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Somebody wants Mick Stranahan dead. Mick is sure of this, because he just had to dispatch a pistol-packing intruder with the help of a stuffed marlin head. But who would want to hurt a former Florida state investigator? The answer is plenty of people-as Stranahan soon finds himself acquainted with a litter of nefarious players, including a hit man whose skin problems could fill a comprehensive (if bizarre) medical... (more)

Sword of Ice: And Other Tales of Valdemar (Daw Book Collectors)

Sword of Ice: And Other Tales of Valdemar (Daw Book Collectors)

by John Yezeguielian

Mickey Zucker Reichert, Tanya Huff, Michelle Sagara, and others present seventeen original tales set in the popular fantasy universe of Valdemar, home of the Heralds and their mysterious horse-like Companions. Original.

Ender's Shadow: Book 3

Shadow Puppets

by Orson Scott Card

A Sequel to The New York Times Bestselling Enders's Shadow Bestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth. Earth and its society has been changed irrevocably in the aftermath of Ender Wiggin's victory over the Formics--the unity enforced upon the warring nations by an alien enemy has shattered. Nations are rising again, seeking territory and influence, and most... (more)

Soul Circus

by George P. Pelecanos

George Pelecanos's Washington, D.C., is a place rife with high-living drug dealers, easily obtained guns, and a generation depleted by ignorance, excessive machismo, and misplaced trust in the equalizing power of violence. Yet PI Derek Strange "did love D.C.," as Pelecanos acknowledges in Soul Circus, his third novel (after Right as Rain and Hell to Pay) to feature this mid-50s black detective and his younger... (more)

Coyote Trilogy: Book 1

Coyote

by Allen Steele

The national bestselling story of Earth's first interstellar colonists-and the mysterious planet that becomes their home.

The Kidd Series: Book 4

The Hanged Man's Song

by John Sandford

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the phenomenal Prey novels returns with The Hanged Man's Song .

Persuader (Jack Reacher Novels (Paperback))

Persuader (Jack Reacher Novels (Paperback))

by Lee Child

Jack Reacher. The ultimate loner. An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he’s moved from place to place…without family…without possessions…without commitments. And without fear. Which is good, because trouble—big, violent, complicated trouble—finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once…not ever. But some unfinished business has now found... (more)

Tripwire

by Lee Child

The New York Times bestselling author of Killing Floor and Die Trying returns with a new Jack Reacher thriller-in which a labrynthine trail of murder leads Jack straight into a trap...set by the most vicious opponent he's ever faced.

Flashback

by Nevada Barr

The five-week New York Times bestseller, now in paperback.

Phule's Company: Book 5

No Phule Like an Old Phule

by Robert Asprin

Phule gets on the wrong side of celebrity canine Barky the Environmental Dog by hosting a group of big game hunters who think they can bag a dinosaur on Zenobia. Needless to say, dinosaurs are not a native species. But cold, hard facts never stopped a Phule. And neither will Barky's cold, wet nose.

The Devil's Teardrop/lake News/Thunderhead/A Walk to Remember (Reader's Digest Select Editions-1999, 246)

The Devil's Teardrop/lake News/Thunderhead/A Walk to Remember (Reader's Digest Select Editions-1999, 246)

by Jeffery Deaver

New Year's Eve, 1999. After an early morning machine-gun attack by a madman man called the Digger leaves dozens dead in the Washington, D.C. subway, the mayor's office receives a message demanding twenty million dollars by midnight or more innocents will die. With the ransom note as the only evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon retired FBI agent and the nation's premiere document examiner Parker... (more)

The Peshawar Lancers

by S. M. Stirling

S.M. Stirling's acclaimed hardcover debut-and a top ten Locus bestseller for two months- The Peshawar Lancers takes readers to an alternate 21st century earth, where boats still run on steam, messages are exchanged by telegraph, and the British Empire controls much of the world from India. But the Czar of all Russias is preparing for global conquest...

Mitch Rapp: Book 3

Separation of Power

by Vince Flynn

CIA superagent Mitch Rapp is back in action in Vince Flynn's high-velocity New York Times bestseller. Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race -- something Israel has vowed to stop. With the haunting specter of World War III... (more)

Mitch Rapp: Book 4

Executive Power

by Vince Flynn

CIA superagent Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown -- just when the world needs him more than ever.... EXECUTIVE POWER Returning from a covert mission, Mitch Rapp was publicly hailed by the president for his role in the fight against terrorism. After years of working in the shadows, Rapp was caught in the media spotlight -- and marked for death by virtually every terrorist in the world. Now a CIA advisor,... (more)

Myth Alliances (Myth Adventures, 13) (Asprin, Robert. Myth Adventure Series, 1.)

Myth Alliances (Myth Adventures, 13) (Asprin, Robert. Myth Adventure Series, 1.)

by Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye

Here it is! The first novel in the brand new Myth Adventures Series, by the authors of Liscence Invoked! Robert Asprin teams up with Jody Lynn Nye (Applied Mythology and Advanced Mythology) to bring you a brand new set of Myth Adventures with Skeeve, Aahz, Tanda, and the rest of the gang! Will be followed in 2004 by Myth-taken Identity.

Ridley Pearson Collection: Beyond Recognition, The Pied Piper, The First Victim (Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews)

Ridley Pearson Collection: Beyond Recognition, The Pied Piper, The First Victim (Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews)

by Ridley Pearson

Seattle police sergeant Lou Boldt is stunned when the local fire investigator presents him with frightening evidence in a series of fires that have occurred in the Seattle area. These white-hot fires burn so cleanly that even the ash disintegrates--leaving not a trace of its victims or any evidence of criminal activity. Only when Boldt is taunted by someone sending him pieces of melted green plastic--houses from a... (more)

The First Law (Dismas Hardy)

by John Lescroart

They date back to the wilder days of San Francisco's vigilante past, a private police force that keeps watch for paying clients. Unfortunately, Sam Silverman-an elderly pawnshop owner and a friend of Lt. Abe Glitsky's father-could no longer afford Patrol Special protection, and he may have paid with his life. Dismas Hardy, putting together a high-stakes lawsuit against the security firm, suddenly finds himself... (more)

The Protector

by David Morrel

Cavanaugh, a former member of Delta Force who now works as a protector for those rich enough to afford him and his team, is hired by a brilliant scientist named Prescott who needs protection from a powerful drug lord seeking the highly addictive drug he has invented. At least that is what Cavanaugh is led to believe. After Cavanaugh trains the scientist in escape and evasion, the unthinkable occurs: Cava-naugh's... (more)

LORD DARCY: Murder and Magic; Too Many Magicians; Lord Darcy Investigates (by the author of The Gandalara Cycle)

LORD DARCY: Murder and Magic; Too Many Magicians; Lord Darcy Investigates (by the author of The Gandalara Cycle)

by Randall Garrett

Welcome to an alternate world where Richard the Lion-Heart did not die in the year 1199...where magic is a science and science is an art...where the great detective Lord Darcy and the sorcerer Sean O'Lochlainn combine occult skills and brilliant deductions to bring criminals to the King's Justice and thwart those who plot against the Realm. Welcome to a world where murder may be committed by magic most foul, but... (more)

Secret Justice

by James W. Huston

In the dead of night, a daring desertraid into Sudan by a Special Forces team ledby Lt. Kent "Rat" Rathman ends with theapprehension of the world's most wantedcriminal. But the methods necessary toachieve the goal are brutally unorthodox -- and a Middle Eastern prisoner suffersand dies as a result. Wheels of power are turning rapidly in Washington as politicians use the complex international situation to disguise... (more)

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by John Yezeguielian

by Orson Scott Card

by George P. Pelecanos

by Allen Steele

by John Sandford

by Lee Child

by Lee Child

by Nevada Barr

by Robert Asprin

by Jeffery Deaver

by S. M. Stirling

by Vince Flynn

by Vince Flynn

by Robert Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye

by Ridley Pearson

by John Lescroart

by David Morrel

by Randall Garrett

by James W. Huston