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1) The innocent
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Will Robie novels volume 1
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English
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Will Robie, a freelance hitman working for the government, rescues a teenage girl whose parents' disappearance may be linked to a vast, high-level cover-up.
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Alex Cross novels volume 20
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English
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Alex Cross is on the hunt of his life. In Washington, D.C., top plastic surgeon Elijah Creem is renowned for his operating skills--and his wild parties of drugs, champagne, and illicit sex. When Detective Alex Cross busts one of Creem's soirees, the doctor takes the most drastic step to avoid prison. Before Alex can finish this case, a beautiful woman is murdered with a lock of her hair viciously ripped off. Then a second woman is found, hanging from...
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Alex Cross novels volume 8
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English
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With his resignation from the Washington Police interrupted by a case involving a friend who has been framed for murder, Alex Cross and partner John Sampson journey deep across military lines to confront the most brutal killer of their careers.
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Alex Cross novels volume 2
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English
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This time it's personal for Cross. The most elusive of killers has abducted Cross's niece, Naomi, a talented law student. Only such a devastating blow could bring the detective back - this time to the Deep South, where old slave prisons are buried in the forests, and houses of horror can disappear as in your worst nightmare. Naomi's kidnapping rips Alex Cross away from his kids and his jazz piano and sends him south with several questions burning...
5) The bishop
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Bowers files volume 4
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English
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"A young woman is found brutally murdered in Washington, D.C. as her killers conduct a spree of perfect crimes in the Northeast. With nothing to link the crimes to each other, Agent Bowers faces his most difficult case yet, even as his personal life begins to crumble."--p. [2] of jacket.
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Alex Cross novels volume 19
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English
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It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again--a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativity,...
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When the wind blows volume 2
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English
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The six children have escaped horrifying government experiments, a childhood in captivity and frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by and overpowering fear that the kids are about to face a danger greater than any they've ever known. All that the children want is to return to the one place...
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Mitch Rapp novels volume 3
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English
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What if America's most powerful leader was also its prime target? Vince Flynn's shattering thriller, Term Limits, soared onto national bestseller lists and marked the emergence of a new master of political fiction in the same league as Tom Clancy. In USA Today, Larry King called Term Limits "a page-turning read," while critics and readers nationwide praised its riveting premise of Washington under siege - a scenario made chillingly real by this superb...
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Alex Cross novels volume 9
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English
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At the outset of his career with the FBI, Alex Cross is instructed to track down a band of kidnappers who are snatching people and possibly selling them into slavery, a case that is complicated by a terrible threat to Cross's own family.
10) Cross country
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Alex Cross novels volume 14
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English
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When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking: a stunningly organized gang of lethal teenagers headed by a powerful, diabolical man--the African warlord...
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Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, assuming it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous...
14) Triple Cross
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Alex Cross novels volume 30
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English
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"Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who targets entire families--and who will next be coming for the Crosses. A precise killer, he always moves under the cover of darkness, flawlessly triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence. Cross and Sampson aren't the only ones investigating. Also in on this most intriguing case is the world's bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses. The writer, Thomas Tull,...
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Washington, D.C., 1870s
At a glittering White House gala, Abigail Cabot discovers the man of her dreams. Only, he's not interested...yet. So the gifted lady astronomer, whose passion for measuring stars has left her woefully lacking in social graces, seeks someone to educate her...someone who is a master at the art of seduction.
Jamie Calhoun's handsome looks and easy charm have made him as popular on the Senate floor as he is with the capital's...
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A lawyer working for a Supreme Court judge makes the mistake of revealing to another lawyer a ruling about to be announced. The other is in fact an impostor and threatens to reveal the indiscretion unless he is paid money. The lawyer and his friends mount an operation to fix the blackmailer. A first novel.
17) Term limits
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What if America's politicians were held accountable for their broken promises - and made to pay for their corruption? With a unique flair for heart-pounding dramatic tension, meshed with the technical precision of Tom Clancy, author Vince Flynn brings to life a chillingly credible scenario of Washington under siege - in a provocative, edge-of-your-seat political thriller. In a night of shattering brutality, three of Washington's most powerful and...
19) Stone cold
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Camel Club novels volume 3
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English
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"Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet, a war on two fronts"--Provided by the publisher.
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Alex Cross novels volume 4
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English
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When old enemy Gary Soneji, a prison escapee, joins forces with the enigmatic "Mr. Smith," a mysterious new threat, psychologist-detective Alex Cross' life hangs in the balance, and it is up to physician and serial killer expert Thomas Augustine Pierce to step in before it is too late.