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The Crow Girl (Victoria Bergmans svaghet #1-3) by Erik Axl Sund,

 

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It starts with just one body – the hands bound, the skin covered in marks.

 

Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg is determined to find out who is responsible, despite opposition from her superiors.

When two more bodies are found, it becomes clear that she is hunting a serial killer.

 

With her career on the line, she turns to psychotherapist Sofia Zetterlund.

Together, they uncover a chain of shocking events that began decades ago – but will it lead them to the murderer before someone else dies?

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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games #1 - 2 & 3)

by Suzanne Collins

 

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Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?

 

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts.

The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games.

But Katniss has been close to dead before - and survival, for her, is second nature.

Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender.

But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

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The Lord of Lies by Sam Bowring...

 

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The world is crumbling. Fissures crack the shaking ground, babes are born with twisted limbs and the taste of apples is just a memory.

 

Rostigan and Priestess Yalenna must face those Wardens who remain bent on steeping the land in ruin and, somehow, close the growing Wound in the Great Spell.

Standing in their way is a pitiless army commanded by a madman, a sky full of silkjaws and, worst of all, an old friend, once betrayed, whom they must now convince to join them again.

 

There is only one thing for it - Rostigan must break an ancient oath and use powers he has dared not touch, powers that could tip the balance in favour of the spreading corruption. Caught in a web of his own deceit, he struggles to live with the lies he has spun, for if he cannot, Aorn itself may well be doomed.

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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk.....

 

At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul, from one of the most prominent contemporary Turkish writers.

 

The Sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land to create a great book celebrating the glories of his realm.

Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style.

But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed.

The ruling elite therefore mustn’t know the full scope or nature of the project, and panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears.

The only clue to the mystery or crime? lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves.

Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power.

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Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder by Ann Rule

 

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AMERICA'S #1 TRUE-CRIME WRITER FULFILLS A MURDER VICTIM'S DESPERATE PLEA WITH THIS SHATTERING BOOK...

 

"If anything ever happens to me...find Ann Rule and ask her to write my story."

 

In perhaps the first true-crime book written at the victim's request, Ann Rule untangles a web of lies and brutality that culminated in the murder of Sheila Blackthorne Bellush, a woman Rule never met, but whose shocking story she now chronicles with compassion, exacting detail, and unvarnished candor.

 

Although happily ensconced in a loving second marriage, and a new family of quadruplets, Sheila never truly escaped the vicious enslavement of her ex-husband, multi-millionaire Allen Blackthorne, a handsome charmer and a violent, controlling sociopath who subjected Sheila to unthinkable abuse in their marriage, and terrorized her for a decade after their divorce. When Sheila was slain in her home, in the presence of her four toddlers, authorities raced to link the crime to Blackthorne, the man who vowed to monitor Sheila's every move in his obsessive quest for power and revenge.

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The Radleys by Matt Haig....

 

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The Radleys are an everyday family who juggle dysfunctional lives.

Except, as Peter and Helen Radley know, but their children have yet to find out, the Radleys happen to be a family of abstaining vampires.

When one night Clara finds herself driven to commit a bloodthirsty act, her parents decide to explain a few things.

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Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich...

 

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Small guy. Big trouble.

 

Death threats, highly trained assassins and highly untrained assassins are all in a day's work for Stephanie Plum in Top Secret Twenty-One.

Janet Evanovich's hilarious series is perfect reading for fans of Sue Grafton and JD Robb.

 

Stephanie Plum has just one job lined up - tracking down Jimmy Poletti: car-dealer and all-round scumbag.

Problem is he's on the run, and silencing his former colleagues, one bullet at a time.

Plum is going to need bait to bring him in.

Bait like Poletti's ex-bookkeeper, Randy Briggs, a ninety-two-centimeter-tall magnet for bored housewives and rocket-propelled grenades.

 

To make things worse, there's a one-eyed Russian assassin who's out to get revenge on Ranger, Stephanie's part-time temptation and full-time protector.

Who is the one-eyed Russian and what's his connection to the former Special Forces operative?

Afraid that's top secret.

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Death Trap by M. William Phelps.....

 

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It started when Alan Bates and his new wife arrived at his ex's house to pick up his two daughters for a weekend visit.

Then two charred bodies were found in a burned-out car on a lonely Georgia road. . .and investigators pieced together a shattering story of a vicious divorce, a spurned woman's bitter rage, and a thirst for revenge that led to cruel, unflinching murder.

Updating this gripping true-life thriller with shocking new details, M. William Phelps uncovers the cold heart of an unthinkable crime.

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The End Game by Raymond Khoury....

 

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Eminent scientist Dr Ralph Padley is dying - and he knows it's time to finally reveal the truth.

Padley has a dark secret, which, if it got out, would have deadly consequences.

But there are powerful men who will stop at nothing to silence him.

 

FBI Special Agent Reilly has an agenda of his own.

For months he has sought the man who kidnapped and brainwashed his ten-year-old child.

But that man is a ghost - a highly protected CIA official with no name and no identity.

Reilly is going to have to break the law if he's going to bring him to justice.

 

As the stakes get higher, Reilly is framed for murder and now he has to work undercover to seek the truth and protect the family he loves.

All the while, Reilly is being watched.

He's getting too close to a secret that will shake the country to its core and a conspiracy that reaches up to the highest echelons of power.

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The Martian (The Martian #1) by Andy Weir...

 

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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

 

Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

 

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

 

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.

 

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet.

Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit, he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next.

Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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The Malta Exchange (Cotton Malone #14) by Steve Berry.

 

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A deadly race for the Vatican’s oldest secret fuels Steve Berry’s latest international Cotton Malone thriller.

 

The pope is dead.

A conclave to select his replacement is about to begin. Cardinals are beginning to arrive at the Vatican, but one has fled Rome for Malta in search of a document that dates back to the 4th century and Constantine the Great.

 

Former Justice Department operative, Cotton Malone, is at Lake Como, Italy, on the trail of legendary letters between Winston Churchill and Benito Mussolini that disappeared in 1945 and could rewrite history.

But someone else seems to be after the same letters and, when Malone obtains then loses them, he’s plunged into a hunt that draws the attention of the legendary Knights of Malta.

 

The knights have existed for over nine hundred years, the only warrior-monks to survive into modern times.

Now they are a global humanitarian organization, but within their ranks lurks trouble, the Secreti - in ancient sect intent on affecting the coming papal conclave. With the help of Magellan Billet agent Luke Daniels, Malone races the rogue cardinal, the knights, the Secreti, and the clock to find what has been lost for centuries.

The final confrontation culminates behind the walls of the Vatican where the election of the next pope hangs in the balance.

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From Midnight this Friday night/Saturday morning to Midnight Saturday/Sunday morning the 18 of May, in respect of a Buddhist religious holiday, Visakha Bucha Day, it has been announced there will be a ban on sales of alcohol as with every religious holiday.

This means all sales of alcohol, including at bars, restaurants, hotels, convenience stores, grocery stores, nightclubs, etc will be forbidden during this time.

This also means the majority of bars, live entertainment venues discos, nightclubs, etc will be closed.

Plan ahead.

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Orbit by John J. Nance..

 

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Disillusioned with his life, when Kip Dawson wins a passenger seat on one of American Space Adventure's commercial space flights, it's a dream come true.

Although his acceptance of the prize strikes terror in his family, Kip sets off, ready for adventure.

But a successful launch quickly morphs into chaos, a micrometeor punches through the wall of the spacecraft, leaving the radios as dead as the pilot.

 

Becomes a global fight for survival.

 

With nothing to do but wait for death, Kip composes his epitaph on the ship's laptop computer.

Little does he know an audience of millions would soon discover his cries, sparking a massive rescue mission in his honor.

With no idea the world can hear him, his heroism in the face of death may sabotage his best chance of survival.

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Brothers in Blood (Eagle #13) by Simon Scarrow

 

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The Roman Empire's conquest of Britannia is under threat from within. Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro must uncover a traitor to prevent unthinkable defeat.

 

A messenger on the streets of Rome has been intercepted and tortured, revealing a plot to sabotage the Roman army's campaign against Caratacus, commander of Britannia's native tribes. A treacherous agent's mission is to open a second front of attack against them and eliminate the two Roman soldiers who could stand in the way.

 

Unwarned, Cato and Macro are with the Roman army pursuing Caractacus and his men through the mountains of Britannia. Defeating Caratacus finally seems within their grasp. But the plot against the two heroes threatens not only their military goals but also their lives.

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Kursk: Russia's Lost Pride - by Peter Truscott...

 

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In the worst peacetime disaster experienced by the Russian Navy, on 12 August 2000 the state-of-the-art nuclear-powered Kursk submarine sank with the loss of 118 officers and crew. The sinking was a humanitarian, environmental, and military catastrophe for Russia, and a powerful political reversal for President Putin But what really happened?

 

Peter Truscott, former Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesperson in the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Security Committee, aims to provide the answers.

An expert on Russia, with a modern history doctorate from Oxford University, Truscott has met President Mikhail Gorbachev, three Russian Prime Ministers, two parliamentary Speakers and the leaders of all Russia's political parties over the past decade.

For this book, the author has also interviewed relatives of the crew; Russian, British and American nuclear submarine commanders; international torpedo experts, politicians, diplomats, British and Norwegian rescue teams and their leaders, submariners, seismologists and members of the defence and intelligence communities.

This work vividly re-creates the terrible final hours of the crew as they waited in vain for rescue at the bottom

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Lady of Pattaya by Michael Schemmann......

 

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The Lady of Pattaya charmed me, displaying in her gestures and attitude the distinct signs of independence and pride, with serene traces of ancestral savagery on her face.

She is an escapee from the poverty-stricken northeast of Thailand called Isan, and becomes a working lady of the night in Southeast Asia's most infamous entertainment center in search of a handsome and wealthy foreign husband to help support her family back home.

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Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian L. Weiss...

 

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The true story of a prominent psychiatrist, his young patient, and the past-life therapy that changed both their lives.

As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks.

His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the space between lives, which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss' family and his dead son.

Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career.

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Bangkok Haunts (Sonchai Jitpleecheep #3) by John Burdett ...

 

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Sonchai Jitpleecheep, the devout Buddhist Royal Thai Police detective who led us through the best sellers Bangkok 8 and Bangkok Tattoo, returns in this blistering new novel.

 

Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkok’s District 8, but nothing like the video he’s just been sent anonymously: “Few crimes make us fear for the evolution of our species.

I am watching one right now.”

 

He’s watching a snuff film. And the person dying before his disbelieving eyes is Damrong, a woman he once loved obsessively and, now it becomes clear, endlessly.

And there is something more: something at the end of the film that leaves Sonchai both figuratively and literally haunted.

 

While his investigation will lead him through the office of the ever-scheming police captain, Vikorn (“Don’t spoil a great case with too much perfectionism,” he advises Sonchai); in and out of the influence of a perhaps psychotic wandering monk; and eventually into the gilded rooms of the most exclusive men’s club in Bangkok (whose members will do anything to protect their identities, and to explore their most secret fantasies), it also leads him to his own simple bedroom where he sleeps next to his pregnant wife while his dreams deliver him up to Damrong . . .

 

Ferociously smart and funny, furiously fast-paced, and laced through with an erotic ghost story that gives a new dark twist to the life of our hero, Bangkok Haunts does exactly that from first page to last.

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The Perfect Hostage: A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi

by Justin Wintle.....

 

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A biography of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the world’s most renowned freedom fighters and advocates of

nonviolence, and the figurehead for Burma’s struggle for democracy.

Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, she has dedicated her life to the liberation of her country.

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Sleepless in Bangkok by Ian Quartermaine.....

 

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THE BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN

 

In its initial release in Thailand, ‘Sleepless in Bangkok’ engendered a tremendous amount of controversy.

It was unofficially banned for review in the press on the basis that it was ‘uncensored’.

Sex in Thailand - as the world knows - is available in any and every conceivable format, but apparently such goings on cannot be spoken about or acknowledged.

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A Small Deaf Lesbian by Robert Wilson...

 

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Winner of the prestigious Gold Dagger Award in the U.K. for the best mystery of 1999, this complex literary thriller may be one of the most satisfying suspense novels to come along in some time.

Robert Wilson has written several political thrillers, most of which are set in West Africa, but they are, alas, largely unavailable in the U.S.

 

In A Small Death in Lisbon, the narrative switches back and forth between 1941 and 1999, and Wilson's wide knowledge of history and keen sense of place make the eras equally vibrant. In 1941 Germany, Klaus Felsen, an industrialist, is approached by the SS high command in a none-too-friendly manner and is "persuaded" to go to Lisbon and oversee the sale,

or smuggling of wolfram (also known as tungsten, used in the manufacture of tanks and airplanes).

World War II Portugal is neutral where business is concerned, and too much of the precious metal is being sold to Britain when Germany needs it to insure that Hitler's blitzkrieg is successful.

 

Cut to 1999 Lisbon, where the daughter of a prominent lawyer has been found dead on a beach.

Ze Coelho, a liberal police inspector who is a widower with a daughter of his own, must sift through the life of Catarina Oliveira and discover why she was so brutally murdered.

Her father is enigmatic, her mother suicidal; her friends were rock musicians and drug addicts.

 

The reader is treated to a wonderful portrait of Lisbon in the aftermath of the 1974 revolution that ousted Salazar from power, and the scars from that conflict are still close to the surface for the citizens of Lisbon, including Coehlo and his colleagues.

We also see World War II in a slightly different manner from that to which we are accustomed, through the eyes of the Germans and the Portuguese.

The pace of the book is leisurely but compelling as the events of 1941 and those in 1999 merge in an extraordinary climax..

 

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Faceoff by David Baldacci...

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Edited by David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series today. Worlds collide...

In an unprecedented collaboration, twenty-three of the world’s bestselling and critically acclaimed thriller writers have paired their series characters, such as Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher, and Lincoln Rhyme, in an eleven-story anthology curated by the International Thriller Writers (ITW). 
All of the contributors to FaceOff are ITW members and the stories feature these dynamic duos:

· Harry Bosch vs. Patrick Kenzie in “Red Eye,” by Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane

· John Rebus vs. Roy Grace in “In the Nick of Time,” by Ian Rankin and Peter James

· Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast in “Gaslighted,” by R.L. Stine, Douglas Preston, and Lincoln Child

· Malachai Samuels vs. D.D. Warren in “The Laughing Buddha,” by M.J. Rose and Lisa Gardner

· Paul Madriani vs. Alexandra Cooper in “Surfing the Panther,” by Steve Martini and Linda Fairstein

· Lincoln Rhyme vs. Lucas Davenport in “Rhymes With Prey,” by Jeffery Deaver and John Sandford

· Michael Quinn vs. Repairman Jack in “Infernal Night,” by Heather Graham and F. Paul Wilson

· Sean Reilly vs. Glen Garber in “Pit Stop,” by Raymond Khoury and Linwood Barclay

· Wyatt Hunt vs. Joe Trona in “Silent Hunt,” by John Lescroart and T. Jefferson Parker

· Cotton Malone vs. Gray Pierce in “The Devil’s Bones,” by Steve Berry and James Rollins

· Jack Reacher vs. Nick Heller in “Good and Valuable Consideration,” by Lee Child and Joseph Finder

So sit back and prepare for a rollicking ride as your favorite characters go head-to-head with some worthy opponents in FaceOff, it’s a thrill-a-minute read.

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True Evil by Greg Iles...

A Southern doctor is pulled into a terrifying ring of murderous Secrets in this powerhouse thriller from the author of the Penn Cage series.

Dr. Chris Shepard has never seen his new patient before.

But the attractive young woman with the scarred face knows him all too well.

An FBI agent working undercover, Alex Morse has come to Dr. Shepard's office in Natchez, Mississippi, to unmask a killer.

A local divorce attorney has a cluster of clients whose spouses have all died under mysterious circumstances.

Agent Morse's own brother-in-law was one of those clients, and now her beloved sister is dead.

Then comes Morse's bombshell: Dr. Shepard's own beautiful wife consulted this lawyer one week ago, a visit Shepard knew nothing about. Will he help Alex Morse catch a killer?

Or is he the next one to fall victim to a deadly trap of sex, lies, and murder?

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Nightmare in Laos : The True Story of a Woman Imprisoned in a Communist Gulag by Kay Danes...

 

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After her husband was kidnapped by the Communist Laos government, Kay Danes was taken away and wrongly charged with gem smuggling.

She was forced to endure 10 months of outrageous injustice and corruption while she tried to fight her case from behind the filth and squalor of one of Laos' secret gulags for foreign prisoners.

Following an infuriating game of diplomatic cat and mouse, Kay and her husband were released.

But the sorrow and pain Kay witnessed will stay with her forever.