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1) Westport
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When she becomes the lead suspect in her coworker's murder, Nora Carleton calls in her old colleagues from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mafia investigator Benny Dugan and lawyer Carmen Garcia, and as they hunt for the true killer's motive, Nora examines her history with the company to determine who framed her.
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy, shocking, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists."—Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The highly anticipated new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is Dead
You've opened up your house and your heart to a total stranger ... What could
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"I don't just want to hear her laugh, I need to earn it. Every time I gain a little ground, I want more. I want to break out of the shade and back into her light. Without even realizing it, I've become addicted to it. To her."
From the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of the genre-breaking international TikTok sensation Butcher & Blackbird comes the second book in the Ruinous Love Trilogy—a
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Jack Reacher is back, dragged into what looks like a series of grisly serial murders by a team of FBI profilers who aren't totally sure he's not the killer they're looking for, but believe that even if he isn't, he's smart enough to help them find the real killer. And what they've got on the ex-MP is enough to ensure his grudging cooperation: phony charges stemming from Reacher's inadvertent involvement in a protection shakedown and the threat of...
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Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in the black market of stolen books and manuscripts. Mercer Mann is a young novelist with a severe case of writer's block who has recently been laid off from her teaching position. She is approached by an elegant, mysterious...
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"When the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was. From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Reeses Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me comes a riveting mystery wrapped in an epic love story"--
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In this Golden Globe nominated psychological thriller, Oscar winner Tilda Swinton plays the mother Eva of the evil Kevin Ezra Miller. Eva contends with her clueless husband John C. Reilly and her son's malevolent ways, as the narrative builds to a chilling and unforgettable climax.
8) Ana
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An unlikely friendship between a car dealer and a street urchin causes them to go on a colorful journey to find her father save him from bankruptcy.
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Crime, thriller, and noir fans will delight in this fourth volume of The Greatest Mysteries of All Time, an exciting series featuring short fiction by legendary writers, past and present. From Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, and Georges Simenon to Lawrence Block and Sara Paretsky, this unique collection- compiled and edited by multi-award-winning mystery connoisseur Otto Penzler- is a captivating mixture of mystery and suspense....
11) Terribly Happy
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A taught, noirish psychological thriller about Robert Hansen, a Copenhagen police officer, who is transferred to a small provincial town following a nervous breakdown. Robert quickly finds himself mixed up in a community governed by its own rules.
12) In God I Trust
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Redemption, violence, and faith define a young black man, a reckless white nationalist, and a pair of traveling vacationers.
13) Last Summer
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During a long hot summer in the rural paradise of 1970s West Wales, a courageous ten year old boy arms himself against the adult world to salvage the lives of his friends, convincing them to run away with him after a love triangle ends in murder.
14) Deadly Seasons
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A mysterious Superintendent with a troubled past teams up with a young, reckless inspector to solve a series of troubling murders.
15) The gift (DVD)
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2001
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A widowed psychic in Georgia gives readings to support her three young sons. Her visions unravel the secrets of the town and she finds herself in increasing danger from the unfriendly inhabitants. Includes interviews, music videos, and trailer.
"...solidly crafted, suspensefully written, powerfully acted..."--Boston Globe
"A well-told murder mystery."--Citysearch
"The smartest and scariest supernatural thriller since 'The Sixth Sense.'"--New York...
17) A time for mercy
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Court-appointed lawyer Jake Brigance puts his career, his financial security, and the safety of his family on the line to defend a sixteen-year-old suspect who is accused of killing a local deputy and facing the death penalty.
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2011
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Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.
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"Twenty-two years ago, Naomi Shaw believed in magic. She and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent that summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder-the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls' testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes. And...
20) Enemy Within
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A prison bus crashes in a severe snowstorm, releasing five dangerous convicts. In a remote cabin a few miles away, Amy Oliver, a young woman grappling with her recent blindness, slowly begins to realize that she is not alone.
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