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Thrillers and SuspenseOctober 2014
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"The bugs are smarter than we are, and the bugs are winning." ~ Lucille Shapiro, American microbiologist
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New and Recently Released!
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| Gun Metal Heart by Dana HaynesSuspense Fiction. By the end of Ice Cold Kill, freelance agent Daria Gibron needed to lay low for a while. Although her body hasn't finished healing, inaction doesn't suit her. So when a friend asks for her help going up against a Serbian death squad dealing with some majorly dangerous weapons technology, she can't help but get involved. Complicating matters: some big intelligence agencies are keeping an eye out for Daria -- and not to compliment her on her work. She's also being hunted (literally) by some former agents whose careers she ended. By turns menacing and explosive, this is a "high voltage, high-body-count thrill ride" (Publishers Weekly). |
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Power play
by Catherine Coulter
In the wake of attempts made on the life of a U.S. ambassador over wrongful accusations about her role in her fiancé's death, Lacey Sherlock survives a drive-by shooting before learning that psychopath Blessed Backman has escaped from his mental hospital. By the best-selling author of The Cove.
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Natchez burning : a novel
by Greg Iles
When his father, a beloved family doctor and pillar of their Natchez, Mississippi community, is accused of murdering a nurse, Penn Cage, to save his father who refuses to speak up in his own defense, makes a shocking discovery that forces him to decide just how far he will go to protect those he loves. 400,000 first printing.
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| The Furies: A Novel by Natalie HaynesPsychological Suspense. After a devastating loss, grief-stricken theater director Alex Morris retreats from London to Edinburgh, where she accepts a job teaching drama therapy at a school for troubled teens. After working out some initial friction, she starts teaching her demanding fourth year class classic Greek dramas. A novice teacher, Alex is soon in over her head -- as her students absorb plots full of vengeance, guilt, death, and fated tragedies, they also insinuate themselves into her life in threatening, dangerous ways. Check it out if you enjoyed the close atmosphere and well-realized characters of Donna Tartt's The Secret History or Tana French's The Likeness. |
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Run : a novel
by Andrew Grant
Fired for no apparent reason from the huge technical corporation where his wife works as a high-powered executive, consultant Marc Bowman is baffled by a series of strange occurrences before his wife suddenly disappears. By the author of the David Trevellyan military-suspense series. 15,000 first printing.
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The kind worth killing : a novel
by Peter Swanson
"A dark and devious literary suspense novel about a random encounter, sex, and a conversation that quickly turns to murder--a modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith's classic Strangers on a Train--from the author of The Girl with a Clock for a Heart"
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| Seven Wonders: A Novel by Ben MezrichSuspense Fiction. After the murder of his reclusive, math-genius twin brother, anthropologist Jack Grady discovers that Jeremy had found an incredible link between the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the new Seven Wonders -- except for Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer. So naturally, that's where he starts looking for clues. Soon, he and his partner, botanist Sloane Costa, are visiting other landmarks in search of an ancient artifact, shadowed by dangerous operatives and women seemingly bent on killing Jack. Combining historical lore with plenty of action and adventure, this is a sure bet for fans of Steve Berry, Raymond Khoury, and Dan Brown. |
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| Close Call: A Liz Carlyle Novel by Stella RimingtonSpy Fiction. In this 8th entry in the series featuring Liz Carlyle, the head of MI5's Counter-Terrorist Section, the Arab Spring has led to rising tensions in the Middle East. Liz and her group are especially interested in illegal arms shipments, which may be linked both to the U.K. and to a disgraced French agent. Corruption and human trafficking also play a role, as MI5 and the CIA join forces to forestall a major attack on British soil. Series fans will enjoy seeing old relationships bear poisonous fruit here, but newcomers won't feel lost in this all too credible novel. |
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| Beat the Reaper: A Novel by Josh BazellThriller. When Dr. Peter Brown is mugged and it's the mugger who needs medical treatment, it comes as no big surprise that Brown is a former mob hit man now in the witness protection program. Between flashbacks that explain just how he got into killing for the mob (and why he left) and fascinating facts about medicine, Brown must make rounds, save his patients, find one that's gone missing, survive a needle stick, take just enough pills to keep him awake and functioning, and avoid getting killed himself. If you like medical dramas or high action, drop whatever you're doing and pick up a copy of this violent, funny, and highly enjoyable book -- stat. You can follow up with Wild Thing, the 2nd in the series. |
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Girl missing
by Tess Gerritsen
"Medical examiner Kat Novak fears that a serial killer is stalking the streets, using a deadly drug to do his dirty work. The police are skeptical. The mayor won't listen. Kat's chief suspect is a prominent citizen. As the death toll rises, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is close enough to touch her"
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Doing Harm
by Kelly Parsons
Medical Thriller. Chief resident Steve Mitchell seems to have a charmed life -- at least until he botches a major surgery and makes a decision that puts his happy marriage at risk. But he soon discovers that he's been drawn into a deadly game run by a beautiful psychopath who's using her access to the hospital to commit murder. And unless he plays along, more people will die. Fortunately, he's got an ally in his junior resident, a pragmatic former Marine who's willing to help out. With extremely vivid writing about medical procedures, this debut isn't for the squeamish, but those who thrive on tension will be rewarded by a tantalizing payoff.
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| Cell by Robin CookMedical Thriller. L.A. radiologist George Wilson is entering his final year of residency when he's invited to learn more about a smartphone app called iDoc, which functions as a virtual primary-care physician by continuously monitoring vital signs (and offering diagnoses and treatments). This is big-money tech, so when patients in beta testing start dying unexpectedly, George is risking his job, and maybe his life, to get to the bottom of the mysterious malfunctions. Try Michael Palmer's The Patient for another case of tech-based medical murder. |
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| Viral: A Novel by James LillieforsThriller. In this series debut (followed by The Leviathan Effect), a viral pandemic is sweeping through the Third World, wiping out entire villages in a single day. After receiving the severed head of a colleague in the mail, former CIA operative Charlie Mallory -- who has plenty of skeletons in his closet -- discovers worrying links between the spread of the disease and humanitarian aid to the area. But sending his journalist brother to learn more may be the end of both of them. Fast-paced and suspenseful, this novel keeps things moving with "vivid, direct prose and a skillfully developed plot" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Gemini : a novel
by Carol Wiley Cassella
Caring for an anonymous coma patient whose baffling condition is turning critical, Seattle ICU doctor Charlotte Reese and her science journalist boyfriend, Eric, find their relationship tested when the case forces them to confront respective feelings about death, love and marriage. By the best-selling author of Oxygen
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| Resistant by Michael PalmerMedical Thriller. Just imagine the pandemonium that would result if domestic terrorists got involved in deadly germ warfare. That's just what happens in Resistant, when a right-wing extremist group accidentally releases flesh-eating bacteria completely resistant to any known treatments. While the terrorists kidnap a specialist to find a cure (they'd wanted to infect only specific victims), the FBI teams up with Dr. Lou Welcome, in his 3rd series appearance, to beat them to it. Fast-paced and compelling, this is most likely the last book by author Michael Palmer, who died in 2013. |
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Dust : A Scarpetta Novel
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Returning to Cambridge after attending one of the worst mass killings in U.S. history, an exhausted Scarpetta investigates the murder of a young graduate student who is subsequently linked to bizarre homicides in Washington, D.C., where Scarpetta's FBI agent husband is tracking down a serial killer. Read by Kate Reading. Simultaneous.
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