January 2020 list by S. Ward
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An Artful Assassin in Amsterdam
by Michael Grant
The last thing fugitive crime writer David Mitre expects as he’s cruising along an Amsterdam canal is to be the focus of a bizarre murder attempt . . . But why is he being targeted? He hasn’t even done anything wrong. Recently.
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Big Lies in a Small Town
by Diane Chamberlain
Imprisoned for a crime she did not commit, an artist is offered a chance to complete her remaining time by restoring a post office mural in a sleepy Southern town where another artist confronted violent prejudice decades earlier.
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Black Nowhere
by Reece Hirsch
Special Agent Lisa Tanchik is the best at taking down cybercriminals. So when the FBI discovers a multibillion-dollar black market online, she’s tasked with finding the creator and bringing him to justice. Donning one of her many digital disguises, Tanchik goes undercover into the network.
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Blindside
by James Patterson
Agreeing to help the mayor of New York track down his missing daughter in exchange for leniency for his imprisoned son, detective Michael Bennett investigates a tricky homicide before uncovering ties to a sophisticated hacking operation.
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Deep State
by Chris Hauty
When a controversial populist candidate is elected president over an increasingly partisan America, the assassination of the White House chief of staff reveals a far-ranging conspiracy that implicates insiders at the most hidden levels of government.
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First Cut
by Judy Melinek
A medical examiner discovers an attempt at a cover up during a suspected overdose case, and is shocked when her supervisors tell her to ignore it.
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A Good Man
by Ani Katz
Thomas Martin, a devoted family man who has all the trappings of an enviable life, is driven to unspeakable acts, changing his life forever and causing him to question whether or not he really is a good man.
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The God Game
by Danny Tobey
Five ambitious high school students find their lives at risk when a video game that thinks it’s God won’t let them quit.
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Hindsight
by Iris Johansen
Investigating the baffling murders of two staff members at a school for the blind, investigator Kendra Michaels draws on her experience with a former sight disability to uncover a terrifying conspiracy.
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House on Fire
by Joseph Finder
Eagerly accepting a job investigating whistleblower claims about the manufacturer of an opioid that contributed to an army buddy’s death, Nick Heller uncovers dangerous secrets implicating a powerful family.
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How Quickly She Disappears
by Raymond Fleischmann
A woman whose twin disappeared 30 years earlier is approached in her small Alaskan town by a dangerous man claiming to know what happened to her sister, but requesting from her three specific gifts in exchange for the information.
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Hunter Killer
by Brad Taylor
When a suspicious attack ends a friend’s life in a lawless region of South America, Pike Logan teams up with Jennifer Cahill to investigate a crew of Russian assassins that may be targeting Taskforce members.
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Into The Fire
by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
Helping a murder victim’s cousin who is being violently pursued for a mysterious key, Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak eliminates a series of dangerous threats before discovering that he is being personally targeted.
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The Majesties
by Tiffany Tsao
A sole survivor of a Chinese-Indonesian family struggles on the edge of a coma to regain consciousness while reexamining tragic elements in her family that may have driven a beloved sister to a shocking act of violence.
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Mr. Nobody
by Catherine Steadman
Treating a man found on the beach with no memory of his identity, a neuropsychologist who would hide her own past is confronted by her patient’s mysterious knowledge of her secrets.
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The Other People
by C. J. Tudor
A man obsessed with tracking down the person responsible for his daughter’s abduction is forced to reckon with events from his distant past, while a mother on the run desperately protects her own daughter from dangerous adversaries.
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The Poison Garden
by A. J. Banner
When her seemingly perfect life is turned upside down by a shocking discovery on the eve of her first wedding anniversary, Elisa Watters questions everything she know about her marriage, her friends and even herself as she treads into dangerous territory.
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Treason
by Stuart Woods
Helping his close friend discretely identify and remove a destructive traitor hiding within a classified agency, Stone Barrington is embroiled in an audacious plot that threatens to reveal confidential intelligence.
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The Vanishing
by Jayne Ann Krentz
Decades after a mysterious explosion causes the members of their community to develop strange otherworldly symptoms, local investigator Cat teams up with an enigmatic scientist to stop a killer who may be behind a partner’s disappearance.
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When You See Me
by Lisa Gardner
FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy and Sergeant Detective DD Warren join forces with Flora Dane and true-crime savant Keith Edgar to investigate the secrets of a deceased serial killer.
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