Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Spymaster : a thriller

    Creator

    Thor, Brad

    Abstract

    The newest thriller in the #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling series!Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules--all of them.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Sparring partners

    Creator

    Grisham, John

    Abstract

    “Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again—until now. Now Mack is back, and he’s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.I.]

    Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • Solitude creek

    Creator

    Deaver, Jeffery

    Abstract

    New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's blockbuster thriller featuring returning character Kathryn DanceA tragedy occurs at a small concert venue on the Monterey Peninsula. Cries of "fire" are raised, and panicked people run for the doors, only to find them blocked. Half a dozen people die, and others are seriously injured. But it's the panic and the stampede that killed; there was no fire.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Smooth operator : a Teddy Fay novel featuring Stone Barrington

    Creator

    Woods, Stuart

    Abstract

    When President Kate Lee calls Stone Barrington to Washington on an urgent matter, it's soon clear that a potentially disastrous situation requires the kind of help more delicate than even he can provide ... and he knows just the right man for the job. Teddy Fay: ex-CIA, master of disguise, and a gentleman not known for abiding by legal niceties in the pursuit of his own brand of justice.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • Skin game

    Creator

    Woods, Stuart

    Abstract

    Teddy Fay returns to his roots in espionage, in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods. When Teddy Fay receives a freelance assignment from a gentleman he can't refuse, he jets off to Paris on the hunt for a treasonous criminal. But as Teddy unearths more information that just doesn't seem to connect, his straightforward mission becomes far bigger--and stranger--than he could imagine. The trail of bread crumbs leads to secrets hidden within secrets, evildoers trading in money and power, and a global threat on an unprecedented scale.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • Singapore sapphire

    Creator

    Stuart, A. M.

    Abstract

    Early twentieth-century Singapore is a place where a person can disappear, and Harriet Gordon hopes to make a new life for herself there, leaving her tragic memories behind her-but murder gets in the way. Singapore, 1910-Desperate for a fresh start, Harriet Gordon finds herself living with her brother, a reverend and headmaster of a school for boys, in Singapore at the height of colonial rule. Hoping to gain some financial independence, she advertises her services as a personal secretary.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • Silver tears

    Creator

    Läckberg, Camilla

    Abstract

    A gripping new novel from No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg She is safe ... Faye Adelheim deserves the life she has. After fleeing from a violent marriage, she has built her business into a global brand and is living in a beautiful villa in Italy with her daughter. Or so she thought ... But Faye's life is turned upside down when her murderous ex-husband escapes from prison. Faye has no choice but to return home to confront him. This will be the fight of her life ... Faye will do anything to keep her family safe.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    HarperCollins

    Not specified
  • Sidney Sheldon's mistress of the game

    Creator

    Sheldon, Sidney

    Abstract

    Beloved #1 internationally bestselling author Sidney Sheldon introduced the glamorous, scheming Blackwell family and their unforgettable matriarch, Kate Blackwell, in his worldwide bestseller Master of the Game. Now, a generation has passed, and Kate's great-grandchildren battle to control Kruger Brent, the multibillion-dollar international corporation. But only one can reign supreme ... Lexi Templeton, a ruthless competitor with brains and beauty to match, burns to follow in her great-grandmother's footsteps and become her own mistress of the game.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Harper Audio

    Not specified
  • Shutter

    Creator

    Larsen, Melissa

    Abstract

    A young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the movie is not what she expected in this chilling debut novel. In the wake of her father's death, Betty Roux doesn't allow herself to mourn. Instead, she pushes away her mother, breaks up with her boyfriend, and leaves everything behind to move to New York City. She doesn't know what she wants, except to run. When she's offered the chance to play the leading role in mysterious indie filmmaker Anthony Marino's new project, she jumps at the opportunity.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Berkley

    Not specified
  • Shoot him if he runs

    Creator

    Woods, Stuart

    Abstract

    Stone Barrington and Holly Barker pursue a master spy and murderer in a tropical paradise where very little is as it seems. Teddy Fay, a rogue agent last seen escaping an imploding building in Iron Orchid, has been considered dead for some time now. But President Will Lee thinks Teddy may still be alive. In a top-secret Oval Office meeting, Stone learns that he and his cohorts, Holly Barker and Dino Baldachetti, are being sent to the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Marks, courtesy of the CIA, to track down Teddy once and for all. St.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified