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Raylan by Elmore Leonard Raylan by Elmore Leonard

U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens deals with a gang of thieves ransoming kidneys, shady dealings involving a mining company, and a series of bizarre bank robberies in a world that runs in parallel to the FX series Justified
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The Litigators by John Grisham The Litigators by John Grisham

A young lawyer quits his high pressure job at a prestigious law firm and goes to work for a couple of ambulance chasers (literally) who work out of a strip mall and have absolutely no trial experience.
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The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin

While conducting a routine investigation into possible police wrongdoing, Matthew Fox becomes interested in a cold case that hearkens back to the heady days of Scottish nationalism radicals.
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The Drop by Michael Connelly The Drop by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch juggles two cases: the apparent suicide of the son of an influential and antagonistic city councilor and a cold case where newly analyzed DNA evidence points to an unlikely suspect.
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The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje

A young boy travels by steamer from Ceylon to England. Over a magical three-week period, he befriends two other boys and an assortment of unusual and interesting people who share the table the farthest from the captain's table.
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The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

An Italian forger living in Paris creates mayhem across Europe when he creates a series of documents that implicate Jews in an ongoing and widespread conspiracy to take over the world.
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

A young woman, a killer for hire, crosses over into a parallel world with two moons. A young man is hired to ghost write a fantasy novel that may be based on real events. A mysterious cult becomes the focus of both as they strive to find each other after 20 years apart.
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The Cut by George Pelecanos The Cut by George Pelecanos

Iraq war veteran Spero Lucas earns his living by recovering stolen items and keeping a 40% cut. He's tasked with retrieving 40 lbs of stolen marijuana for a drug kingpin. No big surprise, he ends up in the middle of a bad situation that gets progressively worse on the mean streets of D.C.
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The Five by Robert McCammon The Five by Robert McCammon

A sniper pursues a rock band after taking offense at a music video. Destroying the band is his new mission in life. The band was on the verge of breaking up, but the attention drawn by the attacks gives them a level of success they'd only dreamt about before. Who will be next in the sniper's sights?
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Satori by Don Winslow Satori by Don Winslow

Crime writer Don Winslow revisits super-spy Nicholai Hel, star of Trevanian's classic novel Shibumi, exploring part of Hel's past alluded to in that book. Hel is freed from prison by US intelligence on the condition that he will use his unique skills to assassinate the Russian liaison to Beijing during the era of the Korean War.
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The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

Norway has never had a serial killer, though detective Harry Hole has had experience with that particular variety of criminal in other countries. Because he's received FBI training in the field, his colleagues suspect he sees them everywhere. Until he receives a letter from someone claiming to be one.
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Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson

A sentient computer spreads a virus that mobilizes every machine on earth against mankind. Groups of resistance fighters discover ways to fight back in this post-apocalyptic novel written by a man with a PhD in robotics. As fast-paced and frantic as a theme-park ride.
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