Action Suspense category: 46663 books

To solve a centuries-old crime, a man makes a deal with the devil: “The fantasy, the murder and the historical action are . . . all wonderful” (San Francisco Chronicle). An aging scholar of Restoration history, Nicholas Fenton has long dreamed of traveling into the past. He has a date in...

This classic novel from English author A. E. W. Mason combines a number of seemingly disparate plot lines into a seamless, thrilling action-adventure tale. Ranging from the backroom political dealings and high-society conflicts of Edwardian England to a pulse-pounding account of a dangerous expedition to Antarctica, this page-turner deserves a place on your must-read list.

Get set for edge-of-your-seat excitement and adventure in A. E. W. Mason's Running Water. A rescue team must race against time to save a trapped mountaineer in the treacherous upper reaches of the Swiss Alps. Packed with action and romance, this fast-paced novel will appeal to a wide range of readers.

A classic mystery, romance, and high action by James Hopper.  

**Fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han will love The Fall of Grace, an adventure-thriller with a hint of romance, in which not everything as perfect as it seems. "Poignant. Thoughtful. Heartbreaking and heart-mending. A careful exploration of how children often pay the price for their parents'...

1861: as America erupts into civil war, Emma Edmonds is roused to such intense patriotism that she joins the Union army...as a man.   Raised on a farm by a father who would have preferred a son, Emma can ride, shoot, and hunt as well as any man. She defies convention to become...

The Gemini Series Collection Books 1 -3 boxes together the first three books in one easy to read set. Consisting of... MOON A systems failure on an Apollo Lunar Module turns from bad to worse in minutes. Commander John Campbell encounter a problem so unexpected that it never made the training or the...

Romancing the Stone meets The Boys from Brazil.      Leah Roberts, a reporter on assignment in Peru, hires professional guide Dylan Hart to escort her into the Amazon jungle on the trail of the story of a lifetime--the outbreak of a deadly ebola-like disease. If loosed it will decimate the...

New York Times bestselling author Nancy Werlin returns to YA suspense with this page-turner mystery for fans of Lauren Oliver, Neal Shusterman, and Lois Duncan Let’s not die today. Not even to make things easier for our parents. When a building collapses around five teenagers—and...

If You Want To Win, Get The Sisterhood On Your Side The seven women of the Sisterhood—Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle—have risked everything in the name of justice, including their own freedom. Their most recent mission promised to reward them with a presidential...

After hijacking a jet to stop the spread of a deadly plague, LAPD Detective Todd McRage has been transferred to the most peaceful precinct in the city, Bel Air. Bored to tears and worried that he's losing his skill at gunplay, McRage soon learns that the suburbs aren't quite what they seem. From the...

For readers of Preston & Child, James Rollins, and Brad Thor comes a gripping new thriller from Joshua Corin, in which an audacious hijacking is just the beginning of a twisted international nightmare. Flight 816 has been hijacked and the terrorists have decided to auction off the passengers...

Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong takes on a gang of neo-Nazis in Strong to the Bone, an action-packed novel of the critically acclaimed Caitlin Strong series by Jon Land 1944: Texas Ranger Jim Strong investigates a triple murder inside a Nazi POW camp in Texas. The Present: His daughter,...

DEAD MEN TALK is a modern murder mystery, taking place in Boston where the author was a private investigator for eleven years. Johnny Barnes has been a cop for the last 18 years, outside of Boston. A dozen homicides leads this offbeat detective through Bostons rock & roll nightclubs, strip...