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CROSS
James Patterson
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CROSS

by James Patterson · Little, Brown

3 wks at #1 · 3 on list

When a beloved relative is murdered, Detective Alex Cross vows to hunt down the killer . . . and discovers a secret that could rock the entire world. Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved niece was brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington, D. C.'s wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim. The hunt for the murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to Washington's most infamous club-a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. The killer could be one of their patrons, one of Washington's elite who will do anything to keep their secrets buried. With astonishing plot twists and electrifying revelations that will keep readers on the edge of their seat, I, Alex Cross is the master of suspense at his sharpest and best.

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NEXT
Michael Crichton
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NEXT

by Michael Crichton · HarperCollins

1 wks on list

Amb la seva habitual habilitat per unir ciència i suspens, en la seva nova novel·la Michael Crichton apropa el lector al món de l'enginyeria genètica, un món vertiginós on res és el que sembla i on cada dia s'obren un munt de noves possibilitats. Però els descobriments científics també poden ser perillosos; barrejar gens de ximpanzé i ésser humà pot portar moltes conseqüències, com aviat descobrirà l'investigador Henry Kendall.Amb un ritme sostingut i una imaginació intel·ligent, aquest thriller científic retrata els fils opacs i multimilionaris que mouen els suposats descobriments genètics i ens planteja tot un seguit de qüestions ètiques, polítiques, científiques i filosòfiques, que ben segur definiran el futur del món.

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FOR ONE MORE DAY
Mitch Albom
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FOR ONE MORE DAY

by Mitch Albom · Hyperion

10 wks on list

This is the story of Charley, a child of divorce who is always forced to choose between his mother and his father. He grows into a man and starts a family of his own. But one fateful weekend, he leaves his mother to secretly be with his fatherand she dies while he is gone. This haunts him for years. It unravels his own young family. It leads him to depression and drunkenness. One night, he decides to take his life. But somewhere between this world and the next, he encounters his mother again, in their hometown, and gets to spend one last day with herthe day he missed and always wished hed had. He asks the questions many of us yearn to ask, the questions we never ask while our parents are alive. By the end of this magical day, Charley discovers how little he really knew about his mother, the secret of how her love saved their family, and how deeply he wants the second chance to save his own.

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BROTHER ODD
Dean Koontz
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BROTHER ODD

by Dean Koontz · Bantam

1 wks on list

St. Bartholomew's Abbey sits in majestic solitude amid the wild peaks of California's high Sierra, a haven for children otherwise abandoned, and a sanctuary for those seeking insight. Odd Thomas has come here to learn to live fully again. But trouble has a way of finding Odd Thomas, and it slinks back onto his path.

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WILD FIRE
Nelson DeMille
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WILD FIRE

by Nelson DeMille · Warner

4 wks on list

"Detective John Corey of The lion's game, Plum Island, and Night fall returns in a new novel about a conspiracy to detonate nuclear bombs in two American cities, setting off a world war of unimaginable proportions"--Provided by the publisher.

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NATURE GIRL
Carl Hiaasen
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NATURE GIRL

by Carl Hiaasen · Knopf

3 wks on list

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THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Tony Hillerman
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THE SHAPE SHIFTER

by Tony Hillerman · HarperCollins

2 wks on list

Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+! “With The Shape Shifter, Hillerman once again proves himself the master of Southwest mystery fiction, working in a Hemingway-esque tradition of pared-down writing to bring the rugged Southwest into focus.”—Santa Fe New Mexican Legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is drawn back into the past to solve a cold case that has haunted him for nearly a decade in this atmospheric and twisting mystery infused with the Native American culture and lore of the desert Southwest. Though he’s officially retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Joe Leaphorn occasionally helps his former colleagues Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito crack particularly puzzling crimes. But there is that rare unsolved investigation that haunts every lawman, including the legendary Leaphorn. Joe still hasn’t let go of his “last case”—a mystery involving a priceless Navajo rug that was supposedly destroyed in a fire. Nine years later, what looks like the same one-of-a-kind rug turns up in a magazine spread, and the man who showed Joe the photo has gone missing. With Chee and Bernie on their honeymoon, Leaphorn plunges into the case solo, picking up the threads of this crime he’d long thought impossible to solve. Not only has the passage of time obscured the details, but a murderer long thought dead continues to roam free—and is ready to strike again to keep the past buried.

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LISEY'S STORY
Stephen King
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THE COLLECTORS
David Baldacci
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Nora Roberts
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS

by Nora Roberts · Silhouette

6 wks on list

"New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts offers a holiday romance about a wealthy businessman who retreats to a rural area to get away from women. However, his gracious, persistent--and beautiful--neighbor has something he just cannot ignore. Together, they discover that love is the greatest Christmas gift of all.

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