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Thrillers and Suspense May 2021
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21st Birthday
by James Patterson
Investigating the disappearance of a young mother and her baby girl, Detective Lindsay Boxer is presented with evidence that not only proves the innocence of the husband but places the lives of women all over the state of California in grave danger.
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Find You First
by Linwood Barclay
Searching for the children he has never known, tech billionaire Miles Cookson, diagnosed with a terminal illness, discovers that, one by one, his potential heirs are vanishing – every trace of them wiped, like they never existed at all.
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A gambling man
by David Baldacci
Aloysius Archer travels to 1950s California to apprentice with a legendary private eye and former FBI agent but immediately finds himself involved in a scandal in the second novel of the series following One Good Deed.
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The Good Sister
by Sally Hepworth
Twin sisters who are polar opposites but who are harboring a deep, dark secret about their sociopathic mother must face the consequences of both her actions and their own when one tries to start a family.
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Hour of the Witch
by Chris Bohjalian
A resourceful Puritan woman in 1662 Boston plots to escape a violent marriage only to find herself targeted by her disapproving and superstitious neighbors for failing to save a child’s life.
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The Lady Has a Past
by Amanda Quick
When her boss disappears while on a health retreat at an exclusive spa, investigative apprentice Lyra Brazier goes undercover with the help of a man with a unique gift, and together, they are plunged into a world darker and more dangerous than they ever could have imagined.
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The Last Thing to Burn
by Will Dean
Trapped by the monster who kidnapped her seven years ago, a pregnant young woman, determined to save herself and her unborn child, finds her plans of escape going awry when another innocent woman is brought into the fold on the farm.
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Mirrorland
by Carole Johnstone
Returning to her gothic childhood home in the wake of her estranged twin’s disappearance, Cat uncovers long-held secrets involving her sister’s left-behind clues and a mysterious treasure hunt.
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Near You
by Mary Burton
While helping to solve the mystery of two murdered women burned to death, forensic psychologist and single mother Ann Bailey becomes the obsession of an arsonist from her past whose infatuation puts Ann into a killer’s line of fire. Original.
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The Other Emily
by Dean R. Koontz
Haunted by the unsolved disappearance of the love of this life a decade earlier, writer David Thorne visits her suspected killer in prison before meeting a woman who uncannily resembles the person he lost.
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Sleep Tight : A DC Rose Gifford Thriller
by C. S. Green
When DC Rose Gifford is called to investigate the death of a young woman suffocated in her bed, she can't shake the feeling that there's more to the crime than meets the eye. It looks like a straightforward crime scene -- but the police can't find the killer. Enter DS Moony -- an eccentric older detective who runs UCIT, a secret department of the Met set up to solve supernatural crimes. Moony wants Rose to help her out -- but Rose doesn't believe in any of that. As the killer prepares to strike again, Rose must pick a side -- before a second woman dies.
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Robert B. Parker's Payback
by Mike Lupica
When her best friend Spike’s restaurant is taken over under a predatory loan agreement, PI Sunny Randall begins to investigate while helping a victim of another crime — two seemingly different cases that converge into one deadly mystery.
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Six Weeks to Live
by Catherine McKenzie
With only six weeks left to live due to a terminal brain tumor, Jennifer Barnes spends as much time as she can with her family until she discovers that she was poisoned one year ago and decides to find out who wanted her dead.
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Turn a blind eye
by Jeffrey Archer
Going undercover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police Force, Detective Inspector William Warwick is compromised by a high-profile trial and a teammate's romantic relationship with his suspect.
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Two Wrongs
by Mel McGrath
In the city of Bristol young women are dying by mysterious circumstances and are made to look like suicides.
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