Written by Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon, a retired Israeli secret agent (and assassian), is asked to come out of retirement to head-up a man-hunt for a former nemesis, Tariq, a renowned Palestinian zealot.
Gabriel Allon leaves his comfortable and quiet life as a much-sought-after restorer of fine paintings to seek to right wrongs that have haunted him from his past.
This is the FIRST of the Gabriel Allon series. A great read.
Written for The New York Time Best Sellers.
Blindside
(FBI Series #8)
Catherine Coulter
A six-year-old boy (Sam Kettering) escapes his kidnappers and is found by a local sheriff and her daughter.
The sheriff’s home is attacked to retrieve the boy.
FBI Agents Savich and Sherlock assist Miles (the boy’s father and a former FBI agent) to apprehend the kidnappers.
The kidnapping case leads the trio, plus the local sheriff, to begin investigations into a rather creepy charismatic evangelist.
While on the kidnapping case, the Federal Agents are also involved with a serial killer of local math teachers?
Another winner by Catherine Coulter.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
Eleventh Hour
(FBI Thriller #7)
Catherine Coulter
Father Michael Joseph, a priest (the identical twin brother to FBI agent Dane Carver), is murdered.
Savich and Sherlock assist Dane in hunting down the prep.
A witness is discovered: “Nick” Jones- A homeless woman.
At the funeral, someone tries to kill the only witness.
Soon, the priest’s murder is tied to a series of killings. The killings seem to be modeled after a new television series. After each new episode, there is a fresh killing.
A One Night Read! You won’t want to put it down.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
The Return
Nicholas Sparks
Trevor Benson, an Army orthopedic surgeon, is severely injured in a mortar blast in Afghanistan. During Trevor’s rehabilitative time, his grandfather becomes very ill.
Trevor visits.
His grandfather passes.
Trevor is left with the family farm, a dilapidated house, aa well-kept outbuilding for working the honey, and his grandfather’s friendship with runaway teenage girl.
A spellbinding read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
Hemlock Bay
(FBI Thriller #6)
Catherine Coulter
FBI Agent Dillion Savich rescues two teenage boys from their kidnappers. He kills the one kidnapper. The other, he severely injures. But the kidnappers seem to have some kind of other-worldly accomplices.
The injured kidnapper escapes.
Savich’s recieves notice that younger sister is in need of help. The kidnapping case is handed off, and Agent Savich and his wife head to California to assist Lily, his younger sister.
Lily has crashed a new SUV straight into a redwood hoping to commit suicide. While it was true that Lily’s daughter had just been killed in a hit-and-run and Lily had been very distraught, Savich does not believe that his sister is suicidal. The more he learns of Lily’s relationship with her new husband and his family, the surer he feels there is something just no quite right.
Another winner by Catherine Coulter
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
Riptide
(FBI Thriller #5)
Catherine Coulter
Becca Matlock, a political speech writer for the governor of New York, has acquired a stalker.
A stalker who wants noticed. A stalker who wants revenge.
Since the stalker isn’t getting the respect he thinks he deserved, he beings killing those around her.
Ms. Matlock goes to the police, but instead of them seeing her as a stalking victim, they see her as a potential suspect… really, the only true suspect.
Becca Matlock runs.
With the twists of an unknown stalker out to kill Becca, and a surprise bodyguard who tends to be able to control ‘the world’s forces’, and a long-lost college infatuation Becca’s world is chaotic!
Catherine Coulter has another winner!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
Thunderhead
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Nora Kelly, an archaeological anthropologist for the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute, receives a letter (twenty years late) from her father about the Anasazi City of Lost Gold.
She uses clues from her father’s letter and a satellite overlay to discover what she thinks is the route that her father took for his discovery.
Convinced that there is enough evidence to research, the Institute decided to finance the expedition.
Soon, the research team realizes that EVIL is stalking them.
A very enjoyable read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Karen Kingsbury
Tommy Baxter, a smart, athletic eighteen-year-old, announces his new life goal- He wants to become a police officer.
His mother, Reagan, is in shook. She was sure her son was destined for far greater things… And all of them far less dangerous.
Luke, Tommy’s father, is well aware of the dangers of being a police officer, but he is supportive. Luke can see the many personality characteristics of this profession being a good choice for Tommy from Tommy’s life from childhood.
The plot twists even further. Tommy’s high school sweetheart is diagnosed with cancer.
Now Tommy has to battle for his life goals while assisting Annalee Miller in battling for her life.
A passionate read.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
The God’s of Guilt
Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller, defense attorney, is at it again.
This time, Haller receives a very pointed text, “Call me ASAP – 187.” This is the code for the California criminal code- MURDER.
Haller learns that his client is accused of the killing of another former client, a prostitute who he had formerly tried to rescue from the profession.
Apparently, this former call-girl had returned to her practice in Los Angeles.
Another great Michael Connelly read!
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
The Edge
Catherine Coulter
FBI agent Ford “”Mac”” MacDouglas seeks to find out the truth about the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ surrounding the unexpected ‘attempted suidide’ of his sister, Jilly Barlett. Jilly seems to have purposefully drove her white Porsche off a cliff. MacDouglas find the possibility that his sister wanting to commit suicide impossible to believe.
He visits the small town where his sister and husband live and is suddenly caught in even stranger events. While hospitalized, immediately after awakening from a four-day coma, his sister runs away. There are hints that Jilly and her husband are drug-dealers. And then, a local town librarian is tied up knowing far too much about the mysteries.
A fun FBI Thriller read.
Written for The New York Times Best Sellers.
