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Booklist: American Crime and Thriller

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Baldacci, David. Divine justice. 2008. Thriller. TB 18713.

Camel Club series; book 4. Known by his alias, 'Oliver Stone', John Carr is the most wanted man in America. The men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price; the assassinations he carried out have prompted the United States Government to unleash a massive manhunt. Joe Knox is leading the charge, but his superiors aren't telling him everything - and their hidden agendas are just as dangerous as the killer he's trying to catch. Contains strong language.

Read by John Chancer, 12 hours 1 minute TB 18713.

Baldacci, David. Hell's corner. 2010. Thriller. TB 20984.

Camel Club series; book 5. On the night of the State Dinner honouring the British Prime Minister, Oliver Stone witnesses an explosion as the motorcade leaves the White House. It looks like a terrorist plot directed at the President and the Prime Minister. British MI5 agent Mary Chapman is sent to coordinate the investigation and Stone, together with the rest of the Camel Club, is drawn into the inquiry.

Read by Paul Birchard.12 hours 12 minutes. TB 20984.

Baldacci, David. Simple genius. 2008. Crime. TB 16083.

Sean King & Michelle Maxwell series; book 3. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are both haunted by their last case. Realizing that Michelle is teetering on the brink of self-destruction from long-buried demons, Sean arranges therapy for his reluctant partner. But instead of focusing on her recovery, Michelle unearths disturbing secrets in the hospital. Sean accepts a much-needed job. A physicist, Monk Turing, has died in mysterious circumstances near Babbage Town a secretive establishment populated by an eccentric group of scientists and cryptographers, funded by an anonymous but powerful group. Meanwhile the dead man's young daughter, piano-playing prodigy Viggie, has secrets of her own.

Read by John Chancer, 12 hours 44 minutes. TB 16083.

Baldacci, David. First family. 2010. Thriller. TB 20201.

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell series; book 4. A birthday party turns into a nightmare when a child is snatched after the celebrations. The First Lady enlists the services of Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to bring the child home safely. But she and King share a past. Contains violence and strong language. .

Read by Lorelei King, 13 hours 5 minutes. TB 20201.

Berry, Michelle. Blur. 2002. Crime. TB 18775.

Not only does Hollywood starlet Emma Fine drop out of sight after her lover Ted is found dead in her pool, but Ted's wife Bridget, who resembles Emma, also disappears. Years later, Bruce Dermott, a tabloid reporter, chances upon Emma on a busy street. In trying to write her story, Bruce uncovers the trails of several lives, and attempts to see the truth through the layers of deception and depravity, while trying to fix his own life. Contains violence, strong language and passages of a sexual nature. Read by Anne Glatt, 8 hours. TB 18775.

Bradby, Tom. Blood money. 2009. Crime. TB 17241.

New York, 1929, Joe Quinn's first case is one that could make his name. A banker takes a dive from a tall building onto Wall Street and all the signs point to murder. Soon, the dead man has company; a group of old buddies is being eliminated. For the young detective a case that starts as an opportunity swiftly becomes a nightmare from which he cannot escape. Contains strong language.

Read by William Roberts, 11 hours 55 minutes. TB 17241.

Braun, Lilian Jackson. The cat who could Read backwards. Crime. 1995. TB 18112.

Jim Qwilleran feline series; book 1. For Jim Qwilleran his assignment to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalised paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffolding - this is not at all what Qwilleran expects when he turns his reporting talents to art. But now Qwilleran and his newly found partner, Koko the brilliant Siamese, are in their element - sniffing out clues and confounding criminals.

Read by Christopher Ragland, 5 hours 17 minutes. TB 18112.

Brown, Dan. Inferno. 2013. Thriller. TB 20403.

Robert Langdon series; book 4. Set in the heart of Europe, 'Inferno' follows renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon as he becomes drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dante's Inferno.

Read by Jeff Harding, 19 hours 6 minutes.TB 20403.

Cabot, Meg. Size 12 is not fat. 2006. TB 15745.

Heather Wells series; book 1. Former teen pop sensation Heather Wells has hit rock bottom. Dad's in jail, Mom's bolted for Buenos Aires and Heather's fiancé has replaced her - on the charts as well as in his bed - with America's newest pop sensation, Tania. When Heather finds a job in a New York college dorm, things seem to start looking up, at least until girls in the dorm begin to perish at an alarming rate. Contains passages of a sexual nature.

Read by Laurel Lefkow 9 hours 55 minutes. TB15745

Cabot, Meg. Size 14 is not fat either. 2006. Crime. TB 15972.

Heather Wells series; book 2. It's the first day of the winter semester and Heather Wells has a lot more to worry about than room-mate conflicts. One of the college cheerleaders has lost her head - literally - in the cafeteria, and no one can find the rest of her.

Read by Laurel Lefkow, 9 hours 50 minutes. TB 15972.

Cain, Tom. The assassin. 2011. Thriller. TB 19488.

Samuel Carver series; Book 3. Sam Carver has a copycat assassin using his modus operandi to organize fatal 'accidents'. Hounded by suspicion, forced to protect his reputation as the best, Carver must go head to head with the challenger in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Read by Steven Crossley, 10 hours 11 minutes.TB 19488.

Cain, Tom. Dictator. 2011. Thriller. TB 20083.

Samuel Carver series; book 4. Africa has had more than its share of dictators, but Henderson Gushungo may be the worst. Millions starve and opponents are flung in jail, while Gushungo and his cronies get rich on the country's rich natural resources. A powerful consortium of political and business interests offer Samuel Carver the job of enforcing regime change. Contains strong language.

Read by Jonathan Oliver, 11 hours 31 minutes.TB 20083.

Carrell, J L. The Shakespeare secret. 2008. Crime. TB 15749.

A woman is left to die in a burning theatre. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A doctor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his sickening murders on Shakespeare's plays. But why is he killing and how can he be stopped? Contains strong language.

Read by Regina Reagan and David Thorpe, 13 hours 49 minutes.TB 15749.

Carter, Chris. One by one. 2014. Crime. TB21588.

Robert Hunter; book 5. Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD's Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address - a private broadcast. Hunter logs on and a show devised for his eyes only immediately begins and Hunter is forced to sit and watch as an unidentified victim is tortured and murdered live over the Internet. Then Hunter receives a new phone call and this time the killer has upgraded his game into a live murder reality show, where anyone can cast the deciding vote.

Read by John Chancer. 14 hours 25 minutes. TB21588.

Coben, Harlan. Caught. 2011. Thriller. TB 19092.

'Caught' tells the story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can't trust her own instincts about this case or the motives of the people around her.

Read by Stuart Milligan, 10 hours 29 minutes.TB 19092.

Coben, Harlan. Fade away. 2002. Crime. TB 17421.

Myron Bolitar series; book 3. Myron Bolitar once had a promising career as a sportsman, until an accident forced him to quit. After a spell in the FBI he now runs his own business. Then Myron is approached to find Greg Downing. He knows Greg from old - they were once rivals, not just in sport, but for a woman they both loved. Now Greg has vanished, and the team boss wants Myron to find him, before news of his disappearance is leaked to the press.

Read by Michael FitzPatrick, 10 hours 18 minutes.TB 17421.

Coben, Harlan. Six years. 2013. Thriller. TB 20404.

Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for - but she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, she's been married to Todd for more than a decade, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew is turned completely inside out.

Read by Peter Brooke, 10 hours 52 minutes. TB 20404.

Connelly, Michael. The reversal. 2011. Thriller. TB 21022.

Mickey Haller series; book 3. When Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey's a defence lawyer but the high-profile case of Jason Jessup is an intriguing one. Contains strong language.

Read by Christopher Ragland. 11 hours 19 minutes.TB21022

Connelly, Michael. The fifth witness. 2011. Thriller. TB22417.

Mickey Haller; book 4. Lisa Trammel had been a client of Mickey's for eight months and although so far he'd managed to stop the bank from taking her house, the strain and sense of injustice are beginning to take their toll, and the bank had recently got a restraining order to prevent her protesting. But now the bank's CEO, Mitchell Bondurant, has been found in the car park with a bullet in his brain, and Lisa is about to be indicted for murder. For Mickey, its back to what he does best , but if he thought defending Lisa Trammel was going to be a walk in the park, he'd be wrong. Not only is he about to learn some startling truths about his client, but also about himself, and by the time the verdict is in, Mickey's whole world will have been turned upside down.

Read by Peter Giles. 13 hours 57 minutes. TB22417

Connelly, Michael. The gods of guilt. 2013. Thriller. TB 21326.

Mickey Haller; book 5. Mickey Haller gets the text, Call me ASAP - 187 and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Mickey learns that the victim was a prostitute he thought he had put on the straight and narrow. Mickey must bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt.

Read by Michael FitzPatrick. 12 hours 9 minutes. TB21326.

Connelly, Michael. Angels flight. 2010. Crime. TB 20160.

Harry Bosch series; book 6. In the aftermath of the murder of a black lawyer, known for his stance against police corruption, Harry Bosch is expected to brave the LAPD's inward-looking, closed-ranks mentality and find out who killed him.

Read by John Chancer, 12 hours 24 minutes.TB 20160.

Cooper, Glenn. Library of the dead. 2009. Thriller. TB 20357

Library of the dead; book 1. A murderer is on the loose: nicknamed the Doomsday Killer, he's claimed six victims in just two weeks, and the city is terrified. Even worse, the police are mystified: the victims have nothing in common, defying all profiling, and all that connects them is that each received a sick postcard in the mail before they died.

Read by Stuart Milligan. 13 hours 15 minutes.TB 20357.

Cooper, Glenn. Book of souls. 2010. Thriller. TB 21103.

Library of the dead; book 2. A shocking truth lies within the pages of an ancient library, locked inside a high-security complex deep beneath the Nevada desert. The US government will stop at nothing to keep it classified but now a shadowy group of ex-employees want the world to know.

Read by William Roberts. 11 hours 48 minutes.TB21103

Cooper, Glenn. The keepers of the library. 2013. Thriller. TB 21101. Library of the dead; book 3. England, 1775. An ambitious American pushes his expedition onward despite dire warnings from the locals. But what Benjamin Franklin discovers on the Isle of Wight isn't just superstition. It's a secret with the power to save the world – or destroy it. In less than four hundred days, most of the world's population will be dead. Nobody knows why, only when: February 9, 2027.

Read by Bill Roberts. 11 hours 14 minutes. TB21101

Cooper, Glenn. The tenth chamber. 2010. Thriller. TB21950.

Abbey of Ruac, rural France: A medieval script is discovered hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to Paris for restoration, and there literary historian Hugo Pineau begins to Read the startling fourteenth-century text. Within its pages lies a fanciful tale of a painted cave and the secrets it contains - and a rudimentary map showing its position close to the abbey. Intrigued, Hugo enlists the help of archaeologist Luc Simard and the two men go exploring. But as they begin to unlock the ancient secrets the cavern holds, they find themselves at the centre of a dangerous game. One 'accidental' death leads to another. And it seems that someone will stop at nothing to protect the enigma of the tenth chamber.

Read by Peter Wickham. 10 hours 52 minutes. TB21950.

Cornwell, Patricia. At risk. 2006. Crime. TB 16161.

Winston Garano series; book 1. Winston Garano, a police investigator, is instructed to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. Although Win reckons there are many more pressing current cases which should have higher priority, he gets on with the task, unaware of the can of worms he will prise open. Contains strong language.

Read by Jennifer Woodward, 4 hours 50 minutes. TB 16161.

Cornwell, Patricia. The front. 2008. Crime. TB 16238.

Winston Garano series; book 2. Win Garano is asked to investigate the death of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler, blind Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962. With no DNA and sketchy police records, this is a case that will test Garano to his limits. It will take him on a journey through the archives, into the latest innovations in forensic technology, and into partnership with senior officers at London's New Scotland Yard. Read by Jennifer Woodward, 4 hours 57 minutes. TB 16238.

Cornwell, Patricia. Isle of Dogs. 2002. Crime. TB 14406.

Andy Brazil series, book 3. New Superintendent of the Virginia State Police, Judy Hammer is at her wits' end trying to protect the public from the politicians and vice versa. Amid the mayhem, an island off the coast declares UDI - claiming its independence lies with its first settlers - from London's Isle of Dogs. Contains strong language.

Read by Lorelei King, 13 hrs 17 mins. TB 14406.

Cornwell, Patricia D. Trace. 2005. Crime. TB 15541.

Dr Kay Scarpetta series, book 13. Against her own judgement, Kay Scarpetta agrees to return to Virginia as a consultant pathologist on the case involving the death of a 14 year-old girl. Soon Kay is investigating the probability that someone is after those closest to her. Contains language which might be considered offensive. Read by Lorelei King, 12 hrs 22 mins. TB 15541.

Cornwell, Patricia D. Predator. 2007. Crime. TB 15343.

Dr Kay Scarpetta series, book 14. In the icy chill of Boston, Benton Wesley is working on a secret project involving convicted killers, one of whom appears to confess to an even higher number of murders than the authorities had known about. It is a project that gives Scarpetta deep disquiet, as does the behaviour of her niece Lucy, who is spending too much time drinking and indulging in casual pick-ups in cheap bars. Contains strong language.

Read by Lorelei King, 10 hrs 13 mins. TB 15343.

Cornwell, Patricia. Book of the dead. 2008. Crime. TB 16031.

Scarpetta series; book 15. The 'book of the dead' is the morgue log in which all cases are entered. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to have a new meaning. She moves to Southern California in the hope of a quieter life, but then a series of violent murders begins. Contains violence.

Read by Lorelei King, 11 hours 59 minutes. TB 16031

Cornwell, Patricia D. Scarpetta. 2009. Crime. TB 16336.

Dr Kay Scarpetta series; book 16. Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient in a psychiatric ward. He says his injuries were sustained in the course of a murder that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his tale true? Contains strong language.

Read by Lorelei King, 13 hours 17 minutes. TB 16336.

Cornwell, Patricia D. The Scarpetta factor. 2011. Crime. TB 20302.

Dr Kay Scarpetta; book 17. The effects of the credit crunch have prompted Dr Kay Scarpetta to offer her services pro bono to NYC's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. But in no time her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of dramatic and unsettling events. Read by Lorelei King, 13 hours 51 minutes.

TB 20302.

Crais, Robert. The monkey's raincoat. 2007. Crime. TB 15781.

Elvis Cole series; 1. Ellen Lang has lost everything very valuable indeed - her husband and young son. The case seems simple enough, but PI Elvis Cole and his sociopath sidekick aren't thrilled by the prospect of another straightforward domestic. But all is not what it seems. The search down the seamy side of Hollywood's studio lots and sculptured lawns soon lands Elvis and Joe deep in a world of sex, drugs and murder. Contains passages of violence which may be offensive.

Read by William Roberts, 7 hours 16 minutes. TB 15781.

Cussler, Clive. Deep six. 1984. Thriller. TB 19187.

Dirk Pitt series; book 7. For the President of the United States, the crisis point is approaching fast. Then, with his new Soviet initiative entering a crucial phase, he disappears. It is left to troubleshooter Dirk Pitt to find the President.

Read by Jeff Harding, 15 hours 2 minutes. TB 19187.

Cussler, Clive. Cyclops. 1987. Thriller. TB0586.

Dirk Pitt series; book 8. For Dirk Pitt, the witnessing of an airship disaster sets in motion the most nail-biting events of his career. When he finds his trail leading to fabulous treasure beneath the sea he knows he is on to something special. Or is he?

Read by Paul Birchard. 15 hours 38 minutes. TB 20586.

Cussler, Clive. Dragon. 2005. Thriller. TB21510.

Dirk Pitt; book 10. Buried off the coast of Japan, lies one of the greatest drowned secrets of World War Two - a crashed B-29 Bomber that was carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan in 1945. A small group of Japanese nationalist fanatics, set out to neutralise and blackmail the USA - with nuclear weapons planted strategically in the country's major cities.

Read by Jeff Harding. 18 hours 6 minutes.TB21510.

Cussler, Clive. Devil's gate. 2012. Thriller. TB21560.

NUMA files; book 9. A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores when it bursts into flames. Racing to help, Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are beaten to the scene by heavily armed pirates. But when the ruthless gang's own boat explodes as they're making their escape, the men from NUMA are suddenly plunged from a disaster into a mystery.

Read by Jeff Harding. 12 hours 50 minutes. TB21560.

Deaver, Jeffery. The broken window. 2009. Thriller. TB 18847.

Lincoln Rhyme series; book 8. Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out that the cousin has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims, murder or rape, and escape safely. And then he sets up others to take the fall for his crimes. Rhyme and the rest of the team have to find out who at the huge data mining company is getting access to this information. Meanwhile the villain realizes he's being pursued and turns his knowledge of data and information into a weapon. Contains strong language.

Read by Jeff Harding, 16 hours 3 minutes. TB 18847.

Deaver, Jeffery. The burning wire. 2011. Thriller. TB 19864.

Lincoln Rhyme series; book 9. When an attack is made on Manhattan's electricity grid, it seems that terrorists must be responsible. While the FBI and CIA try to determine whether religious or environmental fundamentalists are behind the attacks, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to decode the forensics in order to prevent the next assault on the grid. Contains strong language.

Read by Jeff Harding, 14 hours 12 minutes. TB 19864.

Deaver, Jeffery. Carte blanche. 2011. Thriller. TB 18950.

James Bond has been recruited to a new agency. It operates independent of Five, Six and the MoD, its existence deniable. Its aim: to protect the Realm, by any means necessary. GCHQ has decrypted an electronic whisper about an attack scheduled for later in the week: casualties estimated in the thousands, British interests adversely affected. And 007 has been given carte blanche to do whatever it takes to fulfil his mission.

Read by Mark Elstob, 13 hours 26 minutes. TB 18950.

DeMille, Nelson. Mayday: a novel. 1997. Thriller. TB20289.

A supersonic jet has to change its scheduled flight due to bad weather. When it is hit by a missile, one of the passengers, John Berry, has to take control of the plane and get the surviving passengers to safety.

Read by Jeff Harding. 14 hours 28 minutes. TB 20289.

DeMille, Nelson. Wild fire. 2007. Thriller. TB 19707.

John Corey; book 4. There is a group of Vietnam vets who still keep in touch - the Custer Hill Club. They are prepared to attack foreign countries if America is attacked and their current rule is that if an Islamic country attacks, then all Islamic countries will be nuked, thus deterring Korea, China or others with similar ideas against the US. Contains strong language.

Read by Garrick Hagon, 18 hours 43 minutes. TB 19707.

DeMille, Nelson. The lion. 2010. Thriller. TB21167.

John Corey series; book 5. Asad Khalil - codenamed 'The Lion' - vanished after a major terrorist attack on American soil. But Khalil has made a spectacular return, and the threat of a terrorist apocalypse now darkens the globe. Detective John Corey stands in his way, but the duel between the two men turns personal when Khalil threatens John's wife.

Read by Jeff Harding. 14 hours 55 minutes.TB21167

Eisler, Barry. The last assassin. 2007. Thriller. TB 20139.

John Rain; book 5. When John Rain learns that his former lover, Midori, has been raising their child in New York, he senses a chance for reconciliation, perhaps even redemption. But Midori is being watched by Rain's enemies, and his sudden appearance put mother and child in terrible danger. Contains strong language.

Read by Jeff Harding, 9 hours 45 minutes. TB 20139.

Evanovich, Janet. One for the money. 2004. Crime. TB 15351.

Stephanie Plum series; book 1. Stephanie Plum is a failed lingerie buyer, newly turned Bond agent. Her first job is to find Morrelli, a policeman/murder suspect on the run and her childhood sweetheart. Real menace enters the story when Stephanie attracts the psychopathic attentions of Ramirez. Contains language which might be considered offensive.

Read by Lorelei King, 6 hrs 44 mins. TB 15351.

Fielding, Joy. Shadow Creek. 2012. Thriller. TB 20624.

Val finds herself in the unlikely position of camping with her daughter and her soon-to-be ex-husband's new fiancé. But no one is aware of the brutal murders that have taken place only a few miles away. Eventually campers and killers collide, secrets are revealed, and lives are changed forever.

Read by Caitlin Thorburn. 11 hours 33 minutes. TB 20624.

Fluke, Joanne. Chocolate chip cookie murder. 2011. TB22062.

Hannah Swensen; book 1. Hannah alReady has her hands full trying to dodge her mother's attempts to marry her off while running The Cookie Jar, Lake Eden's most popular bakery. But once Ron LaSalle, the beloved delivery man from the Cozy Cow Dairy, is found murdered behind her bakery with Hannah's famous Chocolate Chip Crunchies scattered around him, her life just can't get any worse. Determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, she sets out to track down a killer. But if she doesn't watch her back, Hannah's sweet life may get burned to a crisp.

Read by Kelly Burke. 12 hours 1 minute. TB 22062

Flynn, Gillian. Dark places. 2010. Thriller. TB 21207.

Libby Day was just seven years old when her brother massacred her family while she hid in a cupboard. Ever since then she has been drifting, but now the money is running out. When she is offered $500 to do a guest appearance, she feels she has to accept, unaware that the infamous Kill Club's members believe her brother was innocent.

Read by Helene Wilson. 14 hours 32 minutes. TB21207

Flynn, Vince. American assassin. 2011. Thriller. TB 20651.

Mitch Rapp series; book 1. At first glance, Mitch Rapp appears like any other smart, good-looking American college kid. But tragedy entered Mitch's life a year before when 35 of his classmates, including his girlfriend, perished on Pan Am flight 103. When CIA Director Irene Kennedy arrives on campus to recruit new agents, Mitch sees a way for revenge.

Read by Ian Knauer. 12 hours 51 minutes. TB 20651.

Ford, G M. Who in hell is Wanda Fuca? 2007. Crime. TB 17906.

Leo Waterman series; book 1. Leo Waterman is hired to locate Caroline Nobel, an errant mob heiress and landscape-loving activist. Leo follows her into the rain-soaked Washington woods but Caroline's conscientious cohorts are dragging her deeper into the murky waters of environmental sabotage and her hot-headed enthusiasm can't be cooled, even after two people are brutally murdered. She's onto something extremely toxic and unless Waterman can clear the air, her deadly dedication could poison him as well. Contains strong language.

Read by Jeff Harding, 9 hours 20 minutes. TB 17906.

Ford, G M. Cast in stone. 1996. Crime. TB 18333.

Leo Waterman ; book 2. In Leo Waterman's youth, Henry "Heck" Sundstrom was a god. But things haven't been going great lately for the PI's burly ex-hero. First came the honeymoon boating accident that killed Heck's son and new daughter-in-law, Allison. And now the big man himself is dying - struck down by a runaway truck at an ungodly hour. But Waterman's not so sure Allison went down with the ship. And if he and "the Boys" can gather the facts, perhaps he can prove it - following the lead to the Midwest and a missing million dollars and hopefully to a "black widow" who may be more alive and more lethal than anyone ever suspected. Contains strong language. Read by Jeff Harding, 8 hours 17 minutes. TB 18333.

Gardner, Lisa. Hide. 2012. Thriller. TB 20716.

D D Warren series; book 2. Annabelle was seven years old when she arrived home to find the suitcases packed and her parents fleeing. Now, aged 30, Annabelle has finally settled in Boston and is happy with her life. Until the bodies of six girls are discovered, one of them said to be her. Read by Christy Meyer. 12 hours 34 minutes. TB 20716.

Gardner, Lisa. The other daughter. 2000. Thriller. TB 19761.

In Huntsville, a man goes to the electric chair for the kidnap, torture and murder of six small children. In Boston, a nine year old girl has been admitted to ER, unconscious and full of morphine. She remembers nothing about herself or her past. Contains strong language.

Read by Liza Ross, 12 hours 23 minutes. TB 19761.

Gerritsen, Tess. The surgeon. 2001. Crime. TB 18217.

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series; book 1. Trauma surgeon Catherine Cordell left Savannah after escaping from a serial murderer whom she managed to kill. A copycat is now stalking her in Boston while finding other victims, and Catherine falls in love with the detective on the case. Contains strong language, violence and passages of a sexual nature.

Read by Suzanne Manning-Ward, 10 hours 45 minutes. TB 18217.

Gerritsen, Tess. Body double. 2004. Crime. TB 18216.

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series; book 4. Pathologist Maura Isles - an adopted child - is confronted by the corpse of a murdered woman who is apparently her identical twin. She launches an investigation into her sister's past, following the trail to a state correctional facility and a schizophrenic inmate who may be her mother. This leads to a remote cabin in Maine, a killer who has been murdering expectant mothers for decades and the kidnapping of an affluent pregnant housewife. Contains strong language and violence.

Read by Shary Lee Guthrie, 10 hours 30 minutes. TB 18216.

Gerritsen, Tess. The Mephisto Club. 2007. Crime. TB 16704.

Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series; book 6. Christmas Eve in Boston is no holy night for medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. In a rundown house a woman has been dismembered in an act of carnage that leaves veteran cops in shock. The last person called from the dead girl's phone is Dr. Joyce O'Donnell, a celebrity psychiatrist who's made her name defending serial murderers. But there are other clues that make the police wonder if this slaying was part of a Satanic ritual.

Read by Lorelei King, 9 hours 47 minutes. TB 16704.

Gimenez, Mark. The governor's wife. 2012. Thriller. TB 19939.

Bode Bonner is the Republican governor of Texas. He has everything he ever wanted: money, power, influence. But something isn't right in his life - everything feels too settled and easy. He longs for one more moment of excitement, one more challenge. Lindsay Bonner is Bode's wife, and she's bored too.

Read by Jeff Harding, 15 hours 44 minutes. TB 19939.

Gimenez, Mark. The perk. 2009. Thriller. TB 19714.

City lawyer Beck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. As he tries to Readjust to small-town life, Beck learns of an unsolved case that has haunted the town for years, and he can't resist the chance to seek justice.

Read by Michael FitzPatrick, 14 hours 34 minutes. TB 19714.

Grafton, Sue. V is for vengeance. 2012. Crime. TB21561.

Kinsey Millhone mysteries; book 22. Private investigator Kinsey Millhone finds herself assisting to apprehend a shoplifter, Audrey Vance. When Audrey's body is found in a local suicide spot her fiancé is unable to believe she took her own life and hires Kinsey to investigate. It soon emerges that the shoplifter had become caught up in a much larger operation.

Read by Liza Ross. 14 hours 54 minutes. TB 21561

Grisham, John. The racketeer. 2012. Thriller. TB 20224.

Given the importance of what they do, the controversial decisions to be made and the violent people sometimes confronted, it is remarkable that in the history of the USA only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fogletree just became number five.

Read by Tommie Earl Jenkins. 11 hours 43 minutes.TB 20224.

Gross, Andrew. Killing hour. 2011. Thriller.TB 18770.

Dr. Jay Handler's life is perfect: a wife and children he loves; a successful career. But a call comes that changes everything. His troubled nephew, Evan, has killed himself and Jay's brother is in despair. Jay flies to California to help out, and is soon convinced Evan's death was no suicide. The police want him to leave the matter alone but he is determined to dig deeper. When his investigation takes him on a journey into his brother's shady past, Jay finds himself caught up in a world of dangerous secrets and ruthless killers!

Read by Lewis Hancock, 9 hours 21 minutes. TB 18770.

Hart, John. Down river. 2008. Crime. TB 15978.

Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to forget. When he left North Carolina, Adam left for good. Now he has no choice but to return - and being remembered as a murderer doesn't help. Within hours of arriving, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to face the hostility of those closest to him, including Grace, the young woman he cannot forget. And then people start turning up dead. Adam becomes the prime suspect for the new murders and he alone can clear his name. Contains strong language.

Read by Peter Brooke, 11 hours 12 minutes. TB 15978.

Hart, John. Iron House. 2012. Thriller.TB 19875.

Michael is a fighter and killer but now he wants out, he wants a new life with Elena, the mother of his unborn child. But the man who could set him free is dying and when he is dead they will come for Michael and they will kill Elena. They are ruthless in protecting what they have - but so is he.

Read by Christopher Ragland, 16 hours 16 minutes. TB 19875.

Hiaasen, Carl. Nature girl. 2007. Crime. TB 15901.

Honey Santana - self-proclaimed queen of lost causes - has a Plan. She's working on a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference and dinner-time telemarketers. She's also taking part-time telephonist Boyd Shreve and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress to Dismal Key - one of the Everglades' Ten Thousand Islands - for a gentle lesson in civility. What Honey doesn't know is that lurking in the island's undergrowth is Sammy Tigertail, half-blood Seminole Indian and wholly failed alligator wrestler, with death on his mind; and Honey's deranged co-worker, Louis Piejack, now with most of his fingers surgically mis-attached to the wrong knuckles, and intent on revenge. Contains strong language.

Read by William Roberts, 10 hours 50 minutes. TB15901.

Higgins, Jack. The judas gate. 2011. Thriller. TB 21295.

Sean Dillon series; book 18. A disturbing tape has made its way to British intelligence. It contains battlefield chatter from an ambush in Afghanistan, in which 12 US Army Rangers and a British medical team died. Most of the Taliban voices are Afghan, but the voice of the commander bears an Irish accent. Sean Dillon is put in charge of hunting the traitor down.

Read by Jonathan Oliver. 9 hours 32 minutes. TB21295

Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew. Or she dies. 2010. Thriller.TB 18724.

First Patrick receives DVDs in the post. They show footage of him and his wife washing, dressing, going to work - all taken by cameras hidden in his house. Someone is out to get him. And then the emails start arriving: Tell No One Go Alone OR SHE DIES. Patrick's life is turned upside down. Suddenly, this is a matter of life and death. He must follow the instructions on the email if he is to survive. Contains strong language.

Read by Jeff Harding, 12 hours 59 minutes. TB 18724.

Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew. You're next. 2011. Thriller.TB 19215.

'I know you, don't I?' Five words - that's all it takes to plunge Mike Wingate and his family into mortal danger. Mike doesn't recognise the crippled stranger who approaches him at a party, but the stranger seems to know all about him. Overnight, threats become attacks and Mike has no time to figure out what they want because his enemies have killed before, and he's next.

Read by Jeff Harding, 14 hours 7 minutes. TB 19215.

Isaacs, Susan. Long time no see. 2001. Crime. TB 18480.

Courtney Logan, a former investment analyst, devoted mother and Long Island housewife, leaves her home on Halloween night for a quick trip to the grocery store. Five months later, her badly decomposed body is found floating in the backyard pool, concealed by the pool cover.

Read by Ann Beneteau, 12 hours 45 minutes.TB 18480.

Landay, William. Defending Jacob. 2012. Thriller. TB 19618.

When a boy is discovered dead in the woods, a wave of shock ripples through the community of Newton, outside of Boston. Assistant DA Andy Barber is used to dealing with murder, but when evidence merges that ties his son Jacob to the crime, Andy faces a very different challenge: preventing his son from being convicted of murder. Contains strong language.

Read by John Chancer, 15 hours 15 minutes. TB 19618.

Landay, William. The strangler. 2007. Crime. TB 16417.

Boston, 1963. A city on edge. In the city's underworld, a mob war rages. But what terrifies Bostonians most is the mysterious killer who has alReady claimed a dozen victims, a murderer whose name is indelibly linked to their city: the Boston Strangler. Contains language and passages of violence which may be offensive.

Read by Jeff Harding, 13 hours 23 minutes. TB 16417.

Leonard, Elmore. Pronto. 1994. Crime. TB 10183.

Raylan Givens; book 1. Harry Arno's got a good thing going, pulling down six or seven thousand a week running a South Miami Beach gambling operation. That is until he is forced to cut a deal with the local muscle, Jimmy Caportorto. A couple of detectives put the squeeze on Harry and suggest that now would be a good time to rat the mobster out. US Marshal Raylan Given's job is to deliver Harry so he can testify at Jimmy's trial, but when Jimmy's men also show signs of coming after him, Harry slips out of the country - pronto.

Read by William Dufris, 7 hours 4 minutes. TB 10183

Lustbader, Eric. Robert Ludlum's The Bourne betrayal: a new Jason Bourne novel. 2010. Thriller. TB 20233.

Bourne; book 5. Jason Bourne takes a mission to rescue his only friend in the CIA, Martin Lindros, who disappeared in Africa while tracking shipments of yellowcake uranium. Once safely back in America, Lindros persuades Bourne to help track the money trail left by the terrorists buying nuclear material in Odessa.

Read by Michael Fitzpatrick, 18 hours 47 minutes.TB 20233.

Margolin, Phillip. Wild justice. 2010. Thriller.TB 19759.

Amanda Jaffe; book 1. It looks as though Vincent Cardoni is being framed for murder by his soon-to-be ex-wife, then she finds she's been set up as a killer herself. If they are both innocent, who is guilty? Contains strong language and passages of a sexual nature.

Read by Jeff Harding, 9 hours 54 minutes. TB 19759.

Palmer, Michael. Fatal. 2003. Thriller. TB22271.

In Chicago, a pregnant cafeteria worker suffering nothing more than flu- like symptoms begins haemorrhaging from every part of her body. In Boston, a brilliant musician, her face disfigured by an unknown disease, rapidly descends into lethal paranoia. In West Virginia, a miner suddenly goes berserk, causing a cave-in that kills two of his co-workers. Finding the link between these events could prove Fatal. Five years ago emergency specialist Matt Rutledge returned to his West Virginia home to marry his high-school sweetheart and open a practice. Now he has identified bizarre new incidences of illness - caused he is certain, by the mines careless disposal of toxic chemicals. All he needs is proof.

Read by Peter Brooke. 15 hours 53 minutes. TB22271.

Paretsky, Sara. Indemnity only. 2012. Crime. TB 20193.

V I Warshawski; book 1. V I has been hired by the vice-president of one of Chicago's biggest banks to find the girlfriend of his son. However, what should have been a simple job has turned gruesome. Someone is dead, lies have been told, and threats have been made.

Read by Lorelei King, 7 hours 27 minutes. TB 20193.

Patterson, James. Double Cross. 2008. Thriller. TB 21234.

Alex Cross series; book 13. A spate of elaborate murders in Washington D C have the whole East Coast on edge. The killer has the whole city by its strings - and he'll stop at nothing to become the most terrifying star that Washington has ever seen. Read by Garrick Hagon. 7 hours 28 minutes. TB21234

Patterson, James. Violets are blue. 2009. Thriller. TB 20649.

Alex Cross series; book 7. Desperate to stop a series of deaths, Alex teams up with Jamilla Hughes, a savvy woman detective from San Francisco, and the FBI's Kyle Craig.

Read by Paul Birchard. 8 hours 36 minutes. TB 20649.

Patterson, James. Private - no. 1 suspect. 2013. Thriller. TB21578.

Private; book 4. Since former US Marine Jack Morgan started Private, it has become the world’s most successful detective agency. But when his former lover is found murdered in Jack’s bed, Jack is instantly the number one suspect. With his team stretched to breaking point and Jack fighting for his life, he finds himself strong-armed by the mob into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals, and Jack realises he is facing his most powerful enemies ever.

Read by Jeff Harding. 8 hours 10 minutes. TB21578.

Patterson, James. Private London. 2012. Thriller. TB 21436.

Private series; book 2. For Hannah Shapiro, a beautiful young American student, this particular nightmare began eight years ago in Los Angeles, when Jack Morgan, owner of Private - the world's most exclusive detective agency - saved her from a horrific death. The terror has followed her to London, and now it is down to Dan Carter, head of Private London, to save her all over again. But the clock is ticking... Private may be the largest and most advanced detection agency in the world, but the only thing they don't have is the one thing they need - time.

Read by Paul Thornley. 7 hours 22 minutes.TB21436

Patterson, James. Private games. 2013. Thriller. TB 21481.

Private series; book 3. July 2012. The Games have arrived in London and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee, is found brutally murdered, Peter Knight, head of Private London, is called to the scene. Denton was also the fiancé of Knight's mother and it soon becomes clear that this is no isolated incident. The killer is targeting the Games itself, and the lives of everyone involved are under threat.

Read by Paul Thornley. 9 hours 28 minutes.TB21481

Patterson, Richard North. The devil's light. 2011. Thriller.TB 19127.

Terrorist operative Amer Al Zaroor masterminds and executes the theft of a Pakistani military weapon: a 200-pound nuclear warhead, capable of causing destruction on a mass scale. A chilling transmission is then broadcast to the world, in which Osama Bin Laden pledges to attack a major US city on the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

Read by Garrick Hagon, 13 hours 57 minutes. TB 19127.

Pavone, Chris. The expats. 2013. Thriller. TB 20318.

Kate Moore is an expat mum, newly transplanted from Washington D C. In Luxembourg, her days are filled with play dates and coffee mornings. But Kate is also guarding a secret - one so momentous it could destroy her neat little expat life.

Read by Laurel Lefkow. 12 hours 31 minutes. TB 20318.

Pelecanos, George P. The cut. 2012. Thriller. TB 19371.

Since he got home from Iraq, Spero Lucas has carved out a good life for himself and has made name for himself as the kind of person who gets jobs done quietly and effectively, usually just on the right side of the law. A quick case for a criminal defence attorney leads him into the world of a high-profile marijuana dealer.

Read by Jeff Harding, 7 hours 27 minutes.TB 19371.

Pelecanos, George P. The double. 2013. Thriller. TB 20965.

Spero Lucas series; book 2. Spero Lucas is trying to find a painting belonging to a sexy young woman who was scammed out of it by a super-smooth con artist, part of a team of ruthless thugs. Spero tracks the painting down but when the woman is brutally attacked to warn him off, Spero goes on the attack. Contains violence.

Read by Peter Brooke. 8 hours 7 minutes. TB 20965.

Pyper, Andrew. The demonologist. 2013. Thriller. TB 20416.

Professor Ullman is a leading authority on Christian religion and myth but he sees what he teaches as nothing more than fiction. It's why when he's offered a trip to Venice to be a consultant on a case study based on his expertise as a 'demonologist' he accepts. But what he witnesses will change what he believes forever.

Read by Sam Mancuso. 9 hours 56 minutes. TB 20416.

Reichs, Kathy. Bare bones. 2003. Crime. TB 17171.

Temperance Brennan series; book 6. First there's the newborn skeleton found in a wood stove. Then a pilot and passenger are found burnt, covered in a strange black substance. Most puzzling is a cache of bones, some animal, some human. All the pieces seem to lead back to an isolated farm. Can Dr Brennan decipher the clues in time?

Read by Liza Ross, 9 hours 57 minutes.TB 17171.

Reichs, Kathy. Monday mourning. 2005. Crime. TB 17985.

Temperance Brennan series; book 7. Three skeletons are found in the basement of a pizza parlour. The building is old, with a colourful past, and Homicide Detective Luc Claudel dismisses the remains as historic: not his case, not his concern. But Forensic Anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan has her doubts. Something about the bones of these three young women suggests a different message: murder. A cold case, but Claudel's case nonetheless. Contains strong language.

Read by Liza Ross, 10 hours 2 minutes. TB 17985.

Reilly, Matthew. Area 7. 2010. TB 20575. Thriller.

Scarecrow series: book 2. The hero of Ice Station is sent to a US Air Force installation in the Utah desert. Schofield will be escorting the President on an inspection tour of the base itself. But there are certain people who don't plan on the head of state leaving there alive.

Read by Matthew Hendrickson. 12 hours 59 minutes. TB 20575.

Riley, Felix. The set-up. 2011. Thriller. TB 18979.

New York City - present day. Mike Byrne wants to know who framed him for murder. The N.Y.P.D want Byrne locked up. The U.S. Secret Service want Byrne dead. Detective Jenni Martinez just wants her gun and her badge back. Thing is, you don't always get what you want. Mike Byrne has three days to stop a deadly game that will bring America to its knees - and he's just been set up. Contains strong language.

Read by Vincent Marzello, 13 hours 21 minutes. TB 18979.

Roberts, Nora. Birthright. 2009. Thriller. TB 19741.

When 5000 year-old human remains are found at a construction site in the small American town of Woodsboro the news draws archaeologist Callie Dunbrook out of her sabbatical and into a whirlwind of adventure, danger and romance.

Read by Stephen Ellyne, 16 hours 26 minutes. TB 19741.

Rubenfeld, Jed. The interpretation of murder. 2006. Crime. TB 14977.

Richard and Judy’s Book Club 2007. This novel is inspired by Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to America, accompanied by protege and rival Carl Jung. When a wealthy young debutante is discovered bound, whipped and strangled in a luxurious apartment overlooking the city, the mayor of New York calls upon Freud to use his revolutionary new ideas to solve the crime. Contains strong language language.

Read by Jeff Harding, 14 hrs 33 mins. TB 14977.

Scottoline, Lisa. Daddy's girl. 2008. Thriller. TB 19743.

Law professor Natalie Greco is caught up in the middle of a prison riot when a guard is fatally injured in front of her. His last words to Nat are 'Tell my wife. It's under the floor.' Feeling obligated, Nat must find the dead guard's widow. But this is no simple quest.

Read by Stephanie Ellyne, 10 hours 21 minutes. TB 19743.

Slaughter, Karin. Blindsighted. 2005. Thriller. TB 20001.

Grant County; book 1. The sleepy town of Heartsdale is jolted into panic when Sara Linton, paediatrician and medical examiner, finds Sibyl Adams, a young college professor, dead in the local diner.

Read by Denica Fairman, 11 hours 7 minutes. TB 20001.

Slaughter, Karin. Unseen. 2013. Thriller. TB 21487.

Will Trent series; book 8. Special Agent Will Trent has something to hide. Something he doesn't want Dr Sara Linton - the woman he loves – to find out. He's gone undercover in Macon, Georgia and put his life at risk. And he knows Sara will never forgive him if she discovers the truth. But when a young Macon patrolman is shot and left for dead Sara is forced to confront the past and a woman she hoped never to see again.

Read by Penelope Rawlins. 15 hours 15 minutes. TB21487

Tracy, P J. Two evils. 2013. Thriller. TB 20277.

Monkeewrench series; book 6. When a missing teenage girl is found dead in a parking lot, her throat slashed, it's only the beginning. 5 more bodies are found by the following morning. None of it makes any sense. But as Minneapolis Police Department homicide detectives Gino and Magozzi struggle to establish what's happened, they realise that the deaths may not be as random as they first appear.

Read by Liza Ross, 8 hours 18 minutes. TB 20277.

Vasas-Brown, Cathy. Every wickedness. 2001. Crime. TB 18436.

Seductive, irresistible and deadly, the Spiderman entices and traps beautiful young women with lethal precision. Beth Wells' roommate was the killer's fourth victim. She also fears for her own safety as she receives a series of threatening letters.

Read by Phyllis Lowe, 11 hours 30 minutes. TB 18436.

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