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The Rules for Breaking

Ashley Elston

"Just when it seems that Anna Boyd's family has finally escaped Witness Protection, the normal life she has attempted to rebuild comes crashing down"--

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Hide

Lisa Gardner · 419 pages

Opening up a newspaper to discover that she is supposed to be dead, Annabelle Mary Granger finds herself trapped in the middle of a two-decades-old crime that leads her to homicide detective Bobby Dodge and a confrontation with two separate killers.

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Jack's Run

Roland Smith · 246 pages

Kidnapped by drug czar Alonzo Asnar and held hostage in Argentina, Jack and his sister Joanne attempt a daring escape while their parents, aided by some old friends, set out to rescue them.

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61 Hours

Lee Child · 481 pages

Jack Reacher is back.The countdown has begun. Get ready for the most exciting 61 hours of your life. #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child's latest thriller is a ticking time bomb of suspense that builds electric tension on every page.Sixty-one hours. Not a minute to spare.A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bo

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The Watchman

Robert Crais · 304 pages

Working as a bodyguard for a spoiled federal witness, Joe Pike hatches a desperate plan to disappear with the woman in the underworld of Los Angeles and turn the tables on her would-be killers, an effort in which he enlists the help of private investigator Elvis Cole.

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Silence

Thomas Perry · 448 pages

Six years ago, Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear. But now her ex-boyfriend and former business partner, Eric Fuller, is being framed for her presumed murder in an effort to smoke her out, and Till must find her before tango-dancing assassins Paul and Sylvie Turner do. The Turners are merely hired to do a job, though, and prefer to remain anonymous. When they find that a middleman has let the

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Stillhouse Lake

Rachel Caine · 286 pages

Gina Royal is the definition of average--a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband's secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor--the ultimate warrior mom. With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home on remote Stillhouse Lake. Though still the target of stalkers and

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Edge

Jeffery Deaver · 539 pages

When Washington D.C. police detective Ryan Kessler is targeted by "lifter" Henry Loving, he and his family are immediately put under government protection. Assigned to the Kesslers is protection officer Corte: uncompromising, relentlessly devoted to protecting those in his care and a brilliant game strategist. As the "lifter" closes in on his prey, Corte must decide whether to protect his charges,

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Almost True

Keren David

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In Seconds

Brenda Novak · 440 pages

"In the whole state of Montana, there's nowhere to hide. Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. She's been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the men who blame her for the death of one of their own. She's finally found the peace and stability she needs, for herself and her two children, in the small town of Pineview, Montana. But just when she thinks they're safe-- th

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Don't Look Behind You

Lois Duncan · 179 pages

Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

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Cut and Run

Ridley Pearson · 384 pages

Larson, an agent for WITSEC, the witness protection program, is desperate to find Alicia, who was formerly in the program but has left it because she didn’t feel safe with her daughter, Penny. Now the mob family that she helped put away is coming after her, and only Larson can help her escape their wrath – but first he has to locate the missing woman and her child, both of whom are in extreme dang

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Shadowlands

Kate Brian · 328 pages

Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye. Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy. They

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Beat the Reaper

Josh Bazell · 310 pages

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Those Who Wish Me Dead

Michael Koryta · 400 pages

"When 13-year-old Jace Wilson witnesses a brutal murder, he's plunged into a new life, issued a false identity and hidden in a wilderness skills program for troubled teens. The plan is to get Jace off the grid while police find the two killers. The result is the start of a nightmare. The killers, known as the Blackwell Brothers, are slaughtering anyone who gets in their way in a methodical quest t

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Safe by the Marshal's Side

Shirlee McCoy · 215 pages

"For a year, U.S. marshal Hunter Davis has protected witness Annie Delacorte and her toddler daughter. But now, someone is determined to stop Annie from testifying against the men who killed her husband. To guard Annie, by-the-book Hunter will have to break a promise to himself: to not get emotionally involved. After all, he already cares more deeply than he ever imagined for the sweet family of t

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The Blinds

Adam Sternbergh · 400 pages

Helping maintain an uneasy peace in The Blinds, a rural Texas community of criminal misfits who were given a chance at a new life after having their memories altered, sheriff Calvin Cooper struggles with personal secrets in the wake of a suicide and murder.

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The Innocent

David Baldacci · 448 pages

Very good plot. Two people on the run cross paths one the hired assassin helps the other a young girl whose parents were murdered. It is the first in this series. Ok

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Next of Kin

Sharon Sala · 330 pages

Hiding out in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, Beth Venable, a witness to a major mob hit who even the FBI can't protect, dreams of a new life with Ryal Walker, the man she's always wanted, but must survive her old one first.

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Hidden Away

Maya Banks

(The third book in the Kelly/KGI series) A man who shoots first and asks questions later... Most people would take an all-expenses-paid trip to the beach in a heartbeat. Garrett Kelly only accepts to keep tabs on Sarah Daniels, who's in hiding after witnessing a murder by Marcus Lattimer, her half-brother--and a personal enemy of KGI. This gig may be beneath a disciplined soldier like Garrett,

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Don't Tell

Karen Rose · 512 pages

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The Broker

John Grisham · 422 pages

With 14 years left on a 20 year sentence, notorious Washington powerbroker Joel Blackman receives a surprise pardon from a lame duck President. Smuggled out of the country, he is given a new identity and tucked away in a small town in Italy.

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Fake ID

Lamar Giles, L.R. Giles · 303 pages

"An African-American teen in the Witness Protection Program moves to a new town and finds himself trying to solve a murder mystery when his first friend is found dead"--Provided by the publisher. Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight but needs to choose between solving Eli's murder with Eli's hot sister, Reya, and "staying low-key" like the Program said to do. The plot contains profanity, sexual

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The Witness

Nora Roberts · 496 pages

Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man’s seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her life forever. Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on the outskirts of a sm

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