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by Greg Iles
Published Aug 2015
Read ReviewsRich in Southern atmosphere and electrifying plot turns, Natchez Burning is tense and disturbing, the most explosive, exciting, sexy, and ambitious story Greg Iles has written yet.
by Gillian Flynn
Published Apr 2014
Read ReviewsMarriage can be a real killer. Gillian Flynn, takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong.
by S.J. Watson
Published Feb 2012
Read ReviewsMemories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Welcome to Christine's life.
by Paul Doiron
Published Apr 2011
Read ReviewsSet in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive---his own father. A sterling debut of literary suspense. Taut and engrossing, it represents the first in a series featuring Mike Bowditch.
by David Levien
Published Feb 2009
Read ReviewsRiveting suspense in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly, City of the Sun introduces retired detective Frank Behran imposing, charismatic former cop who agrees to take the case of a boy whos been missing for over a year.
by Marcus Sakey
Published Nov 2007
Read ReviewsDanny Carter started his life as a petty criminal, living from score to score with his friend Evan. Years later, Danny has built a new world for himself: a legitimate career, a girlfriend, and a clean conscience. Hes normal, successful. Happy. Until he spots his old partner staring him down in a smoky barroom mirror. Prison-hardened Evan, ...
by Walter Mosley
Published Aug 2007
Read ReviewsIn a riveting story of modern-day resilience and redemption, two boys, as close as brothers, confront separate challenges, and when circumstances reunite them years later, draw on their extraordinary natures to confront a common enemy and, ultimately, save their lives.
by Michael Connelly
Published Feb 2006
Read ReviewsDetective Harry Bosch is back with the LAPD with the sole mission of closing unsolved cases. The murder of a 16 year old girl in 1988 is his first file. A DNA match makes the case very much alive again, and it turns out to be anything but cold. The ripples from this death have destroyed at least two other lives, and everywhere he probes, Bosch ...
by William Lashner
Published Apr 2005
Read ReviewsA superb tale of crime and justice that takes the intrepid Victor Carl into new territory and confirms William Lashner's place among the top suspense writers of our time.
by Walter Mosley
Published Apr 2005
Read ReviewsEasy Rawlins returns to solve a mystery set amid the devastating Los Angeles riots of 1965.
by David Baldacci
Published Aug 2002
Read ReviewsAn explosive psychological thriller about a man desperate to find answersfrom the secret terrors he has kept from himself to his unbearable guilt.
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