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He Who Pays The Piper

He Who Pays The Piper
  • Author(s): Alex Breck
  • Location(s): Northern California, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Ridge Walker is a hedonistic young Scot in a desperate race with the devil across Central America. He is consumed by guilt at his inability to save Orla, his beautiful and wild Irish wife, after their turbulent marriage went...

Hero

Hero
  • Author(s): Thomas Perry
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Political, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Justine Poole takes her job as a security agent seriously. When she prevents a brazen theft at the Beverly Hills home of two of her clients – killing two of the five armed robbers in the process – she...

Hi Five

Hi Five
  • Author(s): Joe Ide
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Christiana is the daughter of the biggest arms dealer on the West Coast, Angus Byrne. She’s also the sole witness and number-one suspect in the murder of her boyfriend – found dead inside her Newport Beach boutique. Angus will...

Hollywood, Ending

Hollywood, Ending
  • Author(s): John Green
  • Location(s): Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

For rising young actors Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, being cast in the buzzy biopic Andy Warhol Never Gets Old is the opportunity they’ve both been waiting for. They’re on the verge of breaking out, and maybe even falling...

Hot Girl Murder Club

Hot Girl Murder Club
  • Author(s): Ashley Winstead
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

Wronged women always want revenge. But how far is too far? When powerful men begin turning up dead across Los Angeles, suspicion falls on emerging pop star Scout Sage. Still haunted by her sister’s mysterious death, Scout faces the...

Hot Snow

Hot Snow
  • Author(s): Suellen Ocean
  • Location(s): California, Israel
  • Genre(s): Suspense
  • Era(s): 1980's

After her assignment in Australia goes sour, Israeli Intelligence agent Hannah Chaya joins her boyfriend Rudy in the sleepy town of Wolf, California. But she brings with her, demons from Munich that Rudy’s trying to get away from. When...

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days

How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
  • Author(s): K M Jackson
  • Location(s): United States (USA), Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

USA Today bestselling author K.M. Jackson delivers a hilarious road-trip rom-com perfect for fans of Meet Cute and When Harry Met Sally. Bethany Lu Carlisle is devastated when the tabloids report actor Keanu Reeves is about to tie the knot....

Hunted

Hunted
  • Author(s): Abir Mukherjee
  • Location(s): London, Los Angeles, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Political, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

** WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2025 ** ** WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2025**   It’s a week before the presidential elections...

Husbands: Love and Lies in La-La Land

Husbands: Love and Lies in La-La Land
  • Author(s): Mo Fanning
  • Location(s): Hollywood, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): LGBTQIA+, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In Hollywood, every pavement star tells a story. Not all of them shine. Wannabe actor Kyle Macdonald is down on his luck. Working as a supply teacher in an inner-city Birmingham school, he’s single again at 28, and sleeping...

I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018

I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018
  • Author(s): Lauren Tarshis
  • Location(s): California
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 21st century

California continues to be ravaged by devastating wildfires. Lauren Tarshis’s heart pounding story tells of two children who battle the terrifying flames and — despite the destruction — find hope in the ashes. The people of Northern California were...

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