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  • One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I’m a firefighter, God, so I know I’ve been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing I can imagine. The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the roar of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing...
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    christian  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • Fireproof by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick

    Fireproof by Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    INSIDE BURNING BUILDINGS, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER. Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father.Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being "good enough...
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  • The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    The Letter Keeper by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Charles Martin explores the true power of sacrificial love. He shows up when all hope is lost. Murphy Shepherd has made a career of finding those no one else could—survivors of human trafficking. His life’s mission is helping others find freedom. But then the nightmare strikes too close to home...
  • Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Conflict of Interest by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A six-year-old girl is kidnapped from her bed in Tennessee's oldest town. The ransom note demands millions. In this fifth installment of the highly-acclaimed and bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to represent the parents of a child who has gone missing...
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    mystery  suspense  christian  contemporary
  • If I Live by Terri Blackstock

    If I Live by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Casey is hiding again—in Memphis this time—but it’s different now. She knows without a doubt that Dylan believes her and is doing all he can to help bring Brent’s killer to justice. He’s become an unexpected friend . . . and even, maybe, something more. Hope makes everything more bearable...
  • Solid as Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Solid as Steele by Susan Sleeman

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He lost his memory…Mackenzie Steele has been instrumental in keeping Steele Guardians afloat, working long hours for months. Nearing burnout, her family encourages her to take a vacation, and she reluctantly agrees. She needs solitude and quiet, and a vacation rental home in the Oregon desert is just the ticket. But she’s no sooner unpacked her bags when a man lands on her doorstep...
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    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • The Healer by Dee Henderson

    The Healer by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Rachel O'Malley works disasters for a living. Her specialty? Helping children through trauma. When a school shooting rips through her community, she finds herself dealing with more than just grief among the children she is trying to help. One of them saw the shooting, and the gun is still missing...
  • Tactical Force by Lynn Shannon

    Tactical Force by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some wounds never heal.  As a former Navy SEAL, Walker Montgomery faces danger without flinching. But not even a combat zone halfway around the world was far enough to escape the trauma of his teen years. His younger sister was murdered and the killer never caught. Since returning home, he’s been quietly working the case, unable to move on with his life until justice is served.  She’s a survivor...
  • Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Mischief and Mutiny by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the Siren of the Seas nears its next port of call, a group of disgruntled crewmembers circulate a petition to have the ship’s purser fired.Millie is shocked to learn that not only is her close friend’s name at the top of the list, but other loyal crewmembers’ names are listed as well...
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    mystery  suspense  christian  humor  contemporary
  • Covert Mission by Lynn Shannon

    Covert Mission by Lynn Shannon

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Duty is all he knows.  Logan Keller spent his military career saving lives, but none of that prepared him for raising his out-of-control teenage niece. He’s desperate to get through to her. A charity designed for teens seems like the answer, but when Logan arrives to speak to the director, he interrupts an attack on the woman’s life.  Danger surrounds her...
  • A Killer Among Us by Lynette Eason

    A Killer Among Us by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When they are thrown into a grisly murder case, hostage negotiator Kit Kenyon and detective Noah Lambert soon realize they are on the hunt for a serial killer. The stakes are raised when they discover he may be hunting one of them too...
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    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • The Protector by Dee Henderson

    The Protector by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    Jack OMalley is a fireman who is fearless when it comes to facing an inferno. But when an arsonist begins targeting his district, his shift, his friends, Jack faces the ultimate challenge: protecting the lady who saw the arsonist before she pays an even higher price...
  • Summerhouse Reunion by Kathi Daley

    Summerhouse Reunion by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Five weeks, four friends, three novels, two romances, and one cold case mystery, combine to bring you the first in a series of reunion trilogies by USA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley.A story of love, sacrifice, personal growth, and new beginnings.Kelly Green and her sister Kayla grew up summering on a small island off the coast of Northern California...
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    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • Critical Threat by Lynette Eason

    Critical Threat by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Grace Billingsley tracks serial killers, using her skills as a psychiatrist and behavioral analyst to get dangerous people off the street and safely behind bars. But prison psychiatrist Sam Monroe knows that just because a killer is incarcerated doesn't mean they're not a threat...
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    mystery  christian  suspense  contemporary
  • Breaker's Reef by Terri Blackstock

    Breaker's Reef by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Murder and mystery continue in Book Four of the Cape Refuge series A famous mystery writer has just moved to Cape Refuge when a teenage girl is found murdered. Sheila Caruso ex-con, mother to Sadie and Caleb, and resident of Hanover House is working for the writer when she discovers that a scene in one of his novels matches the crime scene...
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    suspense  mystery  christian  contemporary
  • Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Refuge of Redemption: The Colsons by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Home is a place of refuge—unless it’s a serial killer’s playground. For years, residents of Fog Lake thought of Bear Colson as the son of an infamous serial killer. But Bear stood his ground, determined not to be driven away. Now, new evidence has emerged that could clear his father’s name, and Bear sets out to use his skills as a computer forensics expert to find the killer’s real identity...
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    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Wreathed in Disgrace by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A famous actress, a protective bodyguard, a festive Christmas season, and a killer...or two...on the loose.Everybody believes movie star Denise Masters abandoned her family to pursue her dream, but the truth is much more complex. For years, she's longed to return to Coventry to repair her relationship with her daughter, but contractual obligations--and fear of being rejected--have kept her away...
  • Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Wedding at Sea by Melissa Tagg

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lilian doesn’t remember anything about her life before the day Maggie Muir found her on her front porch—a toddler, abandoned and alone. And maybe that’s okay. She has a beautiful life at Muir Farm, including an adopted family she adores and a successful career as a lawyer. But she also has a secret . . . one that raises just as many questions about her future as it does her unknown past...
  • Detection by Lisa Phillips

    Detection by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming this summer...
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    christian  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • He Walks Among Us by Christy Barritt

    He Walks Among Us by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Members of the Arctic Circle Murder Club get together to discuss the next case they'll take a deep dive into. But their plans are quickly derailed when three bodies emerge from an icy river nearby and a friend of one of the victims pleads for help...
  • Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand

    Deadly Vendetta by Roxanne Rustand

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    HE HADN’T KNOWN ABOUT HIS ESTRANGED SISTER’S LITTLE GIRL. NOW HE’S ON THE RUN TO KEEP HER ALIVE.DEA Agent Zach Forrester’s troubled sister refused all contact for years. Now she’s at his door, frantically claiming she and her daughter witnessed a murder. Begging him to keep Katie safe, she shoves the child into his arms and vanishes...
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    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • Cold Dead Night by Lisa Phillips

    Cold Dead Night by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The FBI betrayed her. Now they need her.Private Investigator Kenna Banbury lost everything two years ago at the hands of a serial killer. From the ashes of that encounter, she’s built a life she believes in, searching for the lost and forgotten all over the western US.Bringing her own brand of justice...
  • Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Forgotten Secrets by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Jesse Marx doesn’t know which is worse—waking up in a horse stable with no memories of the past two weeks or waking up to discover he’s wearing a wedding band. Not only has he been injured, but he’s also married—something he vowed to never do.Dakota Fleming refuses to feel a connection to any man, much less be tied down to one...
  • Exes and Woes by Hope Callaghan

    Exes and Woes by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After Carlita becomes a prime suspect in a murder investigation; she and Mercedes frantically hunt for Elvira who holds the key to clearing her name...
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    mystery  suspense  christian  contemporary
  • True Light by Terri Blackstock

    True Light by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The darkness deepens in a world without power.But, daring to defend a young outcast, one family strikes a light.In the face of a crisis that sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, the Brannings face a choice...
  • The Lesson by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    The Lesson by Suzanne Woods Fisher

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    In her wildest dreams, spunky and impulsive nineteen-year-old Mary Kate Lapp never imagined herself behind a schoolteacher's desk. A run-in (literally) with the schoolteacher compels her to act as a substitute teacher, just as her restless desire to see the world compels her to apply for a passport . . . just in case. The only thing of interest to M.K...
  • In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn

    In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When the dive team is called in to recover a body from a submerged car, they aren't prepared to find an encrypted laptop--or an unsettling connection between investigator Adam Campbell and the dead accountant. Adam turns to his friend Dr. Sabrina Fleming--a professor at the local university with unparalleled computer security and forensics skills--to recover the files from the laptop...
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    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • Troubled Tidings: a Christmas novella by Christy Barritt

    Troubled Tidings: a Christmas novella by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A blown tire on a lonely desert road leads to Christmas Eve trouble.Vanishing Ranch chef Dean Burns just needed to pick up a few things for Christmas dinner. When his tire blows on the way home, he assures coworker Kota Perez that they’ll be back on the road in no time.Dean soon realizes the flat tire was no accident, and the simple trip transforms into a terrifying fight for survival...
  • Moving Target by Lynette Eason

    Moving Target by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Maddy McKay and Quinn Holcombe don't show up for Quinn's surprise birthday party, his friends know that something is very wrong. Their search turns up little beyond evidence that Quinn and Maddy just decided to take off for a long overdue vacation. But it soon becomes apparent that they did not leave of their own accord. Maddy awakens in a cement room with no idea where she is...
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    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • When a Secret Kills by Lynette Eason

    When a Secret Kills by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Investigative reporter Jillian Carter knows it's time to put the past to rest. She's tired of looking over her shoulder, letting a killer go free. She's no longer the scared kid who changed her name and disappeared. Now, no matter what the cost, Jillian must do what she is trained to do--ferret out the truth and expose it...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  christian  contemporary
  • If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock

    If I'm Found by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It started with the USA TODAY bestseller If I Run. Now Casey's journey continues in If I'm Found. Casey doesn't know why Dylan let her escape just as the police were closing in, but she knows she's got to hide again. New name, new look, new city, new job. But hiding isn't enough. Somehow, she's got to bring Brent's killer to justice...
  • The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    The Last Exchange by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again.” When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes that weren’t working. In a twist he never saw coming, he ended up moving to L.A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue...
  • Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason

    Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sarah Denning is a military journalist with the Army in the Middle East when her convoy is attacked and she's taken hostage. When former Army Ranger Gavin Black is asked by his old unit commander--Sarah's imposing father--to plan an extremely risky rescue, he reluctantly agrees and successfully executes it...
  • Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason

    Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elite Guardians bodyguard Haley Callaghan may be in South Carolina, but when a photo leads investigators in West Ireland to open a twenty-five-year-old cold case, her life is suddenly in danger. Haley knows how to take care of herself; after all, she's made a career out of taking care of others...
    Categorized as:
    christian  suspense  mystery  contemporary
  • Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

    Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble comes the third book in her beloved Lavender Tides series.   Her mother lied about her identity and her husband wasn’t who she thought he was—can Bailey even trust herself anymore? Running for her life in the wake of her mother’s murder, Bailey Fleming escapes to the only place she can think of—a remote, dilapidated cabin in Lavender Tides...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  christian  contemporary
  • Night Light by Terri Blackstock

    Night Light by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    An era unlike any in modern civilization is descending without lights, electronics, running water, or automobiles. As a global blackout lengthens into months, the neighbors of Oak Hollow grapple with a chilling realization: the power may never return. Survival has become a lifestyle...
  • Stay with Me by Becky Wade

    Stay with Me by Becky Wade

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A mysterious letter alluding to a secret in her parents' past brings Genevieve Woodward back to her Blue Ridge Mountains hometown, but she's also in need of a break from a high-profile career that has left her dangerously burned out and concealing a powerful secret of her own...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • Divine Wedding by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Wedding by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Delta and Gary prepare to walk down the aisle just days away from what could be Divine’s wedding of the decade, Jo offers to help Delta spruce up Gary’s old farmhouse.While there, Jo’s hound dog runs off. She and Delta track him down where they make a shocking discovery that threatens to rip the couple apart.The discovery sets off a chain of events that cast suspicion on the groom-to-be...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • Divine Creations: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Creations: A Divine Cozy Mystery Novel by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As former convict and resident, Kelli Cole enters the last stretch of her time at Joanna Pepperdine’s rehabilitation farm in Divine, Kansas, new evidence that could prove her innocence is given to her from an unlikely ally…the news reporter who unfairly covered her trial...
  • Rescuing You: Secrets and Spies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen

    Rescuing You: Secrets and Spies in Shadow Cove by Robin Patchen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From a USA Today bestselling author... When the woman Michael was coming to love goes missing, he fears the worst--not only that she's been murdered, but that it's his fault. If his enemies discovered he was working for the CIA, they wouldn't hesitate to punish him by exacting their revenge on an innocent woman.But a cryptic message tells him she's still alive...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  christian  mystery  contemporary
  • Dark Water by Christy Barritt

    Dark Water by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AN ELITE SECURITY TEAM WITH EVERYTHING ON THE LINE Blackout, a group of former special ops members who come together to protect the defenseless and guard secrets, has their first assignment. A FORMER NAVY SEAL WHO’S HAUNTED BY HIS LAST MISSION Colton Locke can’t forget the black op that went terribly wrong. In an effort to heal and start again, he moves to Lantern Beach, NC...
    Categorized as:
    christian  suspense  mystery  contemporary
  • Plain Perfect by Beth Wiseman

    Plain Perfect by Beth Wiseman

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 16 ratings
    A search for peace in Amish country proves anything but simple for a woman on the run from life...and herself. On the rolling plains of Lancaster County, PA., Lillian Miller is searching for her grandparents' house...and so much more. After years of neglect and abuse, she's turning to a lifestyle of simplicity among the Amish to find herself...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  amish  christian  contemporary  clean  innocent
  • The Rescuer by Dee Henderson

    The Rescuer by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    HE'S RUNNING AWAY ... Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic. He's been rescuing people all his life. But he's on the run now --- from the burden of his profession, from the grief of losing his sister, from a God he doesn't want to trust. HE PAUSED TO HELP A FRIEND ... Meghan may be blind, but she's not crazy...
  • Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig

    Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 2012 Christy Award Winner.   Embark upon a danger-laden mission within the pages of Ronie Kendig’s riveting Wolfsbane . Demolitions expert Danielle Roark thought escaping from a brutal Venezuelan general was a challenge. Now she’s charged with espionage and returned to the jungle where a new nightmare begins...
  • Jeb's Wife by Patricia Johns

    Jeb's Wife by Patricia Johns

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Patricia Johns’ sensitive storytelling brings depth and heart to this tender story of second chances, as an Amish woman embarks on marriage with the gruff farmer next door . . .   Once, Leah Riehl prayed for a husband. The man she loved chose another, wanting the children that Leah can’t provide...
  • Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Dr. Ivy Collins, founder and CEO of Hedera, Inc., is ready to begin clinical trials of her company's cutting-edge prosthetic. Her work has been heralded by government, medical, and advocacy groups and everyone hopes the device will be a success. Well, almost everyone...
  • Under Fire by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Under Fire by Lynn H. Blackburn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Special Agent Tessa Reed left her demons in the past, but when she reconnects with USSS Agent Zane Thacker during a presidential fundraiser, one of those old adversaries comes to collect...
  • Nowhere to Turn by Lynette Eason

    Nowhere to Turn by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The day Danielle Harding takes her 11-year-old son, Simon, and flees from her abusive husband, is the same day Kurt Harding dies. A relieved Dani believes she and her son are finally safe--but in reality, the danger has just begun. When Kurt was alive, he took something important to a mysterious person. That person wants the item back and believes Dani now has it...
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    mystery  suspense  christian  contemporary
  • Firethorn by Ronie Kendig

    Firethorn by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Marine Griffin Riddell had found purpose working with Nightshade—until he’s falsely convicted of a murder that plants him in a federal penitentiary. Is there anyone he can trust? Amid explosive confusion, covert operative Kazi Faron breaks Griffin out of a maximum-security prison. Then she delivers the death-blow—-the Nightshade team has been dismantled...
  • Hostile Intent by Lynette Eason

    Hostile Intent by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ava Jackson entered the military shortly after high school, but her mother's illness has forced her to request an early discharge. She already lost her father while deployed, and there's no way she's going to let her mother die alone. But after a visit to the nursing facility where her mother lives, Ava is attacked walking back to her car...
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