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Novels Set in San Diego: Thrillers With Real San Diego Places

Hotel del Coronado, the USS Midway, Torrey Pines, the Gaslamp Quarter and the Coronado Bridge all show up in these San Diego novels. Read them before a visit, or to see your hometown on the page.

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Veil of Mysteryabout 2 hr

Christian suspense · about 118 pages · by Mark Oliver

A hostile takeover. A kidnapped child. A family held together by faith.

A kidnapping chase from the Hotel del Coronado to the USS Midway and Torrey Pines.

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Veil of the 4th of Julyabout 2 hr 15 min

Christian suspense / political thriller · about 138 pages · by Mark Oliver

Fireworks over San Diego, and a cyberattack set to go off with them.

Independence Day fireworks over the bay, and a cyberattack set to go off with them.

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Veil of Thanksgivingabout 2 hr

Christian holiday suspense / legal thriller · about 119 pages · by Mark Oliver

A routine case. A citywide conspiracy. A holiday season that tests everything.

Courtrooms, the Gaslamp Quarter and the Coronado Bridge.

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Veil of Christmasabout 2 hr

Christian holiday suspense · about 124 pages · by Mark Oliver

Twinkling lights, a grand celebration, and a mystery that could ruin it all.

A company Christmas celebration in San Diego.

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Veil of San Diego Loveabout 1 hr 30 min

Romantic suspense · about 90 pages · by Mark Oliver

They met under the San Diego sun, right in the crosshairs.

Romantic suspense under the San Diego sun.

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Veil of a Superheroabout 2 hr 15 min

Crime thriller · about 128 pages · by Mark Oliver

A Marine, a journalist, and a crime lord who owns the shadows.

A former Marine and a journalist take on a crime network on San Diego's sunny streets.

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Digital Shadows in Californiaabout 2 hr 30 min

Cybersecurity thriller · about 145 pages (paperback) · by Mark Oliver

They stopped Virelli. Now a ghost called The Phantom wants every city at once.

A rooftop operations center above San Diego's beaches.

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Other San Diego novels

  • The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow: surf crime fiction in Pacific Beach.
  • The Gentlemen's Hour by Don Winslow: the sequel to The Dawn Patrol.

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