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The Mourner

Richard Stark, John Banville · 160 pages

The fourth Parker novel has the main character coming up against the KGB while on the trail of a small statue stolen from a fifteenth-century French tomb.

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Ghostman

Roger Hobbs · 397 pages

Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and thoroughly addictive, Ghostman announces the arrival of an exciting and highly distinctive novelist. When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry, the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a favor from someone who’s occasionally called Jack. While it’s doubtful that anyone knows his actual name or anything at all about his true identi

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The Getaway

Jim Thompson · 179 pages

Doc McCoy knows everything there is to know about pulling off the perfect bank job. But there are some things he has forgotten--such as a partner who is not only treacherous but insane and a wife who is still an amateur. Worst of all, McCoy has forgotten that when the crime is big and bloody enough, there is no such thing as a clean getaway.

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Slayground

Richard Stark · 183 pages

A dark and memorable account of Parker trapped in a fenced-in amusement park that has closed for the winter.

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Roses are Red

James Patterson · 409 pages

In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted - mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind.In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they enter the building - and then killing the bank employees and their families if thos

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If Tomorrow Comes

Sidney Sheldon · 416 pages

***She's Tracy Whitney. Sidney Sheldon's most exciting heroine ever.*** Lovely, idealistic, she's soon to enter into a dazzling world of sumptuous wealth, audacious exploits, and narrow escapes--***and to a passion, dangerous and elusive, that promises to fulfill all her secret dreams ...*** ***The international bestseller from the master of suspense. A mafia conspiracy and one woman against t

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Void Moon

Michael Connelly · 391 pages

New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly writes novels of brilliantly original suspense. In this electrifying tour de force, he takes us into a world of extremes: too much criminality, too much money, and too many ways to die. In L.A. Cassie Black is another beautiful woman in a Porsche: except Cassie just did six years in prison and still has "outlaw juice" flowing in her veins. Now Cas

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Absolute Power

David Baldacci · 528 pages

In a heavily guarded mansion in a posh Virginia suburb, a man and a woman are about to embark on a night of passion, trapping an unsuspecting burglar behind a secret wall. Then the lovemaking turns deadly, and the witness is running into the night. Because what he has just seen is a brutal slaying involving the president of the United States. Luther Whitney is the career break-in artist who’s i

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Life Deluxe

Jens Lapidus · 533 pages

Recently released drug dealer Jorge plans an audacious final heist, unaware that he is being tailed by an undercover investigator, a reckless partier, and an adversary who would take down crime boss Radovan Kranjic.

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The Vulture Is A Patient Bird

James Hadley Chase · 175 pages

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Foundryside

Robert Jackson Bennett · 501 pages

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The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch · 512 pages

"HIGH-OCTANE FANTASY...A CREAT SWASHBUCKLING YARN OF A NOVEL." -Richard Morgan In this stunning debut, Scott Lynch delivers the thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his tightly knit band of tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part "Robin Hood," one part Ocean's El

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The Sour Lemon Score

Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake · 160 pages

After a four-way split following a job, George Uhl begins to pick off his fellow hoisters, one by one. His first mistake? He doesn't begin things by putting a bullet into Parker.

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The Job

Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg · 320 pages

The FBI had one demand when they secretly teamed up Special Agent Kate O'Hare with charming con man Nicolas Fox -- bring down the world's most-wanted and untouchable felons. This time it's the brutal leader of a global drug-smuggling empire. The FBI doesn't know what their target looks like, where he is, or how to find him, but Nick Fox has a few tricks up his sleeve to roust this particular Knips

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Heist

Kiki Swinson, De'nesha Diamond · 281 pages

The Ultimate Heist. Accustomed to a life of luxury, Shannon Marshall is devastated to lose everything after her husband, Todd, is sent to prison for gun running. So when Todd plans the ultimate stickup from behind bars, Shannon's ready to put her neck on the line. But she'll have to pull off the hustle of a lifetime and play one dangerous gangster who always gets what he wants.--From book cover.

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Bandits

Elmore Leonard · 352 pages

Working at his brother-in-law’s New Orleans funeral home isn’t reformed jewel thief Jack Delaney’s idea of excitement—until he’s dispatched to a leper’s hospital to pick up a corpse that turns out to be very much alive … and under the care of a beautiful, radical ex-nun in designer jeans. The “deceased” is the one-time squeeze of a Nicaraguan colonel who’s ordered her dead for trying to “infect” h

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The Big Knockover and Other Stories

Dashiell Hammett · 414 pages

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Flashfire

Richard Stark, Terry Teachout · 303 pages

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Paper Money

Ken Follett · 253 pages

Originally published under the pseudonym Zachary Stone, this is a happily rediscovered suspense thriller written in the mid-'70s by Follett, the bestselling author of Lie Down with Lions. Its plot, set in London, and intended to show that crime, high finance and journalism are corruptly interconnected, is, according to Follett, the cleverest he has ever devised. The fast-paced action spans, in

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The Father

Anders Roslund, Stefan Thunberg · 540 pages

How does a child become a criminal? How does a father lose a son? An epic crime novel with the excitement of Jo Nesbo's Headhunters and the depth of We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who held Sweden ransom, committing ten audacious bank robberies over just two years. None had committed a crime before. All were under 24 years old.

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Crooked Kingdom

Leigh Bardugo · 560 pages

Crooked Kingdom is a fantasy novel written by Leigh Bardugo.The book is set in a world loosely inspired by 20th century Europe.Crooked Kingdom takes place days after the events of the first book, Six of Crows, finishes.The plot is told from the close third-person viewpoints of six different characters, plus a first and last chapter from two minor characters' points of view.

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Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Tarantino · 106 pages

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Cold Shot to the Heart

Wallace Stroby · 289 pages

Crissa Stone is a career criminal. A complete pro, she never works too close to her New York City home, rarely signs on with the same crew, and never rushes a job. These are the rules that have kept her from getting caught, from doing time. They're the rules her mentor and lover taught her, rules he didn't follow as closely as he should've. Now he's up for parole, and Crissa needs to come up with

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Lifeguard

James Patterson, Andrew Gross · 417 pages

The danger isn't in the water.Working as a lifeguard at a Florida resort, Ned Kelly meets a woman he is wild about, the woman of his dreams. It feels perfect in every way - except that she is used to caviar and Manolo Blahniks, and he is used to burgers and flip-flops. She is a guest at the luxurious hotel - he lives above a garage.So when Ned's cousin offers to cut him in on a rich deal he's been

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