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High-Stakes Military Thrillers Coming Your Way!

Perusing the "Spine-Tingling Mysteries and Thrillers" section of our Library Catalog on Edelweiss, you might notice a sudden embarrassment of riches for hungry military thriller fans.  High-stakes, heart-pounding stories are coming from some of the biggest names in the genre as well as some of our most exciting up-and-coming debut novelists. Check out below what we have in store!

9780062135278_b2b72War Hawk by James Rollins and Grant Blackwood: Fan-favorite Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane come to the aid of a former military colleague whose life—and the life of her son—is on the line. To protect them, Tucker and Kane must set off on a mission that could alter the political and social landscape of the world over. Join the adventure by checking out the egalley here.             

Shadow War by Sean McFate and Bret Witter: McFate, a former high-level covert operative, is the real deal and 9780062403704_89dcf it shows on every page. Tom Locke, an elite warrior part of one of the world's most successful private military contractors, finds himself in the middle of a geopolitical chess match featuring his enigmatic boss and a rescue mission in Ukraine that has world-wide repercussions. The egalley is available here.

9780062276476_d6149Predator by Wilbur Smith: This contemporary thriller features former operative and full-time badass Major Hector Cross as he faces down a powerful old enemy and a new emerging threat hell-bent on global domination. Dive into the egalley here.

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Hell's Gate by Bill Schutt and J.R. Finch: In the midst of WWII, a wise-cracking zoologist is sent on a perilous journey to Central Brazil to investigate a diabolical Axis plot involving biological experiments gone awry. The galley is available on Edelweiss here.

For more downloadable egalleys, please check out our catalogs on Edelweiss!

-Chris 

Dennis Lehane, James Rollins, Laura Lippman, Neal Stephenson, NPR, thriller

NPR’s Top Killer Thrillers

9780688163167 "The NPR audience nominated some 600 novels to our "Killer Thrillers" poll and cast more than 17,000 ballots. The final roster of winners is a diverse one to say the least, ranging in style and period from Dracula to The Da Vinci Code, Presumed Innocent to Pet Sematary. What these top 100 titles share, however, is that all of them are fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure.”

Props to HarperCollins authors Dennis Lehane, James Rollins, Laura Lippman, and Neal Stephenson who made it into the top 100!

#18 MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane
#32 GONE BABY GONE by Dennis Lehane
#35 SUBTERRANEAN by James Rollins
#38 SHUTTER ISLAND by Dennis Lehane
#70 WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman
#79 CRYPTONOMICON by Neal Stephenson

Check out the full list here!

-Virginia

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