Brentwood Book Stacks

To the public, he’s a hero : a brutal killer who targets sex offenders. To most of London’s police force, he’s the suspect in a gruesome, time-consuming case to be avoided. But to Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan, he’s a murderer — no matter the sins of his victims — and catching him is her job. Assigned to the case with the division’s unreadable new DI, Josh Derwent, young and inexperienced Maeve is determined to prove she has what it takes to make it as a female in the tough world of the London police.The Reckoning - Jane Casey (Book 2 of the Maeve Kerrigan Series)

The Sense of Place of London, a brutal murderer with a vigilante bent, a cop trying to prove herself in London’s Police Squad. Pick up the Reckoning @ Brentwood. Is it out? Here are some other thrillers you may want to read:

No Trace: A Brock and Kolla Mystery - Barry Maitland
When little Tracey Rudd, the young daughter of notorious artist Gabriel Rudd, is abducted from her home, the third such child to vanish under similar circumstances, Detective Chief Inspector David Brock and Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla races against time to find the girl’s kidnapper, who may connected to the eccectric art community in the neighborhood.

Cold Kill : A Detective Stella Mooney Novel - David Lawrence
Despite the common belief that it is an open-and-shut case, Detective Stella Mooney has her doubts when a man walks into a Notting Hill police station and confesses to the murder of a woman whose body has been found in a London park.

A Detective Under Fire - H.R.F. Keating (Request from Out of Brentwood)
Struggling to work with a crew that refuses to take her seriously, detective superintendent Harriet Martens is surprised when her superiors place her in charge of a major investigation, which proves difficult in the wake of peer scorn.

The Red Room - Nicci French
Three months after Kit Quin is traumatized by Michael Doll, a young man she helps to question, the police ask for her help in investigating the brutal murder of a girl found near a local canal, believing Doll is responsible for her death.

Vince Flynn’s Kill Shot is slated for publication in a few weeks. Have you requested your copy yet? If you haven’t, the popularity of America’s most deadly Asset may delay your ability to get a hold of a copy. Why not start with the first book in the Mitch Rapp series, Transfer of Power? The political-action thriller introduces deadly CIA commando Mitch Rapp as he finds a way to diffuse a 100-hostage situation in the White House. Arab terrorists, posing as wealthy campaign donors, are welcomed to the White House without a single gun drawn. While the President escapes the security in time the terrorist assault turns deadly as the terrorists hold 100 hostages and take over the White House. Faced with political and military egos it is up to Mitch Rapp to crawl through ducts and secret passages in order to save the hostages and stop an international disaster.

Kill Shot - Vince Flynn (Link to Catalog)

Transfer of Power - Vince Flynn (Link to Catalog)

Do you think this is the greatest Novel of ever written? Better than Great Expectations by Dickens? This is all according to the Huffington Post’s playoff-style bracket of greatest novels ever written. Pick both of them up at the library! You could also download Great Expectations as an ebook by going to Live-Brary!

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (Link to Catalog)

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (Link to Catalog / Ebook)

What is the Best Novel Ever Written? (VOTE) - Huffington Post Books

When the president’s two daughters are abducted in the middle of class, nobody in D.C. knows who’s responsible. What’s the connection between the abduction and the Saudi terrorist organization that has just set up operations in DC? Why is the CIA and FBI working to throw Alex Cross off the case? In a thrilling conclusion, Alex Cross must decide whether to crack the case that will damage the U.S. and leave them open to a terrorist attack. (Link to Catalog; Large Print; Book on CD) (Reviews)