SITTING IN A TACKY OFFICE in a 1960s-era strip mall in Annandale, Virginia, Emerson Campbell was not a happy man. He was a retired Army two-star and, like Travis Devine, Ranger tabbed and scrolled, meaning he had graduated from Ranger…Read more
Mysteries & Thrillers
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The Fury
Alex Michaelides
This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? The saddest kind of love story—about the end of love; the death of love. So I guess I was…Read more
In a similar apartment to that of their sister and niece, I helped Mrs. Evans break the news to her two adult sons, who both worked for the city and seemed like sharp young men. They took the news like…Read more
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The Weekend Retreat: A Novel
Tara Laskowski
Ever since Zach told me about The Weekend, it’s all I’ve been able to focus on. Most people would naturally be at least a little nervous to meet their significant other’s family for the first time. But most people aren’t…Read more
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Alex Cross Must Die: A Thriller
James Patterson
South Camp Springs, Maryland On that mid-November Monday morning, after nearly three years of careful planning, the forty-eight-year-old man donned latex gloves and scanned the rental-car agreement one last time. His eyes paused on the flowing signature Marion Davis before…Read more
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Concrete Angels: A C.T. Ferguson Crime Novel
Tom Fowler
CHAPTER 1 “I’m just nervous, you know?” My secretary T.J. could be described with many words. Nervous would rarely be among them. Still not twenty-one, she’d already turned around a rough life. Her current plans involved checking a significant box: getting…Read more
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Manner of Death
Robin Cook
Thursday, December 7, 5:45 am Laurie Montgomery woke up with a start at the sound of her smartphone’s alarm. It was the default radar sound and wasn’t terribly loud, but as if in a panic, she snatched the phone…Read more
1 I don’t like the mayor,” I said. “Or her kids.” “Oh, I didn’t realize you were acquainted.” Aubrey Hamilton, in a familiar move, tossed her golden hair back off her brow. For the brief time, centuries ago, when we…Read more
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If You Were Here
Alafair Burke
McKenna checked her cell as she walked to the car. No calls but two new e-mail messages, both from the same unfamiliar address, both with the same subject line: Big Pig. She skimmed them quickly. One of her contacts…Read more