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1) Panic
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Take "a ride down the roaring rapids" as New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott has "put together a hell of a page turner" (Michael Connelly, #1 bestselling author of The Law of Innocence).
What if everything about your life was a lie?
Evan Casher is a successful documentary filmmaker with a perfect life—until the day his mother is brutally murdered. Suddenly pursued by a ruthless circle...
What if everything about your life was a lie?
Evan Casher is a successful documentary filmmaker with a perfect life—until the day his mother is brutally murdered. Suddenly pursued by a ruthless circle...
2) Collision
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The story of two men living very different livesone, a successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as "Pilgrim," whose current assignment for a fringe espionage agency is so treacherous he doesn't trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, the two men realize that they've been framed in an elaborate setup.
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Tres Navarre mysteries volume 4
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Tres Navarre goes to Austin to teach a summer session when his brother Garett's oldest friend and business partner is murdered, leaving Garett as the only suspect, so Tres investigates to clear his brother's name.
4) Tantalize
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Tantalize series volume 1
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When multiple murders in Austin, Texas, threaten the grand re-opening of her family's vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.
5) Texas heat
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"The magnificent Austin empire built by the domineering Seth Coleman before World War II now belongs to Moss and Billie's daughter Maggie. She has invited the whole family to a Fourth of July barbecue in celebration of a renewed sense of family pride she's determined to forge at Sunbridge. But as loved ones gather, they bring along old resentments and new temptations destined to generate more than a little heat. Maggie has finally decided to divorce...
6) Next
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Kevin Quinn is a standard-variety American male: middle-aged, liberal-leaning, self-centered, emotionally damaged, generally determined to avoid both pain and responsibility. As his relationship with his girlfriend approaches a turning point, and his career seems increasingly pointless, he decides to secretly fly to a job interview in Austin, Texas. Aboard the plane, Kevin is simultaneously attracted to the young woman in the seat next to him and...
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When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie."
Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian whose family just moved to Austin, Texas, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. He's amusing...
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"In the early 1970s, in Stovall, Texas, seventeen-year-old Earl--a loner, dreamer, lover of music and words--meets Tina, the new girl in town. Tina convinces Earl to drive her to see her mother in Austin, where Earl and Tina are quickly separated. Two days later, Earl is being questioned by the police about Tina's disappearance and the blood in the trunk of his car. But Earl can't remember what happened in Austin, and with little financial support...
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Poppy Markham culinary cop volume 2
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When the owner of a new restaurant is found hanging from a rope, it’s up to Poppy Markham to discover who sizzled his steak.
As a health inspector and former chef, Poppy Markham thought she’d seen it all—until she steps into Capital Punishment. The restaurant’s twisted concept—last meals of death row inmates—could be a hit only in outlandish Austin, Texas. But the macabre theme becomes all too real when co-owner
...10) Traitor's dance
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Sam Capra novels volume 6
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"Ten years since the events of The First Order, Sam Capra (focused more on being a suburban dad and a businessman than a "spy on call") has moved his son Daniel to Austin, and continued to run his collection of bars and nightclubs around the world. He's had no contact with his former partner Mila, or anyone he worked with at the now disbanded independent espionage group, The Round Table. One day, he gets a phone call he never expected: Marcus Bolt...
11) Can't let her go
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Two members of the same friend squad in Austin, Texas, Peaches Monroe and Jamie Hunt, push past the boundaries of friendship and into something deeper.
12) Texas rich
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Texas series volume 1
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Traces the passions and privileges of four generations of Colemans--a powerful clan that owns the Texas aerospace industry and controls the lives of all who encounter their obsessive dynasty.
14) The Roxy letters
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"Meet Roxy. She's a sometimes vegan, always broke artist with a heart the size of Texas and an ex living in her spare bedroom. Her life is messy, but with the help of a few good friends and by the grace of the goddess Venus she'll discover that good sex, true love, and her life's purpose are all closer than she realizes. Bridget Jones penned a diary; Roxy writes letters. Specifically: she writes letters to her hapless, rent-avoidant ex-boyfriend--and...
15) Hidden
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Texas murder files volume 1
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"When a woman is found brutally murdered on Austin's lakeside hike-and-bike trail, investigative reporter Bailey Rhoads turns up on the scene demanding access and answers. She tries to pry information out of the lead detective, Jacob Merritt. But this case is unlike any he's ever seen, and nothing adds up. With the pressure building, Jacob knows the last thing he needs is a romantic entanglement, but he can't convince himself to stay away from Bailey....
16) Ghost dog
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When folk icon Annie Temple is found dead in the pool at Twin Springs, a chic artist retreat and recording studio run by a wannabe star and his moneyed wife, Alice gets a peek into the cowboy-poet dreams behind the music. In a world where shotgun-toting ranchers mingle with art-obsessed singer-songwriters and other quirky characters, the small-town lawyer unravels the mystery of bad-boy singer Blanton Geddes's latest disappearance as she fights to...
17) Zero saints
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"Enforcer and drug dealer Fernando has seen better days. On his way home from work, some heavily-tattooed gangsters throw him in the back of a car and take him to an abandoned house, where they saw off his friend's head and feed the kid's fingers to ... something. Their message is clear: this is their territory, now. But Fernando isn't put down that easily. Using the assistance of a Santeria priestess, an insane Puerto Rican pop sensation, a very...
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Seventeen-year-old Siena decides to stay with Patrick, her high school sweetheart, after he moves to Austin thinking their relationship will naturally fizzle out, but after visiting him throughout the year, Siena begins to see a different side of Patrick--one that has her falling in love with him all over again.
High school seniors Siena and Patrick have been dating for three solid years, but with college on the horizon Siena begins to wonder whether...
19) The Black Coats
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"Austin, Texas, high school junior and talented runner Thea Soloman is still grieving after the murder of her cousin and best friend, Natalie. When Thea is invited to join a secret group called the Black Coats, she finds new meaning. Thea and her teammates are trained to take vengeance on men who have wronged women and gotten away with it, with the promise of exacting revenge of their own. Thea becomes consumed by the Black Coats and also finds love...
20) The barter
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" A heart-stopping tale as provocative as is suspenseful, about two conflicted women, separated by one hundred years, and bound by an unthinkable sacrifice. The Barter is a ghost story and a love story, a riveting emotional tale that also explores motherhood and work and feminism. Set in Texas, in present day, and at the turn of the twentieth century, the novel follows two young mothers at the turning point of their lives. Bridget has given up her...