Results for General Fiction + Intellectual Mysteries/Thrillers + Strong Female Leads, set in USA

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  • A Small Indiscretion
    A Small Indiscretion: A Novel
    Jan Ellison
    Paperback: 02/09/2016
     
    With the emotional complexity of Everything I Never Told You and the psychological suspense of The Girl on the...
  • The Technologists
    The Technologists: A Novel
    Matthew Pearl
    Paperback: 11/27/2012
     
    The acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl's spellbinding new...
  • Turn of Mind
    Turn of Mind
    Alice LaPlante
    Paperback: 05/27/2012
     
    A stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired surgeon with dementia who clings to bits ...
  • Origin
    Origin: A Novel
    Diana Abu-Jaber
    Paperback: 05/05/2008
     
    A fingerprint expert's investigation of a series of crib deaths leads her back to the mystery of her own ...
  • In Fidelity
    In Fidelity
    M.J. Rose
    Paperback: 01/01/2001
     
    Hot on the trail of her much talked-about debut, Lip Service, M.J. Rose once again explores the dark corners ...
  • Shell Game
    Shell Game
    Carol O'Connell
    Paperback: 08/01/2000
     
    The re-creation of a legendary magic trick goes horribly awry on live television - a terrible accident, ...

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