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4) Envy
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A best-selling author living on an island off the Georgia coast and hiding behind a pseudonym seeks revenge on a publisher by writing a book detailing a dark secret which has caught the eye of the publisher's wife.
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Collects eleven stories and one novella featuring Jack Reacher, including "Too Much Time." Together these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world.
6) The search
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Young private investigator Jayden Spaulding has cracked his share of tough cases, but nothing like this. When stunning professional basketball player Nadia Fairchild walks through his door, her story seems simple enough: two days ago, her mother disappeared along with a member of the women's college basketball team she coached. Jayden and Nadia delve into a baffling maze of motive and opportunity with a lengthy list of possible suspects. As they work...
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In "Assassin" intelligence operative Alex Hawke along with former NYPD cop and Navy SEAL Stokely Jones are called upon by the U.S. government to launch a search for a terrorist assassin known as the Dog.
In 'Pirate" Alex Hawke must thwart a secret, deadly alliance between China and France that threatens world domination and nuclear confrontation.
In "Spy" Alex Hawke with the aid of Scotland Yard Inspector Ambrose Congreve and former NYPD cop and...
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"CIA operative Renee Niezen has heard tales of the guardians, though she's never really believed in their existence--until she is approached by Charlotte, an old friend who desperately needs her help to stop the systematic destruction of the guardian program. Renee accepts the plea for assistance, but not everyone is thrilled to have her on the team. Kade--one of the last guardians standing--is unimpressed with Renee's qualifications and turns instead...
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Anna Coughlin is a modern 1920s woman, armed with a college education and a partiality for numbers. Now, within the walls of a fantastic castle-like mansion in the hills of Virginia, her skill will be tested as never before. Hired to serve as financial advisor to wealthy Lawrence Richardson, Anna finds the welcome she receives anything but warm. Lawrence's handsome but antagonistic son Tyler wants nothing more than to send her packing. The household...
11) Dry ice
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Michael McClelland, the brilliant, determined murderer introduced in the first Alan Gregoy novel, has left the Colorado State Mental Hospital and is intent on harming Alan and his family.
13) Mildred Pierce
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Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce in 1940s America to claw her way out of poverty. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men and an unreasoning devotion to her monstrous daughter.
14) The defector
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Gabriel Allon volume 9
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Gabriel Allon's idyllic world is once again thrown into turmoil with shocking news from London. The defector and former Russian intelligence officer Grigori Bulganov, who saved Gabriel's life in Moscow, has vanished without a trace. British intelligence is sure he was a double agent all along, but Gabriel knows better. He also knows he made a promise--a promise that leads to a deadly duel of nerve and wits with one of the world's most ruthless men:...
15) Savage skies
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"A hostile world that will doom the human race ? or save it, if a few survivors can unlock its secrets ? After waking up with no memories in an underground facility, a squad of elite soldiers and scientists must try to recall what their mission is. But first, it's a race against the clock to escape their collapsing bunker before it becomes a tomb. Topside, an even more dangerous world of fiery skies and desolate terrain awaits. As they venture out...
16) The sorrow hand
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Nick Drake novel volume 1
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"For Vietnam veteran turned wildlife ranger Nick Drake, the war at home proves just as deadly. Harney County, Oregon, 1968: Nick Drake has a chest full of medals and enough demons to fill a duffle bag. He's been trained to kill, but never retrained to rejoin society. Drake flees to the lonesome high desert in search of redemption and takes a job patrolling wildlife refuges where the only conflicts are keeping out stray cows and ticketing poachers....
17) The ninth month
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Mother-to-be Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. Women in her social circle have gone missing, and she's sure she's being stalked. But without proof, will anyone trust her mother's intuition?
18) Redemption
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"Gage Stewart has spent five years trying to overcome his past. Once an abused and troubled teenager, he has worked tirelessly to move beyond the fateful day he was manipulated into holding a group of teenagers hostage. Now, with a new identity and a college degree in criminal psychology, he accepts an unlikely job teaching others what to do during mass shootings. At the hotel where his class is held, Gage is immediately drawn to Skyler Prescott,...
19) Cut short
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DI Geraldine Steel mysery volume 1
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"In the tradition of Ruth Rendell, Lynda La Plante, Frances Fyfield, and Barbara Vine, Cut Short is a gripping psychological thriller that introduces Detective Inspector Geraldine Steel, a woman whose past is threatening to collide with her future. D.I. Geraldine Steel relocates to the quiet rural town of Woolsmarsh, thinking she's found a restful place where she can battle her demons in private. But when she finds herself pitted against a twisted...