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James Grippando Author Read Alikes May 13, 2015 |
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If you enjoy reading books by James Grippando try these authors.
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Private London by James PattersonDan Carter, head of the London division of Private, the world's most exclusive detective agency, must join forces with his ex-wife if he is going to save American student Hannah Shapiro from a threat that has stalked her for eight years.
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The Keeper by John T. LescroartWhen one of his counselor wife's clients suspiciously disappears and the woman's husband, a San Francisco jail guard, is accused of her murder, lawyer Dismas Hardy examines possible suspects before discovering evidence of the corruption-related death of an inmate.
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Silken Prey by John SandfordInvestigating the murder of a political fixer who had blackmailed his ambitious heiress employer during a vicious smear campaign, Lucas Davenport follows disturbing leads to the Minneapolis police department and a ruthless woman who threatens his life.
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Split Second by David BaldacciEight years after leaving the Secret Service following the assassination of the presidential candidate he had been protecting, Sean King reluctantly joins with agent Michelle Maxwell to uncover the truth when another candidate is abducted
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Collateral Damage : A Stone Barrington Novel by Stuart WoodsReturning to New York where he is approached by CIA assistant director and sometime lover Holly Barker, Stone Barrington is drawn into a dangerous game of murder and vengeance against an enemy who is engaged in a nefarious plot beyond Stone's imagining.
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The Lincoln Lawyer : A Novel by Michael ConnellyRepresenting the system's most unsavory characters in his work as a criminal defense lawyer, jaded attorney Mickey Haller takes on his first high-paying and possibly innocent client in years, but finds the case complicated by sinister events that suggest the workings of a particularly evil perpetrator.
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Fugitive : A Novel by Phillip MargolinDefending Charlie, a petty con man and former fugitive who hid in Africa for twelve years after being falsely implicated in the murder of a congressman, criminal lawyer Amanda Jaffe struggles to prove the man's innocence while endeavoring to protect him from a vengeful African dictator.
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Killer : An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan KellermanDisregarding a death threat from an irate doctor who has been denied custody of a baby because of his court report, psychologist Alex Delaware is shocked to learn that a hit has been taken out on him, that the doctor has been found murdered and that the baby has been kidnapped.
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Mistaken Identity by Lisa ScottolineA partner in an all-female Philadelphia law firm, Bennie Rosato ventures to the local prison to consult with a possible client, Alice Connolly, accused of cold-blooded murder, and discovers her double, who claims to be her long-lost twin sister
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Compound Fractures by Stephen WhiteA conclusion to the best-selling series finds Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory discovering that the obstacles threatening his personal and professional arenas are being orchestrated by unrecognized enemies who force him to reconsider what he has long believed about trust and love.
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The Stone Monkey : A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery DeaverHired to track a cargo ship carrying illegal immigrants and a notorious smuggler known as the "Ghost," Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs find themselves in a race against time to prevent their target from killing off two families in New York City's Chinese community.
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Chasing Darkness : An Elvis Cole Novel by Robert CraisHaving cleared a man of a murder charge three years earlier, Elvis Cole and his sideick, Joe Pike, find themselves on trial when the former defendant is found dead holding photographs of the victim he had been accused of killing.
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Stay Close by Harlan CobenA bored suburban wife, a documentary photographer-turned-paparazzo and a detective who cannot let go of a cold case hide secrets from their loved ones only to have the past return in dangerous ways.
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The List by Steve MartiniIn the seductive world of entertainment, a lawyer-turned-novelist concocts the ultimate scheme to outwit the biggest players in New York and Hollywood, and nothing will stop her rise to the top or prepare her for its deadly price.
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Hide by Lisa GardnerOpening up a newspaper only to discover that she is supposed to be dead, Annabelle Mary Granger suddenly finds herself trapped in the middle of a two-decades-old crime that has profound repercussions for the present day, a discovery that leads her to Massachusetts State homicide detective Bobby Dodge and to a confrontation with two separate killers.
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Bone Tree by Greg IlesA first in a two-part series featuring the return of popular hero Penn Cage is set in the deep South, where a threat against Penn's doctor father manifests in the form of a wrongful murder charge and dangerous, long-buried secrets by surviving members of the Double-Eagle Club.
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Trial by Fire by Judith A. JanceTaking a media relations position with the Yavapai County Police Department, former television journalist Ali Reynolds investigates a subdivision fire and the identity of an injured amnesiac woman, a case that unleashes a family drama and a remorseless killer.
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Dreams of the Dead
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Taking the case of a woman whose son went missing years earlier under circumstances Nina suspects may be linked to her former lover Paul, investigator Nina Reilly sets about charming a professional exhumer who requires her help in retrieving a valuable manuscript.
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Capitol Betrayal by William BernhardtServing in the White House Special Counsel office when a foreign dictator infiltrates the U.S.'s ballistic missile computer system, Ben Kincaid races against time to prevent a nuclear crisis while the vice president calls the president's sanity into question.
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In Harm's Way by Ridley PearsonHis budding relationship with Fiona strained by her avoidance of media attention for her part in a river rescue, Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming begins a race against time when he learns of a possible link between his community and a recent Seattle murder.
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Bagmen
by William Lashner
While working as a bagman for a Philadelphia politician, Victor finds himself pegged for the murder of one of his payoffs and must rely on a cast of shady characters to help him find the real killer and clear his name
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Robert Ludlum's The Utopia Experiment by Kyle MillsWhile assessing the military potential of a new intelligence device, Covert-One's Colonel Jon Smith realizes the technology must never fall into the hands of America's enemies in the second novel of the series following
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Full Measure by T. Jefferson ParkerAn Afghanistan War veteran puts his dreams on hold to save his family farm before confronting a terrible choice in the aftermath of his crime-connected brother's disappearance.
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Resistant by Michael PalmerDelivering a speech for his boss at a national conference in Atlanta, Dr. Lou Welcome takes an exclusive tour of the Centers for Disease Control and learns about the development of biological weapons before becoming enmeshed in a case involving the abduction of a leading scientist.
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Shadow People by James SwainA follow-up to Dark Magic finds psychic magician Peter Warlock assisting the police with warnings about imminent threats and confronted by a group of evil spirits that kidnap human souls, target Peter's loved ones and force him to confront a brutal serial killer
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The Zero Hour by Joseph FinderLeading the manhunt to find a terrorist who has been hired to punish America by destroying the foundations of global finance, FBI special agent Sarah Cahill realizes the full scope of her assignment when her young son is targeted.
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Fatal Conceit by Robert TanenbaumThe murder of the CIA director on the eve of his scheduled testimony about a cover-up involving the death of Bin Laden in Chechnya pits Butch Karp against formidable adversaries in the U.S. government.
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Down the Darkest Road by Tami HoagA latest entry in the series that began with Deeper Than the Dead finds 1980s California FBI agent Vince Leone tapping the powers of science-based forensic techniques to unveil dark secrets and stop a killer who is terrorizing the citizens of Oak Knoll.
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The Blue Zone by Andrew GrossRefusing to give up her life when her parents and siblings enter the Witness Protection Program, Kate Rabb is horrified when her father goes missing a year later in the aftermath of his case worker's brutal murder, and she attempts to infiltrate the dangerous organization into which he has disappeared.
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Terminal City : A Novel by Linda A. FairsteinAssistant DA Alexandra Cooper and detective Mike Chapman confront Grand Central Terminal's dark secrets as well as their own changing relationship
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Rules of Betrayal : A Novel by Christopher ReichMarried to an undercover spy who has gone rogue, resourceful doctor Jonathan Ransom is catapulted into the shadowy world of double and triple agents, where his life becomes dependent on his discovery of his wife's true loyalties.
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The Book of Lies
by Brad Meltzer
Unexpectedly meeting his long-lost father at the moment of a brutal attack by a would-be killer bearing the ancient mark of the biblical Cain, Cal Harper is thrust into a high-stakes pursuit of a fortuitous enigmatic weapon that links him to the Bible's first killing as well as the murder that inspired the creation of the comic-book hero Superman.
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Fall From Grace by Richard North PattersonAttending the funeral of his estranged father and encountering an estate of complicated legal and financial arrangements, CIA operative Adam Blaine embarks on a search for his father's killer that implicates members of his own family and reveals astonishing secrets.
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Chasing the Night by Iris JohansenEight years after her toddler is abducted in a cruel act of vengeance, CIA agent Catherine is unable to accept that she will never find her son and taps forensic sculptor and fellow victim of a lost child Eve Duncan for assistance in establishing her son’s age-progressed appearance.
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Stone Cold by C. J. BoxInvestigating allegations about a hit man who lives a life of wealth and secrecy on a remote Wyoming ranch, troubleshooter Joe Pickett discovers two men at the ranch including a ruthless killer and a disturbing person from his past.
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Immoral
by Brian Freeman
The disappearance of a beautiful teenage girl from the streets of Duluth, Minnesota, the second in a year, draws Lieutenant Jonathan Stride into a dark and dangerous conflict with the heart of evil as his search for a serial killer captures him in a web of secrets, lies, obsession, illicit desire, and death that will transform his life.
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Murder 101 : A Decker/Lazarus Novel by Faye KellermanWhile working for the Greenbury Police Department in upstate New York, Peter Decker must draw from his years of experience as a homicide cop when a break-in at the local cemetery leads him into a world of art forgery and murder that is linked to cold case crimes, international intrigue and ruthless people who kill for sport.
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Vigilante
by Stephen J. Cannell
A final novel by the Emmy Award-winning television writer best known for such programs as The Rockford Files and The A-Team finds LAPD detective Shane Scully and his partner, Sumner Hitchens, investigating a possible killer in their precinct when a trouble-making activist is found dead in her home.
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