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The Professor (1857) is English writer Charlotte Brontë's first novel. Rejected by several publishing houses, Brontë shelved the novel in order to write her masterpiece Jane Eyre (1847). After her death, The Professor was edited by Brontë's widower, Arthur Bell Nichols, who saw that the novel was published posthumously. Based on Brontë's experience as a student and teacher in Brussels-which similarly inspired her novel Villette-The Professor is...
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British agent Daniel Swann is back in Thailand, caught up in a government-level conspiracy over a mysterious black box. But, as his friends are beheaded one by one and he is pursued by CIA agents, Swann realizes his mission has, become personal. Someone wants him dead. So he turns to the only people he can trust-the underworld.
5) L'Assassin
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"Literate crime thrillers don't get much better than this." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
From the critically acclaimed author of Le Crime, published in hardcover as A French Country Murder, comes this electrifying sequel featuring former CIA operative Louis Morgon and his partner-in-crime-solving, Jean Renard, the gendarme of their small French village.
Louis Morgon is living a quiet life of good food, good wine, and good friends. When his...
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A cross between The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and A Year in Provence, this ingenious thriller gets stunning raves from one and all:
"A marvel." - Olen Steinhauer • "Riveting." - France Today • "Elements of Agatha Christie and Robert Ludlum." - Bookreporter.com • "'Superbe'." - Jim Fusilli • "Like a good Alan Furst or Graham Greene." - The Washingtonian • "Engaging." - Publishers Weekly
Le Crime is a story of political intrigue, corruption...
7) Blood game
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St. Martin's Press
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2009
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After the daughter of a Georgia senator is murdered and her body drained of blood, Eve Duncan becomes enmeshed in the nefarious plot of serial murderer Kevin Jelak, who Eve thinks might know something about her missing daughter.
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As evening falls against the majestic backdrop of the Bavarian Alps, Charles Hirter, an American tourist, is savagely murdered. In the peace, quiet and pastoral splendor of this magnificent setting, Charles Hirter draws his last breath. Was Charles simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? Kommissar Franz Waldbaer, the German detective in charge of the case, faces an investigation that yields neither clues nor suspects nor motives. A gruff, go-it...
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In the Nevada desert, the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived and constructed at a top-secret military facility called Dreamland Strike Zone.
An Asian war that would have escalated into a nuclear nightmare has been halted, thanks to the raw courage, unparalleled skill, and total commitment of the Dreamland force. But an analysis of radar data has revealed the presence of an unknown super-weapon in the area: a robot warplane with terrifying...
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"[Clark] deftly combines the clue-searching and puzzle-solving fun of mysteries with the action-packed, emotion-driven narrative thrust of thrillers."
-Pittsburgh Tribune Review
"One of Clark's-and the genre's-best."
-Associated Press
A very suspicious death and a sprawling mansion with secrets and puzzles built into the very architecture are among the elements that make Dying for Mercy an unputdownable mystery. The third riveting...
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The author of the Looking for Trouble travel book series, Poke Rafferty is ready to settle down in Bangkok with his fiancée, Rose, and his newly adopted daughter, Miaow. But trouble isn't ready to let him go; it's back in Poke's life with a vengeance, in the guise of his long-estranged father, Frank, the last person he ever wanted to see again. And Frank hasn't come empty-handed, arriving with a box of rubies, a wad of fraudulent identity papers,...
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A seasoned television professional-the host of the top-rated KEY News morning show-Eliza Blake has reported on tragedies many times from behind the anchor's desk . . . and she has survived devastating crises of her own. But only now is she learning the true meaning of terror when her seven-year-old daughter, Janie, is kidnapped from summer camp. Forced to suffer through a mother's worst nightmare in the glare of the camera lights, Eliza finds herself...
13) Knockout
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FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are back in this electrifying thriller as they attempt to keep Autumn Backman, a seven-year-old telepath, from falling into the hands of her uncle and his growing army of exploited children.
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In book two in the Daniel Swann series, former British agent Daniel Swann is living in semi-retirement in Hong Kong, when he receives a call for help from his old friend Thai drug lord Sami Somsak. Sami's stepbrother and his family have been, murdered, and Sami's brainchild, the $6-billion Intella Island project, Singapore's largest offshore construction, is in jeopardy. When Swann attempts to retrieve vital evidence hidden in Fort Siloso, a bloody...
15) When Day Breaks
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On the day she died, Constance Young was the undisputed star of morning television. But her plans to move herself and her loyal audience to another network were cancelled when she ended up at the bottom of her swimming pool. And the fabled unicorn amulet that Constance had been wearing during her final hours-a gift from King Arthur to his beloved Guinevere and the centerpiece of the upcoming Camelot exhibit at New York's Cloisters museum-is missing.
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16) Bone Dry
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Imagine. You have cancer. You've been blasted and wasted with chemotherapy, along with every other poison the doctors could find to kill malignant cells. Most days you're more dead than alive. Now there is one last chance for survival. Tomorrow you will be infused with your own, treated bone marrow frozen, stored, and safe in one of California's most prestigious hospitals. Then comes the note: "We have your marrow.... pay or die."
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COLD WINTER'S KILL is a fast paced thriller that takes place in the scenic mountains of Lincoln County, New Mexico and throws Jim West into a race against time to stop a psychopath who abducts and kills a young blonde every Christmas...
It was one of those phone calls Air Force Special Agent Jim West never wanted to receive--an old friend calling to ask if he could drive down to Ruidoso, New Mexico to help locate his daughter who has disappeared...
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2010
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Jane MacGuire, the adopted daughter of forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, goes on the run for her life when a painting included in her Paris exhibition draws the attention of the members of a mysterious cult who determine Jane must die.
19) Mirror Image
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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
"[R]eaders who appreciate careful plot development, slightly unusual detectives, and logical denouements will relish this volume." -Library Journal
Impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to the cerebral type of detective story that became so popular during the 'golden...
20) Primeval
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The New York Times bestselling author of Ancients and Leviathan returns with another adrenaline rush-the latest thriller in the Event Group Series
Twenty thousand years ago, when man crossed the land bridge to North America, creatures called They Who Follow made the great trek as well. But once in the new continent, the giant beasts disappeared, whether into hiding or extinction, no one knew.
Centuries later, a battered journal-the only evidence...
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