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Carol Goodman (2008) The Night Villa: A Novel. University of Texas classics professor Sophie Chase barely survives a gunman's shooting spree with ties to a sinister cult. To escape from the nightmares she joins an expedition to Capri where a team of archeologists attempts the reconstruction of a Roman villa destroyed when Mount Vesuvius buried nearby Herculaneum in A.D. 79. A story of conspiracies and sex.
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Sue Grafton (2007) T is For Trespass. [Large Print] In this unsettling novel, Sue Grafton tells a story of identity theft and abuse of an elderly woman in a small Californian town. A dark tale of manipulation and betrail of trust.
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Graham Greene (1991) Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment. (First published in 1958) Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of power brokers becomes a spy to earn extra income. This crisply written novel will drag you down with unbearable tension, while at the same time make you giggle with its satirical parodies and absurd plot. A masterpiece!
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Kerry Greenwood (2007) Cocaine Blues. Pyryne Fisher, a 1920s female sleuth investigates a poisoning incident and the Melbourne drug trade.
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Kerry Greenwood (2006) Murder on the Ballarat Train. In the third book of the Phryne Fisher mystery series, the heroine investigates the murder of an elderly woman in a train and rescues a young girl who has lost her memory. Funny.
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Susanna Gregory (2008) The Devil's Disciples (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles). Ten years after the Black Death, rumors of a new plague threaten Cambridge again. In an atmosphere of chaos and student unrest a murder might be just another unexplained death, where it not for Matthew Bartholomew who solves the mystery. If you can stomach the grueling reality of a medieval English town this book is for you.
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W.E.B. Griffin (1994) The Corps: Semper Fi / Call to Arms / Counterattack (Three Complete Novels) Griffin has the unique talent of being able to blend true-to-life history with pulse-pounding action. The novels are set in the Pacific theater right before World Ware II. Probably the best set of military action thrillers available.
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W.E.B. Griffin (2006) The Hostage. Charley Castillo, Griffin's smart and efficient Department of Homeland Security agent, has to deal with an American diplomat's murder in Argentina and the kidnapping of his wife. Told with remarkable military knowledge, the plot soon turns into a spy and intelligence story, including the Iraqi - UN food-for-oil scandal.
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John Grisham (1992) The Firm. About a law firm controlled by the Mafia. Fast-paced, smart, with believable characters. One of the best legal thrillers on the market.
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John Grisham (2004) The Last Juror. More than a courtroom drama, the Last Juror is the portrait of a small town in Mississippi and its people - including the renegade Padgitt family who is terrorizing the region. Willie Traynor, a long-haired college dropout, launches a crusade in the local newspaper to bring a murderer from the Padgitt family to justice.
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