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PREDATOR
Patricia Cornwell
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PREDATOR

by Patricia Cornwell · Putnam

2 wks at #1 · 1 on list

Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida, takes charge of a case that at first appears as unnerving as any she has ever faced.

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AT FIRST SIGHT
Nicholas Sparks
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AT FIRST SIGHT

by Nicholas Sparks · Warner

2 wks on list

There are few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City: never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage: and most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage...

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THE CAMEL CLUB
David Baldacci
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THE CAMEL CLUB

by David Baldacci · Warner

1 wks on list

In The Camel Club, bestselling author David Baldacci paints a frighteningly vivid portrait of a world that could be our own very soon, and the few people who have a chance to stop the chaos...

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THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Michael Connelly
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THE LINCOLN LAWYER

by Michael Connelly · Little, Brown

4 wks on list

For defense attorney Mickey Haller, the clock is always running. With two ex-wives, four Lincoln Town Cars that he uses as offices, and dozens of guilty clients, he can't afford to miss a trick. When he gets picked by a Beverly Hills rich boy arrested for assault, Mickey sees a franchise case: a nice, long, expensive trial with maximum billable hours--until it hurtles him into the last place he wants to be. Suddenly hustling, cynical Mickey Haller is confronted with pure evil and someone who may be truly innocent. Now, for a lawyer who has always gone for the easy score, getting justice means taking the deadliest risk of all.

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CONSENT TO KILL
Vince Flynn
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CONSENT TO KILL

by Vince Flynn · Atria

3 wks on list

For ten years Mitch Rapp has fought on the frontline of the War on Terror. His bold actions have saved the lives of thousands -- but in the process his list of enemies has grown inexorably. There are even those within his own government who would like to see him eliminated. Thousands of miles away, the influential father of a dead terrorist demands retribution for the death of his son. He wants Rapp dead -- and his hate-filled plea has found sympathetic ears. In the tangled, duplicitous world of espionage, there are those, even among America's allies, who feel Rapp has grown too effective. They've been looking for an excuse to eliminate America's No 1 counterterrorism operative -- and they've decided to seize the chance. The Hunter has become the Hunted. A tragedy of unimaginable proportions is about to befall Mitch Rapp -- and he must use all his cunning, skill and ruthless determination to stay alive and seek vengeance against the traitor who would bring him down.

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SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
Amy Tan
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SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING

by Amy Tan · Putnam

2 wks on list

A dozen tourists plan to take an art tour of Southern China and Burma, but their expert guide dies mysteriously mere weeks before their departure. When they proceed without her, thinking she would want them to enjoy the trip, she decides to join them literally in spirit.

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SON OF A WITCH
Gregory Maguire
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SON OF A WITCH

by Gregory Maguire · ReganBooks/HarperCollins

5 wks on list

Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. There he introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. But he is tended to at the Cloister of Saint Glinda by the silent novice called Candle, who wills him back to life with her musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition?

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GABRIEL'S ANGEL
Nora Roberts
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GABRIEL'S ANGEL

by Nora Roberts · Silhouette

5 wks on list

Pregnant, alone, and on the run to protect her unborn child, Laura Malone finds herself stranded with Gabriel Bradley, with whom she forms a bond after he provides her with shelter and friendship through the storm.

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BLUE SMOKE
Nora Roberts
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BLUE SMOKE

by Nora Roberts · Putnam

4 wks on list

Incomparable #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers a tale of gut-level fear, human triumph, and the bonds that carry us through our darkest times… Reena Hale’s destiny was shaped in the destructive—yet fascinatingly beautiful—fire that leveled her family’s pizzeria when she was young. Now an arson investigator, she finds her strength and wits constantly tested, although sometimes the job seems like a snap compared to her love life. But she can’t always blame the men. After all, a soot-caked woman barking orders and smelling of smoke isn’t the biggest turn-on in the world. Then she meets Bo Goodnight, who seems different. He’s been trying to find Reena for years, and now that she’s close enough to touch, he has no intention of letting go. Nor does the man who has begun to haunt Reena’s life—with taunting phone calls and a string of horrifying crimes. And as Reena tries desperately to trace the origins—of the calls, the fires, the hatred aimed in her direction—she will step into the worst inferno she has ever faced...

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THE AMBLER WARNING
Robert Ludlum
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THE AMBLER WARNING

by Robert Ludlum · St. Martin’s Press

2 wks on list

A heart-stopping global thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling master storyteller... On Parrish Island, off the coast of Virginia, there is a little-known and never visited psychiatric facility where the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric state makes them a danger to their own government. One of these employees is former agent Hal Ambler. But there's one difference between Hal and the other patients - Hal isn't crazy. Hal pulls off a daring escape, and now he's out to discover who stashed him there and why. But the world he returns to has changed. No one remembers him, there are no official records of Hal Ambler and, when he first looks in the mirror, the face he sees is not his own...

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.