Steven Gregory, ex- football player, successful architect, and loving husband, wakes one morning to find himself the prize in a dangerous game of Russian roulette. Unwittingly, he is drawn into the eye of a political hurricane, and his very life is on the line in a chaotic chase in which he must defend his innocence against professional killers, con men, and corrupt government agents.On the night of their tenth wedding anniversary, Steven Gregory and his wife Freda go out to dinner ...

An ex-CIA agent hunts down a terrorist conspiracy in a thriller by the New York Times bestselling author who “may well give Tom Clancy a run for the money” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).After more than a decade on the front lines of the war on terror, Ryan Kealey is finally putting danger behind him. But his calm is shattered by a merciless attack during a charity gala in downtown Baltimore. Among the dozens of casualties is the wife of CIA Deputy Dir...

In Washington, D.C., three priests have been murdered and mutilated with their corpses hanging upside-down in mock crucifixion. The only indicator as to the culprit is a 500-year-old order known as the Nocturnal Saints, an underground faction that had been borne from the Protestant Reformation and acts as judge, jury and executioner against those deemed to be in contradiction of old-time traditions. So when Special Agent Shari Cohen of the FBI is called to track down this faceless enemy, s...

From the USA Today –bestselling author, an assassination attempt on the president-elect sends a covert agency on the hunt in this "terrific thriller" (Lee Child, #1 New York Times– bestselling author).Hard Target by Alan Jacobson is a ticking time bomb that will keep you clinging to the edge of your seat . . . and turning the pages.An explosion pulverizes the pr...

The galaxy is at war, but wars are won and lost in the shadows.Sent to Mercator Station to stop a flow of weapons to a terrorist group, Jack March must keep all his wits about him.Because if he's not careful, he'll be the terrorists' next victim...

David Hagberg's New York Times bestselling Kirk McGarvey series continues with a deadly mission to find a long-lost treasure map in Blood Pact.A large portion of the fabulous treasure originally stolen by conquistadors of the eighteenth century was buried in the desert of southern New Mexico by Spanish monks. Jacob Ambli, a Catholic priest, was sent as a spy on a Spanish military mission to find seven caches left for the Church. He kept a diary showing the location...

"Blackwood, there's trouble in the old neighborhood! Murder in the sanctuary of the Church!"The church in question is St. Lucy's, a humble edifice at the heart of a venerable Chicago neighborhood now suffering the throes of gentrification. St. Lucy's has long stood as a bulwark against evil and change, which some in the community have often seen as much the same thing.Now three dead bodies have been left in the sanctuary, stripped, mutilated, and shot through the head, execut...

A Holy Week murder puts former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian on the trail of an unholy killer—"Haddam plays the mystery game like a master" ( Chicago Tribune).In high school, Cheryl was an outcast, tolerated only because the boys considered her easy. But one night at Black Rock Park, the popular kids were strangely kind, and for the first time in her life, Cheryl's future seemed bright. Twenty heartbreaking years later, Cheryl is dying of cancer, and wants to...

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Brotherhood of the Rose delivers the thrilling conclusion to his classic spy series in this acclaimed short story.In his debut novel, David Morrell introduced Chris and Saul, two orphans from Philadelphia who grew up to be professional assassins. Though Saul finally escaped the job, an unexplained attack on his village now motivates him to reenter the fray.In this Thriller Short, the acclaimed M...

"A sophisticated and baffling thriller . . . a real bone-freezer." —Publishers Weekly"Ingenious, witty, literate—at once irreverent and compassionate—an impressive tour indeed for a first-time novelist." —Los Angeles Times"Well-paced, tightly written, exciting as hell, and, quite possibly, the best mystery I've read in years." —Dallas Times-HeraldThe Rosary Murders was William X. Kienzle's first Father Koesler mystery, published i...

Only Kirk McGarvey can save the President's daughter from execution at the hands of terrorists in David Hagberg's breathless thriller novella, 24 Hours. Featuring a special sneak peak at the new McGarvey novel, End Game!The seventeen-year-old daughter of the widowed President of the United States is kidnapped from Georgetown University outside Washington, DC.A ransom note mysteriously appears on the president's desk in his private study of...

EVERY OPERATIVE KNOWS THE RULES.The mission comes first. You are a deniable asset. Betrayal is punished by death.Alex Reeve - known as OPERATIVE 66 - is a former special-ops soldier and one of the UK's most lethal weapons. Previously a member of SC9, an elite covert unit with a remit to assassinate the country's enemies, Reeve was framed for treason and now lives a nomadic existence - as the merciless killers he once trained alongside hunt him down.F...