January 2021 list by S. Ward
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American Traitor
by Brad Taylor
Assisting a witness’ flight from murderous foreign agents, Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill uncover a plot to trigger a war between China and Taiwan by destabilizing the latter’s government and digital defenses.
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Before She Disappeared
by Lisa Gardner
Investigating the cold-case disappearance of a Haitian teen in a gritty Boston neighborhood, Frankie Elkin navigates resident and police resistance as well as the challenges of her own sobriety before risking her life to uncover the truth.
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Blind Vigil
by Matt Coyle
Blinded by a gunshot wound that forces him to reassess his capabilities, Rick Cahill reluctantly agrees to help Moira MacFarlane in a case that unexpectedly spirals into a murder investigation.
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Bone Chase
by Weston Ochse
After receiving a mysterious box, an unemployed math teacher is chased by the Six-Fingered Man and the Council of David as he and his girlfriend try to get to the bottom of a 10,000-year-old mystery.
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Collision Course
by Matt Hilton
Private investigator Tess Grey feels duty bound to help when the missing girl she has been asked to find becomes involved a high-stakes case of extortion.
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Dear Miss Kopp
by Amy Stewart
While Constance pursues suspected German spies and Fleurette performs for the troops as America enters World War I, Army Signal Corps pigeon-project manager Norma investigates a theft of medical supplies to clear a field hospital nurse’s name.
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Fool Me Twice
by Jeffry P. Lindsay
Riley Wolfe, the master thief and master of disguise is back with a bigger take and much higher stakes. Can he steal a fresco in Rome, an actual painted wall, for the arms dealer who has captured him and threatened him in the most personal way?
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Goodnight Beautiful
by Aimee Molloy
Eavesdropping on the therapy sessions her husband conducts for clients in a downstairs office, a lonely young bride finds her life and marriage turned upside down when her husband goes missing after welcoming a sophisticated new patient.
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The Lost Boys
by Faye Kellerman
Detectives Peter Decker and Tyler McAdams link two suspicious disappearances from an assisted living facility to the case of three missing campers, before the reappearance of a foster son’s biological mother upends Decker’s home life.
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The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
by Marie Benedict
Claiming amnesia after going missing for more than a week in late 1926, up-and-coming mystery author Agatha Christie pens a chilling story that brashly implicates her war-hero husband.
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Prodigal Son
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Retiring from his Nowhere Man activities in exchange for an unofficial pardon, former government assassin Evan Smoak is entreated by a unlikely client to help rescue a fellow orphan from a dangerous foster home.
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Someone To Watch Over Me
by Ace Atkins
When his apprentice Mattie’s childhood friend from the South Boston housing projects is murdered, Spenser traces the victim’s demise to an international sex-trafficking ring that has been operating with impunity under the protection of a well-connected billionaire.
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The Russian
by James Patterson
Investigating a trio of horrifying murders in three major U.S. cities against a backdrop of his impending nuptials, Detective Michael Bennett risks getting caught in a deadly trap set by a particularly elusive killer.
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The Scorpion's Tail
by Douglas J. Preston
FBI agent Corrie Swanson and Santa Fe archaeologist Nora Kelly investigate the mummified corpse of a long-dead victim who died in agony while holding a mysterious 16th-century gold cross.
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Spin
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
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Suspicious Minds
by David Mark
Liz Zahavi is desperate. Desperate to be well again, after a recent diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Private therapy seems like the answer, but she doesn't make it to her first appointment. Lost in a maze of country roads, she crashes her car, only to be rescued by a brooding local farmer, Jude. He is a dream come true. But four years ago, Jude's wife died alone in the woods near their house. Liz begins to wonder what exactly her new man is capable of.
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Twenty
by James Grippando
A nightmarish shooting at their daughter’s school finds Jack Swyteck and his law-enforcement officer wife, Andie, investigating a chief suspect’s alleged ties to Al Qaeda amid growing anti-Muslim fervor.
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Violent Peace
by David Poyer
Dan Lenson motorcycles across a war-torn America in search of his missing daughter, while his wife negotiates the tenuous reunification of Taiwan with China and a young case officer confronts a devastating choice.
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Waiting for the Night Song
by Julie Carrick Dalton
Cadie returns to her childhood home to confront her estranged best friend and the dark secret they both share and must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to protect the people and the land she loves.
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The Wife Upstairs
by Rachel Hawkins
Supplementing her modest income by stealing small valuables from her gated-community clients, a broke dog-walker endeavors to win the heart of a wealthy bachelor before learning his late wife’s own rags-to-riches story.
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