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Falling Suns


J.A. Corrigan - 2016
    Then his body is discovered. Her cousin Michael is found guilty of his murder and incarcerated in a secure psychiatric unit.Four years later, now divorced and back in the police force, Rachel discovers that Michael is being released to a less secure step-down unit, with his freedom a likely eventuality. Unable to cope with this, she decides upon revenge, assuming a new identity to hunt him down and kill him. However, as she closes in on her target, her friend Jonathan, a journalist, uncovers some unnerving information about her mother and others in her family and begins to suspect that Rachel’s perception of the truth might not be as accurate as she thinks – that she might be about to murder the wrong man…

A Higher Power (A Financial Thriller Novel)


Daniel Davidsohn - 2016
    A refreshing addition to the thriller genre." - Foreword Clarion Reviews"The scenery, food, and wine, coupled with a burgeoning love affair, create an appealing sense of joy." -- Kirkus ReviewsIn this tale of corporate skullduggery and mystical awakening, a multibillionaire decides to radically alter his course and seek a clearer path to happiness.For New Yorker Nick Dalca wealth is a birthright, but his perfect life is starting to crumble around him. His private jet? Missing. Wife and son? Presumed dead. Having no one left to continue his family legacy, Nick makes a shocking decision: negotiating the future of his business conglomerate, a sale which may turn him into the richest man in the world.Threats to his plan begin to emerge with the scent of corruption and extortion. All alone, he becomes closer to his longtime secretary, Anne. Apparently she can talk to dead people. While Nick's pragmatism is tested, he is stunned to find there is a higher power hidden within himself. In order to learn about the fate of his family Nick will talk to anyone from hell or heaven--whichever comes first.

Kidnap


Murray McDonald - 2010
    Be one of the first to get to know the unlikely brother and sister duo as they fight their way across the globe with the help of their well connected friends to overcome the might of an extremely powerful and resourceful enemy.Don't miss 'Assassin', the next exciting installment in 'The Billionaire Series'

Tomb of the Lost


Julian Noyce - 2011
    In four parts.Tomb of the Lost is an action/adventure novel that spans 2300 years.Babylon, Persia 323bc.On a bed a man lays dying. Alexander the great, King, the Lion of Macedon has a mysterious fever. He became king at twenty, dying at thirty three, having conquered the known world. Following his death his General and friend Ptolemy takes the body and inters it into a magnificent tomb in Alexandria, Egypt. The very city Alexander founded.Two thousand three hundred years later and the leader of Germany Adolf Hitler who is a great collector of antiquities orders the sarcophagus, lost two thousand years before by Julius Caesar's legionaries, to be found and brought to Berlin.Hitler assigns a team of his Wehrmacht commanded by a General and his Colonel and a team of SS led by a fanatical Major to locate it.With their mission a success the Germans descend on the port town of Gabes, Tunisia just as the town is about to be over run by the British and as the battle for North Africa reaches its brutal climax the sarcophagus is lost once again leaving only one man alive to tell the tale.That man is Alfred Dennis.Nearly seventy years later and marine archaeologist Natalie Feltham and her team with the help of Peter Dennis, a journalist and grandson of Alfred Dennis, make the greatest discovery in modern archaeology.Now it's a race against time for Natalie and her team as dark powers from Germany's Nazi past try to take what is rightfully hers.

The Wall (Alex Demarchelier #1)


I.C. Cosmos - 2019
     Alex bolted upright in her bed, startled. She held her breath and listened intently. Nothing moved. She slowly leaned on her pillow and lingered in the sweet realization that the nightmare wasn’t real. She was OK. Then reality hit. She wasn’t OK. Her life was falling apart. Fast. Looking in from the outside, she was still living her dream. She had a loving husband, wonderful home, thriving business, recognition, prestige. Seemingly she had it all. But she didn’t… Nothing prepared her for this. Nothing. No warning, no signs telling her ‘run away as fast as you can and never look back.’ Nothing she could see. Because she never tangoed with evil before. As it races to its final surprising twist, this gripping thriller takes readers on a page-turning journey filled with love, betrayal, and revenge.

Save Her


Abigail Osborne - 2021
    Now life would be a dream come true—if it wasn’t for their mother-in-law. Disappointed that her sons have married beneath them, Cecilia constantly belittles the two young brides. And when she learns that her son Sam is moving away with Flora, her taunting turns to outright wrath.Suddenly, strange things start happening to Flora—things that even Sam finds hard to believe. Meanwhile, Sophie’s life is crumbling around her. Her marriage is not what it seems, and she is desperate to escape the clutches of her poisonous new family. Will Sophie and Flora have to give up on love in order to survive?

Fear Nothing: (Detective D. D. Warren) by Lisa Gardner -- Sidekick


BookBuddy - 2014
    Warren series, Fear Nothing is a dark fusion of thriller and mystery. While on the hunt for a serial killer with a gruesome motif, D.D. sustains a rare and painful injury, one that puts her on the sidelines. Looking for some relief and a way to deal with the emotional turmoil that comes with being in constant pain, she starts seeing a pain therapist who herself can feel no pain. When the killer strikes again, D.D. finds herself drawn back into the chase, alongside her therapist, Dr. Adeline Glen, who has a dark connection to the events. In Fear Nothing, Gardner uses a mixture of first- and third-person perspective with a casual, engaging writing style. Let the chapter-by-chapter guide in this sidekick of Fear Nothing guide you through the twists and turns of the novel, and help you make sense of the major themes and character motivations. D.D. must learn to come to grips with the pain she feels, while Adeline is haunted by her biological family's grisly legacy, one that ties her to the killer in an intimate way. Who is really killing the women of Boston by skinning them? Fear Nothing brings up interesting notions about nature vs. nurture and the role pain plays in life. A fast-paced conclusion brings the story full circle and is sure to leave readers satisfied.

The Kiddush Ladies


Susan Sofayov - 2016
     Naomi—whose husband left her for a man, crushing her small amount of self-confidence—is stuck with a dead-end job and a big house in a neighborhood filled with couples. She hates the loneliness of weekends and the empty side of the king-size bed. Miriam, an only child of parents who were also only children, struggles with the fact that she has no blood relatives besides her children. She recognizes that it’s siblings who connect the past, the present, and the future, and the closest thing she has to sisters are Becky and Naomi. Then a dusty discovery delivers a potentially lethal blow to their friendship. While two of the women fight to save the relationship, one desires nothing more than its demise.

Insanity (Insanity #1)


Andre Gonzalez - 2017
    Balancing school, work and plans for the future, he learns that dreams are merely far-fetch fantasies.After his college mentor emphasizes a major problem ignored by society—mental health—Jeremy grows obsessed with shedding light on this epidemic.When the corporate world and pressures of life begin to spiral out of control, Jeremy decides to carry out an experiment to save the ill who have been shunned by society. How far will Jeremy’s experiment lead him before reaching deadly conclusions? Insanity is the first novel in the gripping Insanity Series. If you like fast-paced thrillers, exploring twisted minds, and dark truths, then you’ll love this high-octane series by Andre Gonzalez!Buy Insanity to join Jeremy in his demented experiment!

Seth


J.B. Morris - 2015
    Staff Sergeant Seth Collins wasn’t your typical Marine. A member of the elite Marine Corps Force Recon, he had a Navy Cross on his chest and six combat deployments under his belt. Called home to care for his ailing father, he became a Hillsdale police officer. Seth needed to quit and escape from the memories of Marines killed fighting the president’s politically correct wars. Fate had a different plan. The Mexican Los Guerreros and Halcon Cartels declared war against each other for control of the drug trade. Hillsdale was ground zero. Police officers selling drugs threatened Collins father. Big mistake. Seth tossed political correctness out the window. He fought back like one pissed-off Marine.

You Are Mine (Detective Stella Carrigan Book 1)


Lisa Kent - 2021
    A nail-biting hunt for a serial killer.For over twenty years, Detective Stella Carrigan has managed to bury the nightmare of being kidnapped from her foster family. Her traumatic childhood motivated her to stand up for others and climb the Chicago Police Department ladder by storm. But when Stella is called to a series of murders of women in the sleepy small town of Vandalia, the past abruptly catches up with her - and brings her to the edge of the abyss.The killer leaves seemingly unrelated clues with each body: A lock of hair, rosebuds, sewing thread - none of the investigators can make sense of any of it. But with each victim, Stella pieces together a picture of horror that brings a terrible suspicion to light: Is this all the handwriting of her tormentor from her childhood? Are the crime scene clues hidden messages that only she can decipher?Stella must not only face the biggest case of her career, but also the demons of her own past. In the process, one thing becomes clear: the small town of Vandalia has its very own secrets. Dark, murderous secrets. And everyone who tries to uncover them finds themselves in great danger...

NOT MINE TO TAKE: a dark and twisty, psychological thriller


Keiron Cosgrave - 2021
    What starts out as an escape soon becomes something far more sinister.The locals in the nearby town seem resentful of her presence and Erin can't understand why?Alone and isolated, cut off from the mainland twice a day, Erin's imagination runs wild.Is someone out there? Is someone watching her every move?Is someone biding their time?Not Mine to take was briefly published under the pan name CB Cox.

The Moose Jaw - (Book, #2)


Mike Delany - 2013
    2nd in the Fergus O'Neill Series

Bloody Sunrise


Gregg Bell - 2017
    Blood. On his sheets. His pillowcase.Then he gets a call: his ex-wife was murdered last night.He desperately tries to piece together what happened. But he can’t explain how he got the scratches on his arms, the police want to know about the domestic violence report his ex filed against him, and his buddies say he was raging against her last night before he stormed off on his own. Right about the time she was murdered.

Ancient Revenge


J.F. Lourens - 2011
    An explosion rips the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris apart during celebratory mass, killing hundreds and revealing a hidden crypt with a most gruesome find: the crucified body of a naked young woman; twelve tombstones inscribed with a single phrase -- in domina nostra salus. CIA agent John Russell, an expert in religious crime, is summoned to investigate a wave of atrocities that surges through Europe: Bodies on cathedral towers covered in baffling tattoos; the massacre of a Cistercian monastery; the relentless execution of senior Cardinal Bishops. Sorting through the bizarre crimes, Russell and his team are plunged into a web of age-old conspiracies involving the Vatican, the Ceile De, spouses of the gods, warrior priestesses and their quest to settle a primeval score. In a race against time, Russell drags his team through Europe in a desperate struggle to prevent total cataclysm. In just four days...