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by Eric Van Lustbader - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Ouyang Jidan, a senior member of China's Politburo, and a major Mexican drug lord may be trafficking in something far more deadly than drugs. Jidan is the man who ordered Rebeka --- one of the only people Jason Bourne has ever truly cared about --- murdered. Bourne is determined to avenge her death, but in the process he becomes enmeshed in a monstrous world-wide scheme involving the Chinese, Mexicans and Russians.

by Anne Perry - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Holiday, Mystery

Claudine Burroughs dreads the holiday season for forcing her to face how empty her life has become. That all changes in the blink of an eye when a young streetwalker is brought to an exclusive holiday party Claudine is attending and then is allegedly murdered by a charming poet she had befriended. Can she save him from the gallows before Christmas?

by Richard North Patterson - Fiction, Historical Fiction

The time is June 1968, and America is in turmoil, engulfed in civil unrest in the midst of an unpopular war. As seen through the eyes of 21-year-old Whitney Dane, the summer with her family at Martha’s Vineyard should provide certainty and safety. By the end of that summer, the lives of Whitney and all those closest to her will change in dramatic ways.

by Hannah Kent - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Charged with the brutal murder of her former master, Agnes is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard.

by Jefferson Bass - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

On a sweltering hillside in Knoxville, Dr. Bill Brockton launches an unusual research facility. Brockton is determined to revolutionize the study of forensics to help law enforcement solve homicides --- but the scientist's plans are derailed by a chilling murder that leaves him reeling from a sense of déjà vu. As the body count rises, the victims' fatal injuries grow more and more distinctive --- a spiral of death that holds dark implications for Brockton himself.

by Eleanor Catton - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

From the author of THE REHEARSAL comes a bold neo-Victorian murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand, in which three unsolved crimes link the fates and fortunes of 12 men. Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize, THE LUMINARIES is the longest novel in history to win the prize, and Eleanor Catton is the youngest fiction writer to receive this great honor.

by Dan Simmons - Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Three climbers who set out to summit the world’s highest mountain arrange funding from Lady Bromley, whose son disappeared on Mt. Everest in 1924. She refuses to believe he’s dead and pays the trio to bring him home. Joined by the missing boy's female cousin, they find themselves being pursued through the night by someone or something.

by Anne Rice - Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Suspense, Thriller, Urban Fantasy

In this sequel to THE WOLF GIFT, Reuben Golding, the newest of the Morphenkinder, is struggling with his new existence as a Man Wolf, as he learns to control his desires and bloodthirsty urges. Destiny continues to hound him as the forest echoes with howling winds carrying tales of a strange nether world, and of spirits --- centuries old --- who possess their own fantastical ancient histories and taunt with their dark, magical powers.

by William Boyd - Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

It's 1969 and, having just celebrated his 45th birthday, James Bond --- British special agent 007 --- is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels threatening the established regime.

by Raymond Khoury - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

FBI Agent Sean Reilly finds himself teamed with Russian Federal Security Service agent Larisa Tchoumitcheva to discover why a Russian embassy attaché has apparently committed suicide and a retired Russian physics professor living in Queens has vanished, all of which leads to a small device that could change the world in a deadly way.