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Erin Brockovich with CJ Lyons - Fiction, Thriller

Ten years ago, pregnant teenager Angela Joy Palladino fled her hometown of Scotia, West Virginia, and became an environmental activist. Now, desperate for money, she takes on a project that will force her to return to Scotia and confront everything she thought she had left behind.

by Jim Harrison - Fiction, Mystery

On the verge of retirement, Detective Sunderson begins to investigate a hedonistic cult. At first, the self-declared Great Leader seems merely a harmless oddball, but as Sunderson and his 16-year-old sidekick dig deeper, they find him more intelligent and sinister than they realized.

by Richard Doetsch - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

A district attorney wakes up with no memory of the previous night to find that he has made the front page of the newspaper --- as a murder victim. 

by Lisa Scottoline - Fiction, Mystery

When Anne Murphy, a redheaded smart, gorgeous, and young rookie at a Philadelphia law firm returns from a weekend away, her own photo is plastered all over the newspapers' front page proclaiming her murder. Anne sets out to find her killer, playing dead in order to stay alive. But her knack for courting trouble makes it almost impossible for Anne to play well with others, defend the lawsuit, and fight her urge to sleep with the enemy.

by Charles Frazier - Fiction, Suspense

Set in a small town in North Carolina in the early 1960s, NIGHTWOODS tells of Luce, a young woman who inherits her murdered sister’s troubled twins. Before the children, Luce was content with her quiet life amidst the Appalachian landscape, choosing to live apart from the community around her. But the coming of her disturbed niece and nephew changes everything, cracking open her solitary life in difficult, hopeful and dangerous ways.

by Susan Orlean - Biography, Nonfiction

Almost 10 years in the making, Susan Orlean's first original book since THE ORCHID THIEF is a tour de force of history, human interest and masterful storytelling --- the ultimate must-read for anyone who loves great dogs or great yarns. 

by Carson Morton - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery

What happens when you mix a Parisian street orphan, a hot-tempered Spanish forger, a beautiful American pickpocket, an unloved wife, and one priceless painting?

by Paul Harper - Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Suspense, Thriller

A San Francisco detective becomes entangled with a private intelligence agency as he investigates what appears to be a traceless form of murder.

by Daniel Silva - Fiction, Thriller

A deadly pair of bombings in Paris and Copenhagen ruins the first day of master art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon’s vacation with his wife. Then, before a third attack, Gabriel is knocked to the pavement --- and he can only watch helplessly as the nightmare unfolds.

by Harry Dolan - Fiction, Thriller

Names in a manuscript: The cops see black words on a page; the killer sees red. Editor David Loogan, who we first met in BAD THINGS HAPPEN, finds a package on his doorstep that links to a fresh murder and points to several more planned attacks. Can the killer be stopped before he has crossed off all the names on his list?