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by Jon Land - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong finds herself racing to stop a homegrown terrorist cell from unleashing an attack based on another ripped-from-the-headlines subject: the explosion of a massive dirty bomb composed of nuclear waste material.

by Matthew Quirk - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Mike Ford landed a job fresh out of Harvard Law at the Davies Group, Washington's most powerful consulting firm. Now, one year later, he's staring down the barrel of a gun, pursued by two of the world's most dangerous men. To get out, he'll have to do all the things he thought he'd never do again: lie, cheat, steal --- and this time, maybe even kill.

by Tom Piccirilli - Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Suspense, Thriller

Raised in a clan of small-time thieves and grifters, Terrier Rand decided to cut free from them and go straight after his older brother, Collie, went on a senseless killing spree. Five years later, and days before his scheduled execution, Collie contacts Terry and asks him to return home. He claims he wasn't responsible for one of the murders --- and insists that the real killer is still on the loose.

by James Rollins - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

James Rollins’ latest Sigma Force thriller finds the group in a race against time to stop a global plot that, at its center, deals with the abduction of the daughter of the President of the United States. Beneath this act lies a deeper storyline involving deadly genetic experimentation and a nefarious organization that may have existed since the days of the Knights Templar.

by Lincoln Child - Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Professor Jeremy Logan --- renowned investigator of the strange and the inexplicable --- is called to an excavation set in a nearly impenetrable Egyptian swamp. The treasure that lies beneath allegedly bears a curse that threatens the lives of all who attempt to unearth it, and Logan is there to help debunk the supernatural events that seem to be happening with increasing frequency.

by Charles Todd - Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

In the spring of 1918, battlefield nurse Bess Crawford discovers the body of an officer --- a family friend --- who has been murdered. Before she can report the terrible news, Bess falls ill, the latest victim of the Spanish flu epidemic. By the time she recovers, the murdered officer has been buried, and the only other person who saw the body has hanged himself. Or did he?

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

The man Jason Bourne fishes out of the freezing sea is near death, half-drowned and bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound. A Mossad agent named Rebeka is so determined to find this injured man that she has cut her ties to her agency, and is now being stalked by Mossad's most feared killer. Do the answers to these mysteries lie back in southeast Lebanon, in a secret encampment to which Bourne and Rebeka escaped following a firefight weeks ago?

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

On his latest adventure, Ethan Gage and his new wife, Astiza, are in the Caribbean searching for the Lost Treasure of Montezuma --- a legendary hoard rumored to have been hidden from Cortez’s plundering Spanish conquistadors. But in the pursuit, they will have to face the British and French, who want the treasure for their own sinister purposes.

by Hilary Mantel - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Anne Boleyn has failed to give Henry a son, and her sharp intelligence and audacity will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down.

by Simon Mawer - Fiction, Historical Fiction

When 19-year-old Marian Sutro joins the British forces during World War II, her directive is hijacked by another secret organization that wants her to go to Paris to persuade a friend --- a research physicist --- to join the Allied war effort, a mission that could change the course of the war.