James Patterson
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Three heart-racing thrillers from the master of suspense. 23 1/2 LIES: Lindsay Boxer's estranged father is gunned down execution-style, and her investigation uncovers life-altering truths. FALLEN RANGER: To Rory Yates, being a Texas Ranger means absolute loyalty to the badge. But he's put through the ultimate test when an armored car robbery suspect might be an ex-Ranger gone rogue. WATCH YOUR BACK: When a starving artist is paid to expose his client's...
2) 22 seconds
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 22
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
San Francisco police sergeant Lindsay Boxer receives a tip about a last-chance shipment of drugs and weapons across the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws.
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 23
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When an obsessed maniac turns serial killer Evan Burke’s true-crime story into a playbook, adding some of his own gruesome touches, Detective Lindsay Boxer, who put Burke in jail, tracks this elusive suspect, who is determined to put an end to the Murder Club—permanently.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and Auguste Poe open a private investigating company together and their daring methodology and news-making solved cases would make their last-namesakes proud and attract the attention of an NYPD detective.
5) Bullseye
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
With a team of assassins targeting New York and the President at a UN summit, Detective Michael Bennett must trace the source of the threat and neutralize it before it ignites a war.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 25
Language
English
Description
Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Alex Cross is wrongly portrayed as a trigger-happy corrupt cop while he struggles to prove to a skeptical jury and dwindling supporters that his actions were in self defense.
7) Blowback
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign...
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Believing he is investigating the work of a horrible new breed of killer when he encounters a murder scene of particular violence and destruction at the home of his oldest friend, detective Alex Cross, aided by his girlfriend Brianna, finds himself entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington, D.C.
9) Criss cross
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 27
Language
English
Description
An ominous message by a copycat killer forces Alex Cross and John Sampson to investigate whether an innocent man has been executed.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Join Alex Cross on his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads."
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever....
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever....
11) Missing persons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and two grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much more deadly, when Jack discovers the daughter is being pursued by highly trained operatives. As Jack uncovers more of the woman's backstory, the...
12) The ninth month
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She's a successful marketing executive who enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis: she parties too much--and she's pregnant. Her nurse and new best friend, Betsey, helps Emily rediscover how much she loves morning runs in the park and quiet nights at home. But as a series of women in her wealthy social circle go missing, Emily's pregnancy becomes...
13) 3 days to live
Author
Language
English
Description
Three new novella thrillers from the world’s best-selling author include the tales of a honeymooning CIA agent who is poisoned and a pair of grifters who attempt to take control of the home of a murdered L.A. doctor.
Author
Series
NYPD red novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a fundraiser involving New York's wealthy elite is targeted by a fatal blast, detectives Zack Jordan and Kylie MacDonald discover a link between the bombing and the murder of a high-profile woman filmmaker before realizing that the bombers may be among the A-list guests they were hired to protect.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas--until now. James Patterson shows the real Vegas in a dazzling journey through true stories of excess, drama, and hope. In What Really Happens in Vegas, full of surprises for both newcomers and Las Vegas regulars, James Patterson and Vanity Fair contributing editor Mark Seal transport readers from the thrill of adrenaline-fueled vice to the glitter of A-list celebrity and entertainment.
16) 21st birthday
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 21
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the disappearance of a young mother and her baby girl, Detective Lindsay Boxer is presented with evidence that not only proves the innocence of the husband but places the lives of women all over the state of California in grave danger.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The successful but lonely daughter of a powerful New York theater icon falls for her childhood imaginary friend in this touching love story.
As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, a powerful Broadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, for their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He's perfect. But only she can see him.
Years later, Jane...
As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, a powerful Broadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, for their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He's perfect. But only she can see him.
Years later, Jane...
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 15
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a #1 New York Times bestseller of murder, love, and above all, bravery.
From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written-a novel called Trial.
As a lawyer...
From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written-a novel called Trial.
As a lawyer...
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Alex Cross must face the world's most dangerous agents, criminals, and assassins. The fate of the world rests in his hands.
In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates a hundred feet above the ground and lays waste to homes, cars, and playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant. The Russian supercriminal known as the Wolf claims...
In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates a hundred feet above the ground and lays waste to homes, cars, and playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant. The Russian supercriminal known as the Wolf claims...