Touched by the dead

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James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

*The police can't help you* Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily--and his staff of investigators uses the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases. *The press will destroy you* Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead, Jack pushes back and devotes all of Private's resources to tracking down her killer. *Only one place to turn: Private* But Jack doesn't have to play by the rules. As he closes in on the killer and chooses between revenge and justice, Morgan has to navigate a workplace love affair that threatens to blow the roof off his plans. With a plot that moves at death-defying speeds, Private is James Patterson sleekest, most exciting thriller ever.

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Sara Woods

Antony Maitland #29 Barrister-detective Antony Maitland investigates an intriguing case involving a young doctor and an attractive young woman who are accused of murdering the woman's husband

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Charles Todd

When the clues in a hit-and-run investigation lead him to two families famous for producing and selling the world's best Madeira wine, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is pitted against his new supervisor, who has his own suspect.

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Duncan Falconer

From the bestselling author of Mercenary comes another explosive adventure featuring invincible SBS operative John Stratton. Stratton is sent into Yemen to capture a terrorist suspected of possessing ground to air missiles. When the Chinese get involved things go horribly wrong and Stratton finds himself escaping out to sea in the Gulf of Aden. Unfortunately it's not the Royal Navy that picks him up but a band of Somali pirates. But Stratton's capture turns out to be far from a dead-end encounter when he uncovers a plot to bring down dozens of commercial aircraft across the US and Europe in a coordinated attack. But in order to get the information back to his people Stratton has to escape from the pirates and their leader who knows far too much and is prepared to do anything to protect his interests.