Books like 4th of July
12 books with a reading profile close to 4th of July by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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THE CROSSROADS
by C.J. Box
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In this twenty-sixth installment of the Wyoming-based series, game warden Joe Pickett survives a targeted sniper attack that leaves him with a severe head wound and a fractured memory.
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2
The Surgeon
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In Boston, a serial killer nicknamed The Surgeon targets women, performing invasive surgical procedures on them without anesthesia before killing them.
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3
The Quickie
by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Detective Lauren Stillwell spots her husband, Paul, entering a luxury hotel with another woman.
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4
Roses Are Red
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Detective Alex Cross faces a series of coordinated bank robberies executed with lethal precision across Washington, D.C.
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5
The Pelican Brief
by John Grisham
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
In New Orleans, law student Darby Shaw writes a speculative legal theory linking the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court justices to a billionaire oil tycoon with business interests before the court.
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Angels and Demons
by Dan Brown
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon travels to CERN in Switzerland to investigate the murder of a physicist branded with the word Illuminati.
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CROSS & SAMPSON
by James Patterson and Brian Sitts
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson confront a series of violent crimes that force them out of their usual Washington, D.C.
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The Last Widow
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are pulled into a domestic terror plot following the abduction of a CDC scientist and a series of coordinated bombings in Atlanta.
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9
REVENGE PREY
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Lucas Davenport and Letty Savage-White face a high-stakes protection detail in the thirty-sixth installment of the Prey series.
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The Couple Next Door
by Shari Lapena
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Anne and Marco Conti attend a dinner party at their neighbors' home, leaving their six-month-old daughter, Cora, alone in her crib.
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The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley
Also practical and clear-cut · thriller, entertainment
Jess arrives in Paris broke and alone, seeking a fresh start with her half-brother, Ben.
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12
JUDGE STONE
by Viola Davis and James Patterson
Also practical and outward-looking · thriller, entertainment
Judge Mary Stone presides over a rural courtroom in Union Springs, Alabama, where she manages a legal case tangled in local history and conflicting ethical loyalties.
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