Showing results by publisher "Recorded Books" in Thriller & Suspense

Two people have died in Lake Tahoe in shocking accidents. In a nearly empty parking lot, a hit-and-run driver kills probation officer Anna Meade Hallowell. High up on a jagged mountain, wife abuser Ray de Beers gets what he deserves: he's struck by lightning. Attorney Nina Reilly, hiking on a rare day off from her one-woman law practice, sees him die. So does her date, Tahoe deputy DA Collier Hallowell. Still shaken from his wife's violent death, Hallowell is hit hard by the accident. It's a bad end to a first date…and the start of a case that will test Nina's ethics and her heart.

Off the northeast coast of Russia, the captain and crew of a small crabbing vessel are brutally murdered by members of the Russian Mafia. After the Bratva thugs stuff the dead bodies into crab pots and throw them overboard, they scuttle the vessel off the coast of Alaska and slip ashore. In Washington DC, Supreme Court Justice Charlotte Morehouse prepares for a trip to Alaska, unaware that a killer is waiting to take his revenge—by livestreaming her death to the world.

For David Rivers and his team, this mission was meant to be the final chapter—an audacious strike to eliminate the world’s most dangerous terrorist. But deep in the unpredictable terrain of Iran, they soon realize that the assignment is far more intricate than expected. As they close in on their target, the team uncovers a devastating secret: their mission is just one piece of a much larger plan, designed to ignite chaos and fracture the very foundations of America. 

For fans of Darcy Coates’s paranormal thrills and Jeneva Rose’s romantic suspense, the supernatural and physical worlds collide in this mesmerizing tale of a gruesome murder set against the Southern Gothic backdrop of a historic Louisiana mansion.

Elite CIA operative David Rivers leads his paramilitary team into rural Pakistan with a critical directive—neutralize Kamran Raza, a rogue general selling nuclear secrets to the highest bidder. But when their mission is blown apart, the unit uncovers a devised plot with stakes far beyond their wildest estimations: a conspiracy to ignite a nuclear crisis between Pakistan and India. Raza's intricate plan, a digital charade of doctored communications, could convince both nations they're on the brink of war.

In this action-packed thriller, Special Agent Alex Martel's fight becomes personal when her father is abducted by rebel forces. In the heart of Africa, CIA Special Agent Alexandra Martel’s safari with her father spirals into a deadly game of betrayal when he is kidnapped by rebels. Suddenly, her peaceful Serengeti vacation transforms into a desperate race against time. As the general is held by local rebels, Russian mercenaries and Chinese MSS operatives descend on East Africa, all hunting the military secrets locked in her father’s mind.

New York Times best-selling author Carla Neggers dishes out heart-pounding romantic thrillers. As a Deputy U.S. Marshal, Juliet Longstreet has locked up quite a few violent criminals. When one of Juliet's enemies is released, he's on a mission to kill-and she's first on his list. She must team...

A master at mixing suspense and romance, New York Times best-seller Carla Neggers succeeds again with Cold Pursuit. Secret Service agent Jo Harper springs into action when the daughter of a murdered ambassador mysteriously goes missing in the mountains of New England. Despite their differences...

New York Times best-selling author Carla Neggers introduces Lizzie Rush in this gripping tale where nothing and no one is as they seem. Utilizing skills her ex-spy father taught her, Lizzie brings down an international crime kingpin. But now this outlaw has her targeted for revenge. Her only...

Consistently topping the New York Times and USA Today best-seller lists, Carla Neggers pens suspense perfect for cold, rainy nights. One year ago archaeologist Sophie Malone endured a night of terror while spelunking on a remote Irish island. Now she is convinced that what she discovered during...

New York Times best-selling author Carla Neggers skillfully crafts emotional tales of suspense. Years ago, on her honeymoon in Maine, Abigail Browning's FBI agent husband Chris was killed. Immersing herself in her own police work, Abigail tried moving on, but she remained haunted by unanswered...

New York Times best-selling author Carla Neggers pens heart-pounding romantic thrillers. The Rapids is the third entry in Neggers' U.S. Marshal series. Diplomatic security agent Maggie Spencer gets a tip that allows her to arrest the FBI's most wanted man, Nicholas Janssen. Maggie receives lots...

New York Times best-selling author Carla Neggers has garnered popular and critical acclaim for her trademark blend of romance and suspense. With Cut and Run, she spins a pulse-pounding saga of romantic intrigue involving the world's largest uncut diamond. The Minstrel's Rough is little more than...

Fehmi and Şener have been together forty years—no small feat for any pair, but especially admirable for a gay couple in Turkey. Behind closed doors, their life on Büyükada, an idyllic island near Istanbul, is like a powder keg that needs only one spark to blow. That spark soon comes in the form of Deniz, the wildly handsome and troubled teenager next door, who immediately catches Fehmi’s eye.

Plus-size beauty Ebony Drake has been poor all her life. Instead of wishing for her situation to change, she decides to change it. She moves away from her drug-addicted mother to start her life anew. The last thing on her mind is love until she meets the mysterious Rain Tanaka. Ebony doesn’t know what he sees in her, all she knows is that he scares her with the way he makes her feel.   

Alyson Tinsdale is giving her son the childhood she never had: a stable family, loving home, and a great school in a safe neighborhood. When they move into the home of her dreams in one of Denver's most sought-after developments, Alyson works hard to fit in and impress the other mothers. Bonnie Sloan is the neighborhood matriarch. With her oldest son headed to Yale, and her youngest starting kindergarten, Bonnie is now pursuing her own long-held political aspirations. But it's her middle child, Elijah, and their private family struggles, that cast a shadow over her plans.

When elite CIA operative David Rivers and his paramilitary team are dispatched to the heart of Africa, their mission is clear: eliminate the notorious terrorist warlord, Chijioke Mubenga, before he can unleash chaos upon the world. But fate has other plans. A streak of anti-aircraft fire lights up the night sky, turning a covert parachute jump into a nightmare descent. Stranded miles from their rendezvous point and deep within a hostile jungle, Rivers and his team are cut off, hunted, and desperate.

In the Inupiaq village of Wainwright on the Arctic Ocean, two teenagers discover a frozen body in the permafrost wall of their family’s cellar. They recognize the face through the ice. It is the face of a young woman who went missing—two years ago . . . In South Dakota, Arliss Cutter searches for answers surrounding his brother’s mysterious death. But his visit only raises more questions without any leads. Until he returns to Alaska—and learns that his brother had something in common with the frozen body in the ice cellar.

Afghanistan, 1970s. Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul at the helm of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to eradicating poppy fields. But on a drive out of Kabul for an anniversary trip with his wife, Daniel accidentally hits and kills a young Kochi girl named Telaya. He is let off with a nominal fine, in part because nomad tribes are ignored in the eyes of the law, but also because a mysterious witness named Taj Maleki intercedes on his behalf.

Sugar & Spice is the latest app craze taking the world by storm, but for Abby and Brendan Hollander, downloading it leads to a dangerous game of life and death. When the app assigns them a series of increasingly taboo tasks, they soon find themselves caught up in a twisted web of seduction and violence in this sexually charged dark thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker.