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Already, a nimbus of legend surrounds the story: In late 2004, Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson delivered to his publisher three finished manuscripts -- the opening salvos in a rumored 10-part suspense narrative. Like a latter-day Sjöwall-Wahlöö, the husband-and-wife detective novelists whose Martin Beck decology (1965-75) engaged Olof Palme-era political unrest, Larsson sought to explore and explode the moral... (more)

Kathryn Dance: Book 2

Roadside Crosses

by Jeffery Deaver

The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways -- not in memoriam, but as announcements of his intention to kill. And to kill in particularly horrific and efficient ways: using the personal details about the victims that they've carelessly posted in blogs and on social networking websites. The case lands on the desk of Kathryn Dance, the California Bureau of... (more)

The Bodies Left Behind

by Jeffery Deaver

When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, offduty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report? Brynn stumbles onto a scene of true horror and narrowly escapes from two professional criminals. She and a terrified visitor to the weekend house, Michelle, flee... (more)

Hannibal

by Thomas Harris

Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in turn. Note the similarities in yours and his, the high vaulted chambers of your dreams, the shadowed halls, the locked storerooms where you dare not go, the scrap of half-forgotten music, the muffled cries from behind a wall. In one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of the decade, Thomas Harris takes us once... (more)

Night Sins

by Tami Hoag, Tami Hoag, Tami Hoag, Tami Hoag

A sensational New York Times bestseller that was made into a CBS-TV miniseries, Night Sins has confirmed Tami Hoag's reputation as the new modern master of suspense. This gripping tale unfolds in a peaceful Minnesota town, where crime is something that just doesn't happen. But when a young boy disappears, it marks the beginning of a unspeakable nightmare. There are no witnesses, no clues--only a note, cleverly... (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)

Praying for Sleep

by Jeffery Deaver

Praying for revenge ...Psycho killer Michael Hrubek has escaped to find the woman who put him away. He'll show her what killing is all about...Praying for salvation...Lis knows he's out there. He's haunted every sleepless night, watching and waiting to take her to hell with him...And now Lis is Praying for Sleep .

Underworld USA Trilogy

American Tabloid: A Novel (Vintage)

by James Ellroy

JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the CIA, the Mob, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Hoffa, J. Edgar Hoover, Cuban political exiles, drugs, murder, power, influence, a former L.A. cop, two FBI agents, and a revelation that blows the history of that period wide open. Of the international best-selling author of White Jazz, The Los Angeles Times Book Review once wrote, "He's not merely a great hard-boiled... (more)

The Black Dahlia

by James Ellroy

On January 15, 1947, the tortured body of a beautiful young woman was found in a vacant lot in Hollywood. Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, a young Hollywood hopeful, had been brutally murdered. Her murder sparked one of the greatest manhunts in California history.In this fictionalized treatment of a real case, Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, both LA cops obsessed with the Black Dahlia, journey through the... (more)

Bone by Bone

by Carol O'Connell

A stunning stand-alone novel from the national-bestselling author who “has raised the standard for psychological thrillers” ( Chicago Tribune ) . Carol O’Connell’s most recent Mallory novel, Find Me , was one of the most highly praised suspense novels of the year. “A terrific find: a tightly wrapped, expert combination of suspense, mystery and show-stopping character” (Janet Maslin of The New York Times );... (more)

Blaze

by Richard Bachman

The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the first time. Stephen King's "dark half" may have saved the best for last. A fellow named Richard Bachman wrote Blaze in 1973 on an Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to write Carrie. Bachman died in 1985 ("cancer of the pseudonym"), but in late 2006 King found the original typescript of... (more)

FBI Kelly Jones Thriller: Book 2

Boneyard

by Michelle Gagnon

On the trail of a serial killer, the path splits in two… FBI special agent Kelly Jones has worked on many disturbing cases in her career, but nothing like this. A mass grave site unearthed on the Appalachian Trail puts Kelly at the head of an investigation that crosses the line—from Massachusetts to Vermont, from wealthy vacationers to poor transients, from a serial killer to a copycat nemesis. Assisted by law... (more)

Lincoln Rhyme: Book 5

The Vanished Man

by Jeffery Deaver

Forensic expert Lincoln Rhyme and his protégée Amelia Sachs are called in to work the high-profile investigation of a killer who seemingly disappeared into thin air just as the police closed in. As the homicidal illusionist baits them with grisly murders that grow more diabolical with each victim, Rhyme and Sachs must go behind the smoke and mirrors to prevent a horrific act of vengeance that could become the... (more)

Bishop/Special Crimes Unit: Book 9

Sleeping with Fear (Fear (Hardcover))

by Kay Hooper

Fear has never been so close.… New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a relentless thriller that brings her readers face-to-face with fear itself. In this terrifying new novel, a psychic special agent finds herself caught up in a tangled web of secrets, lies . . . and evil. Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood. Even more frightening, she didn’t... (more)

Stealing Shadows (Shadows Trilogy (Paperback))

Bishop/Special Crimes Unit: Book 1

Stealing Shadows (Shadows Trilogy (Paperback))

by Kay Hooper

What if you can enter a madman's cruel mind as he plans his vicious crimes? What if you can see the terrified face of his prey as he moves in for the kill--but you can't stop his frenzy once he strikes? Stealing Shadows Psychic Cassie Neill helps the L.A. police catch killers--until she makes a terrible mistake and an innocent child dies. Cassie flees to a small North Carolina town, hoping that a quiet life... (more)

Trunk Music (A Harry Bosch Novel)

by Michael Connelly

When B-grade L.A. movie producer Tony Aliso is found stuffed into the trunk of his Rolls Royce, all signs point to “trunk music” —a mob hit. Detective Harry Bosch, just back from an “involuntary stress leave,” is not so sure. And when he finds the money trail, he follows it…all the way to Vegas. Seems this Tony had his share of enemies, and in no time, so does Harry: Vegas thugs, LAPD’s organized crime unit, a... (more)

Lincoln Rhyme: Book 1

The Bone Collector

by Jeffery Deaver

Look who's back to chill readers to the bone... The first novel featuring Detective Lincoln Rhyme, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stone Monkey .

18 Seconds: A Novel

by George D. Shuman

Sherry Moore, a beautiful, blind psychic, has the extraordinary ability to 'see' the last eighteen seconds of a murder victim's life by touching the corpse. She uses her gift to help others solve mysteries only she can tap into. Serial killer Earl Sykes never got caught for his vicious murders. Instead, it was a deadly auto accident that landed him in prison. Now, years later, he is free and hungry for revenge.... (more)

Sleight Of Hand (Barbara Holloway Novels)

Sleight Of Hand (Barbara Holloway Novels)

by Kate Wilhelm

When a seemingly simple case quickly turns complicated, respected attorney Barbara Holloway must rethink her game plan. The route to justice is paved with nothing but lies, and Barbara must make a judgment call that leaves her with no option. Gregarious Vegas entertainer Wally Lederer has a lucrative showbiz career, but when a childhood friend accuses him of stealing a valuable artifact, his checkered past... (more)

Scavenger

by David Morrel

A high-tech adventure thriller about a life-or-death search for a 100-year-old time capsule. Sometimes the past is buried for a reason. David Morrell's Creepers was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. A New York Times best-seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves. Scavenger , Morrell's latest novel, takes... (more)

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by Stieg Larsson

by Jeffery Deaver

by Jeffery Deaver

by Thomas Harris

by Tami Hoag, Tami Hoag, Tami Hoag, Tami Hoag

by Jeffery Deaver

by Jeffery Deaver

by James Ellroy

by James Ellroy

by Carol O'Connell

by Richard Bachman

by Michelle Gagnon

by Jeffery Deaver

by Kay Hooper

by Kay Hooper

by Michael Connelly

by Jeffery Deaver

by George D. Shuman

by Kate Wilhelm

by David Morrel