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.

coolreads # Retro Books # Greed

Greed

Author: Chris Ryan

Publisher: Arrow Books

ISBN: 0099432226

Year Published: 2003

Greed is a poignant story of what happens when you mix terrorism, money, love and when all these elements combust into a thriller as written by Chris Ryan. It starts with five men, one robbery and then revenge and betrayal set in to destroy what originally begins as a covert operation, sanctioned and helped by MI5.

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My Father's House

Author: Joseph O'Connor

Publisher: Harvill Secker

ISBN: 9781787300835

Joseph O'Connor returns with another superb, compelling and brilliant read. My father's House is set in wartime Rome, occupied by the Nazis and led by Gestapo commander Paul Hauptmann, who rules with terror and takes a hands-on approach to his work. But there’s one place he can’t touch or reach - the Vatican City.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Resurrection Key

The Resurrection Key

Author: Andy McDermott

Publisher: Headline

ISBN: 9781472236937

Year Published: 2019

In this thrilling instalment in the  Nine Wilde and Eddie Chase series, the intrepid pair must once again race against time to stop a deadly power being unleashed on the world.

coolreads # Retro Books # The Bourne Betrayal

The Bourne Betrayal

Author: Eric Van Lustbader

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

ISBN: 9780446580373

Year: 2007

Jason Bourne takes on nuclear-armed Muslim fundamentalists in this thrilling adventure.

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Winter Work

Author: Dan Fesperman

Publisher: Head of Zeus

ISBN: 9781804540572

Winter Work is a brilliant addition to Dan Fesperman's magnificent oeuvre about a society turned upside down.

coolreads # Retro Books # They’re Watching

They’re Watching

Author: Gregg Hurwitz

Publisher: St Martin Press

ISBN: 9780312534905

Gregg Hurwitz has written an impressive list of thriller novels, scripted screenplays for a who’s who list of producers and studios, and written story arcs for some of the most iconic figures in comic books, including Wolverine and The Punisher.