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  • Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Ponniyin Selvan- Whirlwinds : Part 2 by Kalki

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
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    mystery  suspense  historical  fantasy  war  length-long
  • Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Whirlwinds by Kalki

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Whirlwinds, the exciting second part of Kalki R Krishnamurthy's historic magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan, our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars - and meets the hero of his dreams...
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  • Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Sword of Slaughter by Kalki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan is a masterpiece that has enthralled generations of Tamil readers. Many authors have written phenomenal books in Tamil literature after Kalki Krishnamurthy, but Ponniyin Selvan remains the most popular, widely-read novel...
  • Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author and “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich is in top form as she sends Stephanie Plum on the trail of a stolen cache of dirty diamonds. Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough...
  • The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    The Light Through the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    One unbearable mistake at the edge of the forest. In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended—for just a few minutes. But when she returns, Viola is gone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well—into grief, guilt, and addiction...
  • The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    A lost child: On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her - but has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret: On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell Andrews learns a secret that will change her life forever...
  • Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Cat Pay the Devil: A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Molena Point, California, should be a tranquil place. Nestled quietly on the Pacific coast miles below San Francisco, it's not the kind of town escaped convicts seek out...
  • His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Not all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more...
  • Vengeance by Rebecca Gannon

    Vengeance by Rebecca Gannon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Angela. I've been a captive my entire life behind the walls of my family’s making. And while the walls have kept me in, they didn’t keep the monsters out. Under a constant watchful eye, I have no choice in anything, my path already carved out for me the moment I entered this world...
  • What if I Stop Running? by Wynta Tyme

    What if I Stop Running? by Wynta Tyme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After losing her first love at such an early age, Red thought she’d seen all that life had to offer her. Running away from her hometown and to a big city, to fulfill her duties as a vet, she never thought she’d have to return to the one place that hurt her the most. With an ill grandmother, she’s left with no choice but to aid her...
  • Corrupted Deception by Kiana Hettinger

    Corrupted Deception by Kiana Hettinger

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’m hunting down the man who has taken my father. We’re finally in the same room and this time,. He won’t get away. Nothing will stop me from finding the truth. Nothing…. Until I lock eyes with a ghost from my past. Cielo Luciano. As gorgeous as he is lethal. The way he stares at me through. those piercing blue eyes. makes my body shiver,. and it’s not out of fear. Now we're forced together...
  • A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom...
  • Yakuza Lover, Vol. 6 by Nozomi Mino

    Yakuza Lover, Vol. 6 by Nozomi Mino

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she’s saved by Toshiomi Oya, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she’s not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him—kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul...
  • At the Mercy of Midnight by Chloe Cullen

    At the Mercy of Midnight by Chloe Cullen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amelia Winslow and Silas Finley are rival scholars who have spent years trying to outsmart one another, until a fateful discovery binds them together in a way neither is able to escape. When they are cut by a pair of ancient daggers, they become bonded against their will and transported to each other every night at midnight by a magic that seems to be unraveling before their eyes...
  • Protection for Hire by Camy Tang

    Protection for Hire by Camy Tang

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tessa Lancaster's skills first earned her a position as an enforcer in her Uncle Teruo's Japanese Mafia gang. Then they landed her in prison for a crime she didn't commit. Now, three months after her release, Tessa's abilities have gained her a job as bodyguard for wealthy socialite Elizabeth St. Amant and her three-year-old son. But there's a problem or two . .. or three . ..
  • The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson

    The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Indiana Jones meets Lara Croft in Benson's engrossing action thriller. ". -RT Book Reviews, Top Pick. THE DEBUT OF A CAPTIVATING VOICE AND RIVETING STORYTELLER! Frustrated suffragette and would-be archaeologist Ellie Mallory stumbles across a map to a city that shouldn't exist, a jungle metropolis alive and flourishing centuries after the Mayan civilization mysteriously collapsed...
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    suspense  mystery  historical  fantasy  length-long
  • Genius (CENTURIES) by TheBibicalSinner

    Genius (CENTURIES) by TheBibicalSinner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "You want me to be a genius or do you want me to fuck you? ". • • •. The Alexandrettia is the finest school in the state, known for producing the smartest, and most talented kids in America. 21 year old keen painter Mia Hanson managed to get a spot. She worked her whole life to get inside, to see the hallowed halls her biggest idols once walked through...
  • Going for Kona by Pamela Fagan Hutchins

    Going for Kona by Pamela Fagan Hutchins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The newest romantic mystery from the bestselling author of the Katie & Annalise series! Going for Kona has it all: unforgettable characters, an epic love story, and a page-turning mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page...
  • The Nurse by J.A. Corrigan

    The Nurse by J.A. Corrigan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you hear her story, will you believe her? Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood...
  • Still Dead by J.A. Jance

    Still Dead by J.A. Jance

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Unabridged, 1 audiobook file (2 parts), 1 hours 37 minutes 36 seconds. _______________. Since the disbanding of the Special Homicide Investigation Team, J. P. Beaumont’s biggest concern is pondering whether he and his wife Mel should finally get a dog. But one voicemail from his old friend Ralph Ames is about to change that...
  • Christie, Agatha - Three Act Tragedy by Christie Agatha

    Christie, Agatha - Three Act Tragedy by Christie Agatha

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    At an apparently respectable dinner party, a vicar is the first to die. .. Thirteen guests arrived at dinner at the actor's house. It was to be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, who choked on his cocktail, went into convulsions and died...
  • Scared to Live by Stephen Booth

    Scared to Live by Stephen Booth

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detective Constable Ben Cooper and Detective Sergeant Diane Fry must uncover the secrets of two grim murder scenes in England's Peak District--one inexplicable. .. and the other unspeakable...
  • What Dreams May Come by Christina Dodd

    What Dreams May Come by Christina Dodd

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    With a boldly refreshing premise and a daring heroine to match, this delightful mystery series features the eldest daughter of the not-so-ill-fated Romeo and Juliet—20-year-old Rosie Montague, a young woman possessed of an irreverent wit, an independent spirit—and a penchant for sleuthing . .
  • The Fourth of July by Cami Checketts

    The Fourth of July by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When eight parade floats explode during the annual Fourth of July celebrations, Agent Chris Harmer must find who planted the bombs before the terrorists strike again. His troubles aren't isolated to terrorism. Chris falls in love with the FBI's feisty psychiatrist, Alexis Osborne. She won't commit to someone who doesn't share her religious values, and Chris has no desire to convert...
  • Naked Heat by Richard Castle

    Naked Heat by Richard Castle

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    In the sequel to the New York Times bestselling HEAT WAVE, Richard Castle's new thrilling mystery continues the story of NYPD Homicide Detective, Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads...
  • Her Hidden Past by Kelly Utt

    Her Hidden Past by Kelly Utt

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Bea Hughes had put the past behind her. Until an anonymous caller phoned to say they knew what she'd done. To make matters worse, Bea suspects someone else in the house was listening in on the line. Fearful she's been found out and desperate to keep her family together, Bea must identify and silence the person who stands in the way of her happiness...
  • Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Book eight in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. Rose Gardner has survived plenty of close scrapes in the past, but her latest bit of trouble has landed her in the Fenton County holding cell on trumped up charges. The most powerful man in southern Arkansas, J. R...
  • The Apothecary Diaries : Volume 4 by Natsu Hyuuga

    The Apothecary Diaries : Volume 4 by Natsu Hyuuga

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    Though her main duty is still looking after Consort Gyokuyou, Maomao finds time to help her friends and acquaintances in the rear palace, including Xiaolan, who will need a job after her term of service ends, and Consort Lishu, who’s convinced she’s seen a ghost! When complications arise with Gyokuyou’s pregnancy, however, Maomao knows she’s not skilled enough to handle a situation that could...
  • Witch on Probation by Kim Richardson

    Witch on Probation by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trouble follows me like a curse. Which, to be fair, is kind of accurate. I thought Gallows Gate couldn’t get any worse after the missing-teen fiasco. Turns out, it can. The Council’s breathing down my neck, dark magic is leaking through the cracks in the veil, and every supernatural creep in town seems to want a piece of me. Lucky me...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  witches  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Legend of the Falls by Elle Gray

    The Legend of the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    They say there’s no rest for the wicked. What about those whose profession is taking them down? Former FBI agent Spenser Song has had to rise from the ashes of tragedy. Attempting to overcome the guilt of her husband’s death,. she left the bureau and accepted a position as Sheriff in Sweetwater...
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