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Genre: Thriller
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1) 61 Hours (2010)
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Jack Reacher #14
   by  Lee Child
"Child is a superb craftsman of suspense, juggling several plots and keeping his herrings well-rouged. Chances are you'll want to seek out other Reacher adventures the moment you finish."- Enterta
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2) Act of War (2014)
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Scot Harvath #13
   by  Brad Thor
Front flap:"Thor tops himself again and again."- BookReporter.com"One of the best writers you are ever going to read."- WROK#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor delivers his most frightening
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3) The Affair (2011)
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Jack Reacher #16
   by  Lee Child
With Reacher, number-one New York Times best-selling author Lee Child has created "a series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers" (The Washington Post)Everything starts somewhere....For e
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4) Alex Cross, Run (2013)
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Alex Cross #20
   by  James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him--b
Crime
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5) Alex Cross's Trial (2009)
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Alex Cross #15
   by  Richard DiLallo;  James Patterson
SEPARATED BY TIME: From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great-uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan.  Now Alex passes the family tale
Crime
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6) Along Came a Spider (1992)
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Alex Cross #1
   by  James Patterson
When nine-year-old Maggie Rose and her best friend, Michael Goldberg, are kidnapped from theirexclusive school in Washington, D.C., it is clear this is not an ordinarycase. Maggie's mother is a su
Crime
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7) The Ambushers (1963)
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Matt Helm #6
   by  Donald Hamilton
DONALD HAMILTON: "...has brought to the spy novel the authentic hard realism of Hammett."- NEW YORK TIMESNAME: MATTHEW HELMCODE NAME: ERICMISSION: #6 - THE AMBUSHERSREMARKS: A quiet mission of assassi
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8) Angels Flight (1999)
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Harry Bosch #6
   by  Michael Connelly
ANGELS FLIGHTAn activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf.  But the case is so explosive - and the dead man's e
Crime
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9) The Annihilators (1983)
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Matt Helm #20
   by  Donald Hamilton
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10) The Apostle (2009)
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Scot Harvath #8
   by  Brad Thor
Front flap:Every politician has a secret.  And when the daughter of a politically connected family is kidnapped abroad, America's new president will agree to anything - even a deadly and ill-
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11) Ashley Bell (2015)
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Ashley Bell #1
   by  Dean R Koontz
Ashley BellThe Girl Who Said No to DeathBibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young woman - whose doctor says she has one year to live.She replies, "We'll see."Her sudden recovery astonishes me
Mystery
Supernatural
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12) Back of Beyond (2011)
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Highway Series #1
   by  C J Box
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13) Backlash (2019)
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Scot Harvath #18
   by  Brad Thor
"Raw emotion, nonstop action, and relentless pacing makes Backlash another one-night read from Brad Thor" --The Real Book Spy#1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publishers Weekly bestsel
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14) Bad Luck and Trouble (2007)
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Jack Reacher #11
   by  Lee Child
A decade postmilitary, Jack Reacher has an ATM card and the clothes on his back - no phone, no ties, and no address. But now a woman from his old unit has done the impossible. From Chicago, Frances Ne
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15) The Bad Weather Friend (2024)
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   by  Dean R Koontz
IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD FOR EVERYONE, JUST FOR BENNY.Benny Catspaw's perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair.&n
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16) Badlands (2015)
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Highway Series #3
   by  C J Box
Twenty miles across the North Dakota border, where the scenery goes from rolling grass prairie to pipeline fields, detective Cassie Dewell has been assigned to be the new deputy sheriff of Grimstad -
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17) The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2011)
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   by  Stephen King
Includes the story “Premium Harmony”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, MaineThe masterful #1 New York Times bestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes t
Collected Stories
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18) The Bear and the Dragon (2000)
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Jack Ryan World #10
   by  Tom Clancy
Front flap:The Bear andTheDragonTom ClancyPresident Jack Ryan faces a world crisis unlike any he has ever known, in Tom Clancy's extraordinary new novel.Time and again, Tom Clancy's novels hav
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19) Below Zero (2009)
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Joe Pickett #9
   by  C J Box
New York Times best-selling author C. J. Box's Below Zero is the 9th novel featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. The telephone calls from her stepdaughter April send chills down the spine of
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20) The Betrayers (1966)
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Matt Helm #10
   by  Donald Hamilton
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21) Better Off Dead (2021)
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Jack Reacher #26
   by  Andrew Child;  Lee Child
Number one New York Times best seller • Jack Reacher is back in a brand-new thriller from acclaimed number one best-selling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.Digging graves had not been part of my pl
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22) The Big Bad Wolf (2003)
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Alex Cross #9
   by  James Patterson
WHO'S AFRAID?Alex Bross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a predator known only as as the Wolf.Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new c
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23) The Big Dark Sky (2022)
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   by  Dean R Koontz
A group of strangers bound by terrifying synchronicity becomes humankind's hope of survival in an exhilarating, twist-filled novel by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspe
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24) Billy Summers (2021)
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   by  Stephen King
From master storyteller and #1 bestseller Stephen King, whose"restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained"(The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novelabout a guy with a s
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25) The Bitterroots (2019)
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Highway Series #5
   by  C J Box
The ties that bind can burn you.Former sheriff's investigator Cassie Dewell is trying to start her life over in private practice.  She's her own boss and answers to no one, and that's
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26) The Black Box (2012)
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Harry Bosch #16
   by  Michael Connelly
THE BLACK BOX Harry Bosch first encountered journalist Anneke Jespersen in a dark alleyway.  She'd been shot, execution-style, on the night Los Angeles burned in riots and the police protecte
Crime
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27) The Black Echo (1992)
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Harry Bosch #1
   by  Michael Connelly
Experience this special edition of The Black Echo, Michael Connelly’s award-winning crime novel narrated by Titus Welliver, star of the Bosch series on Amazon Prime Video - includes an exclusive bonus
Crime
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28) Black Ice (2021)
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Scot Harvath #20
   by  Brad Thor
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“[A]nother instant classic.” —“The undisputed master of blending geopolitics with spycraft…a thriller aficionado’s dream.” —The Providence JournalThe new Cold War i
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29) The Black Ice (1993)
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Harry Bosch #2
   by  Michael Connelly
THE BLACK ICENarcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing.  Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicid
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30) Black List (2012)
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Scot Harvath #11
   by  Brad Thor
Front flap:A stunning masterwork of action,intrigue, and ingenious plot twists.#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor returns with his most explosive thriller ever.Somewhere deep inside the Un
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31) Blood Trail (2008)
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Joe Pickett #8
   by  C J Box
"One of today's solid-gold A-list must-read writers."- LEE CHILD"An original voice...  Box is exploring new territory.  He is fresh, captivating, and has something to say." - MICHAEL CON
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32) Blood Work (1998)
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Terry McCaleb #1
   by  Michael Connelly
From the #1 bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer series and who "is the master of the universe in which he lives" (Huffington Post), comes the gripping novel that inspired the
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33) Blowback (2005)
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Scot Harvath #4
   by  Brad Thor
From #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author, Brad Thor, comes Blowback.Scot Harvath’s counterterrorism career has just crashed and burned—thanks in part
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34) Blue Moon (2019)
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Jack Reacher #24
   by  Lee Child
"Child is at the top of his game in this nail-biter."- Publishers Weekly (starred review)Reacher is on a Greyhound bus, minding his own business, with no particular place to go, and all the time in th
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35) The Bone Farm (2018)
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Jane Hawk #0.5
   by  Dean R Koontz
An audio original novella featuring bestselling author Dean Koontz’s compelling new heroine, Jane Hawk. From the case files of the former FBI agent before she became the nation’s most wanted fugitive
Horror
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36) The Bourne Identity (1980)
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Jason Bourne #1
   by  Robert Ludlum
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37) The Bourne Supremacy (1986)
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Jason Bourne #2
   by  Robert Ludlum
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38) The Bourne Ultimatum (1990)
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Jason Bourne #3
   by  Robert Ludlum
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39) The Brass Verdict (2008)
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Mickey Haller #2
   by  Michael Connelly
THE BRASS VERDICTAfter two years of wrong turns, defense attorney Mickey Haller is back in action.  His former colleague Jerry Vincent has been slain and Haller inherits his biggest case yet: def
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40) Breaking Point (2013)
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Joe Pickett #13
   by  C J Box
"An exceptionally well-told story that will entertain, thrill, and maybe even outrage its readers."- USA TO DAYJoe Pickett always liked Butch Roberson - a hard-working local business owner whose daugh
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41) The Burning Room (2014)
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Harry Bosch #17
   by  Michael Connelly
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner investigate a cold case that gets very hot . . . very fast.In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder vict
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42) Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988)
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Jack Ryan World #3
   by  Tom Clancy
Front flap:TheCardinalof theKremlinTom ClancyThe Cardinal of the Kremlin shows Tom Clancy at the top of his form - the phenomenal new novel by the author of Red Storm Rising. Tom Clancy has taken us o
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43) Career of Evil (2015)
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Cormoran Strike #3
   by  Robert Galbraith
CAREER OF EVILA Cormoran Strike Novelby Robert GalbraithWhen a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.Her boss, priv
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44) Casino Royale (1953)
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James Bond #1
   by  Ian Fleming
From epubbooks.com:In the first of Fleming’s James Bond novels, 007 declares war on Le Chiffre, French communist and paymaster of the Soviet murder organization SMERSH. The battle begins with a fifty-
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45) Cat & Mouse (1997)
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Alex Cross #4
   by  James Patterson
Alex Cross is back - and so is a raging and suicidal Gary Soneji. Out of prison and dying from the AIDS virus he contracted there, he will get revenge on Cross before he dies. In addition, we are intr
Crime
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46) The Chemist (2016)
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   by  Stephenie Meyer
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47) The Christmas Scorpion (2018)
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Jack Reacher #22.5
   by  Lee Child
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48) City of Bones (2002)
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Harry Bosch #8
   by  Michael Connelly
CITY OF BONESOn New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier.  It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch,
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49) Cleaning the Gold (2019)
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Jack Reacher #23.6
   by  Lee Child;  Karin Slaughter
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50) Clear and Present Danger (1989)
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Jack Ryan World #4
   by  Tom Clancy
Back cover:Remarkable praise for Tom Clancy'sThe Cardinal of the Kremlin"Tom Clancy has a genius for big, compelling plots, a passion for research, a natural narrative gift."- The New York Times M
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