coolreads # Retro Books # Gray Mountain

Gray Mountain

Author: John Grisham

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

ISBN: 9781473613003

Year Published: 2014

Gray Mountain is set during the 2008 recession. The protagonist, Samantha Kofer, is a third-year associate in one of the major law firms in New York - Scully & Pershing.

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1989

Author: Val McDermid

Publisher: Little, Brown

ISBN: 9780751583113

Billed as the “Queen of Crime”, Val McDermid has a devoted readership base since her debut with 1979 in 2021. The new novel, 1989, showcases her as an author who likes to keep in touch wIth people and events. It chronicles the life of Scottish investigative reporter Allie Burns, as she navigates the ever-changing landscape of the newspaper industry, as well as highlighting major landmark events in both Scotland and the world at large.

coolreads # Retro Books # Hot Blood

Hot Blood

Author: Stephen Leather

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

ISBN: 9780340921692

Year Published: 2007

Hot Blood is Stephen Leather's 18th novel, the fourth in a series featuring undercover cop Dan 'Spider' Shepherd. It is based on a formulaic rescue drama, centred on present-day Iraq.

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Escape

Authors: James Patterson & David Ellis

Publisher: Century

ISBN: 9781529125405

ESCAPE is the third instalment in James Patterson and David Ellis’ series featuring Billy Harney, a Chicago detective who works in an elite unit that focuses exclusively on what are  called "heater" cases, those high-publicity crimes that lead the evening news broadcasts.