Historical Thriller

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  A Room Full of Night by TR Kenneth
  

  Stag Maguire, a burnt-out journalist hardly able to prop himself up in the wake of tragedy, agrees to help a friend move. They find an urgent message—HELP ME—written on a piece of silk tacked behind a long-forgotten portrait. The message from an address in Berlin is urgent; though it had ...

  
  

  The tension ratchets up degree by degree, in a plot similar to speeding down a ...Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The Bishop’s Pawn
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  Angel in the Fog by TJ Turner
  

  Molly Ferguson’s comfortable life unravels when her Louisiana home is burned to the ground, her family murdered, and she is enslaved in a Baltimore brothel. Amidst the threat of the Civil War, Molly learns of secessionist plans to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln as he makes his way to Washington for ...

  
  

  In TJ Turner’s Angel in the Fog, we’re in for a heart-stopping, page-turning, and thrilling ...Jess Montgomery, author of The Widows
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  Bad Scene by Max Tomlinson
  

  Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben’s gritty noir suspense When PI and ex-con, Colleen Hayes, learns that a local neo-Nazi group are talking about shooting the mayor, she thinks it’s just another rumor—until her source, a humble street newspaper vendor, winds up in SF General, beaten to a pulp. To add to ...

  
  

  Bad Scene is an enjoyable read that captures the imagination of mystery and thriller readers—and ...Bookreporter
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  The Black Stiletto by Raymond Benson
  

  Could Martin Talbot’s mother really have been the Black Stiletto? When he discovers several hidden volumes of her diaries, he is stunned beyond all imagination. In them, Judy Talbot claims to be the renowned underground heroine who operated in late 1950s New York City, battled Communist spies, took on the ...

  
  

  A thriller that brilliantly succeeds at that most difficult of authorial endeavors:  blending the past ...Jeffery Deaver, New York Times best-selling author of Edge
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  The Black Stiletto Saga by Raymond Benson
  

  This five-book saga tells the entire amazing story of Judy Cooper, the famed Black Stiletto of vigilante fame. The story is told by Martin Talbot, the Stiletto’s son, in the words of the Stiletto herself through her diaries. Martin does not discover these diaries until his mother, suffering from Alzheimer ...

  
  

  
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  The Black Stiletto: Black & White by Raymond Benson
  

  It’s 1959, and Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, sets out to confront a dangerous gangster known as the heroin king of Harlem when the teenage daughter of her beloved martial arts instructor ends up a prisoner in an uptown narcotics den.And the Stiletto has troubles of her own – a ...

  
  

  This mesmerizing story of mystery and suspense unfolds in switching between the present of Martin’s ...Fresh Fiction
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  The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings by Raymond Benson
  

  Raymond Benson’s The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginningsis the startling, climactic finale to the five-book, critically-acclaimed saga of The Black Stiletto. It’s 1962.  Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, is devastated at the betrayal by her nemesis and former lover, mobster Leo Kelly. Additionally, Leo and his psychotically dangerous sister, Christina, have ...

  
  

  Raymond Benson’s exhilarating Black Stiletto mystery series culminates with The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings, ...FreshFiction.com
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  The Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies by Raymond Benson
  

  It is 1961 in the fourth book of the “Black Stiletto” series. Judy, the Stiletto, meets Leo, a charismatic man who convinces her to move to Los Angeles when she is “run out” of New York by increasingly hazardous police heat. But soon Judy suspects that Leo is not the ...

  
  

  The appeal in this series-opener lies in the transformation of Judy Cooper into ‘an international ...Booklist (Starred Review)
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  The Black Stiletto: Stars & Stripes by Raymond Benson
  

  It’s 1960.  The Black Stiletto, in her civilian persona as Judy Cooper, volunteers to work for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, only to become involved in a devious behind-the-scenes plot that could change the course of history.  Is the mysterious Eastern European man she briefly dated associated with a Cuban/Soviet ...

  
  

  Irresistible: Suppose you found out—just too late—that your mother had been a superhero crime fighter. ...Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author of The Reacher Series
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  The Boy Who Said No by Patti Sheehy
  

  As a boy Frank Mederos’s grandfather teaches him to fish, to navigate the seas, and to think for himself, much needed skills under the new Castro regime.  When Frank is drafted into the army, he is soon promoted to the Special Forces, where he is privy to top military secrets.  ...

  
  

  In The Boy Who Said No Frank Mederos exhibits uncommon courage in making his way to freedom.  ...M Ann Jacoby, author of Life After Genius
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  The Bucharest Dossier by William Maz
  

  Bill Hefflin is a man apart—apart from life, apart from his homeland, apart from love At the start of the 1989 uprising in Romania, CIA analyst Bill Hefflin—a disillusioned Romanian expat—arrives in Bucharest at the insistence of his KGB asset, code-named Boris. As Hefflin becomes embroiled in an uprising that ...

  
  

  The Bucharest Dossier is compulsively readable . . . William Maz has written a wrenching, ...F. Paul Wilson, New York Times best-selling author
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  The Collision Collection (Collision of Evil, Collision of Lies, Collision of Centuries) by John J Le Beau
  

  From former CIA operative John J. LeBeau The Collision Trilogy: CIA operative John Hirter and Kommissar Franz Waldbaer collaborate to defeat terrorism when it threatens the bucolic countryside of Bavaria. In Collision of Evil, vestiges of the Third Reich meet the Islamic terrorists of today head-on in the Alps; in ...

  
  

  Touches the reader on many levels-—captivating with plausibility and imagination. Collision of Evil is atmospheric ...Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The Bishop's Pawn
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  Collision of Evil by John J Le Beau
  

  As evening falls against the majestic backdrop of the Bavarian Alps, Charles Hirter, an American tourist, is savagely murdered. Shattering the peace, quiet, and pastoral splendor of this magnificent setting, Charles Hirter draws his last breath. Was Charles simply in the wrong place at the wrong time? Kommissar Franz Waldbaer, ...

  
  

  Engrossing and suspenseful. A definite thumbs-up for fans of thrillers with historical and political overtones. Booklist
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  The Devil's Madonna by Sharon Potts
  

  Happily married and pregnant with her first child, artist Kali Miller probes Lillian Campbell, her ninety-three year old grandmother, for information about her roots and her mother’s accidental death when Kali was a child.  But the impact on her grandmother and the answers that Kali gets are anything but what ...

  
  

  I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough! Carefully crafted and cleverly written, the suspense never stops ...Hank Philippi Ryan, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity winning author of The Other Woman
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  Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Don Bruns
  

  It’s official: stumbling, bumbling James Lessor and Skip Moore are licensed private investigators. Now, that’s some scary stuff. It could take time to get More or Less Investigations off the ground, so James takes a job with a traveling carnival show. But this show has a dubious reputation, having had ...

  
  

  A terrific brew of romp, mystery, and death, with character insights laden throughout. What a ...Gayle Lynds, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Spies
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  Fatal Decree: Matt Royal Mystery #7 by H Terrell Griffin
  

  When a serial killer shows up on Longboat Key, Florida after a twelve year absence, Matt Royal is stymied. The first woman killed on Longboat Key has ties to a secretive government agency for which Matt’s best friend Jock Algren works. Was this a coincidence or was she a targeted ...

  
  

  Truly an action lover’s delight, this terrific sixth series entry radiates energy as intense as ...Library Journal
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  Identity: Lost by Pascal Marco
  

  It’s July 1975 and an overworked Chicago police force receives a call that an 85-year-old white man has been attacked by a gang of black youths on the lakefront in Burnham Park. Amid public outrage, contentious Mayor Richard J. Daley commands his police to find the killers fast and make ...

  
  

  Pascal Marco’s electrifying debut puts him firmly in the hunt to succeed John Grisham. Fresh, compelling ...Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE ATHENA PROJECT.
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  Land of Wolves: The Return of Lincoln's Bodyguard by TJ Turner
  

  Land of Wolves finds Joseph Foster with Molly as they settle into a new-found life in the hills of Tennessee. But Abraham Lincoln’s former bodyguard, the man who saved the President’s life, cannot escape the Consortium as they come roaring back, killing his mother, abducting his daughter—all to coerce his ...

  
  

  A wonderfully imagined world of ‘what might have been, if only if.’  The chemistry between ...Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author of The 14th Colony
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  The Leonardo Gulag by Kevin Doherty
  

  A journey into the sinister heart of Stalin’s regime of terror, where paranoia reigns and no one is safe Stalin’s Russia, 1950. Brilliant young artist Pasha Kalmenov is arrested and sent without trial to a forced-labor camp in the Arctic gulag. This is a camp like no other. Although conditions are ...

  
  

  [The Leonardo Gulag is] an extraordinary novel with a fresh and unique premise — one ...Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author
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  Lincoln's Bodyguard by TJ Turner
  

  In Lincoln’s Bodyguard, an alternative version of American history, President Lincoln is saved from assassination. Though he prophesied his own death—the only way he believed the South would truly surrender—Lincoln never accounted for the heroics of his bodyguard, Joseph Foster. The biracial son of a white man and Miami Indian ...

  
  

  Riveting with action and period detail, Lincoln’s Bodyguard by T.J. Turner captured me on the ...Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author of The Assassins
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  Shadow Of Death by Patricia Gussin
  

  Pull a trigger and everything changes. Whatever is good and normal dissolves before your eyes. Medical student Laura Nelson had just finished examining her first patient – bullet wound to the head. As she leaves the hospital, an angry voice erupts with obscenities. Shaken and confused, she quickly walks the deserted two blocks to her car, keeping ...

  
  

  Shadow of Death is a surefire winner. I couldn’t put it down. The suspense is ...Michael Palmer, New York Times best-selling author of The Fifth Vial
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  Stalked: The Boy Who Said No by Patti Sheehy
  

  Patti Sheehy continues Frank Mederos’s true-life story of romance, suspense, and intrigue in Stalked: The Boy Who Said No. After defecting from Cuba’s Special Forces and making a harrowing escape from his homeland, Frank faces new challenges in America. With five dollars in his pocket and a boatload of determination, ...

  
  

  Patti Sheehy has the rare talent required to pull the reader so deeply into every ...John F. Dobbyn, best-selling author of Deadly Diamonds
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  Stealing Trinity by Ward Larsen
  

  When the balance of world power is at stake, the fight for control could be explosive. In the last days of WWII, the Third Reich makes a desperate grab to retrieve its most valuable asset, Die Wespe, a spy buried deep in the Manhattan Project. The man chosen for this ...

  
  

  Once in a while a great book comes along and the reader knows with the ...Crime & Suspense Magazine
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  Tie Die by Max Tomlinson
  

  Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben’s noir suspense Back in London’s swinging 60s, Steve Cook was teen idol number one. But that changed when a sixteen-year-old fan was found dead in his hotel room bed. Steve’s career came to a crashing halt after he was dumped by his record company and ...

  
  

  [In Tie Die, Tomlinson] deepens the character of his multi-layered lead, Colleen Hayes, an unlicensed ...Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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  Vanishing in the Haight by Max Tomlinson
  

  Perfect for fans of Elmore Leonard and Gillian Flynn—Between fending off a lecherous parole officer and trying to get by in 1978, San Francisco private investigator Colleen Hayes struggles to put her life back together so she can reconnect with her runaway teenage daughter. Then her life changes dramatically. She ...

  
  

  Atmospheric and tense, this one sizzles with twists that entertain and magnetize, whetting the appetite ...Steve Berry, New York Times best-selling author
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