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Books with the intrigue
of the Witness Protection Program:
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Big Law
by Chuck Logan
Ex-cop Phil Broker struggles to expose a
newspaperman secretly employed by the Mafia
who manages to cover up a murder and finagle
his way into the Witness Protection Program.
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Danger in the Shadows
by Dee Henderson
Sara has been invisible, hidden away in
a Witness Protection Program. Her only safety
is in staying invisible.
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Killshot
by Leonard Elmore
Witnesses to a mob-related murder discover
that the Witness Protection Program is not
exactly a safe haven.
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The Program
by Stephen White
District Attorney Kirsten Lord, outspoken
critic of the Witness Protection Program,
enters the program after a death threat.
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Books by authors with similar writing styles:
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Body Artist
by Don DeLillo
Widow Lauren Hardke encounters a strange
man in the bedroom upstairs who is able
to repeat entire conversations she had with
her husband before his death.
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The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth
In this novel of alternative history Charles
A. Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt
in the 1940 presidential election. Lindbergh’s
friendship with Hitler and the signing of
a nonaggression pact with Germany frightens
a large segment of America’s Jewish
population.
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Straight Man
by Richard Russo
Hank Devereaux is having a midlife crisis
that he will not accept. He finds himself
in and out of trouble as he hilariously
moves from denial to insight and finally
acceptance.
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Talk Talk
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Dana Halter is falsely arrested while William
Wilson has been living a life of criminal
excess at her expense. Dana and her boyfriend
set out to track him down.
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Train: A Novel
by Pete Dexter
Double crossing and deception abound in
this dark story which centers on a young
Black man who caddies at an exclusive Los
Angeles country club during the segregated
50’s.
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If you like to read Noir Fiction:
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Cold Day in Hell
by Richard Hawke
A witness at the trial of a TV celebrity
accused of killing two women turns up dead,
killed in the same manner as the two women.
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Fearless Jones
by Walter Mosley
After a woman enters his bookstore and asks
a few questions, Paris Minton is beaten
up, made love to, shot at, robbed and has
his store burned to the ground.
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In a True Light
by John Harvey
When Sloane searches for his daughter from
a past love affair he finds himself caught
up in a web of violence, police investigations,
dangerous alliances and murder.
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Mystic River
by Dennis Lehane
After 25 years, childhood friends, Jimmy,
Dave and Sean, come together again after
the murder of Jimmy’s daughter.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
A young wife and her lover plan to murder
her husband, but after their plans get foiled
over and over again they grow to hate each
other.
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