November 2019 list by S. Ward
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36 Righteous Men
by Steven Pressfield
Two New York homicide detectives make an apocalyptic discovery before racing to prevent the murder of a last surviving guardian who would protect the world from destruction.
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The Accomplice
by Joseph Kanon
Entreated by his dying Auschwitz-survivor uncle to track down a Nazi war criminal who committed atrocities at the side of Mengele, a rogue CIA agent investigates the hidden scientist’s alluring daughter to uncover complicated truths.
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The Andromeda Evolution
by Daniel H. Wilson
A 50th-anniversary sequel to The Andromeda Strain finds a Brazilian drone detecting a bizarre anomaly in the middle of the jungle with the same chemical signature of the microparticle that nearly ended all life on Earth.
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Anything For You
by Saul Black
When her next-door neighbor, a San Francisco prosecutor, is brutally murdered, a woman is forced to reckon with her murky past to help the victim’s family and the police uncover clues about the killer’s identity.
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Criss Cross
by James Patterson
An ominous message by a copycat killer forces Alex Cross and John Sampson to investigate whether an innocent man has been executed.
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The Family Upstairs
by Lisa Jewell
Discovering the identity of her birth parents and her inheritance of a valuable mansion, 25-year-old Libby makes horrifying discoveries about the massacre and disappearances of her biological family.
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Final Option
by Clive Cussler
Chairman Juan Cabrillo and his team of government-sponsored operatives hide their state-of-the-art weaponry and cutting-edge scientific technologies while navigating a dangerous mission aboard the Oregon.
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Galway Girl
by Ken Bruen
Reeling from a violent family tragedy, private investigator Jack Taylor finds himself on the trail of a psychotic assassin who has been murdering high-profile Galway police officers.
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Impossible Causes
by Julie Mayhew
Moving to remote Lark Island to recover from the deaths of family members, a grieving teen and her mother are confronted by the detached community’s deeply religious beliefs and dark secrets, including a young girl’s suspicious death.
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Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry
by Mary Higgins Clark
A #MeToo investigative journalist discovers that the man who once sexually assaulted her has become a successful industrialist on the brink of a billion-dollar deal.
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A Minute to Midnight
by David Baldacci
FBI Agent Atlee Pine returns to her Georgia hometown to reopen the investigation of her twin sister's abduction, only to encounter a serial killer beginning a reign of terror.
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The Old Success
by Martha Grimes
An unlikely trio of detectives teams up to identify a common link between three very differently executed murders spanning multiple counties in England.
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One Night Gone
by Tara Laskowski
While house sitting in a wealthy beach town, the recently divorced Allison Simpson finds herself drawn in by the unsolved, mysterious disappearance of Maureen Haddaway 30 years before and uncovers dark secrets hidden among the gorgeous homes.
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The Raid
by Steven Konkoly
Ryan Decker finds his covert skills have put him on the radar of influential Senator Steele. Now Steele needs his help. Two patrol agents were killed in a bizarre explosion near the US-Mexico border—and the evidence doesn’t line up with the official story.
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Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes
by Ace Atkins
Hired by a desperate mother to search for a Hollywood starlet who has gone missing, Spenser and his former apprentice-turned-private eye, Zebulon Sixkill, follow clues to a powerful movie studio boss, the Armenian mob and a cult-like empowerment group.
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The Second Sleep
by Robert Harris
Arriving in a remote mid-15th-century Exmoor village, a young priest discovers his late predecessor’s possibly fatal obsession with the ancient coins, glass and human bones strewn throughout the region.
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The Siberian Dilemma
by Martin Cruz Smith
When his lover fails to return from a deep-cover assignment, Moscow investigator Arkady Renko embarks on a dangerous journey involving the rise of a political dissident who threatens Putin’s rule.
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Tom Clancy Code of Honor
by Marc Cameron
When an old college friend-turned-humanitarian is arrested in Indonesia amid false accusations, President Ryan assigns the Campus team to find answers at the same time he receives an ominous warning.
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Tracking Game
by Margaret Mizushima
Two brutal murders, a menacing band of poachers, and a fearsome creature on the loose in the mountains plunge Mattie Cobb and her K-9 partner, Robo, into a sinister vortex.
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Under Occupation
by Alan Furst
Occupied Paris, 1942. Just before he dies, a man being chased by the Gestapo hands off a strange-looking document to the unsuspecting novelist Paul Ricard. Ricard realizes he must try to get the diagram into the hands of members of the resistance network.
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