Fast-Paced Fiction to Talk About Over Breakfast
Discover fast-paced fiction books perfect for lively breakfast discussions. Explore gripping reads that spark conversations and keep you hooked from the first page to the last.
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The Poet
by Michael Connelly
New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly has written one explosive thriller after another featuring Detective Harry Bosch. Now, in an electrifying departure, he presents …
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Don't Tell a Soul
by David Rosenfelt
The popular author of six Andy Carpenter mysteries, including the recent hit "Play Dead," delivers his first stand alone with this gripping suspense novel.
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Killing Johnny Fry
by Walter Mosley
When Cordell Carmel catches his longtime girlfriend with another man, the experience dissolves his calm, everyday existence into a thirst for revenge and a sexual …
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Desperation Moon
by Ken Douglas
When racecar driver Sara Hackett arrives home from a desert road race, she finds her niece and another girl have been kidnapped and a dead …
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Foreign Body
by Robin Cook
A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends Jennifer Hernandez, an idealistic UCLA medical student, on a desperate search for answers about her grandmother's …
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To the Death
by Patrick Robinson
When Admiral Arnold Morgan breaks up a terrorist cell in the U.S. following a bombing at Boston's Logan Airport, the Hamas high command, led by …
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Burn Zone
by James O. Born
It was supposed to be a low-level bust for ATF agent Alex Duarte, with the hope that he could work it up the ladder to …
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The Poe Shadow
by Matthew Pearl
“I present to you . . . the truth about this man’s death and my life.” Baltimore, 1849. The body of Edgar Allan Poe has …
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Moscow Rules
by Daniel Silva
Investigating the suspicious death of a journalist in Moscow, Gabriel Allon learns of the machinations of a former KGB colonel whose covert arms dealing business …
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Midnight Rambler
by James Swain
"As waves of heat and rain wash over the steamy streets, Carpenter races against the clock to reaffirm the case against Skell. Yet the deeper …
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A Toast to Tomorrow
by Manning Coles
Book Sense March 2008 Notable Book Pick. Joseph Goebbels is fuming. It's the mid-1930s and the Nazi Minister of Propoganda has a nice little racket …
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A Corpse in the Koryo
by James Church
"On the surface, A Corpse in the Koryo is a crackling good mystery novel, filled with unusual characters involved in a complex plot that keeps …
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Primal Threat
by Earl W. Emerson
On a late August day in the foothills of the Cascades, five bicyclists climb into the hot, dry air, the breeze of their movement cooling …
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Shadow of Power
by Steve Martini
The Supreme Court is one of our most sacred—and secretive—public institutions. But sometimes secrets can lead to cover-ups with very deadly consequences. Terry Scarborough is …
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Gambit
by Karna Small Bodman
Bodman, a former director of the National Security Council and author of "Checkmate," returns with another gripping thriller that reads like tomorrow's headlines.
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Killer View
by Ridley Pearson
A dead search-and-rescue team member, a missing friend, an unexplained illness at a local water-bottling plant that sends workers to the hospital and sets off …
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Dark Horse
by Mike Langan
A Syracuse attorney who's made a specialty of skating on thin ice feels the surface tremble beneath him when his partner is murdered. Nicky Rigopoulos …
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Patriot Acts
by Greg Rucka
After surviving an ambush, bodyguard Atticus Kodiak is mistakenly identified as one of The Ten--the world's most wanted assassins.
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Blind Fall
by Christopher Rice
"New York Times"-bestselling author Rice delivers the gripping story of an Iraqi War vet seeking redemption and revenge when one of his fellow Marines is …
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Calumet City
by Charlie Newton
Among the most self-assured and sharply crafted debuts in recent years, "Calumet City" detonates a Molotov cocktail of character-driven suspense and ghetto-Chicago intrigue.Meet Patti Black, …
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The Secret Scroll
by Ronald Cutler
Josh Cohan, a work-obsessed archaeology professor, has a recurring dream about uncovering a great secret. He follows his instincts to the Judean desert, where he …
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Ice Trap
by Kitty Sewell
At the height of his career, a British surgeon has found success in both the hospital and at home. He and his wife have everything …
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Hitler's Judas
by Tom Lewis
Continuing the saga from "Sundays Child," the first book in the trilogy Pea Island Gold, "Hitlers Judas" covers the elaborate plot by Hitlers right-hand man, …
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Bone Rattler
by Eliot Pattison
Ordered to find another prisoner accountable for a series of suspicious deaths aboard a British convict ship, Duncan McCallum follows a series of clues that …
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An Incomplete Revenge
by Jacqueline Winspear
In this latest installment of the bestselling series, Maisie Dobbs, the extraordinary psychologist and investigator, delves into a strange series of crimes in a small …
