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Thrillers and Suspense June 2017
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| Proving Ground by Peter BlaunerLegal Thriller. Traumatized Iraq War veteran Natty Dresden never really got along with his father (in fact, Natty joined the Army to spite him). But when he learns that the controversial criminal defense attorney has been murdered, he's really the only one who cares. Though David Dresden had plenty of enemies, Natty -- who suffers from PTSD -- is suspected of the crime (but then again, so's the FBI). Rich characterization, a host of daddy issues (Natty isn't the only one), and a compelling lead detective in ambitious Lourdes Robles add flavor to a complex read. |
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| What's Become of Her: A Novel by Deb CalettiPsychological Suspense. If you’re looking to increase your baseline level of anxiety, check out this literary suspense novel, which follows a woman dealing with her mother's death, the dissolution of her marriage, a cross-country move, and a new career. Stressed and grieving but ready to move on, Isabelle Austin is easily charmed by the attentions of a handsome new man, though he's rather too reserved about his past. When alarm bells finally start ringing, it may well be too late. Increasing tension makes for a nail-biting game of cat and mouse; you'll be "guessing until the last page" (Booklist). |
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| A Single Spy by William ChristieSpy Fiction. While author William Christie is known for contemporary military thrillers, this World War II-era tale of double-crossing follows an Azerbaijani thief who became a spy on pain of death. Trained by Soviet intelligence, he's sent undercover into Nazi Germany, where he joins the intelligence service and is tasked with pulling off a stunning assassination. While inspired by the same historical premise as Francine Matthews' Too Bad to Die (the assassination of Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill), lots of historical detail and a complex protagonist who just wants to save his own skin characterize A Single Spy. |
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| The Good Assassin: A Novel by Paul VidichSpy Fiction. Set in 1950s Cuba, this follow up to The Good Spy tells the tale of the months before Castro took power in Havana in 1959, tracing the myriad ways that American agencies influenced events. With a reluctant spy (he's happier teaching literature) and plenty of moral complexity, this "simmering, old-fashioned literary spy tale" (Publishers Weekly) has echoes of Graham Greene. |
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| White Plague by James AbelThriller. Deep in the Arctic Ocean, an American submarine is in trouble. Not only is it adrift, it's also on fire -- and many of the crew members have been struck by a mysterious and deadly disease. Marine physician and bioterrorism expert Joe Rush has been sent to figure out what went wrong -- and to either save or destroy the sub and all aboard. A blistering pace, plausible medical concerns, advanced technologies, and plenty of twists and turns make this series debut a great choice for fans of Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton. The 4th book in the series, Vector, will be published in July. |
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Black Rabbit Hall
by Eve Chase
Suspense. For fans of Kate Morton and Daphne du Maurier, here's a magnetic debut novel of wrenching family secrets, forbidden love, and heartbreaking loss housed within the grand gothic manor of Black Rabbit Hall. Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family's country estate, where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, of course, it does. More than three decades later, Lorna is determined to be married within the grand, ivy-covered walls of Pencraw Hall, known as Black Rabbit Hall among the locals. But as she's drawn deeper into the overgrown grounds, half-buried memories of her mother begin to surface and Lorna soon finds herself ensnared within the manor's labyrinthine history, overcome with an insatiable need for answers about her own past and that of the once-happy family whose memory still haunts the estate. Stunning and atmospheric, this debut novel is a thrilling spiral into the hearts of two women separated by decades but inescapably linked by the dark and tangled secrets of Black Rabbit Hall.
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White bone
by Ridley Pearson
Suspense. John Knox and Grace Chu, the incomparable duo of the Risk Agent novels, team up again in the latest international thrill ride from New York Times-bestselling author Ridley Pearson. When ex-military contractor John Knox receives a text from partner Grace Chu warning that she fears her cover may have been blown while on assignment, he jumps into action. Knox must locate her overseas handlers, convince them of the threat, and then attempt to retrace the well-hidden steps of a woman who had been attempting to determine how one million euros' worth of AIDS vaccine disappeared, all while eluding angry poachers on a parallel trail. Corruption isn't a "problem" in Kenya, it's the way of doing business. The poaching of ivory from African elephants, driven by insatiable demand from mainland China, fuels constant blood and slaughter. Knox faces police, national rangers, journalists, and safari companies who are each in their own symbiotic relationship with elephants, both good and bad. As the threat from Al-Shaabab militants interferes with his pursuit of Grace, Knox finds himself pitted against the most savage and suicidal fighters in the world. And there's this woman, Grace, always in his head. His gut. As Grace watches as her civilized self slips away while abandoned in the bush, Knox races against the clock to find her.
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| The Black Widow by Daniel SilvaSpy Fiction. In this 16th entry in the Gabriel Allon series, the art restorer and spy is working his biggest case ever: infiltrating a deadly Islamic terrorist group in order to kill its leader and prevent the biggest attack the world has yet seen. There are two black widows -- one is an escaped terrorist, but the second is the real draw. She's a civilian, a Jerusalem doctor whom Gabriel and his team have trained as a spy to help locate their target. Plenty of tension, an in-depth look at politics and war in the Middle East, and well-wrought characters are among the appeals of this sobering novel. |
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