Thriller
Long After Midnight, by Iris Johansen
The race to complete a new superdrug puts Kate Denby and her family at great risk from a pharmaceutical giant, intent on preventing the drug from making it to the market. After her ex-husband and father of her child is killed before her eyes, Kate finds herself the target of a Native American assassin, her only protection against whom is mercenary Seth Drakin and unlikely friend Noah Smith. So the story unfolds; the suspense making an intriguing backdrop for the developing relationships between the characters.
Read More...Singing Boy, by Dennis McFarland
As Malcolm and Sarah Vaughn wait at the traffic lights with their young son Harry, they notice the car in front fails to move, despite two green lights. Concerned for the wellbeing of the driver, Malcolm goes to check the car, but is gunned down – seemingly at random! So begin three individual, yet related stories of coping with Malcolm’s death.
Read More...Blind Sight, by James H. Pence
Blind Sight is about a man who finds his way back to God after being dragged out of hermitic life. He lived in blame for the death of his family until mysterious communications regarding two young children finds him as the caretaker of Michelle and Micah.
Read More...Cost of Dreams by Gary Stelzer
a tale about the extraordinary fate and survival of a young woman fleeing the cataclysm of civil war in Central America, and about the strangers who risk everything to rescue and mend her.
Read More...One Scream Away by Kate Brady
Can two people who lost love earlier in their lives learn to love each other, can Beth keep her daughter out of Bankes’ hands, and can Neil save the woman he loves from her worst nightmare?
Read More...Nine Dragons (Audio) by Michael Connelly
The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a detective from the Asian Gang Unit for help with translation–not just of languages but also of the cultural norms and expectations that guided Li’s life. He uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad, a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S…
Read More...Lucifer Rising by Barbara Fifield
When ace reporter Elsa Eldridge is assigned to profile a local religious cult leader named Tyrell, she doesn’t expect to fall under his spell. But Tyrell’s charismatic personality, muscled body and piercing gaze make him hard to resist, and soon Elsa is enamored. But all isn’t what it seems. And what Elsa doesn’t know could make her regret the day she ever laid eyes on this spiritual seducer…
Read More...Triangle of Deception by Haggai Carmon
How do you penetrate the world’s most secretive and tightly knit terrorist organization? Dan Gordon’s only option is deception. Working undercover in a joint CIA/Mossad mission, he’s on the hunt for the source of funding to Hezbollah. He has infiltrated a Lebanese network in Paraguay, only to realize the operation is far more wide-ranging than he’s been told…
Read More...The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay
Aliens (who hate being called aliens) now live on earth with humans, and some humans possess supernatural powers. Charlie and her Siren-partner, Hank, have been working on a disastrous case—trying to track down the source and destroy a new drug that is putting people all over Atlanta in comas….
Read More...The Bear and The Dragon, by Tom Clancy
Fans of War Thrillers will already know Tom Clancy as a kind of demi-God, so won’t be surprised to hear that The Bear and The Dragon is nothing short of spectacular.
Read More...The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver
Whilst responding to a call, newbie policewoman Amanda Sachs (who has never worked on a crime scene before) discovers a hand sticking out of some railway tracks!
Read More...The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith
When they mistake small-time conman Tom Ripley for a friend of their son, Dickie Greenleaf’s parents offer to pay him to go to Italy and convince their son to come home – and so a classic tale begins.
Read More...Under The Dome, by Stephen King
A small community in Maine is going about its everyday life when, immediately and out of apparently nowhere, a colossal dome appears, surrounding them all and cutting them off from the rest of the world!
Read More...Valhalla Rising, by Clive Cussler
Valhalla Rising is a kraken of a thriller than will grip your from beginning to end in the many tentacles of Clive Cussler’s imagination.
Read More...The Girl Who Played with Fire
By Stieg Larsson Amazon.co.uk Review Stieg Larsson gleaned a remarkable degree of success before his too-early death in 2004. He had delivered to his publisher three remarkable crime novels; the initial book in his ‘Millennium’ sequence, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, had enjoyed an unprecedented success in his native Sweden before the translation took [...]
Read More...The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson Intelligent tense thriller with a conscience Some incredible thrillers are coming from Scandinavian countries these days. Anyone who is a fan of the Kurt Wallander series of books by Henning Mankell will know what I mean. Now we have a new addition to the shelf, courtesy of deceased author, Stieg Larsson. This [...]
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