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An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati.... (more)

The Weatherman

by Steve Thayer

The New York Times Bestseller by the author of Silent Snow It's the dead of winter, and a serial killer has frozen a city in fear... Television newscaster Andrea Labore sees it as a career-making story... He's called The Weatherman. And he's going to make Andrea a star... Even if it kills her. I read The Weatherman with mounting excitement...I recommend it to everybody."--Stephen King "A dandy, dark,... (more)

The Boys from Brazil (Bloomsbury Film Classics)

The Boys from Brazil (Bloomsbury Film Classics)

by Ira Levin

When a group of men meet up in a private Japanese restaurant in Sao Paulo, a devastating plot is to be unleashed on the world. Their instructions, to be followed unquestioningly, are to kill ninety-four men across the world, in a specific order, all of whom are aged sixty-five, and all their murders are to look like accidents. Their mission is to secure the future dominance of the Aryan race, and to recreate the... (more)

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber : A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber : A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts

by Julian Rubinstein

Part Pink Panther, part Unbearable Lightness of Being, part Slap Shot, this uproariously funny, exuberantly praised book tells the story of Attila Ambrus, a professional hockey goalkeeper (possibly the worst in the sports history), gravedigger, roulette addict, whiskey drinker (with a fondness for women in leopard-skin hot pants), and native of Transylvania who became Hungarys celebrated gentlemen thief, the most... (more)

Wolf Pass

by Steve Thayer

The quirky and refreshing hero of The Wheat Field -Deputy Sheriff Pennington-is suspected of a vicious double homicide. But Pennington suspects an old wartime nemesis-the Nazi SS colonel known as "The Wolf"-who vanished after the war. Now, it's 1962-and The Wolf is on the prowl...

A Gathering of Saints

by Christopher Hyde

In this historically accurate, pulse-pounding suspense thriller, Hitler's Luftwaffe rains terror upon London, as Scotland Yard pursues a lone psychopath who kills with methodical precision--and is privy to the Allies' most closely guarded secrets.

Deception Point

by Dan Brown

A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance. A thriller unlike any you've ever read.... When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White... (more)

Robert Langdon: Book 2

The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last. As millions of readers around the globe have already discovered, The Da Vinci Code is a reading experience unlike any other. Simultaneously lightning-paced, intelligent, and intricately layered with remarkable... (more)

Term Limits

by Vince Flynn

Taking America back...one politician at a time TERM LIMITS In one bloody night, three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed with surgical precision. Their assassins then deliver a shocking ultimatum to the American government: set aside partisan politics and restore power to the people. No one, they warn, is out of their reach -- not even the president. A joint FBI-CIA task force reveals the... (more)

Lincoln Rhyme: Book 2

The Coffin Dancer

by Jeffery Deaver

NYPD criminalist Lincoln Rhyme joins his beautiful protégé, Amelia Sachs, in the hunt for the Coffin Dancer -- an ingenious killer who changes appearance even faster than he adds to his trail of victims. They have only one clue: the madman has a tattoo of the Grim Reaper waltzing with a woman. Rhyme must rely on his wits and intuition to track the elusive murderer through New York City -- knowing they have only... (more)

Bed Of Nails

by Michael Slade

Isolated in the Riverside Insane Asylum is the Ripper. He believes he's the notorious butcher who terrorized Whitechapel more than a century ago. In the black hole of his imagination he reenacts the crimes. In the darkness of his heart he still craves the thrill of the kill. Thank God he can't escape. Unfortunately, in Riverside, there is no God...

The Final Procedure

by Stan Pottinger

Christmas Eve in Auschwitz, 1944. Hitler's Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele, and his brilliant young protégé, Adalwolf, are on the verge of a nightmarish medical discovery when the war brings it all to an end. But Mengele's insane visions for the Third Reich live on. More than half-a-century later, FBI agent Melissa Gale's mission is to bring Adalwolf to justice before it's too late. He's emerged from the... (more)

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Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

The Weatherman

by Steve Thayer

The Boys from Brazil (Bloomsbury Film Classics)

by Ira Levin

Ballad of the Whiskey Robber : A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts

by Julian Rubinstein

Wolf Pass

by Steve Thayer

A Gathering of Saints

by Christopher Hyde

Deception Point

by Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

Term Limits

by Vince Flynn

The Coffin Dancer

by Jeffery Deaver

Bed Of Nails

by Michael Slade

The Final Procedure

by Stan Pottinger