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Thrillers and Suspense May 2020
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| Three Hours in Paris (ebook) by Cara BlackInspired by: a real-life historical mystery: why did Hitler suddenly and quietly leave Paris in 1940, right after the Nazis occupied the city?
Starring: Kate Rees, who becomes an unlikely assassin after a German bombing kills her husband and daughter. Kate developed expert rifle skills hunting in her childhood, and she's glad to lend her talents to killing the German chancellor. Or she was glad, until the operation went south and she's betrayed, stranded in Paris and running for her life. |
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| Pretty Things (ebook) by Janelle BrownWhat it's about: Reluctant con-artist Nina learned from the best: her mother Lily, a master grifter. Although Nina once wanted to escape her family's criminal legacy, when Lily is diagnosed with cancer Nina will do anything to fund her mother's treatment.
The marks: careless rich people she finds on Instagram; the wealthy Liebling family, with whom Nina needs to settle a score.
Who it's for: fans of the 2013 film The Bling Ring; true crime fans who are into stories of fraudsters like Anna Delvey and Yvonne Bannigan. |
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| The Familiar Dark (ebook) by Amy EngelWhat it's about: waitress and single mother Eve Taggert's life in a bleak small town in the Ozarks, where her she works hard to raise her 12-year-old daughter Junie.
What goes wrong: Junie and her best friend Izzy are murdered, and even with her brother Cal on the force, Eve believes that the police phoned in the investigation for reasons involving the local meth mogul -- Eve and Cal's own estranged and violent mother. Eve's one and only chance at truth and justice lies somewhere in the pages of Junie's diary. |
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The Sea of Lost Girls (ebook)
by Carol Goodman
A teacher with a secret past endures attacks on her family when her son is implicated in the death of his girlfriend just before she discovers her husband’s involvement. By the award-winning author of The Widow’s House. 25,000 first printing.
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The German Heiress : A Novel (ebook and Audiobook)
by Anika Scott
In post-World War II Germany, as German ironworks heiress Clara Falkenberg begins tracking down her friend, Elisa, she encounters Jakob, a charismatic young man working on the black market. A first novel. Original. 150,000 first printing.
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Revenge (ebook and Audiobook)
by James Patterson
Investigating the suspicious suicide of a young woman whose family once employed him as a bodyguard, former SAS soldier David Shelley makes unsettling discoveries that are complicated by the victim’s father’s thirst for revenge.
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Lockdown : A Novel of Suspense (ebook)
by Laurie R King
An anonymous enemy seeking revenge holds a classroom hostage during a career day at Guadalupe Middle School intended to curb truancy and gang violence.
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| The Perfect Girl (ebook and Audiobook) by Gilly MacmillanThe day of: 17-year-old Zoe Maisey's high-stakes piano recital, which could set the stage for a successful musical career, a break that would help her with rebuilding her life after her recent stint in a juvenile detention center for drunk driving.
Start the clock: Capping off an already fraught night is the sudden death of Zoe's mother Maria, an event which draws together the intricate web of secrets, lies, and competing interests that have always been just under the surface of Zoe's complicated relationship with her stepfather Chris and stepbrother Lucas. |
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| What She Saw (Audiobook) by Gerard StembridgeThe day of: Lana Gibson's impulsive overnight trip from Dublin to Paris to see an art exhibit, followed by a stay in the elegant Hotel Le Chevalier, where she'll get to enjoy an evening away from her husband in a comfortable suite.
Start the clock: Lana stumbles across the private elevator that leads to the hotel's lavish Suite Imperial and unable to resist the urge to peek, she rides to the top, becoming the lone witness to an assault in progress, an incident which will touch the highest levels of French power politics. |
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Best Day Ever (Audiobook)
by Kaira Sturdivant Rouda
As Paul and Mia Strom drive out of the city and toward the countryside, a spike of tension begins to wedge itself between them and doubts start to arise. How much do they trust each other? And how perfect is their marriage, or any marriage, really? By a USA Today best-selling author. 60,000 first printing.
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