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When a letter containing a list of victims arrives in the post, PI Jack Taylor is sickened, but tells himself the list has nothing to do with him. He has enough to do just staying sane. His close friend Ridge is recovering from surgery and alcohol’s siren song is calling to him ever more insistently. A guard and then a judge die in mysterious circumstances. But it is not until a child is added to the list that... (more)

All the Colors of Darkness

by Peter Robinson

Detectives Alan Banks and Annie Cabbot return in another electrifying novel from the acclaimed award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Friend of the Devil When the body of a man is discovered hanging from a tree in the woods near Eastvale, all signs point toward suicide. At least that's what it initially looks like to Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot. The man is soon identified as Mark... (more)

The Scarecrow

by Michael Connelly

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid... (more)

The Prey Series: Book 19

Wicked Prey

by John Sandford

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by the #1 New York Times Â–bestselling author. For twenty years, John SandfordÂ’s novels have been beloved for their Â“ingenious plots, vivid characters, crisp dialogue and endless surprisesÂ” ( The Washington Post ), and nowhere are those more in evidence than in the sudden twists and shocks of Wicked Prey . ... (more)

Whispers of the Dead

by Simon Beckett

A field of corpses, laid out in a macabre display…A serial killer who confounds even the most seasoned profilers…A doctor whose life has been shattered by crime—plunged into the heart of a shocking investigation… In this masterful new novel by Simon Beckett, #1 internationally bestselling author of Written in Bone and The Chemistry of Death , forensic anthropologist David Hunter is thrust into his first... (more)

Shoot to ThrillP. J. Tracy

Shoot to Thrill

by P. J. Tracy

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Sanctuary

by Ken Bruen