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Soon Soon Jerry B. Jenkins Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and… OL108030W
The Blockade Runners The Blockade Runners Jules Verne The Clyde was the first river whose waters were lashed into foam by a steam-boat. It was in 1812 when the steamer called the Comet ran between Glasgow and Greenock, at the speed of six miles an hour.… OL1099963W
The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller #1) The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller #1) Michael Connelly Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn’t recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil. Haller is a… OL111746W
The Narrows The Narrows Michael Connelly,Michael Connelly FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous… OL111753W
Blood Work Blood Work Michael Connelly When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. Bu… OL111754W
The fire ship The fire ship Peter Tonkin When a supertanker is seized by terrorists and Richard Mariner's father-in-law is kidnapped at sea, only Mariner can rescue them both. OL11345556W
The Alexander cipher The Alexander cipher Will Adams Workers in Alexandria are excavating for a new building when they discover the ruins of an old tomb, and all work crashes to a halt. According to federal law in Egypt, all discoveries must be properl… OL11967077W
The Lake of Darkness The Lake of Darkness Ruth Rendell Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in n… OL12079W
An Unkindness of Ravens An Unkindness of Ravens Ruth Rendell UNKINDNESS: the collective word for a group of ravens. UNKINDNESS: the collective word for a group of ravens. They are not particularly predatory birds. . . but neither are they soft and submissive. … OL12116W
Island, The Island, The Heather Graham On a weekend vacation with her brother and niece, Beth Anderson is unnerved when a stroll on the beach reveals what appears to be a skull, and instantly recalls the retired couple who disappeared off… OL121777W
Obedience Obedience Will Lavender "With superb confidence, Lavender constructs a brilliant fictional web of lies, inventively warping the psychological thriller to fit the confines of a scholarly investigation." --Kirkus Reviews… OL12272897W
A cold heart A cold heart Jonathan Kellerman Jonathan Kellerman is a master at creating psychologically nuanced novels of suspense--an author whose name is synonymous with unrelenting action, intriguing plot twists, and penetrating insight into… OL12703W
King Blood King Blood Jim Thompson Blood’s thicker than water and that’s doubly true for the King family who has built its considerable fortune through decades of the most ruthless violence and bloodshed that Oklahoma has ever seen. I… OL13420883W
The front The front Patricia Cornwell When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying:"At Risk is Cornwell's finest novel. It works in … OL134360W
13 1/2 13 1/2 Nevada Barr In 1971, the state of Minnesota was rocked by the "Butcher Boy" incident, as coverage of a family brutally murdered by one of their own swept across newspapers and television screens nationwide. Now,… OL134386W
Borderline Borderline Nevada Barr The killings on Isle Royale have left Anna drained and haunted, her memories of her time with the wolf study group forever marred by the carnage on the island. Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress di… OL134387W
Foreign body Foreign body Robin Cook A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends an idealistic UCLA medical student on a desperate search for answers, in this chilling tale from the master of the medical thriller. Jenn… OL137258W
An Innocent Client An Innocent Client Scott Pratt A preacher is stabbed to death in a Tennessee motel. The suspect is a waitress at a strip club.Defense attorney Joe Dillard's too burnt out to defend anyone he knows in his heart is guilty.Then he me… OL13750726W
The siege The siege Stephen White Stephen White—author of over a dozen New York Times bestsellers— returns with a relentlessly propelled, thriller that will remind readers of his acclaimed Kill Me. Stephen White’s Alan Gregory novels… OL14847921W
Cold As Ice Cold As Ice Anne Stuart The job was supposed to be dead easy—hand-deliver some legal papers to billionaire philanthropist Harry Van Dorn's extravagant yacht, get his signature and be done. But Manhattan lawyer Genevieve Spe… OL14860043W
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