Mystery Books
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The Second Time Around: A Novel
The "Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark, delivers a gripping tale of deception and tantalizing twists that might have been
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The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, Book 3)
In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are thirty-six bodies all murdered and mutila
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Los Alamos
In a dusty, remote community of secretly constructed buildings and awesome possibility, the world's most brilliant minds have come
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Stillwatch
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME..."Slipped under the door of her Georgetown home, the note was an ominous reminder of Pat Traymore's pa
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Deep Storm
In this explosive new thriller, one of the most incredible and frightening discoveries mankind has ever faced is about to surface.
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Odd Thomas: An Odd Thomas Novel
“The dead don't talk. I don't know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town servi
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Honeybath's Haven
When portrait painter and occasional detective, Charles Honeybath, pays a visit to his old friend Edwin Lightfoot, there are a few
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Mystery Movies
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Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
The Superbit titles utilize a special high bit rate digital encoding process which optimizes video quality while offering a choice
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Oldboy
Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is abducted and
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Primal Fear
DVD
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Shutter Island
Academy Award® winning director Martin Scorses once again teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio in this spine-chilling thriller that cr
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Mystery Authors
Book reviews - Hong Kong
Hong KongAuthor: Stephen Coonts The U.S. government sends Jake Grafton to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the U.S. consul-general, Tiger Cole, is embedded in a dangerous plan to overthrow the Chinese regime. he takes his wife Callie with him. They haven't returned to the island since their first meeting there, and Tiger Cole is an old friend from those days. Their trip soon turns into their worst nightmare... Hong Kong is a powder keg ready to explode. A political murder and the Communist government's closure of a foreign bank are the sparks that light the fuse...and Tiger Cole is right on the middle of the action. After a violent rebel faction kidnaps Callie, Jake suddenly finds himself pulled into the vortex of a high-tech civil war... Joining forces with CIA operative Tommy Carmellini, Jake races to save Callie from the imminent bloodbath. But first he must figure out whom he can trust among the Western faction vying for control in the volatile situation and among the Chinese patriots fights for their nation's future. Now, more than ever, he must make sure that the right side wins. One false move is all it will take to doom his wife--and the entire world... Tags:
Americans
China
Fiction
Conspiracies
Grafton, Jake (Fictitious character)
Hong Kong (China)
Espionage
Suspense
Thrillers
Political
US publication:
2000
Detective:
Jake Grafton Series
Genre:
novel
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