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Nelson DeMille Author Read Alikes July 18, 2015
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If you enjoy reading books by Nelson DeMille try these authors.
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Deliver Us From Evil
by David Baldacci
Shadowy operative Shaw, from the author's thriller The Whole Truth, and photojournalist Katie James are reunited in a deadly duel of nerve and wits against a surprising enemy, in a struggle that leads them around the world at a breakneck pace.
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Field of Prey by John SandfordLucas Davenport investigates the discovery of several bodies in an abandoned Minnesota farmyard, discovering the work of a local serial killer who has been murdering one victim every summer for years.
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Echo Park by Michael ConnellyEleven years after his investigation into the 1995 disappearance of Marie Gesto goes cold, Harry Bosch finally gets a chance to put the case to rest when a man accused of two brutal killings agrees to come clean about several others, including that of Marie Gesto, until Harry discovers that he and his partner had missed a clue in 1995 that could have found the killer and stopped nine other killings.
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Guilty Wives : A novel by James PattersonThe vacation of a lifetime in Monte Carlo turns into a hellish nightmare when best friends Abbie, Winnie, Serena and Bryah are arrested aboard an unfamiliar yacht and accused of an unthinkable crime. 1 million first printing.
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A Wanted Man : A Reacher Novel by Lee ChildSix minutes after hitchhiking at the end of Worth Dying For, Jack Reacher finds himself on a roller-coaster ride of escalating tensions where nothing is as it seems.
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Collateral Damage : A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart WoodsReturning to New York where he is approached by CIA assistant director and sometime lover Holly Barker, Stone Barrington is drawn into a dangerous game of murder and vengeance against an enemy who is engaged in a nefarious plot beyond Stone's imagining.
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Kill Shot : An American Assassin Thriller by Vince FlynnWorking his way through a list of hit targets who were responsible for the slaughter of hundreds of civilians, assassin Mitch Rapp shoots a drunken Libyan diplomat in Paris only to discover that he has been set up and that his handlers would have him permanently silenced.
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The Runaway Jury by John GrishamA member of the jury for the century's most explosive trial against a giant tobacco company, Juror #2, a mysterious man with a past and a hidden agenda, joins forces with a beautiful woman on the outside to get the verdict he wants, no matter what the cost
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A Death in Vienna by Daniel SilvaSent to Vienna to authenticate a painting, art restorer and occasional spy Gabriel Allon sets out to uncover the truth about a photograph of an unnamed man who had brutalized his mother during the final days of World War II, during the Death March from Auschwitz, a quest that could unravel an evil with profound repercussions in the present.
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Fall of Giants by Ken FollettFollows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English and Welsh--as they move through the world-shaking dramas of World War I, the Russian Revolution and the struggle for women's suffrage.
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The Innocent by Harlan CobenYears after being released from jail for an accidental death incident, Matt Hunter's hopes of moving on with his pregnant wife are shattered when he becomes the focus of a serial murder investigation, a situation that forces Matt and his family to shift outside of the law to protect their future.
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Fall From Grace by Richard North PattersonAttending the funeral of his estranged father and encountering an estate of complicated legal and financial arrangements, CIA operative Adam Blaine embarks on a search for his father's killer that implicates members of his own family and reveals astonishing secrets. .
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The Job : A Fox and O'Hare Novel by Janet EvanovichA latest entry in the series by the author of the Stephanie Plum novels and the author of the Monk series finds Agent O'Hare reluctantly partnering with con-man Nicolas Fox to take down a big-league criminal.
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I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins ClarkFive years after her husband's murder, Laurie Moran, an award-winning TV producer and single mother, starts filming a new "cold case" series in which four women involved in the unsolved murder of a wealthy Westchester matron reunite to recreate the scene of the crime—along with the real killer.
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Bone Tree by Greg IlesA first in a two-part series featuring the return of popular hero Penn Cage is set in the deep South, where a threat against Penn's doctor father manifests in the form of a wrongful murder charge and dangerous, long-buried secrets by surviving members of the Double-Eagle Club. .
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Robert Ludlum's (tm) The Janson option by Paul GarrisonAn ex-covert-ops soldier and his sharpshooting partner, set out to rescue the wife of an oil executive who has been kidnapped by Somali pirates.
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Against All Enemies by Tom ClancyAfter a vicious Mexican drug cartel joins forces with the Taliban, ex-Navy SEAL and current CIA operative Maxwell Moore and his team must spring into action to protect the United States from unprecedented terror and destruction.
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The Keeper by John T. LescroartWhen one of his counselor wife's clients suspiciously disappears and the woman's husband, a San Francisco jail guard, is accused of her murder, lawyer Dismas Hardy examines possible suspects before discovering evidence of the corruption-related death of an inmate.
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Killer : An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan KellermanDisregarding a death threat from an irate doctor who has been denied custody of a baby because of his court report, psychologist Alex Delaware is shocked to learn that a hit has been taken out on him, that the doctor has been found murdered and that the baby has been kidnapped.
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The List by Steve MartiniIn the seductive world of entertainment, a lawyer-turned-novelist concocts the ultimate scheme to outwit the biggest players in New York and Hollywood, and nothing will stop her rise to the top or prepare her for its deadly price.
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The Inner Circle by Brad MeltzerAfter an archivist goes against security protocol to show an ex-crush the president's private room at the National Archives, the two stumble upon a dictionary once owned by George Washington and are soon entangled in a web of conspiracy and murder.
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Hidden Order : A Thriller by Brad ThorWhen a string of high-profile kidnappings in Washington, D.C. escalate upon the discovery that the victims are being murdered, an eventual ransom demand triggers terror throughout the country.
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Identical by Scott TurowBased loosely on the myth of Castor and Pollux, this electrifying novel of murder, sex and betrayal follows Cass as he, released from prison after serving 25 years for the murder of his girlfriend, is subjected to a re-investigation of her murder, while his identical twin brother Paul runs for office.
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A Devil is Waiting by Jack HigginsWhen a political visit to London is threatened by a fanatical mullah who promises to bless anyone who will assassinate the President, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson and the rest of the "Prime Minister's private army" work with new intelligence recruit Sara Gideon, who discovers that the threat is linked to an even more menacing plot.
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Deep Black. Death wave
by Stephen Coonts
When radical Islamic terrorists and a rogue element of the Chinese government plot a geological attack on a major fault line, Lia travels to Berlin to infiltrate a ruthless billionaire’s operation at the same time a best-selling author is assassinated.
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Suspect by Robert CraisStruggling to reclaim his career after the devastating murder of his partner eight months earlier, LAPD cop Max Kent is teamed with a traumatized military canine named Maggie who assists Max in an effort to track down his late partner's killer.
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Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues by Michael BrandmanMassachusetts police chief Jesse Stone's investigation of a violent series of car thefts is complicated by political pressures, the summer tourist season, and the questionable goals of an ambitious PR executive
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The Charlemagne Pursuit : A Novel by Steve BerryA mysterious manuscript discovered in the tomb of Charlemagne sends Cotton Malone on a perilous international quest that takes him and twin sisters with their own agenda from an ancient German cathedral to the harsh, unforgiving world of Antarctica in pursuit of the truth about the death of his father on a classified sub mission beneath Antarctica.
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Carte Blanche : The New James Bond Novel by Jeffery DeaverA James Bond thriller set in the present day finds the iconic British spy engaging a horrific modern villain in a cat-and-mouse chase that takes him from the Balkans and London to the African Continent
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Deadly Stakes : A Novel by Judith A. JanceContacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related to hers and must stop a dangerous killer from striking again.
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In Harm's Way by Ridley PearsonHis budding relationship with Fiona strained by her avoidance of media attention for her part in a river rescue, Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming begins a race against time when he learns of a possible link between his community and a recent Seattle murder.
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V is for Vengeance by Sue GraftonA latest entry in the best-selling series that includes U is for Undertow finds Kinsey Millhone receiving for her 38th birthday a facial punch that leaves her with a broken nose and two black eyes before tackling a suspicious suicide involving a host of unscrupulous characters.
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Tiger's Claw
by Dale Brown
After he and his team refurbish America's aging weapon systems, Patrick McLanahan heads to Guam to oversee strategy, which causes the Chinese to take the offensive, launching a preemptive strike on a small American fleet that ignites a battle for the Pacific--one that McLanahan is determined to win no matter what the cost. 125,000 first printing.
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Blue Labyrinth by Douglas J PrestonInvestigating the murder of a long-time enemy, Pendergast journeys to an abandoned California mine only to uncover a dark secret from his family's past and a plot by a vengeful killer.
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