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In a stand-alone psychological thriller from acclaimed mystery master Reginald Hill, a mysterious ex-con returns to his remote childhood home on a deadly hunt for revenge. Combining the chilling atmospheres of Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs, the narrative ingenuity of P.D. James's The Private Patient, and the compelling characterizations of Hill's own Dalziel and Pascoe series, Hill delivers a frightful, fast-paced study of suspense at its...
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He's back...
Eight years ago, 'The Inside Man' murdered four women and left three more in critical condition - all of them with their stomachs slit open and a plastic doll stitched inside.
And then the killer just ... disappeared.
Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but a lot can change in eight years. His family has been destroyed, his career is in tatters, and one of Oldcastle's most vicious criminals is making...
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As the novel opens, Francesca's banker husband is supposedly off to a conference in Brussels. But, when she drops him off at the airport, he forgets his cell phone. Considerate wife that she is, Francesca parks the car, and hurries to catch him before his plane leaves. She catches him all right, just as he's passionately kissing one of his female colleagues like there's no tomorrow. But, there is a tomorrow, and what happens in the days to follow...
84) Restitution
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Peter Tyler seems to have it all–a beautiful and accomplished wife, a high-powered Wall Street career, a sprawling house in the suburbs. But beneath this perfect surface, things are not what they seem. Haunted by an unhappy childhood, Peter drifts from his wife and her ideal of family life, and eventually seeks solace in a one-night stand.
Before Peter can fully come to grips with what he’s done, his house is broken into and his wife...
Before Peter can fully come to grips with what he’s done, his house is broken into and his wife...
85) The best revenge
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Alan Gregory novels volume 11
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2003
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In a riveting new novel of psychological suspense, Stephen White shines a brilliant light on the darkness that hides just beneath the surface of ordinary lives, on the fears that cripple us and the prisons we create —prisons of the body, mind, and spirit. A thriller of runaway tension, taps into our most closely guarded fears, taking us on a harrowing journey into a realm of terror and pain, of love gone wrong and vengeance gone mad.
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86) The red hunter
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"In this explosive new thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, a wronged woman becomes a vigilante seeking revenge on the men who destroyed her family"--
87) Facets
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New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky shares a cautionary tale of romance, revenge, family relationships and power in this powerful novel.
Nothing can prepare writer Hillary Cox for seeing her lover of 27 years, mining magnate John St. George, announce on television that he's marrying another woman. Seeking revenge, Hillary begins a tell-all book exposing John and his shady past, but John's sister, Pamela St. George,...
Nothing can prepare writer Hillary Cox for seeing her lover of 27 years, mining magnate John St. George, announce on television that he's marrying another woman. Seeking revenge, Hillary begins a tell-all book exposing John and his shady past, but John's sister, Pamela St. George,...
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Author Michael McDowell, known for his chilling Blackwater series, left behind the unfinished manuscript of Candles Burning upon his death in 1999. His close friend, Tabitha King, has taken up where he left off, weaving a Southern gothic fabric of murder, guilt, innocence, corruption, and survival, in the voices of the living and the dead.
Seven-year-old Calley Dakin is daddy's little girl, but her well-born mother persists in her contempt
...89) Ritual sins
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Rachel Connery is on a seek-and-destroy mission, out for revenge against the mysterious, charismatic man who enticed millions of dollars from her dying mother and cheated Rachel out of her inheritance. She wants retribution and is willing to use every seductive trick at her disposal to obtain it. But desire is a dangerous weapon that cuts both ways, and her trap could end up catching her in a nightmare of forbidden feelings.
90) Pride of eagles
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Hired by a wealthy cattle baron, Falcon MacCallister sets out from San Francisco for the town of Laramie with a magnificent Arabian horse in tow--and rides into a storm of treachery and murder. Stalked by a vengeance-crazed Yuma prison escapee, Falcon is distracted by two beautiful women while another outlaw lays down a villainous trap
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From a three-time Spur Award-winner comes the tale of an orphaned boy who is forced to become a man.
Mark Kelton is eighteen years old-part boy, part man. On the trail to set up a ranch in eastern Oregon, his parents are killed by an unknown assailant and their strongbox containing $8,000 is stolen.
Mark heads out onto the empty plain where he encounters Bronco Curtis, a man who knows what he wants, and Curtis befriends the young orphan. When Curtis...
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The compulsively readable and sinfully gossipy tale of five Hollywood personal assistants who band together to turn the tables on their celebrity employers-written by a former personal assistant to a star. In this wicked, laugh-out-loud debut novel, five miserable souls struggle to make their mark on Hollywood, the city of the soulless. Rachel, a starry-eyed and clueless Texas transplant accepts a position as assistant to an aging television diva....
94) Parallel lies
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Hyperion
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2001
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356 p. ; 25 cm
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Tucker Family volume 2
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When a teaching position opens up in Oklahoma, Charlotte Tucker jumps at the opportunity to take a room on John Grant's ranch in Sawyer to begin her new career. She soon befriends Owen and Hannah Wallace, a brother and sister who have come from Colorado following the death of their mother. Abandoned at an early age by a father they never knew, they are set on revenge against the man who left them -- a man they believe is John Grant
96) Suspect
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Acclaimed author Michael Robotham conquered international best-seller lists with this electrifying thriller. After a woman is brutally slain, investigators bring psychiatrist Joe O'Loughlin in for expert consultation. Joe is shocked to discover the dead woman is a former patient of his who cried rape when he rebuffed her sexual advances. Citing doctor/patient confidentiality, Joe hides this information. But the truth emerges, and suddenly he is the...
97) Blood royal
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Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales, was an ordinary young woman who was picked to be the future queen. Her wedding was a worldwide sensation. But, she was deceived and betrayed before the honeymoon was over. Five months after a fairy tale wedding, she threw herself down a flight of stairs when she was pregnant with a future heir to the throne. Suicide attempts, illicit affairs, and paranoia that there were plots by the Royals to kill her became...
98) Trace of fever
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Men who walk the edge of honor volume 2
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When Trace Rivers teams up with Priscilla Patterson to ruin corrupt businessman Murray Coburn, they must fight their attraction--for one wrong move, one lingering embrace, will expose them to the wrath of a merciless opponent
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"When a treacherous betrayal ruins her chances for a full-time position at the illustrious merchant bank, Greene Brothers Hale, in NYC, intern Faye Walker, using her natural born gift for numbers, proves she is not one to be played with as she puts in motion a new plan"--
100) The revenge
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"Break-ups can be messy. After his ex-girlfriend Hope embarrasses him in front of the entire school, Tony wants revenge. So he signs her up for online dating sites, subscriptions, and even makes the location of her phone public. A few days later, Hope calls, begging Tony to stop the prank. Then she screams, and a car door slams. The call drops. Tony tries to keep cool. It's just like Hope to get back at him with more drama. But when Hope isn't at...
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