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Deal Breaker

Harlan Coben

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1995

The Forgotten Book Club

Kate Storey

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Bone Shard Daughter

Andrea Stewart

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

Zoraida Córdova

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

The Underground Library

Jennifer Ryan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

The Vengeance of Mothers

Jim Fergus

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Star Shipped

Cat Sebastian

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

You Had Me at Hola

Alexis Daria

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

I Almost Forgot About You

Terry McMillan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Immaculate Conception

Ling Ling Huang

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Great Mann

Kyra Davis Lurie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird

Josie Silver

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

See How They Run

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

The Red Winter

Cameron Sullivan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Those Across the River

Christopher Buehlman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Masquerade

O. O. Sangoyomi

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Killing Moon

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Kill Your Darlings

Peter Swanson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Impossible Thing

Belinda Bauer

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Knife

Jo Nesbø

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

What Does It Feel Like?

Sophie Kinsella

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Graceless Heart

Isabel Ibañez

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Murder Is Easy

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1939

Just for the Cameras

Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The 24th Hour

James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1940

Holmes Is Missing

James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Season of the Machete

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1977

2nd Chance

James Patterson, Andrew Gross

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Ninth Month

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Pop Goes the Weasel

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

22 Seconds

James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Jailhouse Lawyer

Nancy Allen, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Fear No Evil

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Peril at End House

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

The Piano Tuner

Daniel Mason

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Stieg Larsson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Elder Race

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2021

Reflected in You

Sylvia Day

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Cruel Seduction

Katee Robert

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Shadow Sister

Lucinda Riley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Departure(s)

Julian Barnes

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Hamptons Lawyer

James Patterson, Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

That Night

Chevy Stevens

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Blowback

James Patterson, Brendan DuBois

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

A Study in Scarlet Women

Sherry Thomas

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

The Pucking Wrong Number

C.R. Jane

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Maggie Moves On

Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Nesting

Roisín O'Donnell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Body in the Backyard

Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Elsewhere

Alexis Schaitkin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

The Christmas Fix

Lucy Score

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Whispers of You

Catherine Cowles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

The Last Orphan

Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Stolen

Ann-Helén Laestadius, Transl. Rachel Willson-Broyles

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Bug Hollow

Michelle Huneven

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Boundary Waters

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Fox Creek

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

My Other Heart

Emma Nanami Strenner

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

The Defense

Steve Cavanagh

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Hollow

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Purgatory Ridge

William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2001

Wine People

Michelle Wildgen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Dissolution

Nicholas Binge

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

An Untamed State

Roxane Gay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

A Memory of Light

Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler

Kelly Harms

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Bring Me Back

B. A. Paris

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Shattered

James Patterson, James O. Born

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Countdown

Brendan DuBois, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Private

Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Alex Cross Must Die

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2023

Bad Luck and Trouble

Lee Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

4

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Death in the Clouds

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1935

Ordeal by Innocence

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1958

The Thomas Berryman Number

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1976

Throne of Nightmares

Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Antihero

Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

Prodigal Son

Gregg Hurwitz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

Them

Joyce Carol Oates

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1969

Endless Night

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1967

Dumb Witness

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

Islands in the Stream

Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Sparkling Cyanide

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1945

The Clocks

Agatha Christie

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1963

Purity

Jonathan Franzen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

The Magician King

Lev Grossman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Cold Zero

Brad Thor, Ward Larsen

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Passenger

Lisa Lutz

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

10th Anniversary

Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

The House of Cross

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Crosshairs

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

We Hope for Better Things

Erin Bartels

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

The Murder Inn

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

Felicia's Favorites

Danielle Steel

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2026

The Black Book

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Make Room! Make Room!

Harry Harrison

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1966

Cross Justice

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Triple Cross

James Patterson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022