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Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series (Jerry McNeal) by Sherry A. Burton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFeeling guilty at not having made his engagement to April official over the Christmas holidays, Jerry seeks to join her and Max for their annual after-Christmas getaway to Frankenmuth, Michigan... -
![Knock Out by Catherine Coulter]()
Knock Out by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSeven-year-old Autumn Backman needed a hero. When she saw Special Agent Dillon Savich on TV after he'd brought down bank robbers in a Georgetown bank, she knew she'd found him. She called Savich, but she didn't use the phone... Ethan Merriweather, sheriff of Titusville, Virginia, a small mountain town near the Titus Hitch Wilderness, goes looking for a missing little girl... -
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![Quinn by Iris Johansen]()
Quinn by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 25 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen explores the darkest corners of the human heart as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan closes in on the killer who stole her daughter so many years ago. As a former Navy SEAL turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen the face of evil and knows just how deadly it can be... -
![Scraps of Paper by Kathryn Meyer Griffith]()
Scraps of Paper by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAbigail Sutton’s beloved husband walks out one night, doesn’t return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of a long ago crime. It’s made her sympathetic to the missing and their families.Starting her new life, Abigail moves to small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died... -
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![The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford]()
The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA JUG OF WINE, A LOAF OF BREAD—AND DEATH.SHE KNOWS IT’S COMING; SHE HAS TO STOP IT!London architect Kate Benedict has barely shucked off her coat before she spots her host's aura, a swirling pattern above his head that Kate has come to recognize as a prediction of death within a few days.And she’s barely realized he’s in danger when he drops to the floor, shot by an unseen assailant... -
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Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series returns with another tour de force in which Agent Sherlock risks losing her career—and her sanity—over a case that is more complicated and twisted than any she’s ever encountered. On a dark night, Agent Sherlock is driving along circuitous mountain roads in West Virginia when her car is suddenly T-boned at an intersection... -
![Ghostly Envy by E.M. Leya]()
Ghostly Envy by E.M. Leya
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe last thing Lance expected to find while helping Franks look for a new house was a ghost. Shelia just wanted to graduate and get on to college, but that never happened. The last thing she remembers is being at home on the couch, then waking up in a deep hole in the middle of nowhere. She wants answers... -
![The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz]()
The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in this new novel in the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz... -
![Shadow Play by Iris Johansen]()
Shadow Play by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn explosive new Eve Duncan thriller from the New York Times #1 bestselling authorEve Duncan is the most sought-after artist in the field of forensic sculpting. Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to those whose lives were lost and whose bones are now in her hands... -
![Chasing The Night by Iris Johansen]()
Chasing The Night by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA CIA agent's two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something Catherine Ling awakens to every day. Her friends, family, and colleagues tell her to let go, move on, accept that her son is never coming back. But she can't... -
![Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron]()
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard by Ellen Byron
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMaggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good times roll. But hard times rock her hostelry when a new cell phone app makes it easy for locals to rent their spare rooms to tourists. With October--and Halloween--approaching, she conjures up a witch-crafty marketing scheme to draw visitors to Pelican, Louisiana... -
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Point Blank by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFBI Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich face the most explosive case of their careers, pitting them against an unstable villain-with a very long memory... -
![Stalemate by Iris Johansen]()
Stalemate by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEve Duncan has turned down the job twice already. Her skill and devotion in identifying murder victims and helping bring their killers to justice may be world-renowned. But Eve works exclusively for law enforcement and the families of the innocent, and the man on the other end of the phone is many thingsâ��none of them law-abiding or innocent... -
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Luminosity by Abigail Boyd
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIncludes books 2, 3, and 4 of the Gravity series. In Uncertainty, Ariel finds out more information about her grandmother's visions and family secrets. An unexpected reunion turns her life upside down, and she doesn't know who to trust. In Luminosity, Ariel is haunted by reoccuring nightmares that bring her back to the spooky Dexter orphanage in search of something she once lost. -
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![The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser]()
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOn the eve of wedding in 1978, Shay Garrett peers into the antique mirror in her family's longtime home, the famous Victorian Gingerbread House on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, and falls unconscious only to wake in the body of her own grandmother Brandy on the eve of her wedding--in 1900. The virginal Brandy, in turn, awakes in Shay's body to discover herself pregnant... -
![Quinn: A Novel by Iris Johansen]()
Quinn: A Novel by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the second book in the Eve trilogy.As a former Navy SEAL turned cop, Joe Quinn has seen the face of evil. When he first met Eve, he never expected to fall in love with a woman whose life would be defined by her dual desires to bring home her missing daughter and discover the truth behind her disappearance—no matter how devastating... -
![Whiplash by Catherine Coulter]()
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYale professor Dr. Edward Kender's father is undergoing chemotherapy when the supply of a critical accompanying drug suddenly runs out. Unwilling to accept the drug company's disingenuous excuse of production line problems, Dr. Kender hires private investigator Erin Pulaski to prove that something more sinister is going on at Schiffer Hartwin... -
![Marriage Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Marriage Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHer happily ever after is so close…and somehow still out of her grasp…Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is no stranger to stressful situations. She can handle the fact that the CIA won’t let her divorce her previously presumed dead husband. She can even figure out a way to legally marry ex-NAVY SEAL Striker Rheas, the love of her life... -
![Deeper Evil by Vickie McKeehan, Dreamscape Covers J.D. Stroube]()
Deeper Evil by Vickie McKeehan, Dreamscape Covers J.D. Stroube
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor forty years the double murder of an elderly couple in the Hollywood Hills remained unsolved and all but forgotten. But a stranger, bent on revenge, is out to change all that. Baylee Scott grew up in Beverly Hills, the daughter of renowned director William Scott and actress Sarah Moreland... -
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Deadly Obsession by Jaycee Clark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratings”DEADLY OBSESSION is the third story about the Kinncaid family and is a heart-wrenching tale. A well-written, in-depth romantic suspense, Jaycee Clark's DEADLY OBSESSION is one of those stories that will linger in your mind and heart long after the story is over.” --Sinclair Reid, Romance Reviews Today She’s his angel . . . his love . . . his obsession. . . -
![Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen]()
Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn Close Your Eyes, The New York Times bestselling duo Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen are back with a suspenseful novel about a once-blind woman with a talent for tracking serial killers The FBI doesn’t usually consult with music therapists to solve their cases... -
![Finding Harmony by Pamela Fagan Hutchins]()
Finding Harmony by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKatie’s already on edge when a dead guy shows up at Estate Annalise and shady locals claim there are slave remains in the foundation, but when Nick doesn’t come home to her and the kids from work one day, she’s ready to lose it... -
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The Hidden by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 18 ratingswww.eHeatherGraham.com Can the same killer strike again—a hundred and fifty years later? Estes Park, Colorado, is a place of serenity. But it wasn't always so serene. Shortly after the Civil War, Nathan Kendall and his wife were murdered there, leaving behind a young son. The crime was never solved... -
![Night and Day by Iris Johansen]()
Night and Day by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes the explosive third book in the latest Eve Duncan trilogy.Iris Johansen's third book in her latest explosive trilogy starring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan takes readers on a high-energy adventure with Eve fighting to overcome the odds. Protecting Cara Delaney from the enemies who want her dead leads Eve to be their target... -
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![Bonnie by Iris Johansen]()
Bonnie by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhen Eve Duncan gave birth to her daughter, she experienced a love she never knew existed. Nothing would stand in the way of giving Bonnie a wonderful life - until the unthinkable happened and the seven-year-old vanished into thin air. Eve found herself in the throes of a nightmare from which there was no escape... -
![Split Second by Catherine Coulter]()
Split Second by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe number-one New York Times-bestselling author returns with another pulse-pounding thriller featuring FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock, and introducing Speical Agents Lucy Carlyle and Cooper McKnight. A serial killer is on the loose, and it's up to FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock to bring him down... -
![Secrets in the Dark by Heather Graham]()
Secrets in the Dark by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOver a century after Jack, a new Ripper is on the loose. Following in the footsteps of notorious serial murderer Jack the Ripper, a killer is stalking the streets of London. The self-dubbed Ripper King strikes at night, leaving a trail of eviscerated bodies in his wake... -
![Kill Me Again by Maggie Shayne]()
Kill Me Again by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm not who they say I am. TRUST ME.But can she?Reclusive novelist Aaron Westhaven, a man she's admired -- and more -- for years, has accepted Olivia Dupree's invitation to speak at a local fundraiser. But the day he's due to arrive, she gets a call summoning her to the bedside of a John Doe whose sole possession is her business card... -
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Kiss Me, Kill Me by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's protected him since the day he was born. Since the day the LIE BEGAN.A long-ago act of kindness to a desperate woman changed Dr. Carrie Overton's life forever. Before disappearing, the grateful stranger had given Carrie her newborn son. When the woman is murdered, the secret becomes Carrie's alone.She had kept both it and her son, Sam, safe for sixteen years... -
![Hide Away by Iris Johansen]()
Hide Away by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIris Johansen's beloved forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is back and now the stakes are higher than ever. Dramatic changes are on the horizon for Eve and Joe Quinn and their relationship may never be the same... -
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Deadline by Judy McDonough
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaroline's life is on track. She's about to get her nursing degree and she's engaged to rich, handsome Trevor. But, before they get married, Trevor wants Caroline to spend the summer in Louisiana, getting to know her father, who's never been in her life. She reluctantly agrees and heads south, deep into bayou country where she meets Cade... -
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Shadow of Danger by Kristine Mason
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour women have been found dead in the outskirts of a small Wisconsin town. The only witness, clairvoyant Celeste Risinski, observes these brutal murders through violent nightmares and hellish visions... -
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Haunted Destiny by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingswww.TheOriginalHeatherGraham.com Between the evil and the deep blue sea… A historic cruise ship, a haunted ship, the Celtic American Line's Destiny, sets sail from the Port of New Orleans—with a killer on board. He's known as the Archangel Killer because of the way he displays his victims in churches. And how he places a different saint's medallion on each body... -
![It Began With a Lie by Michele Pariza Wacek]()
It Began With a Lie by Michele Pariza Wacek
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn award-winning, gripping psychological thriller. All Becca wanted was a fresh start. That wasn’t what she got.Becca was sure the move from New York to Redemption, Wisconsin was exactly what her troubled family needed. A way to get her crumbling marriage back on track, and to bond with her difficult 16-year-old stepdaughter... -
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![If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham]()
If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMadison Adair didn’t witness her famous mother’s brutal murder. But she saw it. Saw the gloved hand...felt the knife strike...knew her mother’s terror. That was a lifetime ago. But the nightmares have returned; only, this time they’re of a faceless serial killer stalking women in south Florida. A killer she can’t see but who knows she is watching... -
![Countdown by Iris Johansen]()
Countdown by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhen it reaches zero, you die. #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen sets her readers’ pulses racing once again in this relentless psychological thriller of a young woman caught in a maze of secrets and stalked by a merciless killer. The countdown begins the moment you open this riveting novel that only grows more electrifying as the pages turn, more exciting as time runs out. . -
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Suddenly One Summer by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIN THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL TOWN OF ANGEL'S BAY, AN OLD LEGEND SAYS THAT SOMETIMES, WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED, ANGELS FROM AN OLD SHIPWRECK APPEAR AND GOOD TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL. AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR BARBARA FREETHY ENCHANTS WITH THE FIRST BOOK IN A SERIES THAT WILL CAPTURE YOUR HEART... -
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Killing Me Softly by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFIRST YOU DRINK, THEN YOU DIE. The Nightcap Strangler, who terrorized the town of Shadow Falls sixteen years ago, has finally been executed. Case closed. Until Bryan Kendall's lover is murdered in the notorious killer's unique style and the rookie cop stands accused. Has someone committed the perfect copycat crime.. -
![Blind Alley by Iris Johansen]()
Blind Alley by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsONE OBSESSED KILLER ... ONE DEADLY TRAP ... ONE WOMAN'S DARKEST NIGHTMARE ... Her job is to put a face on the victims of violent crimes. But as forensic sculptor Eve Duncan works on the skull of a newly discovered victim, she's about to get the shock of her life. The murdered Jane Doe's face has been erased beyond recognition. But whoever killed her wasn't trying to hide her identity... -
![Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen]()
Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCatherine Ling: raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she has been a shadowy CIA operative since she was fourteen years old. There are only a few things in life she cares for. One is her son, kidnapped when he was two. Catherine has only recently been reunited with him and the vow of her heart is never to let him face danger again. The other is her mentor, Hu Chang... -
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The Silenced by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhere is Lara Mayhew? Lara, a congressman's media assistant, suddenly quits her job—and disappears on the way to her Washington, DC, apartment. Novice FBI agent Meg Murray, a childhood friend of Lara's, gets a message from her that same night, a message that says she's disillusioned and "going home." To Richmond, Virginia. Meg discovers that she never got there... -
![Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen]()
Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Countdown returns with a knock-out suspense thriller that pits a mother and son against a killer who's the stuff of nightmares. If you close your eyes, he’ll get you. Sophie Dunston knows all too well how dreams can kill... -
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Ghost Moon by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReclusive collector Cutter Merlin is seldom seen in Key West—lately, not at all. Officer Liam Beckett visits Merlin's curious house and discovers the gentleman in his study. In his death grip: a volume of occult lore and a reliquary. His eyes are wide with fright, his mouth a horrified rictus where spiders now dwell... -
![Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb]()
Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAfter the end of her marriage, Kate Granger has retreated to her parents’ home on Lake Superior to pull herself together—only to discover the body of a murdered woman washed into the shallows. Tucked in the folds of the woman’s curiously vintage gown is an infant, as cold and at peace as its mother. No one can identify the woman. Except for Kate. She’s seen her before... -
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![Midnight is a Lonely Place by Barbara Erskine]()
Midnight is a Lonely Place by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter a broken love affair, biographer Kate Kennedy retires to a remote cottage on the wild Essex coast to work on her new book until her landlord's daughter uncovers a Roman site nearby and long-buried passions are unleashed! In her lonely cottage, Kate is terrorized by mysterious forces... -
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Betwixt by Melissa Pearl
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBeautiful, wild-child Nicole Tepper is hit by a car and left for dead. But when she wakes the next morning, Nicole finds herself in bed without a scratch. Perhaps she was more intoxicated than usual, as her mother is giving her the silent treatment and her friends are ignoring her as well... -
![Hiding from the Light by Barbara Erskine]()
Hiding from the Light by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom the three million copy bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes the big new novel by the bestselling author of WHISPERS IN THE SAND is a gripping tale of witchcraft and romance, past and present, as her modern-day characters are caught up in a battle that has been raging for hundreds of years. The parish of Manningtree and Mistley has a dark history... -
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44: Book Three by Jools Sinclair
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo years ago Abby Craig died in the dark waters of a mountain lake. And then 44 minutes later, she miraculously came back to life. Dr. Nathaniel Mortimer is sure he was the one who saved her that day. But there is still much he doesn’t understand. After being away, he has returned and will stop at nothing to get his answers... -
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Darkest Journey by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 14 ratingswww.TheOriginalHeatherGraham.com They say it's about the journey, not the destination… Charlene "Charlie" Moreau is back in St. Francisville, Louisiana, to work on a movie. One night, she stumbles across the body of a Civil War reenactor, the second murdered in two days... -
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Blood Sins by Kay Hooper
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsYoung, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she'd be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel...
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