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A 2012 crime thriller that explores a marriage in turmoil as one wife disappears, leaving her husband to confront suspicion and secrets.

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Defense attorney Mickey Haller faces his most dangerous case yet when he must defend studio executive Walter Elliott after the murder of Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent, while detective Harry Bosch enters the fray to find Vincent’s killer.

Detective Joona Linna returns from Sweden to chase a web of homicides tied to a clandestine arms deal, blending crime investigation with thriller suspense.

Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch reopens an unsolved murder of a production assistant—investigating a crime that may be linked to terrorism and stumbling into old rivalries and personal ghosts along the way.

Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.

When a violent crime shatters a suburban Massachusetts town, a seasoned assistant district attorney learns his fourteen‑year‑old son is accused of murdering a classmate, forcing him to confront the limits of fatherly knowledge, justice, and truth.

Harry Bosch takes on a tainted homicide case involving a black lawyer’s murder, confronting corruption within the LAPD.

Detective Harry Bosch is drawn back into a decades‑old homicide when a buried bone uncovers a murder in the Hollywood Hills, forcing him to confront his past and a new partner as the case escalates across Los Angeles.

Suspended detective Harry Bosch investigates a 1961 murder that turns out to be his own mother, uncovering a decades‑old conspiracy in Los Angeles.

NYPD Red 2 follows Task Force investigators Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald as they pursue a vigilante serial killer claiming justice for unpunished crimes—a hunt that exposes political secrets and threatens their careers.

The sequel to the genre-defining, landmark bestseller Presumed Innocent, INNOCENT continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, twenty years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty's wife. In 2008, 22 years after the events of the earlier book, former lawyer Rusty Sabich, now a Kindle County, Ill., chief appellate judge, is again suspected of murdering a woman close to him. His wife, Barbara, has died in her bed of what appear to be natural causes, yet Rusty comes under scrutiny from his old nemesis, acting prosecuting attorney Tommy Molto, who unsuccessfully prosecuted him for killing his mistress decades earlier. Tommy's chief deputy, Jim Brand, is suspicious because Rusty chose to keep Barbara's death a secret, even from their son, Nat, for almost an entire day, which could have allowed traces of poison to disappear. Rusty's candidacy for a higher court in an imminent election; his recent clandestine affair with his attractive law clerk, Anna Vostic; and a breach of judicial ethics complicate matters further.

First‑year LAPD rookie Cynthia Decker faces a terrifying stalker while juggling a car‑jacking investigation, all while keeping her growing danger hidden from her father Peter and stepmother Rina.

Mass murder at a Los Angeles restaurant forces homicide detective Peter Decker to investigate a mysterious shooting that may involve multiple weapons and a hidden web of California power and corruption.

In "Rage," psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis revisit a chilling 8‑year‑old kidnapping case to confront a haunting killer who may exact brutal revenge.

A compilation of Michael Crichton's three bestselling stories: The Andromeda Strain, Rising Sun, and Binary.