5 crime thriller novels where the woman steals the show!
Discover 5 gripping crime thriller novels where women take center stage! From cunning detectives to masterful criminals, these page-turners showcase unforgettable female leads who steal the show. Perfect for fans of suspense and strong female characters.
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The Orchid File
by David J. Hilton
Set on a sweeping canvas stretching from Noosa, the sub-tropical paradise on Australias Queensland coast, to the bustling streets of Bangkok and Chiang Mai, and on to Thailands Golden Triangle, this action thriller tells a gripping tale of mystery, intrigue and romance. In The Orchid File: The Noosa Connection, Steven Carlson, Australian Secret Service agent and recent widower, is assigned to investigate Thai orchid exporter Chak Artachinda. Chak is suspected of working for a syndicate shipping drugs into the country. Carlson tails his suspect from Noosa to Bangkok, but quickly discovers someone wants him dead. In Chiang Mai, he encounters a beautiful Thai woman named Srisamorn, who harbors a secret of her own that will impact Carlsons mission. Just as Carlson thinks hes found the proof he needs against Chak, he discovers the real secret the exporter is hiding, one involving the rare Noosa Blue orchid. With his life on the line, the only one who can save him is the beautiful Srisamorn.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Millenium series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson’s first novel” (The New York Times). Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.
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The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
While recovering in the hospital, Lisbeth Salander enlists the aid of journalist Mikael Blomkvist to prove her innocent of three murders and identify the corrupt politicians who have allowed her to suffer, and, on her own, Lisbeth plots revenge against the man who tried to kill her. By the best-selling author of The Girl Who Played With Fire.
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The Little Drummer Girl
by John le Carre
Charlie, a young English actress, meets a man on a Greek beach who draws her into a world of espionage and terror in the Middle East.