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  Change of Heart

  by Jodi Picoult

  The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation. Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth? One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as... (more)
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  Medical Thrillers (Gerritsen): Book 1

  Harvest

  by Tess Gerritsen

  Medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo is elated when the elite cardiac transplant team at Boston's Bayside Hospital taps her as a potential recruit. But faced with a tormenting life-and-death decision, Abby helps direct a crash victim's harvested heart to a dying teenager -- instead of the wealthy older woman who was supposed to receive it. The repercussions leave Abby shaken and plagued with self-doubt. Suddenly, a... (more)
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  Raylan

  by Elmore Leonard

  Elmore Leonard's character Raylan Givens (who you may know from the show Justified) has his hands full going from one case to the other. As one case slides into the next we see that some villians are a constant in his life and some seem to jump from one side of the law to the other. Great characters throughout.
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  Organ Grinders

  by Bill Fitzhugh

  Bill Fitzhugh strikes again! Following his widely acclaimed debut novel, Pest Control (The <London> Times called it "one of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers in years"), Fitzhugh turns his satirical eye to the merging of medical science and big business -- with hilarious and outrageous results. Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much... (more)
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  Temperance Brennan Novels: Book 9

  Break No Bones

  by Kathy Reichs

  Following the tremendous success of Cross Bones, Kathy Reichs explores another high-profile topic in Break No Bones -- a case that lands forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in the middle of a gruesome international scheme. Summoned to South Carolina to fill in for a negligent colleague, Tempe is stuck teaching a lackluster archaeology field school in the ruins of a Native American burial ground on the... (more)