Edward A Schultz's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 09 Mar 2025 23:26:44 -0700 60 Edward A Schultz's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #14; Harry Bosch Universe, #21)]]> 59237962 Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer.
The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a detective from the Asian Gang Unit for help with translation -- not just of languages but also of the cultural norms and expectations that guided Li's life. He uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad, a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S.
And instantly his world explodes. The one good thing in Bosch's life, the person he holds most dear, is taken from him and Bosch travels to Hong Kong in an all-or-nothing bid to regain what he's lost. In a place known as Nine Dragons, as the city's Hungry Ghosts festival burns around him, Bosch puts aside everything he knows and risks everything he has in a desperate bid to outmatch the triad's ferocity.
Featuring ebook bonus materials including an in-depth interview with the author about writing "Nine Dragons," photos from his exciting travels while writing the book, and a link to an online promotional video.]]>
385 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.39 2009 Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #14; Harry Bosch Universe, #21)
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<![CDATA[The Black Box (Harry Bosch, #16; Harry Bosch Universe, #25)]]> 16186238 Vingt ans plus tard, au Bureau des affaires non résolues, Bosch, qui n'a jamais oublié la jeune femme, rouvre le dossier du meurtre. Grâce à une douille recueillie sur la scène de crime et une boîte noire remplie d'archives, l’inspecteur remonte la trace d'un Beretta qui le met sur la piste d'individus prêts à tout pour cacher leur crime. Anneke comptait peut-être parmi ces journalistes qui dérangent quand ils fouillent d'un peu trop près ce que d'autres ont tout intérêt à laisser enfoui...]]> 413 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.42 2012 The Black Box (Harry Bosch, #16; Harry Bosch Universe, #25)
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average rating: 4.42
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<![CDATA[The Reversal (The Lincoln Lawyer, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #22)]]> 59237968
Together, Bosch and Haller set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger. Opposing them is Jessup, now out on bail, a defense attorney who excels at manipulating the media, and a runaway eyewitness reluctant to testify after so many years.

With the odds and the evidence against them, Bosch and Haller must nail a sadistic killer once and for all. If Bosch is sure of anything, it is that Jason Jessup plans to kill again.]]>
388 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.55 2010 The Reversal (The Lincoln Lawyer, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #22)
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<![CDATA[Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis]]> 213779050
"This book must rank as the most devastating analysis of socialism yet penned. . . . An economic classic in our time." --Henry Hazlitt]]>
722 Ludwig von Mises 1774648466 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 1.00 1922 Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
author: Ludwig von Mises
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<![CDATA[Suicide Run (Harry Bosch, #14.5; Harry Bosch Universe, #23.4)]]> 11885509 In "Suicide Run," the apparent suicide of a beautiful young starlet turns out to be much more sinister than it seems. In "Cielo Azul," Bosch is haunted by a long-ago closed case -- the murder of a teenage girl who was never identified. As her killer sits on death row, Bosch tries one last time to get the answers he has sought for years. In "One Dollar Jackpot," Bosch works the murder of a professional poker player whose skills have made her more than one enemy.

Whether investigating a cold case or fresh blood, Bosch relentlessly pursues his quarry, always on the lookout for the "tell." In this first collection of Harry Bosch stories, Michael Connelly once again demonstrates that he is the master of "fast-paced, brilliantly plotted crime fiction.... Harry Bosch is back on the case, and not a moment too soon" (Chicago Sun Times).

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100 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.11 2011 Suicide Run (Harry Bosch, #14.5; Harry Bosch Universe, #23.4)
author: Michael Connelly
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book published: 2011
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<![CDATA[The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10; Harry Bosch Universe, #14)]]> 6465037 Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too--from the widow of an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his ties to the hunt for the Poet make Bosch dig deep. Arriving at a derelict spot in the California desert where the feds are unearthing bodies, Bosch joins forces with Rachel. Now the two are at odds with the FBI...and squarely in the path of the Poet, who will lead them on a wicked ride out of the heat, through the narrows of evil, and into a darkness all his own...

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456 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.48 2004 The Narrows (Harry Bosch, #10; Harry Bosch Universe, #14)
author: Michael Connelly
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average rating: 4.48
book published: 2004
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<![CDATA[A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)]]> 51085254 Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie director is charged with murdering an actress during sex, and then staging her death to make it look like a suicide. Bosch is both the arresting officer and the star witness in a trial that has brought the Hollywood media pack out in full-throated frenzy.

Meanwhile, Terry McCaleb is enjoying an idyllic retirement on Catalina Island when a visit from an old colleague brings his former world rushing back. It's a murder, the unreadable kind of murder he specialized in solving back in his FBI days. The investigation has stalled, and the sheriff's office is asking McCaleb to take a quick look at the murder book to see if he turns up something they've missed.

McCaleb's first reading of the crime scene leads him to look for a methodical killer with a taste for rituals and revenge. As his quick look accelerates into a full-sprint investigation, the two crimes -- his murdered loner and Bosch's movie director -- begin to overlap strangely. With one unsettling revelation after another, they merge, becoming one impossible, terrifying case, involving almost inconceivable calculation. McCaleb believes he has unmasked the most frightening killer ever to cross his sights. But his investigation tangles with Bosch's lines, and the two men find themselves at odds in the most dangerous investigation of their lives.]]>
443 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.45 2000 A Darkness More Than Night (Harry Bosch, #7; Harry Bosch Universe, #10)
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A Calamity of Souls 198513577 Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1�New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.�

Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.
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Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era. �
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Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution’s deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice.

Over a decade in the writing, A Calamity of Souls breathes richly imagined and detailed life into a bygone era, taking the reader through a world that will seem both foreign and familiar.]]>
487 David Baldacci 1538765055 Edward A Schultz 0 4.59 2024 A Calamity of Souls
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<![CDATA[The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)]]> 35688888 528 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.45 1996 The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
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<![CDATA[Void Moon (Harry Bosch Universe, #9)]]> 59237924 In L.A. Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cassie is returning to her old profession, taking down a money man in Vegas. But the perfect heist goes very wrong, and suddenly Cassie is on the run--with a near-psychotic Vegas "fixer" killing everyone who knew about the job. Between Cassie and the man hunting her are a few last secrets: like who really set up the job, why Cassie had to take the change, and how, in the end, it might all be a matter of the moon...]]> 480 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.35 1999 Void Moon (Harry Bosch Universe, #9)
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<![CDATA[Switchblade (Harry Bosch, #16.5; Harry Bosch Universe, #26.5)]]> 18801468 LAPD Detective Harry Bosch seeks justice for the forgotten in this original story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly

An anonymous tip puts Bosch on a case that has remained unsolved for decades, the vicious stabbing of a teenage boy whose body was found in an abandoned Old Hollywood restaurant.

Cold cases are often the toughest: With no body, no murder scene, and no fingerprints, Bosch nevertheless gets lucky when DNA evidence from the murder weapon points to a known killer. But the DA insists that science alone is not enough - he needs the case to be bulletproof before he'll take it to court.

Determined to speak for those who can no longer speak for themselves, Bosch has one chance to wrench a confession out of a cold-blooded killer, or risk letting him walk free for good.

In this gripping, never-before-published story by "master of the crime thriller" (Huffington Post) Michael Connelly, Detective Harry Bosch quenches his thirst for justice and shows why he is "one of the most popular and enduring figures in American crime fiction" (Chicago Tribune).]]>
72 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 3.83 2014 Switchblade (Harry Bosch, #16.5; Harry Bosch Universe, #26.5)
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<![CDATA[The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)]]> 59237993
Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked, in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.
In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet nine years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other evidence is virtually nonexistent.

Now Bosch and his new partner, rookie Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with solving what turns out to be a highly charged, politically sensitive case. Starting with the bullet that's been lodged for years in the victim's spine, they must pull new leads from years-old information, which soon reveals that this shooting may have been anything but random.

In this gripping new thriller, Michael Connelly shows once again why Harry Bosch is "one of the greats of crime fiction" (New York Daily News).

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401 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.56 2014 The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #27)
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<![CDATA[The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)]]> 59237903
Even after three decades, Harry's questions generate heat among L.A.'s top politicos. And as the truth begins to emerge, it becomes more and more apparent that someone wants to keep it buried. Someone very powerful...very cunning...and very deadly.

Edgar Award-winning author Michael Connelly has created a dark, fast-paced suspense thriller that cuts to the core of Harry Bosch's character. Once you start it, there's no turning back.]]>
416 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.55 1995 The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4; Harry Bosch Universe, #4)
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<![CDATA[Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22)]]> 201763310 Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and Constance’s greatest enemy. Ěý

A desperate bargain is broken�

Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life � but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage.

A clever trap is set�

Unknown to Leng, Pendergast’s brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help � for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng’s every move…and awaiting his own chance to strike.

A vengeful angel will not be deterred�

Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all…]]>
416 Douglas Preston Edward A Schultz 0 4.52 2024 Angel of Vengeance (Pendergast, #22)
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<![CDATA[Echo Park (Harry Bosch, #12; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)]]> 59237942 562 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.60 2006 Echo Park (Harry Bosch, #12; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)
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<![CDATA[A Very British Coup: The novel that foretold the rise of Corbyn]]> 12970829 Former steel worker Harry Perkins, has, against all the odds, led the Labour Party to a stunning victory at the general election. His manifesto includes the removal of American bases, public control of finance, and the dismantling of the newspaper monopolies. The Establishment is appalled by the prospect, and secretly decides that something must be done. As M15 conspires with the city and the press barons, Perkins the PM finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle for survival.

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226 Chris Mullin Edward A Schultz 0 3.96 1982 A Very British Coup: The novel that foretold the rise of Corbyn
author: Chris Mullin
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average rating: 3.96
book published: 1982
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<![CDATA[City Of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)]]> 40122571 Updated cover of this Kindle edition.

On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go. As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them apart--or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a few hard turns. Suddenly all of L.A. is in an uproar, and Bosch, fighting to keep control, is driven to the brink of an unimaginable decision.]]>
448 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.48 2002 City Of Bones (Harry Bosch, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)
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<![CDATA[Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)]]> 59237911 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly presents his most ambitious, most gripping achievement to date--a novel of masterly suspense and righteous obsession that will never let you go.
When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. But when Graciella tells him the way her sister Gloria was murdered, it leaves Terry no choice. Now the man with the new heart vows to take down a predator without a soul. For Gloria's killer shatters every rule that McCaleb ever learned in his years with the Bureau--as McCaleb gets no more second chances at life...and just one shot at the truth.]]>
481 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.47 1998 Blood Work (Harry Bosch Universe, #7)
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<![CDATA[Angels Flight (Harry Bosch, #6; Harry Bosch Universe, #8)]]> 40117052 An activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf. But the case is so explosive--and the dead man's enemies inside the L.A.P.D. are so numerous--that it falls to Harry to solve it. Now the streets are superheating. Harry's year-old Vegas marriage is unraveling. And the hunt for a killer is leading Harry to another high-profile L.A. murder case, one where every cop had a motive. The question is, did any have the guts?]]> 474 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.53 1999 Angels Flight (Harry Bosch, #6; Harry Bosch Universe, #8)
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<![CDATA[The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)]]> 35215588 The Dollmaker was the name of the serial killer who had stalked Los Angeles ruthlessly, leaving grisly calling cards on the faces of his female victims. Now with a single faultless shot, Detective Harry Bosch thinks he has ended the city's nightmare.

But the dead man's widow is suing Harry and the LAPD for killing the wrong man-- an accusation that rings terrifyingly true when a new victim is discovered with the Dollmaker's macabre signature.

So for the second time, Harry must hunt down a death-dealer who is very much alive, before he strikes again. It's a blood-tracked quest that will take Harry from the hard edges of the L.A. night to the last place he ever wanted to go-- the darkness of his own heart.

With The Concrete Blonde, Edgar Award-winning author Michael Connelly has hit a whole new level in his career, creating a breathtaking thriller that thrusts you into a blistering courtroom battle-- and a desperate search for a sadistic killer.]]>
507 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.55 1994 The Concrete Blonde (Harry Bosch, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #3)
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<![CDATA[The Overlook (Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #18)]]> 6322798 Near Mulholland Drive, Dr. Stanley Kent is found shot twice in the back of the head. It's the case LAPD detective Harry Bosch has been waiting for, his first since being recruited to the Homicide Special Squad. When he discovers that Kent had access to dangerous radioactive substances, what begins as a routine investigation becomes something darker, more deadly, and frighteningly urgent. Bosch is soon in conflict with not only his superiors but the FBI, which thinks the case is too important for just a cop. Complicating his job even more is the presence of Agent Rachel Walling, his onetime lover. Now guarding one slim advantage, Bosch relentlessly follows his own instincts, hoping they are still sharp enough to find the truth -- and a killer who can annihilate an entire city.]]> 241 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.30 2007 The Overlook (Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #18)
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<![CDATA[The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)]]> 59237891 385 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.52 1992 The Black Echo (Harry Bosch, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #1)
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<![CDATA[Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23)]]> 199898179
A mysterious cargo plane, flanked by a squadron of Russia’s most lethal fighters, has just taken off from a remote airbase. Closely monitored by the United States, no one inside the Pentagon has any idea where it’s going or what it’s carrying.

A high-level Russian defector, a walking vault of secrets that could shatter the West, seeks asylum in Norway. Across the continent, in the heart of Paris, a lone French agent stumbles upon a conspiracy so explosive it could ignite a global firestorm.

As alarm bells ring in Washington, the CIA’s most lethal weapon, Scot Harvath, is forced to choose between his conscience and his country.

You’ll be left breathless as Harvath is swept into a whirlwind of double agents, international intrigue, and heart-stopping chases.]]>
365 Brad Thor Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.49 2024 Shadow of Doubt (Scot Harvath #23)
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<![CDATA[The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)]]> 59237897
​Working the case, LAPD detective Harry Bosch is reminded of the primal police rule he learned long ago: Don't look for the facts, but the glue that holds them together. Soon Harry's making some very dangerous connections, starting with a dead cop and leading to a bloody string of murders that wind from Hollywood Boulevard to the back alleys south of the border. Now this battle-scarred veteran will find himself in the center of a complex and deadly game—one in which he may be the next and likeliest victim.]]>
334 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.45 1993 The Black Ice (Harry Bosch, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #2)
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<![CDATA[Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13)]]> 59237918 354 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.60 2003 Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #13)
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<![CDATA[Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)]]> 59237907
It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal.

A rekindled romance with an old girlfriend opens new perspectives on the murder, and he begins to glimpse a shocking triangle of corruption and collusion. Yanked off the case, Harry himself is soon the one being investigated. But only a bullet can stop Harry when he's searching for the truth . . .]]>
438 Michael Connelly Edward A Schultz 0 4.55 1997 Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #5; Harry Bosch Universe, #6)
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<![CDATA[Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)]]> 199897972
A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbered. A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigating towards the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of the West Coast.

A rising Silicon Valley tech mogul with unknown allegiances is at the forefront of a revolution in quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence.

A politician controlled by a foreign power is a breath away from the Oval Office.

Three seemingly disconnected events are on a collision course to ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has ever seen.

The country’s only hope is a quantum computer that has gone dark, retreating to the deepest levels of the internet, learning at a rate inconceivable at her inception. But during her time in hiding, she has done more than learn. She has become a weapon. She is now positioned to act as either the country’s greatest savior or its worst enemy. She is known as “Alice� and her only connection to the outside world is to a former Navy SEAL sniper named James Reece who has left the violence of his past life behind.

Will there be blood?

Count on it!

Will the forces that threaten to destroy the United States be enough to light the fuse of Reece’s resurrection?]]>
576 Jack Carr 1668047098 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.50 2024 Red Sky Mourning (Terminal List #7)
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<![CDATA[Dead Man's Hand (Pike Logan, #18)]]> 134272710 464 Brad Taylor 0063222035 Edward A Schultz 0 4.39 2024 Dead Man's Hand (Pike Logan, #18)
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Dirt (Stone Barrington, #2) 53075435
The tables have turned on ice-queen gossip columnist Amanda Dart: someone is faxing the scathing details of her sexual indiscretions to national opinion makers. Amanda turns to Stone Barrington -- ex-cop, fulltime lawyer, and sometime investigator -- for help.]]>
448 Stuart Woods Edward A Schultz 0 4.35 1996 Dirt (Stone Barrington, #2)
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<![CDATA[New York Dead (Stone Barrington, #1)]]> 41014420
Suddenly he's on the front page of every New York newspaper, and his life is hopelessly entwined in the shocking life and death of Sasha Nijinsky, the country's hottest and most beautiful television anchorwoman.

No matter where he turns, the case is waiting for him, haunting his nights and turning his days into a living hell. Stone finds himself caught in a perilous web of unspeakable crimes and dangerous friends with one common thread: Sasha.

Librarian's note: the characters, settings and other information for the first 25 books in the series are complete as best possible (corrections are welcome!) for: #1, New York Dead, 1991; #2, Dirt, 1996; #3, Dead in the Water, 1997; #4, Swimming to Catalina, 1998; #5, Worst Fears Realized, 1999; #6, L.A. Dead, 2000; #7, Cold Paradise, 2001; #8, The Short Forever, 2002; #9, Dirty Work, 2003; #10, Reckless Abandon, 2004; #11, Two Dollar Bill, 2004; #12. Dark Harbor, 2006; #13, Fresh Disasters, 2007; #14, Shoot Him if He Runs, 2007; #15, Hot Mahogany, 2008; #16, Loitering with Intent, 2009; #17, Kisser, 2009; #18, Lucid Intervals, 2010; #19, Strategic Moves, 2010; #20, Bel-Air Dead, 2011; #21, Son of Stone, 2011; #22, D.C. Dead, 2011; #23, Unnatural Acts, 2012; #24, Severe Clear, 2012; and #25, Collateral Damage, 2012.]]>
352 Stuart Woods Edward A Schultz 0 4.07 1991 New York Dead (Stone Barrington, #1)
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Extinction 126917757 384 Douglas Preston 1250909767 Edward A Schultz 0 4.34 2024 Extinction
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<![CDATA[Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor, #2)]]> 123024035
Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished counterterrorism agent who had been stationed in western Germany, and whose body was discovered in a city park in the heart of Berlin’s Arab refugee community.

The authorities suspect this is an act of Islamic terrorism, but Brodie and Taylor soon believe there is more to this case. The reason for Vance’s presence in Berlin is unknown, and as Brodie and Taylor work to discover what the murder victim was doing in the days and weeks preceding his death, they become immersed in the many conflicts and contradictions of modern Germany—the Arab refugee crisis, the dark legacy of the Cold War and the Stasi secret police, and the imminent threats of a rising neo-Nazi movement. At the same time, they are butting heads with the authorities—both German and American—and facing a possible threat from American intelligence agents who fear that Brodie and Taylor might have learned too much about US clandestine operations during their mission in Venezuela.

Ultimately, Brodie and Taylor realize that the murder of Harry Vance was merely the prelude to a much more sinister future event—unless they can unravel the mystery in time to stop it.]]>
508 Nelson DeMille 1501101838 Edward A Schultz 0 4.42 2023 Blood Lines (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor, #2)
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The Maze (John Corey, #8) 60623929 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille returns with his best thriller yet featuring former homicide detective John Corey who is called out of retirement to investigate a string of searing, grisly murders that take place a little too close to home.

In his dazzling #1 bestseller, Plum Island, Nelson DeMille introduced you to NYPD Homicide Detective John Corey, who we first meet sitting on the back porch of his uncle’s waterfront estate on Long Island, convalescing from wounds incurred in the line of duty. A visit from the local Chief of Police results in the legendary Detective Corey becoming involved in the investigation of the murders of a married couple who were scientists at the top-secret biological research facility on Plum Island.

Fast forward through six bestselling John Corey novels and The Maze opens with Corey on the same porch, but now in forced retirement from his last job as a Federal Agent with the Diplomatic Surveillance Group. Corey is restless and looking for action, so when his former lover in Plum Island, Detective Beth Penrose, appears with a job offer, Corey has to once again make some decisions about his stalled career—and about reuniting with Beth Penrose.

Inspired by, and based on the actual and still unsolved Gilgo Beach murders, The Maze takes you on a dangerous hunt for an apparent serial killer who has murdered nine—and maybe more—prostitutes and hidden their bodies in the thick undergrowth on a lonely stretch of beach.

As Corey digs deeper into this case, which has made national news, he comes to suspect that the failure of the local police to solve this sensational case may not be a result of their inexperience and incompetence—it may be something else. Something more sinister.

The Maze features John Corey’s politically incorrect humor, matched by his brilliant and unorthodox investigative skills along with the surprising and shocking plot twists that are the trademark of the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Nelson DeMille.]]>
448 Nelson DeMille Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.00 2022 The Maze (John Corey, #8)
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The Power Couple 54383963 From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award winner Alex Berenson comes a supercharged thriller about marriage and the dangerous secrets spouses keep.Rebecca and Brian Unsworth appear to have it all. A nice house in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Two well-behaved, healthy teenage children. Important government jobs—Rebecca working in counterterrorism for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brian serving as a coder for the National Security Agency. Their lives stand to improve even more as Brian, in his off-hours, has just developed and sold a highly profitable app. However, the Unsworths� marriage isn’t as perfect as it seems. After two decades together, they’ve drifted apart, talking little and having sex even less. Seeking to revive their strained relationship, they decide for their twentieth wedding anniversary to take their two kids, Kira and Tony, on a European getaway. They have a blast…until one night in Barcelona when Kira doesn’t come home from a dance club. She’s gone. Abducted. Over the course of a single weekend, the Unsworths will do everything possible to find her—as Kira herself discovers just how far she’ll go to break free of the trap that’s been set for her. And even as Rebecca and Brian come together for Kira, they realize their marriage is more tenuous than they realized. The Power Couple is both a fast-paced, globe-trotting espionage novel full of surprising twists and a nuanced look at modern marriage—the challenges of balancing career, parenthood, sex, and love.]]> 432 Alex Berenson 198210371X Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.04 2021 The Power Couple
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<![CDATA[The Shadow Patrol (John Wells, #6)]]> 13516516 In 2009, the CIA's Kabul Station fell for a source who promised to lead it to Bin Laden, but instead he blew himself up, taking the station's most senior officers with him. Now, more than two years later, the station is still floundering, agents are dying, and at Langley the CIA's chiefs wonder if the unthinkable has happened, if somehow the Taliban has infiltrated the station.

When they ask John Wells to investigate, he reluctantly agrees to return to the country where his career as an undercover operative began. But there, he finds a vipers' nest of hostility and mistrust-and clues that hint at a drug-trafficking operation involving the Agency, the military, and the Taliban. Americans are dying, and an American is responsible. And only John Wells stands in his way . . . for now.

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611 Alex Berenson 110156038X Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.29 2012 The Shadow Patrol (John Wells, #6)
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Dead Mountain (Nora Kelly #4) 64417627 Authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, where a fateful trip to New Mexico uncovers a case that may prove impossible to solve.

In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their last campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing body parts. The case, given the code name “Dead Mountain� by the FBI, was never solved.

Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago—and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.]]>
368 Douglas Preston 1538736837 Edward A Schultz 0 4.55 2023 Dead Mountain (Nora Kelly #4)
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The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2) 123024036 The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America’s dirtiest secrets—can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out?
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When CIA operative Jenny Sikwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives. In need of someone who can solve the murder quickly and retrieve the missing information, the U.S. government knows just the chameleon they can call on.
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Ex-Army Ranger Travis Devine spent his time in the military preparing to take on any scenario, followed by his short-lived business career chasing shadows in the deepest halls of power, so his analytical mind makes him particularly well-suited for complex, high-stakes tasks. Taking down the world’s largest financial conspiracy proved his value, and in comparison, this case looks straightforward. Except small towns hold secrets and Devine finds himself an outsider again.
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Devine must ingratiate himself with locals who have trusted each other their whole lives, and who distrust outsiders just as much. Dak, Jenny’s brother, who’s working to revitalize the town. Earl, the retired lobsterman who found Jenny’s body. And Alex, Jenny’s sister with a dark past of her own. As Devine gets to know the residents of Potter, Maine, answers seem to appear and then transform into more questions. There’s a long history of secrets and those who will stop at nothing to keep them from being exposed. Leaving Devine with no idea who he can trust... and who wants him dead.]]>
417 David Baldacci 1538719924 Edward A Schultz 0 4.38 2023 The Edge (The 6:20 Man, #2)
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<![CDATA[The Assassin (Tommy Carmellini, #3)]]> 8516356 510 Stephen Coonts Edward A Schultz 0 4.30 The Assassin (Tommy Carmellini, #3)
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Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22) 109238891 Mitch Rapp makes a mortal enemy of Russia in this high-octane and “ripped straight from next week’s headlines� (The Real Book Spy) installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor—especially when it’s the world’s most powerful crime lord. But when Damian Losa calls, Mitch is honor bound to answer.

The Syrian government has created a highly addictive new narcotic that it plans to distribute throughout Europe. It’s a major threat to Losa’s business and he’s determined to stop it by any means necessary. Rapp is the perfect choice for the mission. Not only does he have extensive experience operating in the Middle East, but he’s also entirely expendable.

As he crosses into war-torn Syria, Rapp quickly discovers a shocking truth. The new drug isn’t being produced by Damascus to prop up the government’s collapsing finances. Instead, it was created by Russia’s asymmetrical warfare unit as a weapon against the West.

With far more than Damian Losa’s interests at stake, Rapp devises a desperate plan that forces him and his team onto a battlefield where the United States is virtually powerless, and allegiances shift almost hourly. Further, if Russia uncovers their plot, it will set off a confrontation between the two countries that could change the course of history in this “bullet train to high adventure� (Townhall).]]>
384 Kyle Mills Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.43 2023 Code Red (Mitch Rapp #22)
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<![CDATA[The Midnight House (John Wells, #4)]]> 59333480
Come to Langley. Now.

The victims were part of an interrogation team that operated out of a secret base in Poland called the Midnight House, where they worked over the toughest jihadis, extracting information by any means necessary. Now Wells must find out who is killing them. Islamic terrorists are the likeliest suspects, and Wells is uniquely qualified to go undercover and find them. But the trail of blood leads him to a place he couldn’t have imagined:

Home.]]>
498 Alex Berenson Edward A Schultz 0 4.27 2010 The Midnight House (John Wells, #4)
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<![CDATA[Alligator Alley (Joe DeMarco #16)]]> 62102515 Joe DeMarco likes to call himself a troubleshooter. It sounds better than "bagman" or "fixer." With more than a decade of troubleshooting under his belt on behalf of John Mahoney, the Speaker of the House, DeMarco has seen his fair share of dangerous situations.

When Andie Moore, a 23-year-old working in the DOJ's Inspector General's Office, is murdered in cold blood in Florida's Everglades, it falls on DeMarco to get to the bottom of things. Paired with Emma, an enigmatic, retired ex-spy with seemingly endless connections in the military and intelligence communities, they venture south to the scene of Andie's murder: Alligator Alley.

DeMarco and Emma waste no time in identifying a two suspects--a pair of crooked, near-retirement FBI agents named McIntyre and McGruder. But as they keep digging, it becomes clear that these FBI agents weren't acting alone, and that this goes much deeper than just the murder of an innocent 23-yearold

woman.


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288 Mike Lawson 0802160530 Edward A Schultz 0 4.49 2023 Alligator Alley (Joe DeMarco #16)
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<![CDATA[The Honeymoon Heist (Pike Logan #17.5)]]> 134242696
Between the delectable meals, the gorgeous Mediterranean seaside, and historical sites, Pike and Jennifer are enjoying their time with Amena in the Italian village of Positano, grateful for the reprieve from their day jobs—protecting U.S. interests from terrorist threats. But their relaxing vacation runs into trouble when Amena and Pike uncover what appears to be a priceless Renaissance painting hidden in a grotto and soon find themselves in the center of a black market art scheme.

A powerful Italian businessman and suspected crime lord had arranged to take possession of the rare, deeply significant Caravaggio artwork in the cave through less-than-legal means, and hadn’t counted on the trio of Americans interrupting his plot. He is determined to leave no witnesses . . . but when he dares to threaten Pike and his family, he learns how dangerous they truly are . . .]]>
111 Brad Taylor 0063355655 Edward A Schultz 0 4.13 2023 The Honeymoon Heist (Pike Logan #17.5)
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<![CDATA[The Silent Man (John Wells, #3)]]> 52819215
When a power adversary from Wells's past finds him, he must once again enter the fray. For his country. For his soul. For revenge....]]>
444 Alex Berenson Edward A Schultz 0 4.29 2009 The Silent Man (John Wells, #3)
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<![CDATA[The 15 Habits of Highly Frugal Genealogists]]> 26216957
the title of this book is misleading, and intentionally so. The fact is, you will find over 30 amazing ways to save money when purchasing genealogy-related products and services. You may already be using some of these tricks, but I guarantee that once you start using some of the more unusual money-saving tips, you will say to yourself, “Now, why didn’t I think of that!”]]>
24 Thomas MacEntee Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 3.85 2015 The 15 Habits of Highly Frugal Genealogists
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<![CDATA[House Standoff (Joe DeMarco #15)]]> 56481291 A D.C. fixer heads to Wyoming on a personal mission in the new novel from the Edgar Award-finalist and "reliably excellent writer" (Seattle Times).

When someone close to him is shot dead in a roadside motel in a small Wyoming town, Joe DeMarco shirks his responsibilities as the Speaker of the House's fixer to make sure the authorities are doing everything they can to catch the killer. He soon realizes that the rural area is dominated by Hiram Bunt, a wealthy rancher with an obstructionist streak who's willing to take on the federal government at gunpoint and seems to have a number of politicians under his thumb.

But Bunt isn't the only one in the way. DeMarco also learns that his friend―a woman he was once in love with―had unearthed explosive secrets during her time in the backwoods, and that the deputy in charge of the investigation may be ignoring leads to preserve a secret of his own. Surrounded by people willing to kill to maintain the status quo, DeMarco launches his own investigation into a growing list of intertwining suspects. And being DeMarco, he concludes that breaking the law to uncover the truth is the best way to ensure that justice is done . . .

"[A] consistently entertaining, well-crafted series." --Booklist

"A charmingly likable character." --Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles novels

"A writer who gets everything right." --The Plain Dealer]]>
267 Mike Lawson 0802158579 Edward A Schultz 0 4.36 2021 House Standoff (Joe DeMarco #15)
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<![CDATA[The Ghost War (John Wells, #2)]]> 18491381 412 Alex Berenson Edward A Schultz 0 4.16 2008 The Ghost War (John Wells, #2)
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Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse 57041150 She's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips...

1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra's tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse?

1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. River doesn't believe in curses - but is she wrong?

From the top-security confines of Stormcage to the barbarism of first-century Egypt, River battles to find the Eye of Horus before its powers are used to transform the universe. To succeed, she must team up with a most unlikely ally - her own fictional alter ego, Melody. And together they must solve another mystery: Is fiction changing into fact - or is fact changing into fiction?]]>
261 Alex Kingston 1473532868 Edward A Schultz 0 4.28 2021 Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse
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<![CDATA[Only the Dead (Terminal List #6)]]> 62598580 Navy SEAL James Reece faces a devastating global conspiracy in this high-adrenaline thriller that is ripped from the headlines—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr.

In 1980, a freshman congressman was gunned down in Rhode Island, sending shockwaves through Washington that are still reverberating over four decades later.

Now, with the world on the brink of war and a weakened United States facing rampant inflation, political division, and shocking assassinations, a secret cabal of global elites is ready to assume control. And with the world’s most dangerous man locked in solitary confinement, the conspirators believe the final obstacle to complete domination has been eliminated. They’re wrong.

From the firms of Wall Street to the corridors of power in Washington, DC and Moscow, secrets from the past have the uncanny ability to rise to the surface in the present.

With the odds stacked against him, James Reece is on a mission generations in the making. Unfortunately for his enemies, the former SEAL is not concerned with odds. He is on the warpath. And when James Reece picks up his tomahawk and sniper rifle, no one is out of range.]]>
576 Jack Carr 1982181729 Edward A Schultz 0 4.64 2023 Only the Dead (Terminal List #6)
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<![CDATA[The Devil's Ransom (Pike Logan, #17)]]> 61031440 In the latest explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor, Pike Logan races to stop an insidious attack orchestrated by a man who knows America's most treasured secrets.

Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there's a man on the run. One that has done more for the United States in Afghanistan than anyone else. Pulled in to extract him, Pike collides headlong into a broader mystery: His covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, has been hit with a ransomware attack, and there's some connection between the Taliban and the hack. Given the order to track down the perpetrators, he has no idea that the problem set is much, much larger and more dangerous than a simple attack on his organization. That hack was just a test-run, and the real one is coming soon, engendered by a former NSA specialist in the U.S. government.

A man who wants to return to the bipolar world of the Cold War, the turncoat has cloaked his attack behind hackers from Serbia and Russia, and if successful, his target will alter the balance of power on the global stage. So far, the specialist has remained one step ahead of the Taskforce, but he has just made one massive mistake: hitting Pike Logan.]]>
432 Brad Taylor 0063221993 Edward A Schultz 0 4.53 2023 The Devil's Ransom (Pike Logan, #17)
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<![CDATA[Guide to Wolfram|Alpha for Genealogy and Family History Research]]> 18454823
But what if there were a search engine that allowed queries in the form of a question and, in fact, preferred that format? You could classify the resulting search engine as more of an answer engine than anything else. And what if you could take the concept one step further and have this answer engine also calculate information based on set input parameters? Great concept, right?

Well such a search engine does exist: Wolfram|Alpha (). What sets this computational knowledge engine apart from other search engines is the ability to pull data from external sources (meaning websites outside of Wolfram|Alpha) that are curated (meaning selected for their data reliability and sources).]]>
43 Thomas MacEntee Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 3.76 2013 Guide to Wolfram|Alpha for Genealogy and Family History Research
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Erased 17605137
His memory is clear. His suddenly severed identity, a mystery. With seemingly no means of proving who he is, he fights through the maze of societal convention, struggling to resurrect his existence, hoping against all hope to get his life back. It proves a daunting task until several clues surface, leading him down a completely unsuspected road.

Is Daniel Rayne insane? Unless he can find another answer, it would appear to be the only conclusion left.]]>
304 Matthew Dunn Edward A Schultz 0 3.71 2007 Erased
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Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22) 63278248
Com todas as atenções concentradas nas linhas da frente de batalha, esta unidade pôde avançar para o interior do território e levar a cabo uma campanha de barbaridade indescritível. À medida que se deslocam de povoação em povoação, cometendo crimes de guerra horríveis, encontram pouca resistência, uma vez que todos os homens e mulheres capazes estão a combater na frente.

Em simultâneo, outra equipa de soldados russos é enviada pelo Kremlin para saquear obras de arte e tesouros culturais de valor incalculável escondidos em várias igrejas, museus e casas particulares de cidadãos ucranianos.

Quando vários membros de equipas de ajuda humanitária norte-americanas são mortos e feitos reféns, Scot Harvath, agente especial ao serviço dos Estados Unidos, é enviado para o terreno com a missão de levar a cabo o ajuste de contas final. Mas, num país tão vasto, será Harvath capaz de encontrar os homens em questão e, mais importante, será capaz de os deter antes que possam voltar a matar?]]>
320 Brad Thor 1982182229 Edward A Schultz 0 4.40 2023 Dead Fall (Scot Harvath #22)
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<![CDATA[A Soldier's Revenge (Spycatcher #6)]]> 29504308 Former intelligence agent Will Cochrane must evade US authorities hunting him down for a murder he didn’t commit in this captivating sixth entry in the acclaimed action-thriller series.

Former operative Will Cochrane wakes up in New York’s Waldorf Astoria and is horrified to see blood on his hands—something he remembers absolutely nothing about. When he then finds a woman murdered in his bathroom he knows he’s stepped into a wilderness of terror that is far more dangerous than anything he’s ever faced.

With no memory of the night before nor of the unfortunate woman, Will believes he is being framed and needs to outrun the police who will be looking for him very soon. Until this moment, Will has been on the precipice of a new life, one outside the intelligence service, and one that includes fatherhood. He’s agreed to adopt the twin sons of his former colleague and Navy SEAL operative Roger Koenig, and had been on his way to pick them up before he’d awakened to the carnage in New York.

Will knows his only chance to clear his name is to find the real killer while he’s still free. But he also has to find the twins, suspecting that they’re in danger as well. In Virginia, he discovers one boy alive and his brother missing and most likely kidnapped. What he also finds is the killer’s trail in the form of a man’s voice, which Will recognizes and believes belongs to an old nemesis, a Russian agent he has tangled with before. With local police, the FBI, and even his friends pursuing him, the clever and ruthless operative must track down his adversary, save the boys, and prove his innocence before it’s too late.

A superb blend of action and thrills that will keep readers on the edge of their seats, A Soldier’s Revenge is perfect for fans of Brad Thor, Daniel Silva, and Lee Child.]]>
325 Matthew Dunn 0062427210 Edward A Schultz 0 4.13 2016 A Soldier's Revenge (Spycatcher #6)
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<![CDATA[The Faithful Spy (John Wells, #1)]]> 6321832
John Wells is the only American CIA agent ever to penetrate al Qaeda. Since before the attacks in 2001, Wells has been hiding in the mountains of Pakistan, biding his time, building his cover. Now, on the orders of Omar Khadri–the malicious mastermind plotting more al Qaeda strikes on America–Wells is coming home. Neither Khadri nor Jennifer Exley, Wells’s superior at Langley, knows quite what to expect.

For Wells has changed during his years in the mountains. He has become a Muslim. He finds the United States decadent and shallow. Yet he hates al Qaeda and the way it uses Islam to justify its murderous assaults on innocents. He is a man alone, and the CIA–still reeling from its failure to predict 9/11 or find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq–does not know whether to trust him. Among his handlers at Langley, only Exley believes in him, and even she sometimes wonders. And so the agency freezes Wells out, preferring to rely on high-tech means for gathering intelligence.

But as that strategy fails and Khadri moves closer to unleashing the most devastating terrorist attack in history, Wells and Exley must somehow find a way to stop him, with or without the government’s consent.

From secret American military bases where suspects are held and “interrogated� to basement laboratories where al Qaeda’s scientists grow the deadliest of biological weapons, The Faithful Spy is a riveting and cautionary tale, as affecting in its personal stories as it is sophisticated in its political details. The first spy thriller to grapple squarely with the complexities and terrors of today’s world, this is a uniquely exciting and unnerving novel by an author who truly knows his territory.

From the Hardcover edition.]]>
352 Alex Berenson Edward A Schultz 0 4.22 2006 The Faithful Spy (John Wells, #1)
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The Spy House (Spycatcher #5) 25254969
In the fifth electrifying thriller featuring Will Cochrane, the Intelligence agent must solve the unsolvable: How did four international agents working on a super-secret mission die in a safe house bunker that was locked from the inside?
When the Israeli ambassador to France is shot dead in Paris by an unknown sniper, the Israeli government blames Hamas and begins planning a massive invasion to obliterate the terrorist organization once and for all. To avoid an all-out war, three members of the UN Security Council—the United States, France, and the United Kingdom—assemble a team of intelligence agents to uncover the truth behind the assassination.

But when the team stops responding and all four agents are found dead in a bunker locked from the inside, they turn to freelance intelligence operative Will Cochrane for answers. To find out what really happened in the Paris shooting and in the bunker and prevent an unwinnable war, Cochrane will use his years of knowledge and experience to unravel the truth . . . and maybe just keep himself alive.

Critics have called Will Cochrane a “ruthless yet noble� Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, “one-man weapon of mass destruction� Daily Telegraph�"a brilliant agent from whom “Bond and Bourne could learn a thing or two� Madison County Herald.

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351 Matthew Dunn Edward A Schultz 0 4.17 2015 The Spy House (Spycatcher #5)
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Conclave 40009848
Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world’s most secretive election.

They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals.

Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.]]>
305 Robert Harris Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.43 2016 Conclave
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Dark Spies (Spycatcher, #4) 22278736
On the run from the CIA, intelligence operative Will Cochrane heads to the United States to uncover a diabolical spymaster at the center of an international conspiracy in this thrilling follow-up to Slingshot.
Will Cochrane crouches on a hilltop, assembling his sniper rifle. He's still thinking about being removed from his mission tracking the terrorist financier Cobalt. Instead, he's been sent to babysit a CIA operative and her asset in Norway, a routine assignment far below the skill level of the only agent to earn the code name Spartan. But as he scans the vista before him, he sees something that's just not possible, an eminent Russian spymaster—code-named Antaeus—whom Will is sure he killed three years ago. . . .

Will reports to Langley immediately and the response is emphatic: Antaeus Must Not Be Touched. Further Inquiries Require Project Ferryman Clearance. Almost as soon as he hears this, Will sees Antaeus's men execute the asset Will was sent to protect, and Will decides to take a shot at the spymaster, knowing it will make him a marked man. Will manages to kill the attackers and save the CIA operative, but the elusive spymaster slips from his grasp, and both the CIA and MI6 tell him to surrender for disobeying orders.

Now the only way to save his career—and his life—is to get into the U.S. and expose the truth about Project Ferryman. But to accomplish this Will has to outmaneuver four deadly Russian assassins and an elite FBI team controlled by officials who will stop at nothing to keep their sins and secrets safe.

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468 Matthew Dunn Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.54 2014 Dark Spies (Spycatcher, #4)
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Sentinel 16055696
Fourteen days ago, CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, received a cryptic message from an agent operating deep undercover in Russia: "He has betrayed us and wants to go to war." Unable to make contact, the director of operations is forced to turn to one of his most deadly field officers—Will Cochrane. His mission is simple: infiltrate the remote submarine base in eastern Russia's Avacha Bay, locate the MI6 agent operating under the code name Svelte, and decode his message—or die trying.

It's a near-impossible task-even for a man who carries the code name Spartan, a title given to the most effective and deadliest Western intelligence officers. Will successfully locates the base but finds Svelte near death, his last words a final clue: Only Sentinel can stop him.

Meanwhile, political and economic tensions between the United States and Russia are rising by the day, with both sides rounding up known enemy sleeper agents within their borders for interrogation. Now it's up to Will—with the help of the top-secret joint CIA-MI6 Spartan Section—to uncover the true meaning of Svelte's message . . . and discover the identity of the legendary operative known only as Sentinel.]]>
320 Matthew Dunn 006203796X Edward A Schultz 0 3.89 2012 Sentinel
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<![CDATA[Seattle on Ice (A Brick Ransom Adventure, #1)]]> 46007845
In the middle of a rare Northwest blizzard, Brick is forced to cut his dinner short in order to protect three key witnesses � a bookkeeper, a stripper, and a deadly assassin � all of whom are set to testify against Seattle crime boss Frank Mason the next morning. When a gunman ambushes the first witness en route to his downtown hotel, and Brick’s partner is killed in the crossfire, it’s quickly apparent that moles within the police force are leaking the whereabouts of each witness back to Mason in a last-ditch effort to keep the criminal kingpin from ever standing trial.

As the storm worsens, and the city freezes to a standstill, it’s up to Brick Ransom to protect the last two witnesses, outwit Frank Mason’s team of killers and crooked cops, and do his best to ignore his growling stomach, all while struggling to contain his growing fascination with Witness #2.

With its signature blend of dark humor and page-turning action, Seattle On Ice is Mike Attebery’s most exciting book yet!]]>
224 Mike Attebery Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 3.49 2011 Seattle on Ice (A Brick Ransom Adventure, #1)
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<![CDATA[Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1)]]> 61341417 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man comes a twisting new psychological thriller in which two women—one a former detective, the other a dangerous con artist—go head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse.

Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life similar to that of many moms: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats.

When Mickey gets a call from a colleague named Arlene Robinson, she thinks nothing of Arlene’s unusual request for her to go inventory the vacant home of an arms dealer who cheated ProEye’s clients and fled. That is, until she arrives at the mansion to discover a dead body in a secret room—and that nothing is as it seems.

Not only does the arms dealer not exist but the murder victim turns out to be Harry Lancaster, a man with mob ties who used to be in Witness Protection. What’s more, no one named Arlene Robinson works at ProEye.

In the blink of an eye, Gibson has become a prime suspect in a murder investigation—and now her job is also on the line until she proves that she was set up. Before long, Gibson is locked in a battle of wits with a brilliant woman with no name, a hidden past, and unknown motives—whose end game is as mysterious as it is deadly.]]>
416 David Baldacci 1538750597 Edward A Schultz 0 4.15 2023 Simply Lies (Mickey Gibson, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Bullet Garden (Earl Swagger #4)]]> 61311069 The long-anticipated origin story of legendary sniper, fan favorite, and father of literary icon Bob Lee takes us to the battlefields of World War II as Earl Swagger embarks on a top secret and deadly mission—from Pulitzer Prize­–winning and New York Times bestselling Stephen Hunter, “one of the best thriller novelists around� (The Washington Post).

July, 1944: The lush, rolling hills of Normandy are dotted with a new feature—German snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. It’s clear that someone is tipping off these snipers with the locations of American soldiers, but who? And how?

General Eisenhower demands his intelligence service to find the best shot in the Allied military to counter this deadly SS operation. Enter Earl Swagger, an Army Major assigned this crucial and bloody mission. With crosshairs on his back, Swagger can’t trust anyone as he infiltrates the shadowy corners of London and France for answers.

From “a true master at the pinnacle of his craft� (Jack Carr, author of the Terminal List series), The Bullet Garden is an electrifying historical thriller that is sure to become a classic.]]>
480 Stephen Hunter Edward A Schultz 0 4.39 2023 The Bullet Garden (Earl Swagger #4)
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<![CDATA[Treasury of Scripture Knowledge]]> 43573438
- 800,000 cross-references, listing verses that illustrate how words and phrases are used elsewhere in the Bible.
- Brief chapter summaries.
- Dates and other notes.

R. A. Torrey is often accredited as the author of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, but in reality he was less involved in the authorship and more involved in its promotion.]]>
16306 Reuben A. Torrey Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 3.50 1990 Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Spycatcher 12215675
“Not since Fleming charged Bond with the safety of the world has the international secret agent mystique been so anchored with an insider’s reality.”—Noah Boyd, New York Times bestselling author of Agent X and The Bricklayer

“A real spy proves he is a real writer—and a truly deft and inventive one. Spycatcher is a stunning debut.”—Ted Bell, New York Times bestselling author of Warlord

A real life former field officer, Matthew Dunn makes an extraordinary debut with Spycatcher, a masterwork of international espionage fiction that crackles with electrifying authenticity. Fans of Daniel Silva, Robert Ludlum, Brad Thor, and Vince Flynn will be on the edge of their seats as intelligence agent Will Cochrane—working on a joint covert mission for the CIA and MI6—sets out to capture a brilliant and ruthless Iranian spy. Timely and gripping, Spycatcher rockets the reader into a shadowy world of terrorism and counter-terrorism, and holds them in an iron grip until the last pulse-pounding page is turned.]]>
400 Mathew Dunn 0062037900 Edward A Schultz 0 3.77 2011 Spycatcher
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<![CDATA[The Cabinet of Dr. Leng (Pendergast #21)]]> 60677335
Meanwhile, in present-day New York, Agent Pendergast is desperate to find a way to reunite with Constance � but will he find a way before it's too late?]]>
455 Douglas Preston 1538736802 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.46 2023 The Cabinet of Dr. Leng  (Pendergast #21)
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Burner (Gray Man, #12) 61177813 Court Gentry is caught between the Russian mafia and the CIA in this latest electrifying thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Gray Man series.

When you kick over a rock, you never know what's going to crawl out.Ěý
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Alex Velesky is about to discover that the hard way. He's stolen records from the Swiss bank that employs him, thinking that he'll uncover a criminal conspiracy. But he soon finds that he's tapped into the mother lode of corruption. Before he knows it, he's being hunted by everyone from the Russian mafia to the CIA.Ěý
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Court Gentry and his erstwhile lover, Zoya Zakharova, find themselves on opposites poles when it comes to Velesky. They both want him but for different reasons.Ěý
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That's a problem for tomorrow. Today they need to keep him and themselves alive. Right now, it's not looking good.]]>
527 Mark Greaney 0593548116 Edward A Schultz 0 4.57 2023 Burner (Gray Man, #12)
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Slingshot 18131577
Will tracks both the missing Russian and his kidnappers, believing the defector has his own warped agenda. But soon it's apparent that the real perpetrator could be someone much more powerful: a former East German Stasi officer who instigated a supersecret pact between Russian and U.S. generals almost twenty years ago. An agreement, which if broken for any reason, was designed to unleash the world's deadliest assassin.

Then Will learns that the Russians have tasked their own "spycatcher"—an agent just as ruthless and relentless as Will—to retrieve the document. Now Will knows that he faces two very clever and deadly adversaries, who will stop at nothing to achieve their aims.]]>
421 Matthew Dunn 0062038087 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.07 2013 Slingshot
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We, Brave new world 55221353 Brave New World... Before 1984... There was...

WE

Set in the twenty-sixth century AD, We is the classic dystopian novel. In the totalitarian society of the OneState of the great Benefactor, in a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, is a world where people are numbers, there are no individuals, only numbers. Life has been reduced to a mathematical perfectly balanced equation, an ongoing process of mathematical precision. Free will is a disease. Primitive passions, instincts, and creativity have been subdued. Even nature has been defeated, banished behind the Green Wall. But one frontier remains: outer space. Now, with the creation of the spaceship Integral, that frontier, and whatever alien species are to be found there, will be subjugated to the beneficent yoke of reason.

One number, D-503, chief architect of the Integral, decides to record his thoughts in the final days before the launch for the benefit of less advanced societies. But a chance meeting with the beautiful 1-330 results in an unexpected discovery that threatens everything D-503 believes about himself and the One State... the discovery, or rediscovery, of inner space, and that disease the ancients called the soul, and Love.]]>
461 Yevgeny Zamyatin Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 3.97 1924 We, Brave new world
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Chrysalis (Jeremy Logan, #6) 59350598
And yet, when Logan is summoned by Chrysalis to investigate a disturbing anomaly in the massive new product rollout, Logan is shocked to see the true scope of the massive company. He also quickly realizes that something in Chrysalis’s technology is very wrong, and could be potentially devastating. The question is what, and where is the danger coming from? In Lincoln Child’s wildly inventive new novel, high tech comes to life alongside the myriad dangers it poses, making for one of Child’s most infectious, entertaining thrillers to date]]>
304 Lincoln Child 0385543689 Edward A Schultz 0 3.89 2022 Chrysalis (Jeremy Logan, #6)
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Savage Son (Terminal List #3) 49700206 In this third high-octane thriller in the “seriously good� (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Past Tense) Terminal List series, former Navy SEAL James Reece must infiltrate the Russian mafia and turn the hunters into the hunted.

Deep in the wilds of Siberia, a woman is on the run, pursued by a man harboring secrets—a man intent on killing her.

A traitorous CIA officer has found refuge with the Russian mafia with designs on ensuring a certain former Navy SEAL sniper is put in the ground.

Half a world away, James Reece is recovering from brain surgery in the Montana wilderness, slowly putting his life back together with the help of investigative journalist Katie Buranek and his longtime friend and SEAL teammate Raife Hastings. Unbeknownst to them, the Russian mafia has set their sights on Reece in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

In his most visceral and heart-pounding thriller yet, Jack Carr explores the darkest instincts of humanity through the eyes of a man who has seen both the best and the worst of it.]]>
416 Jack Carr Edward A Schultz 0 4.49 2020 Savage Son (Terminal List #3)
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<![CDATA[True Believer (Terminal List, #2)]]> 51812465 In acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skill, cunning, and heroism put the US government back in his debt and set him on another path of revenge.

When a string of horrific terrorist attacks plagues the Western world during the holiday season, the broader markets fall into a tailspin. The attacks are being coordinated by a shadowy former Iraqi commando who has disappeared into Europe’s underground. The United States government has an asset who can turn the Iraqi against his masters: James Reece, the most-wanted domestic terrorist alive.

After avenging the deaths of his family and team members, Reece emerges deep in the wilds of Mozambique, protected by the family of his estranged best friend and former SEAL Team member. When a series of events uncovers his whereabouts, the CIA recruits him, using a Presidential pardon for Reece and immunity for the friends who helped him in his mission of vengeance.

Now a reluctant tool of the United States government, Reece travels the globe, targeting terrorist leaders and unraveling a geopolitical conspiracy that exposes a traitorous CIA officer and uncovers a sinister assassination plot with worldwide repercussions.

A high-intensity roller-coaster ride, True Believer explodes with action and authenticity that cements Jack Carr as the new leader in political thrillers.]]>
497 Jack Carr Edward A Schultz 0 4.51 2019 True Believer (Terminal List, #2)
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Armored (Armored, #1) 59473109 A novel inspired by #1 New York Times best-selling author Mark Greaney’s Audible Original drama, Armored.Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent—a professional bodyguard—and he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is, he was until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his primary out alive, but the cost was high. Josh lost his lower left leg.ĚýĚýThere's not much call for an elite bodyguard with such an injury. So, Josh has to support his family working as a mall cop in New Jersey. For a man like Josh, this is purgatory on earth, but miracles can occur even in Paramus.ĚýĚýA lucky run-in with an old comrade promises to get Josh back in the field for one last job. The UN is sending a peace mission into the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico, an area so dangerous it's known as Espinazo del Diablo—the Devil's Spine. Only a fool would think they could broker peace between the homicidal drug cartels in the region, and only a madman would sign on to keep those fools alive.]]> 510 Mark Greaney Edward A Schultz 0 4.38 2022 Armored (Armored, #1)
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<![CDATA[The Devil's Hand (Terminal List, #4)]]> 54330139 INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR “Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!� —Chris Pratt, star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal List This fourth thriller in the Terminal List series �should go down as one of the best books in the genre, period� (The Real Book Spy) as it follows former Navy SEAL James Reece embarking on a top-secret CIA mission of retribution twenty years.It’s been twenty years since September 11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and embarked on twenty years of war. The enemy has been patient, learning, and adapting. And the enemy is ready to strike again. A new president offers hope to a country weary of conflict. He’s a young, popular, self-made visionary…but he’s also a man with a secret. Halfway across the globe a regional superpower struggles with sanctions imposed by the United States and her European allies, a country whose ancient religion spawned a group of ruthless assassins. Faced with internal dissent and extrajudicial targeted killings by the United States and Israel, the Supreme Leader puts a plan in motion to defeat the most powerful nation on earth. Meanwhile, a young PhD student has gained access to a bioweapon thought to be confined to a classified military laboratory known only to a select number of officials. A second-generation agent, he has been assigned a mission that will bring his adopted homeland to its knees. With Jack Carr’s “absolutely intense� (Chuck Norris) writing and “gripping authenticity� (The Real Book Spy), The Devil’s Hand is “another intense international thriller� (AARP The Magazine) that will leave you gasping for breath.]]> 516 Jack Carr Edward A Schultz 0 4.57 2021 The Devil's Hand (Terminal List, #4)
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<![CDATA[In the Blood (Terminal List, #5)]]> 58467253 “Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!� —Chris Pratt, star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal List

The #1 New York Times bestselling Terminal List series continues as James Reece embarks on a global journey of vengeance.

A woman boards a plane in the African country of Burkina Faso having just completed a targeted assassination for the state of Israel. Two minutes later, her plane is blown out of the sky.

Over 6,000 miles away, former Navy SEAL James Reece watches the names and pictures of the victims on cable news. One face triggers a distant memory of a Mossad operative attached to the CIA years earlier in Iraq—a woman with ties to the intelligence services of two nations…a woman Reece thought he would never see again.

Reece enlists friends new and old across the globe to track down her killer, unaware that he may be walking into a deadly trap.]]>
480 Jack Carr 1982181680 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.64 2022 In the Blood (Terminal List, #5)
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<![CDATA[Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7)]]> 60395678
Things are changing for Decker. He’s in crisis following the suicide of a close friend and receipt of a letter concerning a personal issue which could change his life forever. Together with the prospect of working with a new partner, Frederica White, Amos knows that this case will take all of his special skills to solve.

As darkness falls, evil comes to light . . .

Judge Julia Cummins seemingly had no enemies, and there was no forced entry to her property. Close friends and neighbours in the community apparently heard nothing, and Cummins� distraught ex-husband, Barry, and teenage son, Tyler, both have strong alibis. Decker must first find the answer to why the judge felt the need for a bodyguard, and the meaning behind the strange calling card left by the killer.

Someone has decided it’s payback time.]]>
448 David Baldacci 1538719797 Edward A Schultz 0 4.44 2022 Long Shadows (Amos Decker, #7)
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<![CDATA[Oath of Loyalty (Mitch Rapp, #21)]]> 60241525
With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him.

This fragile détente holds until Cook’s power-hungry security adviser convinces him that Rapp has no intention of honoring their agreement. In an effort to put him on the defensive, they leak the true identity of his partner, Claudia Gould. As Rapp races to neutralize the enemies organizing against her, he discovers that a new generation of assassins is on her trail. A killer known to intelligence agencies only as Legion.

The shadowy group has created a business model based on double-blind secrecy. Neither the killer nor the client knows the other’s identity. Because of this, Legion can’t be called off nor can they afford to fail. No matter how long it takes - weeks, months, years - they won’t stand down until their target is dead. Faced with the seemingly impossible task of finding and stopping Legion, Rapp and his people must close ranks against a world that has turned on them.]]>
384 Kyle Mills Edward A Schultz 0 4.49 2022 Oath of Loyalty (Mitch Rapp, #21)
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<![CDATA[The Terminal List (Terminal List, #1)]]> 51812516 A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller.

On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government.

Now, with no family and free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he’s learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward avenging the deaths of his family and teammates. With breathless pacing and relentless suspense, Reece ruthlessly targets his enemies in the upper echelons of power without regard for the laws of combat or the rule of law.]]>
417 Jack Carr Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.46 2018 The Terminal List (Terminal List, #1)
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Dream Town (Archer, #3) 58767158
After events escalate—mysterious calls, the same car outside her house, and a bloody knife in her sink—Eleanor fears for her life. First a dead body turns up inside of Eleanor’s home . . . and Eleanor herself disappears.

To find both the murderer and Eleanor, Archer enlists Callahan and his partner Willie Dash. The investigation takes him from mob-ridden Las Vegas to glamorous Hollywood to the darkest corners of Los Angeles—a city where beautiful faces belong to cutthroat schemers, cops can be more corrupt than criminals . . . and powerful people who took his client will kill Archer on their trail.]]>
432 David Baldacci 1538719789 Edward A Schultz 0 4.17 2022 Dream Town (Archer, #3)
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<![CDATA[The Execution (Jeremy Fisk #2)]]> 20458191 NYPD Detective Jeremy Fisk—introduced in Law & Order creator Dick Wolf’s New York Times bestselling debut The Intercept—must stop an assassin in the pay of a shadowy cartel in The Execution, a tense thriller that superbly blends suspense, politics, intrigue and high-flying action in the tradition of Vince Flynn, David Baldacci, and Robert Crais.

Ten days after the Mexican presidential election, twenty-three bodies are discovered beheaded on the United States border, each marked with a carving of a Hummingbird. Detective Cecilia Garza of the Mexican intelligence agency recognizes it: it is the signature of an assassin called Chuparosa. Garza has been pursuing the killer for years, yet knows little about him, except that he’s heading to New York—with the rest of the world.

It’s United Nations Week in Manhattan and Jeremy Fisk can’t let grief over a devastating loss keep him from safeguarding his city. Complicating matters is the startling news of a mass murder in nearby Rockaway—and the arrival of a disturbingly beautiful and assertive Mexican cop.

To have a chance at finding Chuparosa, these uneasy allies must learn to work together and fast. As they soon discover, there’s more to this threat than meets the eye—and that justice is not always blind.

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405 Dick Wolf Edward A Schultz 0 4.22 2014 The Execution (Jeremy Fisk #2)
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<![CDATA[Islamic Doctrine versus the U.S. Constitution: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officials]]> 49151750 223 Stephen Kirby Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 5.00 Islamic Doctrine versus the U.S. Constitution: The Dilemma for Muslim Public Officials
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<![CDATA[Saucer: The Conquest (Saucer, #2)]]> 10786131 Bestselling author Stephen Coonts took fans by surprise with the phenomenal and heart-pounding tale of Saucer. Now Rip Cantrell and Charley Pine are back for seconds with The Conquest. Rip Cantrell is brought back to give the saucer one last flight. Charley Pine has started flying for a rich French tycoon, and there is believed to be another downed saucer somewhere in the area. Rip can't quite get over the fact that Charley has dumped him. But when push comes to shove Rip and the United States Government are going to go head to head with this crazy Frenchman in trying to be the first to the saucer. As Stephen Coonts proved in his last outing, there is a great deal of high-flying adventure to be found in the Saucer series. And this one not only promises all the excitement of the last one, but it delivers with much, much more.]]> 363 Stephen Coonts Edward A Schultz 0 4.22 2004 Saucer: The Conquest (Saucer, #2)
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<![CDATA[A Safe House (Stone Barrington, #61)]]> 58512985 320 Stuart Woods 0593331761 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 3.75 2022 A Safe House (Stone Barrington, #61)
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<![CDATA[Rising Tiger (Scot Harvath #21)]]> 59431846 Deadly operative Scot Harvath faces down the country’s most powerful enemy in #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor’s new white-knuckle thriller.

An unprecedented, potentially nation-ending threat has materialized on the world stage. Though the United States has long been aware of the growing risk, administration after administration has passed the buck, fearful of the global consequences of engaging this enemy head-on. The clock, however, has now run out and doing nothing is no longer an option. With the stakes higher than they have ever been, it is time to unleash Scot Harvath.

As America’s top spy, Harvath has the unparalleled skills and experience necessary to handle any situation, but this assignment feels different and appears doomed from the start.

Thrust into a completely unfamiliar culture, with few he can trust, the attempts on his life begin piling up the moment he arrives. Someone, somewhere, knows far too much.

With democracy itself hanging in the balance, Harvath will risk everything to untangle the explosive plot and bring every last bad actor to justice.]]>
320 Brad Thor Edward A Schultz 0 4.34 2022 Rising Tiger (Scot Harvath #21)
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Saucer (Saucer, #1) 6480464 263 Stephen Coonts Edward A Schultz 0 4.03 2002 Saucer (Saucer, #1)
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<![CDATA[The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1)]]> 59586621
Then one morning Devine’s tedious routine is shattered by an anonymous email: She is dead.

Sara Ewes, Devine’s coworker and former girlfriend, has been found hanging in a storage room of his office building—presumably a suicide, prompting the NYPD to come calling on him. If that wasn’t enough, Devine receives another ominous visit, a confrontation that threatens to dredge up grim secrets from his past in the Army unless he participates in a clandestine investigation into his firm.

This treacherous role will take Travis from the impossibly glittering lives he once saw only through a train window, to the darkest corners of the country’s economic halls of power…where something rotten lurks. And apart from this high-stakes conspiracy, there’s a killer out there with their own agenda, and Devine is the bullseye.]]>
593 David Baldacci 1538719878 Edward A Schultz 0 4.17 2022 The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1)
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Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4) 57892302
For her entire life, FBI agent Atlee Pine has been searching for her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Mercy’s disappearance left behind a damaged family that later shattered beyond repair when Atlee’s parents inexplicably abandoned her.

Now, after a perilous investigation that nearly proved fatal, Atlee has finally discovered not only the reason behind her parents� abandonment and Mercy’s kidnapping, but also the most promising breakthrough yet: proof that Mercy survived her abduction and then escaped her captors many years ago.

Though Atlee is tantalizingly close to her family at last, the final leg of her long road to Mercy will be the most treacherous yet. Mercy left at least one dead body behind before fleeing her captors years before. Atlee has no idea if her sister is still alive, and if so, how she has been surviving all this time. When the truth is finally revealed, Atlee Pine will face the greatest danger yet, and it may well cost her everything]]>
432 David Baldacci Edward A Schultz 0 4.36 2021 Mercy (Atlee Pine, #4)
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End of Days (Pike Logan #16) 57913289
When a paragliding trip over the picturesque mountains of Switzerland results in the brutal murder of the former head of Israeli intelligence, Mossad brings in terrorist hunters Aaron and Shoshana to investigate. But they’ll need help to find out who was behind the attack and what they’re planning next. Luckily, Aaron and Shoshana know exactly who to call.

Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill have been trapped in Charleston, South Carolina, during COVID-19, so when Aaron and Shoshana show up on their doorstep with Israeli passports and a new mission, they jump at the chance to assist their friends. Kata’ib Hezbollah, an Iranian-funded militia group operating in Iraq, has recently claimed responsibility for the “accidental� deaths of key members of the American and Israeli governments. But something isn’t adding up, and Pike, Jennifer, and the two Mossad operators are determined to find out what’s really going on.

As they investigate, they’ll have to wade deep into the contentious religious and political fractures of Israel and the greater Middle East. It’s a dangerous world where fanatics and legitimate organizations exist side by side, and it’s up to the Taskforce crew to determine who is pulling the strings. What they find could have disastrous consequences not only for the Middle East, but for the entire world…]]>
464 Brad Taylor 0062886126 Edward A Schultz 0 4.47 2022 End of Days (Pike Logan #16)
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<![CDATA[Shooting Gallery (Dewey Andreas, #7.5)]]> 39938663 A new short story by New York Times bestselling thriller writer Ben Coes � with time running out, Dewey Andreas is the last hope for a prominent kidnapping victim. The newly sworn in Vice President of the United States has a problem. Her son, off in college, doesn't care for his security detail. So when Spring Break comes around, he slips away from his bodyguard, picks up his best friend, and heads to Mexico for an intended week of sun, sand, women, and hoped-for debauchery. But when he arrives at the airport, a team of well-armed kidnappers grab both him and his friend and escape. Now they're demanding that an exorbitant ransom be paid in only a few hours � and if it's not, both boys will be killed.

Dewey Andreas, CIA operative and former Delta, happens to be in Mexico, taking some time away and helping friends Katie Fox and Rob Tacoma with a private job. Hoping to relax, Andreas is now the only hope these two young men have of surviving their misadventure. But Mexico is a big country and, before anything else, Dewey has to find the missing boys. Even then, it's a race against the clock, with a highly-trained group of vicious men waiting at the other end.

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40 Ben Coes 1250203333 Edward A Schultz 0 3.97 2018 Shooting Gallery (Dewey Andreas, #7.5)
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Redemption 59431888 A man discovers that quitting his job comes with a price--his life--in this breakneck financial thriller from the acclaimed author of the Joe DeMarco series.



With his reputation permanently marred by an insider trading conviction, Jamison Maddox, a young Wall Street broker, reluctantly takes a job doing research for a small company in the sleepy town of Redemption, Illinois.

But when he falls in love with a beautiful and enigmatic colleague, Gillian, Jamison begins to realize that he may be doing illegal work for the company. So when she asks him to run away with her, he agrees wholeheartedly. The two set off across the country, hoping to secure some money and go into hiding. The company is soon on their tails, pursuing them with the single-minded goal of silencing them forever.

If Jamison hadn't realized how dangerous these people really are, he now realizes they will stop at nothing to protect the company. And he has no idea that his lover, a stunning woman shrouded in mystery, is as dangerous as the people he's running from.

"[An] excellent legal thriller. . . . Lawson's meticulous plotting keeps upping the suspense to nearly unbearable levels. This basic plot worked wonders 30 years ago for John Grisham in The Firm; in Lawson's capable hands it's once again a winner." --Publishers Weekly

Praise for Mike Lawson

"A reliably excellent writer . . . As always, Lawson's plotting is ingenious and his characters memorable." --Seattle Times

"What a pleasure to read a book by a writer who gets everything right--the engaging protagonist, the fluid and often funny dialogue, the quick-paced and believable plot . . . A." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Lawson remains at the top of his game." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"This is a consistently entertaining, well-crafted series. The real mystery here is why Lawson has yet to garner a major award." --Booklist (starred review)]]>
304 Mike Lawson 0802159540 Edward A Schultz 0 4.32 2022 Redemption
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<![CDATA[The Russia Account (Tommy Carmellini #9)]]> 39720623
Burglar turned CIA warrior Tommy Carmellini has starred in eight previous Coonts� thrillers, from Liars and Thieves to Coonts� latest from Regnery, The Armageddon File. Realistic, passionate, in love with life, Tommy struggles in our turbulent age. Critics have labeled him a “hip, modern hero.� With the help of his mentor Jake Grafton, up to now Carmellini has always managed to foil his enemies. Discovering and defeating the powerful forces behind this massive, blood-stained financial conspiracy that threatens the very foundations of the United States government will be his most difficult challenge. Perhaps, he suspects, an impossible one.]]>
345 Stephen Coonts 1621577171 Edward A Schultz 0 4.49 2019 The Russia Account (Tommy Carmellini #9)
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Crime and Punishment 19912593 182 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0486114856 Edward A Schultz 0 4.35 1866 Crime and Punishment
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Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly #3) 58397711 FromĚýNew York TimesĚýbestsellers Preston and Child, archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson are tasked with the mysterious deaths of two people found at a site where a UFO allegedly crashed decades before. Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal—to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job.Ěý Nora's excavation immediately uncovers two murder victims buried at the site, faces and hands obliterated with acid to erase their identities. Special Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned to the case. As Nora’s excavation proceeds, uncovering things both bizarre and seemingly inexplicable, Corrie’s homicide investigation throws open a Pandora's box of espionage and violence, uncovering bloody traces of a powerful forceĚýthat will stop at nothing to protect its secrets—and that threatens to engulf them all in an unimaginable fate.]]> 368 Douglas Preston 153873673X Edward A Schultz 5 4.31 2022 Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly #3)
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The Cove (FBI Thriller, #1) 8523073 Publishers Weekly) page-turner, the daughter of a murdered high-powered lawyer seeks sanctuary in a quaint little town, only to learn she can't escape her past-or FBI Special Agent Dillon Savich.]]> 388 Catherine Coulter Edward A Schultz 0 3.93 1996 The Cove (FBI Thriller, #1)
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Sierra Six (Gray Man, #11) 58122885 528 Mark Greaney 0593099001 Edward A Schultz 0 4.59 2022 Sierra Six (Gray Man, #11)
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Relentless (Gray Man, #10) 53990866
The first agent disappearance was a puzzle
The second was a mystery
The third was a conspiracy

Intelligence operatives around the world are disappearing. When a missing American agent re- appears in Venezuela, Court Gentry, the Gray Man, is dispatched to bring him in, but a team of assassins has other ideas. Court escapes with his life and a vital piece of intelligence.

Meanwhile, CIA agent Zoya Zakharova is in Berlin. Her mission: to infiltrate a private intelligence firm with some alarming connections. The closer she gets to answers, the less likely she is to get out alive.

Court and Zoya are just two pieces on this international chessboard, and they're about to discover one undeniable truth--sometimes capturing a king requires sacrificing some pawns.]]>
496 Mark Greaney Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.50 2021 Relentless (Gray Man, #10)
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<![CDATA[Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam]]> 43591222 A riveting Vietnam War story--and one of the most dramatic in aviation history--told by a New York Times bestselling author and a prominent aviation historianEvery war has its "bridge"--Old North Bridge at Concord, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, the railway bridge over Burma's River Kwai, the bridge over Germany's Rhine River at Remagen, and the bridges over Korea's Toko Ri. In Vietnam it was the bridge at Thanh Hoa, called Dragon's Jaw.For seven long years hundreds of young US airmen flew sortie after sortie against North Vietnam's formidable and strategically important bridge, dodging a heavy concentration of anti-aircraft fire and enemy MiG planes. Many American airmen were shot down, killed, or captured and taken to the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" POW camp. But after each air attack, when the smoke cleared and the debris settled, the bridge stubbornly remained standing. For the North Vietnamese it became a symbol of their invincibility; for US war planners an obsession; for US airmen a testament to American mettle and valor.Using after-action reports, official records, and interviews with surviving pilots, as well as untapped Vietnamese sources, Dragon's Jaw chronicles American efforts to destroy the bridge, strike by bloody strike, putting readers into the cockpits, under fire. The story of the Dragon's Jaw is a story rich in bravery, courage, audacity, and sometimes luck, sometimes tragedy. The "bridge" story of Vietnam is an epic tale of war against a determined foe.]]> 321 Stephen Coonts 0306903466 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.02 2019 Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam
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<![CDATA[Saucer: Savage Planet (Saucer, #3)]]> 19600180 Full of UFO's, futuristic technology, edge-of-your-seat flying scenes and unforgettable characters, human and otherwise, Stephen Coonts' Savage Planet is classic storytelling at its best . . . and pure, unadulterated fun. Aliens are coming! A year after young engineering student Rip Cantrell discovered the first flying saucer buried deep in the sands of the Sahara, another saucer is brought up from the bottom of the Atlantic. The recovery is funded by a pharmaceutical executive who believes that the saucer holds the key to an anti-aging drug formula that space travelers would need to voyage between galaxies. But one of his technicians, Adam Solo, an alien marooned on Earth for a thousand years, steals the saucer, hoping to summon a starship to rescue him. Unfortunately, the stolen saucer has damaged communications gear.Solo goes to Rip Cantrell and his partner, ex-Air Force test pilot Charlotte "Charley" Pine, and Rip's uncle Egg, for help in summoning a starship. Meanwhile, as a terrified world fearful of space invaders approaches meltdown, big pharma moguls and their thugs are hot on the trail of the foursome.In a world turned upside down, it may be the arriving aliens who offer limitless possibilities. Rip and Charley face an incredible Do they dare leave the safety of earth to travel into the great wilderness of the universe?]]> 348 Stephen Coonts 146683921X Edward A Schultz 0 4.19 2014 Saucer: Savage Planet (Saucer, #3)
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Cemetery Road 40608610 ĚýĚýĚý—Ě� Washington Post When Marshall McEwan left his Mississippi hometown at eighteen, he vowed never to return. The trauma that drove him away spurred him to become one of the most successful journalists in Washington, DC. But as the ascendancy of a chaotic administration lifts him from print fame to television stardom, Marshall discovers that his father is terminally ill, and he must return home to face the unfinished business of his past. On arrival, he finds Bienville, Mississippi very much changed.Ěý His family’s 150-year-old newspaper is failing; and Jet Talal, the love of his youth, has married into the family of Max Matheson, one of a dozen powerful patriarchs who rule the town through the exclusive Bienville Poker Club. ĚýTo Marshall’s surprise, the Poker Club has taken a town on the brink of extinction and offered it salvation, in the form of a billion-dollar Chinese paper mill. ĚýBut on the verge of the deal being consummated, two murders rock Bienville to its core, threatening far more than the city’s economic future. An experienced journalist, Marshall has seen firsthand how the corrosive power of money and politics can sabotage investigations. Joining forces with his former lover—who through her husband has access to the secrets of the Poker Club—Marshall begins digging for the truth behind those murders.Ěý But he and Jet soon discover that the soil of Mississippi is a minefield where explosive secrets can destroy far more than injustice.Ěý The South is a land where everyone hides of blood and children, of love and shame, of hate and murder—of damnation and redemption.Ěý The Poker Club’s secret reaches all the way to Washington, D.C., and could shake the foundations of the U.S. Senate.Ěý But by the time Marshall grasps the long-buried truth about his own history, he would give almost anything not to have to face it.]]> 616 Greg Iles 0062824635 Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.36 2019 Cemetery Road
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<![CDATA[Use of Force (Scot Harvath, #16)]]> 33309741 Identified as a high value terrorism suspect (who had disappeared three years prior), his name sends panic through the Central Intelligence Agency.

Where was he headed? What was he planning? And could he be connected to the “spectacular attack� they have been fearing all summer?

In a race against time, the CIA taps an unorthodox source to get answers: Navy SEAL turned covert counterterrorism operative, Scot Harvath.

Hired on a black contract, Harvath will provide the deniability the United States needs, while he breaks every rule along the way.

Packed with pulse-pounding action, fascinating characters, and electrifying intrigue, Brad Thor does it again and proves why he is known around-the-world as the “Master of Thrillers.�

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369 Brad Thor Edward A Schultz 0 4.41 2017 Use of Force (Scot Harvath, #16)
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Arctic Gold (Deep Black, #7) 8128087 mafiya, who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the ocean's floor.

While Dean is sent to the Arctic to rescue the hostages, the beautiful Lia DeFrancesca penetrates a heavily guarded dacha on the shores of the Black Sea. Here she learns the explosive truth about Russia and its Arctic oil - one that could cost Dean and his Deep Black team their lives - and drive the world's superpowers to the brink of war.]]>
448 Stephen Coonts Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.42 2009 Arctic Gold (Deep Black, #7)
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<![CDATA[A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)]]> 40691185 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Absorbing . . . impossible to resist.”Ěý—The Washington PostAs Europe erupts, can one young spy protect his queen? #1ĚýNew York TimesĚýbestselling author Ken Follett takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with his magnificent new epic,ĚýA Column of Fire. A thrilling read that makes the perfect gift for the holidays. ĚýIn 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict. As power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and love.Ěý Ěý Ned Willard wants nothing more than to marry Margery Fitzgerald. But when the lovers find themselves on opposing sides of the religious conflict dividing the country, Ned goes to work for Princess Elizabeth. When she becomes queen, all Europe turns against England. The shrewd, determined young monarch sets up the country’s first secret service to give her early warning of assassination plots, rebellions, and invasion plans. Over a turbulent half century, the love between Ned and Margery seems doomed as extremism sparks violence from Edinburgh to Geneva. Elizabeth clings to her throne and her principles, protected by a small, dedicated group of resourceful spies and courageous secret agents. Ěý The real enemies, then as now, are not the rival religions. The true battle pitches those who believe in tolerance and compromise against the tyrants who would impose their ideas on everyone else—no matter what the cost. Ěý Set during one of the most turbulent and revolutionary times in history,ĚýA Column of FireĚýis one of Follett’s most exciting and ambitious works yet. It will delight longtime fans of the Kingsbridge series and is the perfect introduction for readers new to Ken Follett.]]> 923 Ken Follett Edward A Schultz 0 currently-reading 4.49 2017 A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3)
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