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Genre: Crime
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1) 61 Hours (2010)
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Jack Reacher #14
   by  Lee Child
"Child is a superb craftsman of suspense, juggling several plots and keeping his herrings well-rouged. Chances are you'll want to seek out other Reacher adventures the moment you finish."- Enterta
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2) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
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Sherlock Holmes #3
   by  Arthur Conan Doyle
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3) The Affair (2011)
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Jack Reacher #16
   by  Lee Child
With Reacher, number-one New York Times best-selling author Lee Child has created "a series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers" (The Washington Post)Everything starts somewhere....For e
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4) Alex Cross, Run (2013)
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Alex Cross #20
   by  James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him--b
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5) Alex Cross's Trial (2009)
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Alex Cross #15
   by  Richard DiLallo;  James Patterson
SEPARATED BY TIME: 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
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6) Along Came a Spider (1992)
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Alex Cross #1
   by  James Patterson
When nine-year-old Maggie Rose and her best friend, Michael Goldberg, are kidnapped from theirexclusive school in Washington, D.C., it is clear this is not an ordinarycase. Maggie's mother is a su
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7) Angels Flight (1999)
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Harry Bosch #6
   by  Michael Connelly
ANGELS FLIGHTAn activist attorney is killed in a cute little L.A. trolley called Angels Flight, far from Harry Bosch's Hollywood turf.  But the case is so explosive - and the dead man's e
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8) Bad Luck and Trouble (2007)
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Jack Reacher #11
   by  Lee Child
A decade postmilitary, Jack Reacher has an ATM card and the clothes on his back - no phone, no ties, and no address. But now a woman from his old unit has done the impossible. From Chicago, Frances Ne
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9) Better Off Dead (2021)
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Jack Reacher #26
   by  Andrew Child;  Lee Child
Number one New York Times best seller • Jack Reacher is back in a brand-new thriller from acclaimed number one best-selling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.Digging graves had not been part of my pl
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10) The Big Bad Wolf (2003)
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Alex Cross #9
   by  James Patterson
WHO'S AFRAID?Alex Bross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a predator known only as as the Wolf.Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new c
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11) The Black Box (2012)
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Harry Bosch #16
   by  Michael Connelly
In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the
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12) The Black Echo (1992)
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Harry Bosch #1
   by  Michael Connelly
Experience this special edition of The Black Echo, Michael Connelly’s award-winning crime novel narrated by Titus Welliver, star of the Bosch series on Amazon Prime Video - includes an exclusive bonus
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13) The Black Ice (1993)
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Harry Bosch #2
   by  Michael Connelly
THE BLACK ICENarcotics officer Cal Moore's orders were to look into the city's latest drug killing.  Instead, he ends up in a motel room with a fatal bullet wound to the head and a suicid
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14) Blood Work (1998)
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Terry McCaleb #1
   by  Michael Connelly
From the #1 bestselling author of the Harry Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer series and who "is the master of the universe in which he lives" (Huffington Post), comes the gripping novel that inspired the
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15) A Bloody Storm (2012)
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Derrick Storm #0.3
   by  Richard Castle
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16) Blue Moon (2019)
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Jack Reacher #24
   by  Lee Child
Number one New York Times best sellerJack Reacher comes to the aid of an elderly couple...and confronts his most dangerous opponents yet."Jack Reacher is today’s James Bond, a thriller hero we can’t g
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17) The Brass Verdict (2008)
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Mickey Haller #2
   by  Michael Connelly
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his
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18) A Brewing Storm (2012)
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Derrick Storm #0.1
   by  Richard Castle
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19) The Burning Room (2014)
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Harry Bosch #17
   by  Michael Connelly
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner investigate a cold case that gets very hot . . . very fast.In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder vict
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20) Career of Evil (2015)
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Cormoran Strike #3
   by  Robert Galbraith
CAREER OF EVILA Cormoran Strike Novelby Robert GalbraithWhen a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.Her boss, priv
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21) The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927)
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Sherlock Holmes #9
   by  Arthur Conan Doyle
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22) Cat & Mouse (1997)
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Alex Cross #4
   by  James Patterson
Alex Cross is back - and so is a raging and suicidal Gary Soneji. Out of prison and dying from the AIDS virus he contracted there, he will get revenge on Cross before he dies. In addition, we are intr
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23) The Christmas Scorpion (2018)
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Jack Reacher #22.5
   by  Lee Child
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24) City of Bones (2002)
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Harry Bosch #8
   by  Michael Connelly
On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills--and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memor
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25) Cleaning the Gold (2019)
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Jack Reacher #23.6
   by  Lee Child;  Karin Slaughter
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26) The Closers (2005)
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Harry Bosch #11
   by  Michael Connelly
He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite Open/Unsolved Unit. His mission: solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or aband
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27) The Concrete Blonde (1994)
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Harry Bosch #3
   by  Michael Connelly
THE CONCRETE BLONDEThey call him the Dollmaker, a serial killer who stalks Los Angeles and leaves a grisly calling card on the faces of his female victims.  When a suspect is shot by Detective Ha
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28) Crashing Heat (2019)
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Nikki Heat #10
   by  Richard Castle
Marriage. It's a double-edged sword, or at least it is for Nikki Heat. Her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jameson Rook, infuriates her in a way no one else in her entire life has ever
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29) Criss Cross (2019)
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Alex Cross #27
   by  James Patterson
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30) Cross (2006)
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Alex Cross #12
   by  James Patterson
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TYLER PERRYAlex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Alex's ne
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31) Cross Country (2008)
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Alex Cross #14
   by  James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross pursues the most ruthless killer he's ever encountered-to a land of sheer terror and back. It's the worst crime scene Alex Cross has ever seen, and then more killings, eac
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32) Cross Down (2023)
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Alex Cross #31
   by  James Patterson
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33) Cross Fire (2010)
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Alex Cross #17
   by  James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington DC's most corrupt: a dirty Congressm
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34) Cross Justice (2015)
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Alex Cross #23
   by  James Patterson
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35) Cross My Heart (2014)
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Alex Cross #21
   by  James Patterson
CROSS MY HEARTby James PattersonALEX CROSS BECOMES THE OBSESSION OF A GENIUS OF MENACE - WHO IS SET ON PROVING THAT HE IS THE GREATEST MIND IN THE HISTORY OF CRIME.Detective Alex Cross is a family man
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36) Cross the Line (2016)
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Alex Cross #24
   by  James Patterson
Alex Cross chases a cold-blooded killer... with a conscience.Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.  When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies
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37) The Crossing (2015)
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Harry Bosch #18
   by  Michael Connelly
THE CROSSINGA Bosch Novelby Michael ConnellyHARRY BOSCH CROSSES THE LINE TO TEAM UP WITH LINCOLN LAWYER MICKEY HALLER IN THE NEW THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR MICHAEL CONNELLY.Det
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38) The Cuckoo's Calling (2013)
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Cormoran Strike #1
   by  Robert Galbraith
THE CUCKOO'S CALLINGby Robert GalbraithA Brilliant Debut Mystery in a Classic Vein:Detective Cormoran Strike Investigates a Supermodel's Suicide.After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanis
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39) The Dark Hours (2021)
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Harry Bosch #23
   by  Michael Connelly
"RELENTLESS ON THEIR OWN, BALLARD'S AND BOSCH'SCOMBINED SKILLS... COULD BE COMBUSTIBLE."- Los Angeles TimesThere's chaos in Hollywood on New Year's Eve.  Working her graveyard shi
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40) Dark Sacred Night (2018)
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Harry Bosch #21
   by  Michael Connelly
When Detective Renée Ballard returns to Hollywood Station to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets, she's shocked that it's retired detective Harry Bosch working a cold case. 
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41) Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004)
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Dexter Morgan #1
   by  Jeff Lindsay
Meet Dexter Morgan, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing.  He's handsome and charming, but something in his past made him abide by a different set of rules.  He's a serial killer wh
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42) A Darkness More than Night (2001)
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Terry McCaleb #2
   by  Michael Connelly
Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie director is charged with murdering an actress during sex, and then staging her death
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43) Deadly Cross (2020)
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Alex Cross #28
   by  James Patterson
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44) Deadly Heat (2013)
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Nikki Heat #5
   by  Richard Castle
Nikki Heat and Jameson Rook race to stop a deadly threat from Heat's past as well as an all-too-present serial killer, in Richard Castle's follow-up to the New York Times best-seller Frozen He
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45) Dearly Devoted Dexter (2005)
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Dexter Morgan #2
   by  Jeff Lindsay
Life's tough for Dexter Morgan.  It's not easy being the world's only serial killer with a conscience, especially when you work for the Miami police.  To avoid suspicion, dexter&
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46) Deep Down (2012)
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Jack Reacher #16.5
   by  Lee Child
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47) Desert Star (2022)
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Renée Ballard #5
   by  Michael Connelly
LAPD detective Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch team up to hunt the brutal killer who is Bosch’s “white whale”—a man responsible for the murder of an entire family.A year has passed since LAPD detective
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48) Dexter by Design (2009)
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Dexter Morgan #4
   by  Jeff Lindsay
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49) Dexter in the Dark (2007)
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Dexter Morgan #3
   by  Jeff Lindsay
"WONDERFUL....  DARKLY AMUSING....  Our handsome murderer may consider himself emotionless, but his sheer joie de vivre - or joie de mourir - is both obvious and contagious."- The Boston Glo
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50) Dexter Is Dead (2015)
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Dexter Morgan #8
   by  Jeff Lindsay
ALL GOOD THINGS MUST ENDDexter Morgan - blood-spatter analyst... husband... father... serial killer - knew that he couldn’t burn the candle at both ends forever, and now his dark deeds have finally en
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