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When a top secret program of implanting harrowing memories into innocent people comes to light, neurosurgeon Tom McCarthy is literally caught in the crossfire. While McCarthy looks forward to a three day weekend, his office is suddenly raided by two Department of Defense investigators bent on arresting him for a crime he didn’t commit.

Lena thought she was prepared for anything when she left her old life behind to travel halfway across the world and start fresh. But getting kidnapped on her first day in a foreign country, and being locked in a basement with a group of dangerous criminals, was definitely not part of the plan. Now, trapped in a ruthless game of survival, Lena must navigate an unforgiving world where trust is scarce, and every decision could mean life or death. As alliances form in the most unexpected places, Lena may not only find a way out—but also discover an unexpected love in the darkest of ...

From the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Black Widow comes the thrilling new summer blockbuster featuring legendary spy, assassin and art restorer Gabriel Allon. Allon is back and out for revenge - determined to hunt down the world's most dangerous terrorist, a shadowy ISIS mastermind known only as Saladin. Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London's West End.

Former homicide detective Gabe Quinn has quit the LAPD and is chasing his demons pro bono - determined to catch or kill the two serial killers responsible for ruining his life. But when a mutilated body is washed up on a picturesque Florida beach, it marks the beginning of the end for Gabe and his sanity. Nothing is quite what it seems and never will be again. What follows is an explosive race to save a woman's life from the hands of a madman. But this is no ordinary kidnapper.

Who Can You Trust in Ancient Rome? Conto Linottus has lost everything. And he wants Secundus' help to find answers to the murder of his family. While investigating these deaths Secundus finds several old murders that raise questions about multiple deaths over many years and how they appear to have been closed without answers. And whilst investigating these cold cases he finds links that come too close to home for comfort. Will investigating these old cases cause consequences that even he had not foreseen? Read the latest book in the Murder Mysteries Of Ancient Rome Series to find out.

The World Series of Poker Main Event—a battleground where legends are made, fortunes are won, and careers are shattered. But this year, something is different. Something is wrong. A mysterious villain has stormed the tournament, his dominance is borderline supernatural.

"It’s said that when an Indigenous woman goes missing, she goes missing twice — first her body vanishes, and then her story.” So begins one of the most highly-anticipated thrillers. In the vastness of the Adirondacks, amidst the unforgiving landscape of frozen lakes and snow-capped peaks, a chilling discovery shatters the silence of a remote ice fishing spot: the remains of a young mother who vanished without a trace a decade earlier.

Brenda Paulie is fresh out of law school, newly married, and recently pregnant. She's also marked to die. In an affluent neighborhood of Detroit, three masked men burst into Brenda's house, beat her husband senseless, and take her captive - their 13th victim this year. Only one man can save her: James Hawker, America's deadliest vigilante. And when he comes to Detroit, the city will never be the same.

In the clandestine corners of a city ruled by shadows, Roisin Maguire dances to forget. Her life, a mosaic of unanswered questions and lost family, spins wildly out of control when the music stops. An assassin named Arnie, hired for a grim task, sees more than just a target. Beneath the faded grandeur of the Maguire mansion, an unlikely alliance is formed, fueled by secrets and soaked in betrayal. As love and loyalty clash, Roisin and Arnie must navigate the treacherous waters of family feuds and mob wars. When truths unravel, they find that sometimes, the most dangerous thing is to fall in...

Twenty years ago, a terrified young boy was abducted in the middle of the night by masked intruders while his sister watched, paralyzed with fear. Returned after a harrowing nine months with his captors, Thea's brother has never been the same. This life-shattering experience drove Thea to become what she is today: a world-class freedom broker. Most hostage-recovery work is done at the negotiation table, but when diplomacy fails, Thea leads Quantum Security International's black-ops team on highly sensitive rescue missions.

Book #6 of the bestselling John Whicher novels. Midnight in the Chinati Mountains, gunfire flashes out at a remote desert ranch. Deputy US Marshal John Whicher picks up the emergency call to respond. Searching the hills there’s no trace of a gunman. But something more than darkness waits out in the black…

In The Meth Chronicles Two, BLM, meth users Katie, Kyle and Molly learn the hard way that the recreational drugs they use to enhance a weekend of gambling in Reno, have a source...and that source turns out to be more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. Soon the trio learns just how fragile life can be, and how the simplest of mistakes can be magnified into a life or death struggle for those taking things for granted and letting drugs casually come into their lives. The Meth Chronicles second volume is a journal of three gritty stories that go into the depraved nadirs of the meth ...

"I know what you're thinking. And you're right! At some point the show would finally end. But did I want the drama of fighting crime to end? Also, what could I do with that unicorn horn that popped out of my forehead at times?" In pure parody ,these are the fictional words of actor Tom Selleck when he realized the curtain was closing on Magnum P.I. In early episodes of the show, Magnum talked about writing a book on being a private investigator. Come explore the days after the show in this fan fiction work of Tom Selleck's life in Hawaii. ALSO INCLUDED: Did Tom really invest in a restaurant...

From the author of the popular Kirkville series and Lady Ashcroft Mysteries. A fictional cozy murder mystery with drama and a touch of romance. Glasgow 1911. A wave of murders has begun as bodies are discovered with a strange branding mark embedded in their skulls! Could the recently demoted detective put aside his pride and outsmart the one who has been running rings around the law? There is a mystery within a mystery it seems, and a master is pulling the strings on both sides of the fence be they a criminal or even a fellow officer! Who can you trust when there is a city full of strangers...

The murder of a media moghul in his country mansion appears to be the result of him disturbing a gang of would-be thieves. The robbers are swiftly caught, but when they are unexpectedly moved to a different prison they escape. Back in Edinburgh, a young solicitor reveals to the press that one of the subjects had left a letter with her some time before the break-in which proves his innocence.

A man, frustrated with the casual corruption in the world around him, takes the law into his own hands. Britt Reid, a millionaire playboy turned crusading newspaperman, operates as a masked vigilante by night. The wartime era represented in this set, a definitive period for the series, finds The Green Hornet fighting against Nazi saboteurs, fifth columnists, and black marketers.

Harley McKenna is the only child of North County's biggest criminal. Duke McKenna's run more guns, cooked more meth, and killed more men than anyone around. Harley's been working for him since she was sixteen, dreading the day he'd deem her ready to rule the rural drug empire he's built. Her time's run out. The Springfields, her family's biggest rivals, are moving in. And they're coming for Duke's only weak spot: his daughter.

Still reeling from a devastating personal tragedy, air marshal turned investigator Seth Walker embarks on his first case. All he has to do is accompany female pop star Max Magic to Los Angeles and deliver her to the FBI. But when their routine flight ends in a hail of gunfire at LAX, Walker has no choice but to take the frightened diva on the run.

When a body washes up outside Deception Cove, Washington, Jess Winslow - once a US Marine, now a trainee sheriff's deputy - is assigned to investigate. But when she realizes it's "Bad" Brock Boyd, a hometown celebrity lately fallen from grace, things become complicated. The last person seen with Boyd was her own boyfriend, Mason Burke. An ex-convict and newcomer in town, Mason is one of the only people who can understand Jess' haunting memories of her time in Afghanistan - and her love for Lucy, her devoted service dog.

A VERY old hacker named BJ meets a computer genius who calls herself Black Madonna and who speaks only in palindromes—sentences that read the same backward as they do forward. Black Madonna has created an A. I. (Artificial Intelligence) entity called Black Dragon, and BJ must protect the enigmatic Jonathan and the nucleus of savant women unleashed by Jonathan's special gift from the diabolical Father Love, who is trying to control Black Madonna and her Black Dragon. Over a six-day period, BJ learns that he's been groomed lo these many years to become…The Destroying Angel. Science ...