookseller Malcolm Kershaw finds himself under FBI scrutiny when a killer begins reenacting crimes from a list he once compiled of fiction’s most ingenious murders. As suspicion tightens and buried secrets resurface, this layered psychological thriller explores guilt, literary obsession, and the peril of knowing too much.
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New York Times bestseller
“Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next… A true tour de force.” —Lisa Gardner
“[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge.” —USA Today
From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s most ingenious murders.
Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack—which he titled “Eight Perfect Murders”—chosen from among the best of the best including Agatha Christie’s A. B. C. Murders, Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap, A. A. Milne's The Red House Mystery, Anthony Berkeley Cox's Malice Aforethought, James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, John D. MacDonald's The Drowner, and Donna Tartt's The Secret History.
But no one is more surprised than Mal, now the owner of the Old Devils Bookstore in Boston, when an FBI agent comes knocking on his door one snowy day in February. She’s looking for information about a series of unsolved murders that look eerily similar to the killings on Mal’s old list. And the FBI agent isn’t the only one interested in this bookseller who spends almost every night at home reading. The killer is out there, watching his every move—a diabolical threat who knows way too much about Mal’s personal history, especially the secrets he’s never told anyone, even his recently deceased wife.
To protect himself, Mal begins looking into possible suspects . . . and sees a killer in everyone around him. But Mal doesn’t count on the investigation leaving a trail of death in its wake. Suddenly, a series of shocking twists leaves more victims dead—and the noose around Mal’s neck grows so tight he might never escape.
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As rebellion ignites across medieval Germany, a noblewoman begins to question the world she was born to inherit.
The Castle of Kings
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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As rebellion ignites across medieval Germany, a noblewoman begins to question the world she was born to inherit. Agnes, restless and unwilling to follow her prescribed path, flees Trifels Castle with her forbidden love after a mysterious ring and unsettling dreams hint at deeper forces at work. This historical epic blends the brutality of the Peasants' War with mystery, romance, and emerging destiny.
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An epic standalone novel of historical fiction tinged with mystery, set against the backdrop of medieval Germany's Peasant War from the best-selling author of the Hangman's Daughter series.
In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolted against the harsh treatment of their aristocratic overlords. Agnes is the daughter of one of these overlords, but she is not a typical sixteenth-century girl, refusing to wear dresses and spending more time with her pet falcon than potential suitors. There is only one suitor she is interested in: Mathis, a childhood friend whom she can never marry due to his low birth status.
In the midst of war, Agnes's falcon finds a mysterious ring, and Agnes begins having strange but seemingly meaningful dreams. Dreams that lead her and Mathis to run away from their home in Trifels Castle and into the midst of the tumultuous Peasants' War, cast into an adventure that will lead them to shocking revelations about themselves and the future of the emerging German states.
"Pötzsch paints picturesque landscapes, whether it's damp, dark castles, the stink of a medieval tannery, or whirlpool-plagued Rhine River rapids . . . Combine Princess Bride with Germanic history circa 1500, add a dash of Lord of the Rings, and there's a week of good fun." — Kirkus Reviews
"The war scenes are grimly realistic, and the narration gripping . . . The author makes the fantastical elements work by harnessing them to the grim reality of the Peasants' War, setting his far-fetched romance in an utterly convincing world of economic hardship, social strife and religious and political uncertainty." — Wall Street Journal
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When a papal conclave vanishes behind sealed doors, faith collides with fear and secrecy.
The Last Conclave
Mystery · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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When a papal conclave vanishes behind sealed doors, faith collides with fear and secrecy. The Last Conclave follows journalist Cal Donovan as the disappearance of the Church’s most powerful figures exposes a conspiracy rooted in centuries of hidden doctrine and violence. As history, belief, and ambition converge, this is a Vatican thriller driven by institutional secrecy, moral reckoning, and the danger of truths long suppressed.
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A vanished conclave. An empty Sistine Chapel. And a secret buried for eight centuries.
From internationally bestselling author Glenn Cooper comes a gripping Vatican conspiracy thriller that has already topped the charts in Italy.
When Pope John XXIV is found dead in his bed just two years after his election, the world braces for a new conclave. But as the cardinal electors are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel, something unthinkable happens.
Hours pass. No smoke rises. No vote is announced.
And when Vatican Secretary of State Elisabetta Celestino breaks protocol to open the doors—she finds the chapel empty. The cardinals have vanished without a trace.
CNN religion expert Cal Donovan is on-site to cover the conclave, but soon finds himself swept into a global investigation. As panic spreads and theories abound, Cal uncovers a chilling trail leading back to a centuries-old order—one that has waited in the shadows to cleanse the sins of the Church... with blood.
Ancient secrets. Ruthless power. And a final reckoning that will shake the foundations of faith.
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A single failure shadows every decision when the fate of a war depends on secrecy.
The Torch Betrayal
Historical Fiction · Historical Thriller · World War 2
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A single failure shadows every decision when the fate of a war depends on secrecy. The Torch Betrayal follows disgraced OSS agent Conor Thorn as he races through wartime London to recover stolen invasion plans before they reach Nazi hands. This WWII espionage thriller blends historical tension, moral reckoning, and intelligence tradecraft as loyalty fractures and redemption remains uncertain.
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A disgraced agent. A missing battle plan. Will he find redemption or damage the Allies beyond repair?
A high-stakes WWII thriller inspired by true events.
London, 1942. OSS Agent Conor Thorn is desperate for a second chance. After a botched mission in Tangier, Thorn knows failure is not an option. When confidential directives for Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, go missing, the agent must recover the plans before the Nazis thwart the crucial mission.
Thorn teams up with MI6 agent Emily Bright to seek out the traitor in their midst. Untangling the web of suspects leads them to Nazi sympathizers, double-crossing Soviet spies, and Vatican clergymen with motives of their own.
As their mission grows more and more dangerous, Thorn and Bright have one chance to retrieve the document before it falls into enemy hands, leaving countless Allied troops in danger.
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A Nazi spy carrying atomic secrets and a British double agent collide in a lethal contest of deception.
A Gathering of Spies
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller · World War 2
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A Nazi spy carrying atomic secrets and a British double agent collide in a lethal contest of deception. As their pursuit spans America and Europe, every double cross raises the stakes of World War II in this fast-paced espionage thriller. Rated 4.0 stars on Amazon with over 900 Goodreads ratings.
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A beautiful Nazi spy and a British double agent match wits in this classic World War II thriller "full of action, suspense, and wheels within wheels" (Stephen Coonts).
Gorgeous, cunning, and lethal, Katarina Heinrich is America's worst nightmare. For years, the German spy has been deep undercover, posing as the happy wife of a Princeton scientist. Now she is rushing home with key intelligence pertaining to the atomic bomb. If she reaches her destination, the war will be lost.
To stop her, the Allies turn to Professor Harry Winterbotham, an MI5 agent whose brilliance is matched only by his inscrutability. As Winterbotham hatches his own secret plan—one with the potential to deliver the world's greatest weapon into the hands of the Nazis—the two spies play a deadly game of cat and mouse across the United States and Europe.
From one breathtaking double cross to the next, A Gathering of Spies builds to a stunning climax among the best in espionage fiction. Lightning-paced, atmospheric, and irresistible, it is a classic story of World War II that thrills from first page to last.
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A secret expedition for gold drives a group of men into the sub-Arctic wilderness of 1766, where greed and violence unravel every plan.
White River Crossing
Historical Thriller · Mystery · Thriller
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A secret expedition for gold drives a group of men into the sub-Arctic wilderness of 1766, where greed and violence unravel every plan. As ambition collapses under ice and isolation, one man faces a choice that will define his future. From the acclaimed author of The North Water, this novel delivers stark, cinematic historical fiction.
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A breathtaking and cinematic novel about the lust for gold and its bloody consequences, set in the unforgiving landscape of the sub-Arctic Canadian wilderness, from the acclaimed author of The North Water
A ragged fur peddler arrives at a remote outpost of the Hudson Bay Company in the winter of 1766 with a lump of gold, claiming that there is plenty more like it further north at a place called Ox Lake. The outpost’s chief factor, Magnus Norton, dreams of instant riches and launches a secret and perilous expedition to find the treasure and bring it back.
Led by a family of native guides, the party of prospectors includes Norton’s brutish deputy, John Shaw, and Thomas Hearn, the insular and intellectual first mate from the factory’s whaling sloop. During their long journey north, Shaw’s callousness and arrogance lead him to commit an act of sexual violence whose disastrous consequences will only fully emerge once they reach their final destination. There, amidst the bleak beauty of the Barren Grounds, as Norton’s carefully crafted plans begin to fall apart and the brutal arctic winter starts to descend, Hearn is forced to make a choice that will define his character and determine his future forever.
Utterly captivating, White River Crossing transports us back to the furthest edges of the eighteenth-century British empire where two radically different worlds—indigenous and European—collide with calamitous and deadly results.
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With Dunkirk behind them, the Littlefield family faces the Battle of Britain from every front.
Eagles Over Britain
Historical Fiction · Historical Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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With Dunkirk behind them, the Littlefield family faces the Battle of Britain from every front. As Luftwaffe attacks intensify, secret missions, intelligence gambits, and captivity test courage and resolve. This sweeping World War II saga blends intimate family drama with historical detail, earning 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.4 stars on Goodreads.
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The saga of the Littlefield family continues with this rich and evocative second installment in the AFTER DUNKIRK series.
The Battle of Dunkirk might be finished, but the war isn't over.
"...compelling fiction is masterfully woven in with the actual events of Britain’s Darkest Hour.” —John J. Gobbell author of The Last Lieutenant
The German Luftwaffe attacks Britain from the skies.
With no allies, she stands alone.
Her fate hangs in the balance.
As the first Axis aircraft streak across English Channel airspace, so begins a battle for the ages; one that will determine the trajectory of the war. Braced for engagement on their individual fronts, the Littlefields plumb the depths of courage and ingenuity to defend their beloved Britain.
Fresh from the slaughter of Dunkirk, youngest brother Jeremy is called upon to create a French Resistance network composed of former naval officers.
At MI-9 headquarters, Claire Littlefield has devised an intelligence coup that could change the tide of the war. But will it work?
Lance, captured and far from home, puts his resiliency and resolve to the test.
And frustrated at being sidelined from active combat, Paul is unaware that he is being groomed for a role beyond his imagination.
A sweeping story of war filled with intimate, day-to-day details of those closest to danger, EAGLES OVER BRITAIN is a captivating tale of bravery, sacrifice, and one family’s fight to bring Britain to victory.
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A grieving paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister vanished and discovers something ancient still hunting in its shadows.
The Paleontologist
Horror · Historical Thriller
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A grieving paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister vanished and discovers something ancient still hunting in its shadows. As reality fractures, Simon uncovers a blood soaked mystery rooted in deep time. A chilling blend of horror and suspense. USA TODAY bestseller with 4.0 stars on Amazon and over 9,000 Goodreads ratings.
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In a wealthy lakeside community, three women circle one another through secrets, suspicion, and quiet obsession.
On a Quiet Street
Thriller · Historical Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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In a wealthy lakeside community, three women circle one another through secrets, suspicion, and quiet obsession. As grief and mistrust unravel the truth behind closed doors, appearances prove deadly. This psychological thriller delivers layered tension and slow dread. Rated 4.3 stars on Amazon with over 21,000 reviews and 4.1 on Goodreads.
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Trapped by a blizzard at a remote rest stop, a college student discovers a kidnapped child locked in a nearby van.
No Exit
Thriller · Historical Thriller · Suspense
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Trapped by a blizzard at a remote rest stop, a college student discovers a kidnapped child locked in a nearby van. With no signal, no escape, and a killer among them, survival depends on choosing who to trust. No Exit delivers claustrophobic tension and nonstop twists. Rated 4.3 stars on Amazon with over 213,000 Goodreads ratings.
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Soon to be a Hulu original film: a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller about a determined young woman who struggles to save a kidnapped child while trapped in a blizzard—and who must unmask and outwit a deviously twisted psychopath before it’s too late.
A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do?
On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.
Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.
Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?
There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?
Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape.
But who can she trust?
With exquisitely controlled pacing, Taylor Adams diabolically ratchets up the tension with every page. Full of terrifying twists and hairpin turns, No Exit will have you on the edge of your seat and leave you breathless.
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Daughters of a Dead Empire follows two young women on opposite sides of the Russian Revolution who are forced into an uneasy alliance.
Daughters of a Dead Empire
Teen + Young Adult · Thriller · Historical Thriller
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Daughters of a Dead Empire follows two young women on opposite sides of the Russian Revolution who are forced into an uneasy alliance. Hunted after the fall of the tsar, a bourgeois survivor and a reluctant communist flee south together, discovering how dangerous ideals and loyalty become when survival is at stake in a collapsing empire.
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"This fresh, thrilling take on Anastasia establishes that O'Neil is a debut author to watch." —Buzzfeed
From debut author Carolyn Tara O'Neil comes a thrilling alternate history set during the Russian Revolution.
Russia, 1918: With the execution of Tsar Nicholas, the empire crumbles and Russia is on the edge of civil war—the poor are devouring the rich. Anna, a bourgeois girl, narrowly escaped the massacre of her entire family in Yekaterinburg. Desperate to get away from the Bolsheviks, she offers a peasant girl a diamond to take her as far south as possible—not realizing that the girl is a communist herself. With her brother in desperate need of a doctor, Evgenia accepts Anna's offer and suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of the war.
Anna is being hunted by the Bolsheviks, and now—regardless of her loyalties—Evgenia is too.
Daughters of a Dead Empire is a harrowing historical thriller about dangerous ideals, inequality, and the price we pay for change. An imaginative retelling of the Anastasia story.
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A strong match for fans of archaeological mysteries, Napoleonic history, dangerous relics, and globe-spanning adventure.
The Rosetta Key
Mystery · Historical Thriller · Suspense
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Called a “rollicking sequel” by Publishers Weekly, this historical adventure follows Ethan Gage as he searches the Holy Land for the legendary Book of Thoth while Napoleon invades Israel. Ethan must keep the supposedly magical scroll from giving his enemy the power he seeks, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 500 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for fans of archaeological mysteries, Napoleonic history, dangerous relics, and globe-spanning adventure.
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An eighteenth-century adventurer chases an Egyptian scroll from Israel to the Americas in the Pulitzer Prize-winner's "rollicking sequel" to Napoleon's Pyramids (Publishers Weekly).
The year is 1799. As Bonaparte's army descends upon Israel, intent upon conquest, American adventurer Ethan Gage finds himself searching the Holy Land for a legendary Egyptian scroll imbued with awesome powers. The raffish and resourceful Gage must keep the mysterious document from his enemy, Napoleon—or, failing that, wrest it from him, even if it means pursuing his vengeful adversary back to France. And the wisdom of his great mentor, Benjamin Franklin, will offer Gage no solace should Bonaparte succeed in unlocking the terrible secrets of the Book of Thoth, and seizing ultimate power.
"An utterly captivating romp from the treacherous tunnels beneath Jerusalem to the lost City of Ghosts (Petra, Jordan) to the tumult of revolutionary Paris. . . . Dietrich spins a merry magical mystery tour, winningly intricate and anchored to actual historical figures and events. . . . Mr. Spielberg! Mr. Lucas! It's your move." —Seattle Times
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