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First in a SeriesThrillers
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Some of the 1st in a Series Thrillers on display for October. Check for series on Kent Library's What's Next
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Robert Ludlum's The Hades factor
by Robert Ludlum
When an unknown virus strikes the United States, Jonathan Smith, an Army medical researcher, escapes several assassination attempts, only to discover that his fiancée is one of the victims, and that all his research is being blocked
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The world at night : a novel
by Alan Furst
In 1940 occupied Paris, French film producer and bon vivant Jean Casson undertakes a dangerous mission against Germany in the world of espionage, an assignment that could cost him everything--even his life. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.
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The Lasko tangent
by Richard North Patterson
Government lawyer Christopher Paget begins to fear for his own life when he witnesses the murder of a key figure in his investigation of stock manipulation and the financial dealings of a wealthy industrialist and close friend to the president
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Tom Clancy's op-center
by Tom Clancy
When old horrors are reborn in a newly unified Germany and neo-Nazi groups spread violence and hatred, Paul Hood and his team uncover shocking plans to destabilize Europe and the United States and set out to stop the explosive rebirth of the Third Reich. Original.
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The Mediterranean caper
by Clive Cussler
A Luftwaffe ace, a Nazi war criminal, a beautiful and untrustworthy brunette, and a deadly billion-dollar cargo become the objects of a desperate search as Dirk Pitt matches wits with the elusive leader of an international smuggling ring. Reprint.
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Rules of prey
by John Sandford
Lieutenant Lucas Davenport is determined to track down a diabolically clever serial killer who leads a double life, carefully picks out his female victims, and taunts the police with notes signed "Maddog." Reprint.
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Rain Fall
by Barry Eisler
A Japanese-American assassin who specializes in "natural cause" killings finds his carefully ordered world coming under siege in the wake of a government official's murder, with which he has been falsely connected, a situation that is complicated by his attraction to the victim's daugher. Reprint.
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Semper Fi : Semper Fi
by W. E. B. Griffin
From Shanghai to Wake Island, this powerful novel brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalities--as they prepare for battle and to make the ultimate sacrifice. Reissue.
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The lieutenants
by W. E. B. Griffin
In 1943 Tunisia, Major Robert Bellmon, a tank commander, is captured by German enemies, in a harrowing American saga that views the terrifying and triumphant side of the war through the eyes of one man. Reissue.
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Honor Bound
by W. E. B. Griffin
As part of an American mission to sabotage Argentinean arms trading with the Nazis, a young U.S. Marine must deceive his own father, a powerful Argentinian known as "el Coronel." Reprint.
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The last heroes
by W. E. B. Griffin
Originally published under the author's pseudonym of Alex Baldwin, a best-seller by the author of the Corps series follows a World War II flying ace as he tries to secure material for the first atomic bomb. Reprint.
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Guilty pleasures
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A rerelease of a best-selling first entry in the popular series by the author of Skin Trade and Blood Noir finds Anita Blake approached for help by St. Louis's most powerful vampire, an entreaty that forces her to confront her darkest appetites. Reissue
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Killing floor
by Lee Child
Ex-MP Jack Reacher goes into action to find his brother's killers after a series of brutal crimes terrorize tiny Margrave, Georgia, only to uncover the dark and deadly conspiracy concealed behind the town's peaceful facade
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Stealing Shadows
by Kay Hooper
While recovering from her last traumatic attempt to help the police catch a killer, psychic Cassie Neill's mind is filled with the thoughts of a psychopath, but as she struggles to place a name or face to the evil thoughts, she discovers that he is stalking her. Original.
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The perfect husband
by Lisa Gardner
Presents the suspenseful, nerve-shattering story of a woman who puts her husband behind bars for the murders of ten women, only to become his intended next target when he escapes, and is forced to learn to fight back to save her own life. Original.
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Final jeopardy
by Linda A. Fairstein
Awakening one morning to news of her own brutal murder, Alexandra Cooper, Manhattan's top sex-crimes prosecutor, discovers that the actual victim had been film star Isabella Lascar, who had sought refuge at Alex's private retreat, and sets out to find the killer before it is too late. Reissue.
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Larry Bond's First Team
by Larry Bond
In a new series by the author of Vortex, a small but well-supported military operation known as "The Team," organized to address unconventional threats, tracks down missing radioactive material that has the potential to be converted into a dirty bomb. Reprint.
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The night caller
by John Lutz
When his daughter is brutally murdered, former NYPD detective Ezekiel Cooper begins searching for the elusive killer and encounters Cara Callahan, a young woman determined to catch the man who murdered her sister by using herself as the bait, and together they are plunged into a world of danger while a serial killer waits in the shadows to destroy them. Original.
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Transfer of power
by Vince Flynn
When a gang of terrorists seizes control of the White House, taking hostages, leaving many dead, and driving the president to a secret bunker, it is up to the CIA's top counterterrorism specialist, Mitch Rapp, to stop the insurrection. Reissue. 100,000 first printing.
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Serpent : a novel from the NUMA files
by Clive Cussler
Kurt Austin, head of an underwater exploration team, rescues a marine archaeologist who was on the verge of recovering a carved stone head that will prove that Columbus was not the first European to discover America
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River god
by Wilbur A. Smith
A sprawling recreation of the grandeur of ancient Egypt follows the fortunes of the clever and scheming eunuch Taita; the beautiful Lostris, a lord's daughter; and Tanus, an ambitious soldier. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.
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The kill artist : a novel
by Daniel Silva
Having left his work as an operative for the Israeli intelligence when it cost him the lives of his wife and daughter, Gabriel Allon is recalled to duty when his expertise is required to thwart a Palestinian plot to end Middle East peace talks. Tour.
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Déjà dead
by Kathy Reichs
As forensic scientist Temperance Brennan works on the dismembered remains of a murder victim, she begins to suspect--despite the skepticism of local police--that there is a link between this homicide and the torture-killing of a teenager several years earlier. 300,000 first printing. BOMC Main. QPB Alt. Tour.
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Think of a number : a novel
by John Verdon
Recently retired after a prestigious career with the NYPD, homicide detective Dave Gurney is pulled back into service when an old college friend receives threatening letters from a murderous sender who has an uncanny ability to read a person's thoughts.
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Blindsighted
by Karin Slaughter
Pediatrician and coroner Dr. Sara Linton, her ex-husband and chief of police Jeffrey Tolliver, and female detective Lena Adams are on the case when a sadistic rapist and murderer begins targeting women in Grant County. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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Postmortem
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, a chief medical examiner in Virginia City, is determined to stop a serial killer, but has difficulty finding out what the victims had in common
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Vanishing act
by Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield, a Native American woman whose job is to help people disappear, assists those looking for a new identity, until she is confronted with a new client who is not what he seems. By the author of Sleeping Dogs. 50,000 first printing.
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Ashes to ashes
by Tami Hoag
As the city is terrorized by a brutal serial killer called the Cremator, former FBI agent-turned-victim/witness advocate Kate Conlan finds herself targeted by the murderer when her client, a homeless juvenile delinquent, drags her into the case. 225,000 first printing. Lit Guild Main.
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By order of the President
by W. E. B. Griffin
When a leased Boeing 727 mysteriously vanishes after two passengers murder the pilot, Army intelligence officer Major Carlos Guillermo Castillo, a veteran of the Special Forces, is called in by the president of the United States to uncover the truth and embarks on an undercover investigation into a case with frightening implications. 300,000 first printing.
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Killer weekend
by Ridley Pearson
Eight years after saving the life of a U.S. attorney general from an assassination attempt, county sheriff Walt Fleming finds himself once again protecting the high-profile politician, now a presidential hopeful, during a billionaire's communications conference, an effort that is hampered by jurisdictional squabbles and elements from Fleming's past. 150,000 first printing.
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Along came a spider : a novel
by James Patterson
A Washington, D.C., police detective, Alex Cross becomes caught up in a kidnapping case that may involve a schizophrenic psychopath
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The quiet game
by Greg Iles
Widower Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, where, finding that his father is being blackmailed, he reopens a notorious murder case that involves powerfully dangerous town forces, the FBI, and his own past. 75,000 first printing.
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The surgeon
by Tess Gerritsen
Dr. Catherine Cordell, recovering from a brutal attack and hiding her fear behind a mask of professionalism, is the only one that can stop a psychotic killer known as "The Surgeon," due to his horrific methods of murder, before he kills again. 100,000 first printing.
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A drink before the war
by Dennis Lehane
Private investigation partners Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find a missing cleaning woman who allegedly stole confidential Statehouse documents, but they discover that their target has been framed. Reprint.
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Heartsick
by Chelsea Cain
Addicted to pain killers and still bound to Gretchen Lowell, the beautiful serial killer who had abducted and tortured him before turning herself in, even after she is incarcerated for her crimes, Portland detective Archie Sheridan is caught in another deadly duel with a vicious murderer targeting teenage girls, ambitious reporter Susan Ward, and Gretchen herself. Reprint.
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Point of impact
by Stephen Hunter
Twenty years after he earned a reputation for killing eighty-seven men during the Vietnam War, Bob Lee Swagger finds that his skills are in demand when an organization with ties to the CIA hires him for a particularly dangerous mission. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
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The general's daughter
by Nelson DeMille
Called upon to handle the rape-murder case of the base commander's daughter, undercover military detective Paul Brenner discovers that the woman had led a bizarre double life. By the author of The Gold Coast. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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The Sleeping Doll
by Jeffery Deaver
California Bureau of Investigation interrogator and body language expert Kathryn Dance works to recapture a dangerous escaped killer with the help of three victims from his former cult and the lone survivor from a family he slaughtered. By the author of The Bone Collector. 300,000 first printing.
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The bone collector
by Jeffery Deaver
Once the nation's foremost criminologist and the ex-head of NYPD forensics, quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme abandons his forced retirement and joins forces with rookie cop Amelia Sachs to track down a vicious serial killer. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
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Liars & thieves
by Stephen Coonts
In his first solo case, burglar-turned-CIA agent Tommy Carmellini investigates a massacre with links to the U.S. government, a situation that causes him to wonder whom he can trust. By the author of America and The Flight of the Intruder. 300,000 first printing.
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Flight of the Intruder
by Stephen Coonts
During the Vietnam War, attack pilot Jake Grafton, struggling with his conscience and trying to find meaning to all the senseless death and destruction, decides to plan an illegal bombing raid into the very heart of Hanoi
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The Lincoln lawyer : a novel
by Michael Connelly
Representing the system's most unsavory characters in his work as a criminal defense lawyer, jaded attorney Mickey Haller takes on his first high-paying and possibly innocent client in years, but finds the case complicated by sinister events that suggest the workings of a particularly evil perpetrator. 500,000 first printing.
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The hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
Both the Americans and the Soviets commence an intense naval search when a trusted and skilled Soviet naval officer defects--using the USSR's most valuable nuclear submarine as his escape vehicle
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The Templar legacy : a novel
by Steve Berry
Cotton Malone, a former covert U.S. Justice Department operative, and his ex-supervisor Stephanie Nelle, follow a labyrinthine trail of danger, treachery, high-level intrigue, and overwhelming ambition across Europe on a quest that leads them to the enigmatic secrets of the Knights Templar. 120,000 first printing.
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Cold case squad : a novel
by Edna Buchanan
Entreated by a twelve-year widow to apply new forensic technologies to the unsolved case of her husband's killing, Miami's Cold Case Squad follows leads that link to other murders and suggest that the man may still be alive. By the author of The Ice Maiden. 100,000 first printing.
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The faithful spy : a novel
by Alex Berenson
An undercover operative who has infiltrated al Qaeda, John Wells is trapped between the CIA, which no longer trusts his loyalty to the U.S., and his terrorist associates, when he is sent to America as part of a sleeper cell and become a prime suspect in two bombings in L.A., an attack that is a prelude to a massive offensive that could cost hundreds of lives. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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Split second
by David Baldacci
Eight years after leaving the Secret Service following the assassination of the third-party presidential candidate he had been protecting, Sean King, now a lawyer and part-time deputy sheriff, reluctantly joins forces with agent Michelle Maxwell to uncover the truth when another third-party candidate is abducted. 1,000,000 first printing.
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Wire In The Blood
by Val McDermid
Called in to investigate the disappearances of dozens of teenage girls across the country, young women whom the authorities believe may be runaways, criminal profilers Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan find themselves matching wits with a famous and wealthy charmer, who happens to be a vicious, elusive, and clever killer. Reissue.
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New York dead
by Stuart Woods
On disability leave from the New York City Police Department, Detective Sergeant Stone Barrington witnesses the murder of network news star Sasha Nijinsky, who is pushed from her penthouse terrace
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The pardon : the first Jack Swyteck novel
by James Grippando
After getting a confessed killer off on a technicality, brilliant young defense attorney Jack Swyteck, estranged son of Governor Harry Swyteck, a proponent of the death penalty, finds himself framed for murder
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The Camel Club
by David Baldacci
Witnessing a murder with ties to a prestigious businessman's club, homeless conspiracy theorist Harry Stone steals a crucial piece of evidence from the scene and is subsequently pursued by a dangerous member of the club and a Secret Service agent who slowly uncovers the truth. Reprint.
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1st to die
by James Patterson
Four women--a police detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter, and a medical examiner who call themselves the Women's Murder Club--develop lifelong bonds as they pursue a killer whose twisted imagination has stunned an entire city. Reissue.
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