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Thrillers and Suspense March 2024
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| Dissolved by Sara BlædelIn the Danish village of Tommerup, a missing persons case becomes a string of daily kidnappings that seem at first to have religious overtones. Though verses from the Quran are left as evidence, it soon becomes clear that victims are being abducted for more complex reasons, especially once gruesome video footage emerges that complicates matters even further. |
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| The Couple in the Photo by Helen CooperTeacher and amateur photographer Lucy is enjoying her colleague's honeymoon photos when she spots her best friend's husband in the background of one picture, with a woman who isn't his wife. Not long afterwards the unidentified woman turns up dead, and Lucy gets pulled into an investigation that will change her tight-knit circle of friends forever. |
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| The Weekend Retreat by Tara LaskowskiRichard, Harper, and Zach Van Ness gather at their wealthy family's winery estate for an an extravagant party weekend, significant others in tow. Ambitious elder siblings Richard and Harper also bring along personal and professional secrets they'll do anything to keep hidden, while black sheep Zach's gossip blogger girlfriend could mine the weekend for the ultimate scoop -- if she manages to survive. |
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| The Vacation by John MarrsPreviously self-published as Welcome to Wherever You Are in 2015, this intricately plotted updated edition still features a well-developed ensemble cast of characters -- eight strangers staying at a California hostel -- whose lives begin to intersect despite the myriad reasons they each have for keeping their pasts hidden from each other. For fans of: T.M. Logan. |
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| Two Dead Wives by Adele ParksThis atmospheric sequel to Woman Last Seen picks up where the last story left off, during the most claustrophobic parts of the COVID lockdown in 2020. DCI Clements returns in a new chapter of the investigation into the disappearance of two seemingly unconnected women, only to discover a shocking secret that blows the case wide open. |
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| What Waits in the Woods by Terri ParlatoReaders first met Boston detective Rita Myers in All the Dark Places, where she unraveled the murder of a suburban psychologist by a guest at his 40th birthday party. This time, she investigates the seemingly random killing of a young woman who may have been mistaken for a friend she bore a striking resemblance to. |
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| The Ascent by Adam PlantingaIn this fast-paced debut novel, ex-cop Kurt Argento is mistakenly arrested during a cross-country drive and held at a maximum security prison during a catastrophic failure of the facility's automated security system. Kurt bands together with some of the staff and a group of visiting civilians, and together they must make a dangerous trek to the roof, their only hope for a safe escape. |
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| Dead of Night by Simon ScarrowDead of Night is the action-packed sequel to Blackout, which first introduced readers to police inspector Horst Schenke during his hunt for a serial killer in 1939 Berlin. This time, he investigates the suspicious suicide of a doctor who hid in plain sight as a member of the Nazi Party while secretly helping Jews trapped in the city. |
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