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The Airport Bookstore Top Shelf

Six titles that earn their spot at the cash wrap. Reacher walking off a train. A Patterson collaboration that punches above its weight. A 2007 medieval thriller that sneaks more research in than the cover suggests. A late Dick Francis dual-profession barrister-jockey mystery. The kind of book you finish before your connection.

6 books on this list.

  1. Make Me
    Make Me

    by Lee Child

    Make Me by Lee Child 2015 thriller review. Reacher rolls into a Mother Wells, South Dakota for a single name on a sign and stays for the bodies underneath the wheat.

  2. The Murder House
    The Murder House

    by David Ellis

    The Murder House by David Ellis and James Patterson 2015 review. A Bridgehampton detective with a tarnished badge investigates a brutal mansion killing that mirrors a sixty-year-old open case.

  3. The Jester
    The Jester

    by Andrew Gross

    The Jester by Andrew Gross and James Patterson 2003 review. A medieval-set thriller about a Crusader innkeeper turned court jester who infiltrates a French duke’s castle to find his wife.

  4. Silks
    Silks

    by Dick Francis

    Silks by Dick Francis 2008 review. Geoffrey Mason is a barrister who rides as an amateur jockey on weekends, until his only racetrack friend turns up dead.

  5. Malice at the Palace
    Malice at the Palace

    by Rhys Bowen

    Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen 2015 review. The ninth Royal Spyness mystery sends Lady Georgiana Rannoch to Kensington Palace to chaperone Princess Marina before her royal wedding.

  6. The Chase
    The Chase

    by Clive Cussler

    The Chase by Clive Cussler 2007 review. A Van Dorn Detective Agency historical thriller set in 1906 about a bank robber called the Butcher Bandit and the man hunting him.

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