Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box DSH974

Secondhand Crime Fiction & Thriller Bargain Book Box

Brace yourself for a cascade of suspense, intrigue, and heart-pounding action with this curated collection of crime fiction & thriller novels. This box is a masterclass in tension, featuring everything from high-stakes legal dramas and cryptic historical conspiracies to gritty police procedurals and chilling psychological suspense. Lose yourself in labyrinthine plots and race against time with the genre's most celebrated authors. As well-loved vintage paperbacks, these books may show their history with some darkening pages or cracked spines, but the heart-pounding suspense within is perfectly preserved.

1. Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing by Gabrielle Lord
   Fifteen years ago, a group of friends buried a secret. Now, one of them is missing, and forensic psychologist Gemma Lincoln is drawn into a web of lies that threatens to unravel her own carefully constructed life. To find her friend, she must dig up a past that some will kill to keep buried.

2. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
   Libby Day was seven when her mother and sisters were murdered, and she testified that her teenage brother was the killer. Twenty-five years later, a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes pays her to reinvestigate the case. Libby is forced to confront the dark, twisted truth of what really happened that night.

3. The Sky is Falling by Sidney Sheldon
   Washington TV anchor Dana Evans, a woman who has never shied away from a dangerous story, investigates the mysterious deaths of the entire Winthrop family. Her pursuit of the truth uncovers a sinister international conspiracy. This high-stakes global chase proves to be the most perilous assignment of her career.

4. Miracle Cure by Michael Palmer
   A revolutionary new drug promises to be a miracle for heart disease, but when a top cardiologist's brother dies while taking it, he suspects foul play. His investigation into the powerful pharmaceutical company behind the drug reveals a deadly secret. He soon finds himself in a desperate race to expose the truth before he becomes the next victim.

5. Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb
   In the year 2059, NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is haunted by a ghost from her past when a sniper targets a rooftop reunion party. The killer has a grudge against one of Eve's old police academy classmates, forcing her to delve into her own troubled history. She must confront the woman she once was to catch a killer holding a 10-year grudge.

6. Purity in Death by J.D. Robb
   A vigilante known as "The Preacher" is executing sinners with a sophisticated computer virus that causes fatal brain hemorrhages. Lieutenant Eve Dallas must hunt down this high-tech killer who is passing judgment on the citizens of New York. She must stop the moral crusade before the killer's twisted vision of purity claims another life.

7. Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
   When scientist Henry Pierce gets a new phone number, he is plunged into a dangerous underworld of online escort services. The number once belonged to a call girl named Lilly, and her cryptic messages pull Pierce into a desperate search for her. He risks everything to uncover what happened to a woman he has never met.

8. The Innocent Man by John Grisham
   In this gripping work of non-fiction, Grisham tells the true story of Ron Williamson, a small-town baseball hero from Oklahoma. Williamson's life spirals out of control until he is arrested and sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. It is a powerful and infuriating look at a justice system gone horribly wrong.

9. The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
   After two Supreme Court justices are assassinated, brilliant law student Darby Shaw writes a speculative legal brief that names the killer. When her theory proves dangerously accurate, she becomes the target of a vast conspiracy. She must go on the run, trusting only a determined investigative reporter to stay alive.

10. The Fix by David Baldacci
    Amos Decker, the FBI consultant with a perfect memory, witnesses a man shoot a woman before killing himself just outside FBI headquarters. The seemingly straightforward case spirals into a complex web of international espionage and national security secrets. Decker's unique skills are pushed to the limit to uncover the truth.

11. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is called to a Swiss research facility to analyze a symbol branded on a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unthinkable: the resurgence of the ancient Illuminati. The secret brotherhood has a deadly plan to destroy its oldest enemy, the Catholic Church, using a stolen canister of antimatter.

12. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
    This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows the crew of the USS Caine during World War II. When the ship's executive officer relieves the erratic and paranoid Captain Queeg of command during a violent typhoon, it leads to a dramatic court-martial. The trial forces the Navy to question the very nature of authority, duty, and cowardice.

13. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
    A murder in the Louvre and a series of baffling ciphers lead symbologist Robert Langdon on a hunt for a secret protected since the time of Christ. Teaming up with a French cryptologist, he follows a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. The discovery threatens to shake the foundations of Western history.

14. The Death of an Irish Tradition by Bartholomew Gill
    When a wealthy German industrialist is found dead at a prestigious Dublin horse show, Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr is called to investigate. The case plunges him into the high-stakes world of international show jumping. He uncovers a world of bitter rivalries, family secrets, and passions that run as deep as Irish history itself.

15. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
    Rachel Watson, an unreliable alcoholic, watches a seemingly perfect couple from her commuter train every day. When she witnesses something shocking and the woman from the house goes missing, Rachel becomes entangled in the investigation. She must piece together her fragmented memories to uncover the truth, if anyone will believe her.

16. The Testament by John Grisham
    An eccentric and reclusive billionaire shocks his greedy family by leaving his entire fortune to an unknown missionary working in the Brazilian wetlands. Burned-out lawyer Nate O'Riley is sent on a perilous journey into the Pantanal to find this mysterious heir. He must survive the dangers of the jungle while the family plots to get the will thrown out.

17. City of Bones by Michael Connelly
    On New Year's Day, a dog unearths the bones of a young boy in the Hollywood Hills, and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch catches the case. The murder is decades old, forcing Bosch to dig into the city's painful past. The investigation uncovers a trail of secrets and violence that leads him to a shocking and personal conclusion.

18. Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes by Karin Slaughter
    In this tense short story, a popular college student is abducted and finds herself at the mercy of a disturbed captor. Relying on her wits, she must play a dangerous psychological game to survive. She works to turn the tables on the man who took her, proving she is far more than just a pretty face.

19. The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom
    In Paris, an American surgeon stumbles upon a man who is the spitting image of his father, a hero who died decades earlier. The encounter catapults him into the center of a terrifying international conspiracy. He uncovers a secret society of neo-Nazis with a plan to establish a Fourth Reich, a plot long in the making.

20. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
    The NSA's invincible code-breaking machine has been defeated by an unbreakable code known as "Digital Fortress." Its creator holds the agency hostage, threatening to cripple U.S. intelligence. The NSA's brilliant head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, is in a desperate race against time to find the key and prevent a global catastrophe.

21. The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
    In 1943, a crack team of German paratroopers is given an audacious and seemingly impossible mission: kidnap Winston Churchill. Led by a disgraced but brilliant officer, the commandos land in a remote English village. This classic WWII thriller chronicles their daring raid, where a small band of soldiers could change the course of the war.

22. The Ice House by Minette Walters
    Ten years after her abusive husband vanished, a decomposed and unidentifiable body is discovered in the ice house on Phoebe Maybury's estate. Phoebe and the two women she lives with become the primary suspects in a murder investigation. The case unearths a decade of dark secrets, lies, and simmering resentments in their small village.

23. Treachery by Julian Stockwin
    In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Thomas Kydd of the Royal Navy is sent on a clandestine mission to the Baltic. He must navigate the treacherous waters of international diplomacy and espionage, where allies and enemies are indistinguishable. Kydd finds his loyalty tested as he is caught in a web of betrayal that could doom his ship and his nation.

24. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
    After a nuclear war has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, the last remnants of humanity in Australia await their fate. As a deadly radiation cloud slowly drifts southward, a U.S. submarine commander and the people of Melbourne live out their final months. This is a haunting and poignant classic of post-apocalyptic fiction.