Texas Ranger
James Patterson
Dedicated Texas Ranger Rory Yates is wrongly implicated in the murder of his ex-wife and finds his skills pushed to the limit in his effort to find the real killer and prove his own innocence.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 13
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Feared
Lisa Scottoline
When nemesis Nick Machiavelli targets her family with frivolous legal claims and slander that escalate to an unthinkable tragedy, Mary DiNunzio discovers her own unsettling capacity for dark retaliation.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 14
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The Money Shot
Stuart Woods
Disguising himself as a stuntman to investigate blackmail threats against an actress starring in a new production, Teddy Fay discovers that the perpetrators are looking for something other than money.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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Tailspin
Sandra Brown
Hired to deliver a mysterious box to a fogbound Georgia town, daredevil pilot Rye Mallett is targeted by saboteurs and law enforcement officials before teaming up with an attractive but suspicious doctor to determine the box's significance.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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Walking Shadows
Faye Kellerman
Decker and Lazarus risk their lives to solve a pair of brutal murders that may be tied to a crime from more than 20 years earlier.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 28
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Pieces of Her
Karin Slaughter
The daughter of a woman who has wanted nothing more than a quiet life in her small beachside home embarks on a desperate search for answers when she discovers the explosive truth about her mother's true identity.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 21
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The Breakers
Marcia Muller
The disappearance of a young recovering addict in southwest San Francisco leads private investigator Sharon McCone to the site of a Prohibition-era nightclub, where she discovers a ghastly chamber of horrors.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 14
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The Masterpiece
Fiona Davis
A recently divorced information-booth worker stumbles on an abandoned art school within a crumbling Grand Central Terminal before learning the story of a talented woman artist who went missing 50 years earlier.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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The Middleman
Olen Steinhauer
Traces the rise and fall of a terrorist group from the perspectives of an FBI agent, an undercover agent, a convert, and a writer.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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Serpentine
Laurell K. Hamilton
While visiting Florida for her friend and fellow U.S. marshal Edward's wedding, Micah uncovers a horrific new form of lycanthropy and Anita faces a strange power unlike any she's ever encountered.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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Desolation Mountain
William Kent Krueger
When the body of a woman who apparently died in childbirth is discovered in the Maine woods, private investigator Charlie Parker shadows the police investigation in order to discover the woman's identity and the fate of her baby.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 21
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Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding
Rhys Bowen
Lady Georgiana Rannoch's establishment as mistress of a grand estate is stymied by the property's disarray, the curious incompetence of the staff, and a suspicious gas leak.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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Swift Vengeance
T. Jefferson Parker
Tracking a mysterious killer who has been targeting drone operators, PI Roland Ford strikes an uneasy alliance with an FBI agent who is haunted by Bureau failures.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 21
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An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena
Weathering a storm that has cut them off from the outside world, the guests at a Catskills skiing lodge panic as an unknown assailant starts killing them off one by one.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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The Washington Decree
Jussi Adler-Olsen
A dedicated advisor who has spent more than half her life supporting a remarkable Democratic candidate's path to the White House, is shattered when the President-elect's wife is assassinated on election night by his Republican father.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 7
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Abandoned
Allison Brennan
Max Revere investigates the disappearance of her own mother several years earlier, tracing her activities in a small Chesapeake Bay community where witnesses are keeping dark secrets.
Scheduled Publication Date: August 14
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