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Thriller: Organised Crime / Gangland Crime
The Chain

The Chain 2020

It's something parents do every morning: Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads into her day. But a cell phone call from an unknown number changes everything: it's a woman on the line, informing her that she has Kylie bound and gagged in her back seat, and the only way Rachel will...
City in Ruins
Danny Ryan, Book 3
Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman – a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns...
Cold Trail

Cold Trail 2024

Garrett Kohl, Book 4
On leave from the DEA, Garrett Kohl is ready to settle down and build a stable foundation for his family. But that’s easier said than done. In order to give his girlfriend, Lacey, and adopted son, Asadi, the life they deserve, and get out from under crippling debt, some risks have to be taken. And...
The Couple Next Door
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately lands on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated...
Death in a Lonely Place
Jake Jackson, Book 2
In a quiet village, a storm is brewing . . . Detective Jake Jackson left London for a quiet life in Caelum Parvum. The idyllic country village offers the peace he craves—tending to his chickens, swimming in his lake, and spending long, lazy evenings with his new love, Livia. It’s the perfect...
Double Barrel Bluff
During his years as a wheelman for the Armenian mob in Los Angeles, Shake Bouchon didn’t think of himself as the settling-down type. But now he’s happily married to Gina, the love of his life—and former adversary—in Indiana, of all places. The great thing about Bloomington, for two people with...
The Drop

The Drop 2021

In a quiet corner of Brooklyn, Bob Saginowski tends bar at a neighborhood spot that secretly serves as a “drop” for local gangsters—a place where illicit cash is funneled and forgotten. Bob keeps his head down, content with a simple life, until a robbery at the bar sets off a chain of events that...
Angels & Demons
Robert Langdon, Book 1
An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol—seared into the chest of a murdered physicist—he...
The Given Day
Coughlin, Book 1
Set against the turbulent backdrop of early 20th-century Boston, The Given Day follows two men whose lives become unexpectedly intertwined during a time of social upheaval and change. Danny Coughlin, the son of a powerful police captain, struggles to reconcile his loyalty to his family with his...
Gone, Baby, Gone
The tough neighborhood of Dorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak. Its territory is defined by hard heads and even harder luck; its streets are littered with the detritus of broken families, hearts, dreams. Now, one of its youngest is missing. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and...
Grotesque

Grotesque 2007

Life at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Sato floats around among them, trying to...
I Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin
Kitty Collins, Book 2
My name is Kitty Collins and I’m a serial killer. I don’t want to kill. It’s just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it. Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He’s making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges. Meanwhile I’m in the South...
If Two Are Dead
Three girls go into the woods, but only one comes out… Driving alone at night in a wild rainstorm, Luke Conway strikes something—or someone. He and his wife, Carrie, recently moved back to Clear River to help take care of her ailing father, and after a tragedy at his previous job, this move is...
The Island

The Island 2023

After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and...
Kill Show

Kill Show 2024

When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it’s an utter tragedy—and an entertaining national obsession—in this thoughtful and addictively readable psychological thriller that offers a fresh and provocative take on whodunits and true crime. Sara Parcell disappeared without a trace on a crisp...
Live by Night
Coughlin, Book 2
In the roaring years of Prohibition, Joe Coughlin—the son of a Boston police captain—turns his back on the law and embraces a life of crime. What begins as small-time rebellion soon draws him into the dangerous world of organized crime, where ambition, loyalty, and betrayal walk hand in hand. As...
Mississippi Blood
Penn Cage, Book 6
Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of...
The Murder Machine
This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner's lifeless body, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering...
Natchez Burning
Penn Cage, Book 4
Raised in the southern splendor of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage learned all he knows of duty from his father, Dr. Tom Cage. But now the beloved family doctor has been accused of murdering the African American nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the 1960s. Once a crusading prosecutor,...
Partners in Crime
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance. Their first case is a success—the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow—a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic...
Postern of Fate
Tommy and Tuppence uncover a poisoning from many years ago in this Agatha Christie classic. Now with a beautiful new series look! Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless...
See How They Hide
Quinn & Costa, Book 6
No matter how far you run, some pasts never let you go… Two people were murdered—at the exact same time, in the same gruesome manner, bodies covered in the same red poppies—but on opposite sides of the country. With Detective Kara Quinn investigating in Oregon and Special Agent Matt Costa in...
Tell Me What I Am
Two women wrenched apart by a family member’s disappearance must find a way back to each other in this gripping domestic thriller and haunting page-turner by the author of *A Crooked Tree*. Nessa Garvey’s sister Deena vanished without a trace in Philadelphia in 2004. In all that time, Nessa has...
Athena

Athena 1996

In a shadowy corner of the art world, a man with a troubled past is drawn into a mysterious and dangerous commission. Morrow, a self-styled art expert, is hired to authenticate a collection of paintings of uncertain origin—works that may be priceless masterpieces or elaborate forgeries. As he...
The Train From Platform 2
When former Detective Inspector Jess boards the London Underground, it should be just a few short stops home. But as the tube barrels towards Baker Street, it’s brought to an abrupt stop, and they’re plunged into the darkness. And then she hears the screeching. Jess pushes through into the driver’s...
World Gone By
Coughlin, Book 3
Joe Coughlin has spent a lifetime building a criminal empire, rising from street-level outlaw to a powerful figure in organized crime. But as he grows older, the world around him begins to change—and the rules that once governed his life no longer hold. Now based in Tampa, Joe tries to maintain...
The Yiddish Policemen
In an alternate present where a temporary Jewish settlement was established in Alaska after World War II, the district of Sitka has become a vibrant, chaotic refuge—now on the brink of being dissolved. As the deadline for reversion looms, Detective Meyer Landsman, a weary and disillusioned homicide...
You Will Never Be Found
The High Coast, Book 2
In the small mining town of Malmberget, north of the Arctic Circle, residents and their houses are being relocated. As the mine that built the town slowly swallows it street by street, building by building, the memories of the community have collapsed into the huge pit they call “the hole.” Only a...

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The Train From Platform 2
When former Detective Inspector Jess boards the London Underground, it should be just a few short stops home. But as the tube barrels towards Baker Street, it’s brought to an abrupt stop, and they’re plunged into the darkness. And then she hears the screeching. Jess pushes through into the driver’s...
I Bet You’d Look Good in a Coffin
Kitty Collins, Book 2
My name is Kitty Collins and I’m a serial killer. I don’t want to kill. It’s just so hard to resist. Some men really, really deserve it. Men like Blaze Bundy, an anonymous influencer spreading misogyny online. He’s making it very hard for me to control my murderous urges. Meanwhile I’m in the South...
The Murder Machine

The Murder Machine April 29, 2025

This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner's lifeless body, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering...
If Two Are Dead

If Two Are Dead April 29, 2025

Three girls go into the woods, but only one comes out… Driving alone at night in a wild rainstorm, Luke Conway strikes something—or someone. He and his wife, Carrie, recently moved back to Clear River to help take care of her ailing father, and after a tragedy at his previous job, this move is...
City in Ruins

City in Ruins April 22, 2025

Danny Ryan, Book 3
Sometimes you have to become what you hate to protect what you love. Danny Ryan is rich. Beyond his wildest dreams rich. The former dock worker, Irish mob soldier and fugitive from the law is now a respected businessman – a Las Vegas casino mogul and billionaire silent partner in a group that owns...
Postern of Fate

Postern of Fate January 14, 2025

Tommy and Tuppence uncover a poisoning from many years ago in this Agatha Christie classic. Now with a beautiful new series look! Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless...
See How They Hide

See How They Hide January 7, 2025

Quinn & Costa, Book 6
No matter how far you run, some pasts never let you go… Two people were murdered—at the exact same time, in the same gruesome manner, bodies covered in the same red poppies—but on opposite sides of the country. With Detective Kara Quinn investigating in Oregon and Special Agent Matt Costa in...
Double Barrel Bluff

Double Barrel Bluff November 5, 2024

During his years as a wheelman for the Armenian mob in Los Angeles, Shake Bouchon didn’t think of himself as the settling-down type. But now he’s happily married to Gina, the love of his life—and former adversary—in Indiana, of all places. The great thing about Bloomington, for two people with...
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime October 15, 2024

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance. Their first case is a success—the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow—a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic...
Kill Show

Kill Show October 1, 2024

When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it’s an utter tragedy—and an entertaining national obsession—in this thoughtful and addictively readable psychological thriller that offers a fresh and provocative take on whodunits and true crime. Sara Parcell disappeared without a trace on a crisp...
Cold Trail

Cold Trail September 17, 2024

Garrett Kohl, Book 4
On leave from the DEA, Garrett Kohl is ready to settle down and build a stable foundation for his family. But that’s easier said than done. In order to give his girlfriend, Lacey, and adopted son, Asadi, the life they deserve, and get out from under crippling debt, some risks have to be taken. And...
Tell Me What I Am

Tell Me What I Am August 13, 2024

Two women wrenched apart by a family member’s disappearance must find a way back to each other in this gripping domestic thriller and haunting page-turner by the author of *A Crooked Tree*. Nessa Garvey’s sister Deena vanished without a trace in Philadelphia in 2004. In all that time, Nessa has...
Death in a Lonely Place
Jake Jackson, Book 2
In a quiet village, a storm is brewing . . . Detective Jake Jackson left London for a quiet life in Caelum Parvum. The idyllic country village offers the peace he craves—tending to his chickens, swimming in his lake, and spending long, lazy evenings with his new love, Livia. It’s the perfect...
You Will Never Be Found

You Will Never Be Found January 9, 2024

The High Coast, Book 2
In the small mining town of Malmberget, north of the Arctic Circle, residents and their houses are being relocated. As the mine that built the town slowly swallows it street by street, building by building, the memories of the community have collapsed into the huge pit they call “the hole.” Only a...
The Island

The Island June 13, 2023

After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and...
World Gone By

World Gone By November 23, 2021

Coughlin, Book 3
Joe Coughlin has spent a lifetime building a criminal empire, rising from street-level outlaw to a powerful figure in organized crime. But as he grows older, the world around him begins to change—and the rules that once governed his life no longer hold. Now based in Tampa, Joe tries to maintain...
The Drop

The Drop November 12, 2021

In a quiet corner of Brooklyn, Bob Saginowski tends bar at a neighborhood spot that secretly serves as a “drop” for local gangsters—a place where illicit cash is funneled and forgotten. Bob keeps his head down, content with a simple life, until a robbery at the bar sets off a chain of events that...
Live by Night

Live by Night July 27, 2021

Coughlin, Book 2
In the roaring years of Prohibition, Joe Coughlin—the son of a Boston police captain—turns his back on the law and embraces a life of crime. What begins as small-time rebellion soon draws him into the dangerous world of organized crime, where ambition, loyalty, and betrayal walk hand in hand. As...
The Chain

The Chain September 22, 2020

It's something parents do every morning: Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads into her day. But a cell phone call from an unknown number changes everything: it's a woman on the line, informing her that she has Kylie bound and gagged in her back seat, and the only way Rachel will...
Mississippi Blood

Mississippi Blood March 21, 2017

Penn Cage, Book 6
Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of...
The Couple Next Door

The Couple Next Door August 23, 2016

Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately lands on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated...
Natchez Burning

Natchez Burning April 29, 2014

Penn Cage, Book 4
Raised in the southern splendor of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage learned all he knows of duty from his father, Dr. Tom Cage. But now the beloved family doctor has been accused of murdering the African American nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the 1960s. Once a crusading prosecutor,...
The Given Day

The Given Day September 4, 2012

Coughlin, Book 1
Set against the turbulent backdrop of early 20th-century Boston, The Given Day follows two men whose lives become unexpectedly intertwined during a time of social upheaval and change. Danny Coughlin, the son of a powerful police captain, struggles to reconcile his loyalty to his family with his...
Gone, Baby, Gone

Gone, Baby, Gone September 7, 2010

The tough neighborhood of Dorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak. Its territory is defined by hard heads and even harder luck; its streets are littered with the detritus of broken families, hearts, dreams. Now, one of its youngest is missing. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and...
The Yiddish Policemen
In an alternate present where a temporary Jewish settlement was established in Alaska after World War II, the district of Sitka has become a vibrant, chaotic refuge—now on the brink of being dissolved. As the deadline for reversion looms, Detective Meyer Landsman, a weary and disillusioned homicide...
Grotesque

Grotesque March 13, 2007

Life at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots. Beautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Sato floats around among them, trying to...
Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons May 23, 2006

Robert Langdon, Book 1
An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to his first assignment to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol—seared into the chest of a murdered physicist—he...
Athena

Athena May 28, 1996

In a shadowy corner of the art world, a man with a troubled past is drawn into a mysterious and dangerous commission. Morrow, a self-styled art expert, is hired to authenticate a collection of paintings of uncertain origin—works that may be priceless masterpieces or elaborate forgeries. As he...