Tag: thriller
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The Fuhrer’s Prophecy
by Brain Klein January, 1939Adolf Hitler makes an infamous speech at the Reichstag threatening ‘the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe’. This vile public proclamation is seized upon by his fanatical supporters who christen it ‘The Führer’s Prophecy’. November, 1943A sinister plot hatched inside Block 10 of the notorious Auschwitz deathcamp is known only…
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The Counterfeit Candidate
by Brian Klein Berlin, 30 April, 1945As the Russian Army closes in on the war-torn City, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun take their own lives. Their bodies are burned and buried in the Reich Chancellery garden, above the Führer’s bunker. Buenos Aires, 9 January, 2012Three audacious thieves carry out the biggest safe depository heist in…
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White King
by Juan Gomez-Jurado Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted forensic mind. She’s the lynchpin of a top-secret project, Red Queen, created to work across borders to solve the most devious and dangerous crimes, those that are beyond the skills of the regular police. But the Red Queen project is under attack on all fronts. Across…
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The Last Death of the Year
by Sophia Hannah New Year’s Eve, 1932. Hercule Poirot and his good friend Inspector Edward Catchpool arrive on the Greek island of Lamperos for a little holiday…or is it? Catchpool suspects Poirot has a different reason for being there ― one he won’t reveal. As the clock ticks towards the New Year and a festive…
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Wolf Hour
by Jo Nesbo This killer has a story. When a small-time crook is shot down in the streets of Minneapolis, all signs point to a lone wolf, a sniper who has vanished into thin air. To tell it, he needs to get caught. When the shooter strikes again, it’s maverick detective Bob Oz they call…
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Entry Island
by Peter May When Detective Sime Mackenzie is sent from Montreal to investigate a murder on the remote Entry Island, 850 miles from the Canadian mainland, he leaves behind him a life of sleeplessness and regret. FATE WILL FIND YOU…But what had initially seemed an open-and-shut case takes on a disturbing dimension when he meets…
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The Book Of Dust
by Philip Pullman When readers left Lyra in The Secret Commonwealth she was alone, in the ruins of a deserted city. Pantalaimon had run from her – part of himself – in search of her imagination, which he believed she had lost. Lyra travelled across the world from her Oxford home in search of her dæmon. And…
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The Hawk Is Dead
by Peter James Roy Grace never dreamed a murder investigation would take him deep into Buckingham Palace . . . Her Majesty, Queen Camilla, is aboard the Royal Train heading to a charity event in Sussex when disaster strikes – the train is derailed. A tragic accident or a planned attack? When, minutes later, a…
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The Terminal List
by Jack Carr On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the…
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Murder at World’s End
by Ross Montgomery Cornwall, 1910. On a remote tidal island, the Viscount of Tithe Hall is absorbed in feverish preparations for the apocalypse that he believes will accompany the passing of Halley’s Comet. The Hall must be sealed from top to bottom – every window, chimney and keyhole closed off before night falls. But what the…