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The Devil's alternative
By Frederick Forsyth. 1979
An appalling choice faces the President of the USA and other statesmen: whichever option they choose, men are going to…
die. But Adam Munro is unmoved. He knows that politicians have no objection to loss of life, so long as they are not seen publicly to have had anything to do with it. 1979.The demon crown (Sigma Force novel #13.)
By James Rollins. 2017
An ancient horror is free once more, developed into a weapon of incalculable strength and malignancy, ready to wreak havoc…
on an unsuspecting world. To stop its spread, Commander Grayson Pierce of Sigma Force must decipher a deadly mystery, one that traces back to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution. With each new discovery, the menace they hunt is changing, growing, spreading-- adapting and surviving every attempt to stop it from reconquering a world it once ruled. Running out of time and options, Commander Grayson Pierce will be forced to make an impossible choice. To eradicate this extinction-level threat and expose those involved, he will have to join forces with Sigma’s greatest enemy--the newly resurrected Guild--even it if means sacrificing one of his own. Sequel to "The seventh plague". Bestseller. 2017.The crystal rose
By Rebecca Brandewyne. 2006
Rose Windermere's family returns to England from India in 1835 after close friends are murdered. Fifteen years later Rose receives…
a cryptic message and discovers she's being stalked by businessman Raj Khanna. They fall in love while investigating the past and uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.The dark: new ghost stories
By Ellen Datlow. 2003
16 new ghost stories, varied in locale, period, and style, including westerns, faux memoirs, and romance. In Glenn Hirshberg's "Dancing…
Men," the ghost is the shadow of the Holocaust, which haunts a survivor of the concentration camps. A grandfather clock is animated by the spirit of a murder victim in "The Ghost of the Clock", while the lingering influence of a madwoman who terrorizes a child appears in "Feeling Remains". Some descriptions of violence and strong language. 2003.The dark ground (The lost trilogy ; #1)
By Gillian Cross. 2005
Robert finds himself alone and naked in the middle of thick jungle. He has no idea how he got there.…
The last thing he remembers is being in an airplane on his way back from holiday. As Robert struggles to stay alive, he slowly begins to realise he is not entirely alone. For junior and senior high readers. Followed by "The black room" (DC33237). 2005. (The lost trilogy ; 1)The complaints
By Ian Rankin. 2009
Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their…
full title, but known colloquially as 'The Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. It's where Malcolm Fox works. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's a man with problems of his own. He has an increasingly frail father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship - something which Malcolm cannot seem to do anything about. But, in the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. The problem is, no one can prove it. 2009.The constant gardener: a novel
By John Le Carré. 2001
After his young wife Tessa's murder in Kenya, British diplomat Justin Quayle investigates her death and the disappearance of her…
African colleague. He eventually discovers that Tessa had uncovered a scheme involving a multinational pharmaceutical company that unethically tests drugs on the local populace. Strong language. Bestseller. 2001.The cradle will fall
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1980
While in Westlake Hospital, Katie DeMaio sees a woman's body being carried to a car in the middle of the…
night. The next day the woman is found dead and declared a suicide. 1980.Le krach de 1979
By Paul Erdman. 1977
The church of dead girls
By Stephen Dobyns. 1997
A sleepy hamlet in upstate New York awakens to a nightmare when three young girls disappear in succession, inspiring a…
wave of suspicion among former friends as old rumours, old angers, and old desires rear their ugly heads. Descriptions of violence. 1997.The Da Vinci code: a novel (Robert Langdon Ser. #Bk. 2)
By Dan Brown. 2004
Professor Robert Langdon from "Angels and Demons" investigates the crime scene of the Louvre's murdered curator. Joining him is French…
cryptologist Sophie Neveu. The clues left behind pit two Catholic societies against each other in search of the Holy Grail. Some violence and some strong language. 2004, c2003.The day after tomorrow: a novel
By Allan Folsom. 1994
American surgeon Paul Osborn is sitting in a cafe when he spots the man who killed his father in 1966.…
Without thinking, he attacks the man. This sets in motion a chain of events involving seven decapitated bodies, a massive train wreck, and an international conspiracy. Set in Paris in 1994. Violence, strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. c1994.The day of the Jackal
By Frederick Forsyth. 1971
The story of an anonymous Englishman who, in the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief…
of the OAS, to assassinate General de Gaulle and to change the course of history. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 1971.The dark tide (The ty Hauck Ser. #Bk. 1)
By Andrew Gross. 2008
New York hedge-fund manager Charlie Friedman is presumed dead in a train explosion. Meanwhile, Connecticut detective Ty Hauck investigates a…
hit-and-run accident whose victim had Charlie's name in his pocket. Ty works with Charlie's widow to uncover some startling connections. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008.The darkest evening of the year
By Dean R Koontz. 2008
Amy Redwing recklessly risks everything in her chosen field of dog rescue. When she confronts a violent drunk in order…
to rescue Nickie, a beautiful golden retriever, Amy has no misgivings. Dogs always do their best, and so will she. Whatever it takes. 2008.The Crocus list (Harry Maxim ; #3)
By Gavin Lyall. 1985
When three shots from a Russian rifle narrowly miss the American President at a Westminster Abbey memorial service, it is…
the assassin's bad luck that Major Harry Maxim is on duty just outside. 1985. (Harry Maxim ; 3)The culprits
By Robert Hough. 2007
After Hank narrowly escapes being pushed in front of a subway train, he re-awakens to the world and finds Anya,…
a young Russian woman, on a web site. When a troubling letter from home arrives on their doorstep, Hank unwittingly finds himself funding a terrorist scheme. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2007.The coup
By John Updike. 1979
Colonel Hakim, President of Kush, a small country on the southern fringes of the Sahara, talks of his adventures during…
the revolution and its manipulation by the USA and USSR. 1979.The covenant
By Pauline Gedge. 1992
Newly widowed, Jessica visits her parents' former employers in England. Disturbing incidents remind Jessica of her sister's mysterious disappearance over…
20 years ago. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. c1992.The crocodile bird
By Ruth Rendell. 1993
When her mother, Eve, tells Liza she must leave their remote home, the gatehouse of a country mansion, Liza is…
terrified. Although 17, she has never been on a bus or a train or played with a child of her own age. She has almost no knowledge of the world her mother describes as evil and destructive. Their strange, enclosed life together is over because Eve has killed a man and he is not the first. Liza is cast adrift but is not alone. She keeps her love affair secret from her mother, and from her lover she learns about the world and about herself. 1993.