Publisher: Forge
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/27/2012
ISBN-13: 9780765328625
ISBN-10: 0765328623

Thriller. In this 2nd thriller starring history professor Nick Journey, author B. Kent Anderson once again mixes historical conspiracies with present-day events. As in series opener Cold Glory, Journey teams with Meg Tolman, an operative from a secretive government organization. In this case, Tolman attends the funeral of a friend, which results in her handling a letter from Napoleon to Jefferson Davis, carried by a spy who died before delivering it. Certain individuals wish to keep the existence of the letter secret, placing Tolman and Journey directly in harm's way. Fast-paced and suspenseful, this novel may have you looking at Civil War history in an entirely new light.

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Publisher: Atria Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/27/2012
ISBN-13: 9781416598985
ISBN-10: 1416598987

Thriller. Reformed thief Michael St. Pierre and his ex-girlfriend KC Ryan are in the hottest of hot water: each has to complete a dangerous, criminal, and perhaps impossible assignment if they want the other to survive -- and they've only got five days. Confronting the complex underworld of the Chinese triads is only one part of this satisfyingly action-packed book, which also features a twisted female assassin, a power-hungry madman, and a centuries-old mystery. The Thieves of Legend is the 4th thriller to star the retired thief; if you want to start at the beginning, pick up The Thieves of Heaven.

Publisher: Harlequin Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/13/2012
ISBN-13: 9780778313724
ISBN-10: 0778313727

Suspense Fiction. Former medical examiner Samantha Owens has left Tennessee for Washington, D.C., where she has landed a job lecturing at George Washington University. It's there that one of her students collapses, the victim of a biological attack on the Metro that -- shockingly and suspiciously -- kills only three people. Amid the media frenzy and Homeland Security alarm bells that result, she once again must use her skills as a medical examiner to ferret out answers about the three fatalities, and whether more attacks are likely. This is the 2nd Samantha Owens novel, following A Deeper Darkness; she also appeared in the author's Taylor Jackson novels.

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Publisher: Minotaur Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/30/2012
ISBN-13: 9781250015228
ISBN-10: 1250015227

Crime Thriller. In Ranchero, Nick Reid and his buddy, Desmond, came into a fair amount of money from a meth lord. Since then, they've been looking for investment opportunities, and they've allowed themselves to be talked into funding a former in-law's lame-brained scheme involving a trailer full of stolen tires. This bad decision pits them against some hoodlums, a pair of Mississippi Delta gangsters, and a psychotic woman who likes to dress like a ninja schoolgirl. Smart dialogue, dimwitted characters, and a fair helping of humor keep this thriller moving, and will appeal to readers of  Joe Lansdale's Hap Collins and Leonard Pine novels.  

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Publisher: William Morrow
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/26/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061827013
ISBN-10: 0061827010

Thriller. Former FBI agent Steve Vail quit the agency rather than compromise his morals; now they need him back to help stop a deadly extortion plot in which the stakes keep rising. The situation: a group calling themselves the Rubaco Pentad threatens to continue killing highly visible FBI critics unless their ever-increasing demands are met. Though Vail agrees to help, it's under a couple conditions, the first and foremost being that he's not reinstated in the agency. With the help of a comely deputy assistant director, Vail follows a dangerous trail to the head of the Rubaco Pentad. Written by a former FBI agent under an assumed name, The Bricklayer is the 1st in a series; it was followed in 2011 by Agent X.

Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/30/2010
ISBN-13: 9780143116561
ISBN-10: 0143116568

Thriller. Picking up right where Accident Man left off, choosy hitman Samuel Carver is recuperating in a hospital, plagued by memory loss and visited only by his former lover, Alix. Her disappearance is the catalyst for his return to action, which is a very good thing, as an evil billionaire has decided to provoke a nuclear holy war in order to earn his entrance into Heaven. With as much roller-coaster action as in the series debut, No Survivors is the 2nd in a series that currently numbers six, though only the first two are readily available in the U.S. "Tom Cain" is the pseudonym of British journalist David Thomas.

Publisher: Gallery Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/08/2011
ISBN-13: 9781439199084
ISBN-10: 1439199086

Thriller. Some might find certain elements of this rousing thriller to be implausible, but if you're looking for ancient secrets, bloodthirsty killers, cryptic last words, and miraculous artifacts, you'll find all that here -- and more. On the run from the Russian mafia (and assorted others who wish her ill), resourceful San Francisco attorney Zoe Dmitroff has just learned that she's the last in a long line of protectors of said miraculous artifact -- about which she knows nothing -- and has embarked on a dangerous global search for answers. Though Altar of Bones is Philip Carter's debut, "Philip Carter" is actually the pseudonym of a published author whose true identity has fueled much speculation. Scuttlebutt has it that his next book will be available in 2014.

Publisher: Dutton
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/14/2012
ISBN-13: 9780525952824
ISBN-10: 0525952829

Financial Thriller. Thanks to a keen ability to spot stocks with potential, Drew Havens has made a name for himself -- and a fortune for the company he works for. But he's beginning to ponder the morality of what he does, and in the course of mentoring a protégé begins to understand that the company may be making some dangerous decisions. This is brought home to him after the deaths of several other talented brokers, and with the help of Cara Sobieski, a Lisbeth Salander type who's a member of the Terrorism and Financial Intelligence task force, Drew begins to look more closely at his protégé's cryptic messages. Written by a hedge fund insider who uses a pseudonym for protection -- though he's been outed -- this debut is reportedly to be followed by more in a similar vein.

Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/30/2010
ISBN-13: 9780515147780
ISBN-10: 0515147788

Thriller. Micah Dalton is a CIA cleaner -- the guy who, if something goes wrong, cleans up the mess no matter how bad it is (much like Jonathan Quinn in Brett Battles' The Cleaner, though Quinn's a freelancer). Though the novel starts with a scene of graphic, bloody revenge, it moves on to the hunt for a mole high up in the CIA's ranks. Written pseudonymously by a veteran intelligence insider, this adrenaline-fueled thriller offers "tough characters, terse dialogue, and two-fisted action," says Booklist, which concludes by claiming it to be a "must-read."