January 2022 list by S. Ward |
|
|
|
End of Days
by Brad Taylor
Two Mossad terrorist hunters visit Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill to request assistance in tracking down who was behind an attack that killed government officials.
|
|
|
|
The Final Case
by David Guterson
Eighty-year-old Seattle criminal attorney Royal, in the last days of his long career, takes on the case of conservative, white fundamentalists Christians Delven and Betsy Harvey, who are accused of murdering their adopted daughter from Ethiopia.
|
|
|
|
Find Me
by Alafair Burke
A Manhattan defense lawyer searches for her missing best friend, a person who never recovered from amnesia after an accident, with the help of a homicide detective who thinks the disappearance might be related to a cold case.
|
|
|
|
A Flicker in the Dark
by Stacy Willingham
Twenty years after her father was arrested as a serial killer, Louisiana psychologist Chloe Davis becomes alarmed when local teenage girls once again go missing and she begins seeing parallels that may or may not be there.
|
|
|
|
The Good Son
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
When her son is released from prison after serving time for the negligent homicide of his girlfriend, Thea is committed to helping him make amends until attempts on their lives are made, leading her to believe that those who are threatening them have something to hide.
|
|
|
|
Greenwich Park
by Katherine Faulkner
Helen innocently befriends Rachel at a prenatal class despite the woman’s unbecoming behavior and has no idea her new friend has ulterior motives and is on a vindictive mission to ruin the lives of her extended family.
|
|
|
|
Lightning in a Mirror
by Jayne Ann Krentz
When her speed dating experiment leads her to Harlan Rancourt, who—long believed dead—needs her help locating a legendary lab, psychic investigator Olivia LeClair must use her unique gift to get them to the top-secret lab before innocent people die.
|
|
|
|
The Magnolia Palace
by Fiona Davis
When mod English model Veronica Weber, while at the Frick museum, chances upon a series of hidden messages, she is led on a hunt that could not only solve her financial woes but could finally reveal the truth behind a decades-old murder in the infamous Frick family.
|
|
|
|
The Maid
by Nita Prose
When she discovers the dead body of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black in his suite, hotel maid Molly Gray finds her orderly life upended as she becomes the prime suspect in the case and is caught in a web of deception that she has no idea how to unravel.
|
|
|
|
The Mirror Man
by Lars Kepler
Detective Joona Linna recognizes an eerie connection between a recent murder and a death declared a suicide years before. And when another teenage girl goes missing, it becomes clear to Joona that they’re dealing with a serial killer—and his murderous rampage may have just begun.
|
|
|
|
One Step Too Far
by Lisa Gardner
Searching for a young man who disappeared without a trace, missing persons expert and recovering alcoholic Frankie Elkin, with her very life on the line, goes up against something very dark to find what she is looking for.
|
|
|
|
Quicksilver
by Dean R. Koontz
When the discovery of a coin worth a lot of money forces him to run for his life, Quinn Quicksilver meets his destined companions as he barrels towards a confrontation with an enemy who is every bit as scary as the power within himself.
|
|
|
|
Reckless Girls
by Rachel Hawkins
When they arrive at Meroe Island, a remote island paradise in the South Pacific despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism and murder, six people find their dream vacation turning into a nightmare when history starts repeating itself.
|
|
|
|
The Runaway
by Nicholas Petrie
When he picks up a pregnant woman whose car has broken down, war veteran and former marine Peter Ash finds his act of kindness turning into a confrontation with a ruthless killer whose instincts and skills match—and perhaps exceed—his own.
|
|
|
|
Something To Hide
by Elizabeth George
When a police detective is murdered, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley becomes embroiled in a case that has far-reaching cultural associations that have nothing to do with life as he knows it as he pursues a killer determined to remain hidden.
|
|
|
|
The Starless Crown
by James Rollins
Four strangers—a gifted student, a broken soldier, a drunken prince and an imprisoned thief, hunted by enemies old and new, must learn to trust each other in order to survive an evolving world and uncover the ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation.
|
|
|
|
Targeted
by Stephen Hunter
When the court where he is accused of reckless endangerment from his last assignment is attacked by violent operatives, Bobby Lee Swagger must rely on his instincts, shooting skills and the help of a mysterious rogue sniper on the outside, to save the very people who accused him.
|
|
|
|
A Thousand Steps
by T. Jefferson Parker
A teenager with a stoner mom and a deadbeat dad searches for his missing sister who police have written off as just another runaway hippie chick during the summer of 1968 in Laguna Beach, California.
|
|
|
|
When You Are Mine
by Michael Robotham
A young, ambitious police officer with the elite Metropolitan Police in London, Philomena McCarthy, after a domestic violence call gone wrong, is trapped in a web of secrets, corruption and murder, and finds her impending marriage, career and very survival in jeopardy.
|
|
|
|
|