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When the President orders the arrest and trial of the commander who led a Congress-authorized attack on terrorists the Speaker of the House retaliates by initiating impeachment proceedings, but their political scandals are soon overshadowed by a terrorist invasion that threatens the lives of many Americans.
23) Black water
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Flattered by the attentions of a senator she has met at a Fourth of July beach party on Grayling Island, Kelly Kelleher accepts a ride from him, taking a first step toward her final confrontation with death.
25) Twisted Prey
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Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now a powerful U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Prey series. Lucas Davenport had crossed paths with her before. A rich psychopath, Taryn Grant had run successfully for the U.S. Senate, where Lucas had predicted sh''d fit right in. He was also convinced that she'd been responsible for three murders, though he'd never been able to prove it. Once a psychopath had...
26) Silenced
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It has been seven years since Lucy Kincaid was attacked -- and almost killed -- by an online predator. Today, she is well on her way toward a new life. While waiting to begin her training at the FBI Academy, Lucy is tireless in her fight against cyber sex crime. Her current mission : to find who killed a high-priced call girl linked to a powerful Congressman.
29) Black
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Chosen to join the FBI's most elite group, hostage rescue agent Jeremy Waller finds unexpected challenges in his mission to counter a terrorist mastermind
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Banished from Washington D.C. by her politically ambitious father, Grace Denison now longs only for a life of peace and seclusion. She may have found it in Lordsburg, New Mexico, a small railroad town where people hide until the world stops looking. It is a place to send a wayward daughter whose secrets could ruin a father's political career. Yet Grace's cherished anonymity is soon lost when life spins out of her control, thanks in part to a cowboy...
32) The collectors
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"The assassination of the Speaker of the House sets the members of the Camel Club in a race to prevent a silent yet bloody coup in Washington"--Provided by the publisher
33) Life sentence
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Years after a party that resulted in a teen's death, Jon Soliday, legal counsel to a politician and close childhood friend who is running for governor, realizes with horror that his fellow partygoers are being killed off
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"A simple mix up throws one innocent man into the crosshairs of sinister government secrets and ruthless political ambitions in New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder's timely, electrifying new thriller. Michael Tanner is on his way home from a business trip when he accidentally picks up the wrong MacBook in an airport security line. He doesn't notice the mix-up until he arrives home in Boston, but by then it's too late. Tanner's curiosity...
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The romance of two Americans in Paris, both staying at the Ritz hotel. He is Peter Haskell, 44, a pharmaceutical executive working on a cancer cure who is the father of three sons. She is Olivia Thatcher, 34, wife of a U.S. senator with presidential ambitions, and she is grieving for her son, dead from cancer.
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"New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger delivers yet another "punch-to-the-gut blend of detective story and investigative fiction" (Booklist, starred review) as Cork O'Connor and his son Stephen work together to uncover the truth behind the tragic plane crash of a senator on Desolation Mountain and the mysterious disappearances of several first responders. This is a heart-pounding and devastating mystery the scope and consequences...
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"The Line of Beauty" is a sharp social critique of British high society set in the 80's during Margaret Thatcher's reign as prime minister. Alan Hollinghurst has a keen eye for the shallow frailties of human nature and how wealth -- particularly the pursuit of it -- can make a fool of someone.
39) Capital crimes
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"In Capital Crimes, Will Lee again finds himself in the middle of a tangled web of intrigue and danger, politics and power. Now at the pinnacle of his career, serving as president of the United States, Lee is faced with a most unusual task - that of marshaling federal law enforcement agencies to catch an assassin who is picking off some of the nation's high-level politicos. When a prominent conservative politician with a shady reputation is expertly...
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Carolina Garcia-Ramirez is a rising star in national politics, taking on the establishment with her progressive agenda. Tough, outspoken, and driven, the young congresswoman has ignited a new conversation in Boston about race, poverty, health care, and the environment. Now facing her second campaign, she finds herself not only fighting a tight primary with an old guard challenger but also contending with numerous death threats coming from hundreds...