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Thrillers and Suspense June 2021
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The Anatomy of Desire : a novel
by L. R. Dorn
A reimaging of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy follows the disappearance of popular fitness coach, social media influencer, and possible murderer, as her secret life and what she risked to have it all are exposed.
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Basil's War : a novel
by Stephen Hunter
An accomplished agent in the British Army, Basil St. Florian embarks on his toughest assignment yet as he, going undercover in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, searches for an ecclesiastic manuscript that holds the key to a code that could prevent the death of millions.
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Blinded by the Lights
by Jakub Zulczyk
Kuba is a cocaine dealer in the dark, electric streets of Warsaw, believing he is smart enough to stay in control, unlike the top lawyers, doctors, TV personalities who are his client base. However, after calling in the debt of a failing nightclub owner, breaking his own rules on other people's property, and being caught in the consequences of his clients' actions, all control starts to slip from his grasp. Now suffering under the glare of the spotlight and dragged into the dark underbelly of the drug world, Kuba must find a way through the middle of the whirlwind of violence and betrayal sweeping him away.
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The first day of Spring
by Nancy Tucker
Twenty years after killing a boy when she was 8 years old, Chrissie wants a fresh start for her and her 6-year-old daughter, Molly, but the past will not leave her and Molly alone, forcing Chrissie to find a new way to take matters into her own hands.
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Girl in the Walls : a novel
by A. J. Gnuse
After her parents die, Elise lives within in the walls of their house, secretly hiding, until a new family moves in, placing her existence in danger and bringing a far more real threat to their doorstep.
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The Girl Who Died
by Ragnar Jónasson
A new teacher in a remote Icelandic village investigates after she is plagued by nightmares of a white-clad little girl in her rented attic apartment that happens to be the site of a local legendary haunting.
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The Good Son
by Carolyn Huizinga Mills
Zoe Emmerson has a secret, one she's kept for years. Her quiet world is shaken when her past finally catches up with her: the investigation into the murder of a six-year-old neighbor is re-opened thirty years after the fact, threatening to destroy her and everyone she's fought so hard to protect.
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Hidden
by Fern Michaels
In the first in a brand-new series from a #1 New York Times best-selling author, brother and sister Cullan and Luna Bodman are drawn into a dangerous mystery through an antique with a complicated past.
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Jackpot
by Stuart Woods
Teddy Fay goes to Macau to resolve an issue with a film festival and winds up in a web of international deals and private vendettas in the glittering city’s underbelly, in the latest addition to the series following Bombshell.
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Legacy
by Nora Roberts
After launching her own line of yoga and workout videos, Adrian Rizzo begins receiving death threats, which lead her back home to Maryland, where she, with the help of her childhood crush, must find the truth when the threats escalate to murder.
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Lethal Intent
by Cara C. Putman
"When Caroline takes a job with a promising medical start-up, she believes she's on the side of angels . . . until she's asked to go too far"
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Local Woman Missing
by Mary Kubica
When Delilah, who disappeared 11 years earlier when she was only 6 years old, shockingly returns, the residents of a quiet suburban neighborhood want to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find.
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Lost Immunity
by Daniel Kalla
The city of Seattle is stunned when a deadly bacteria tears through a nearby Bible camp. Early tests reveal the illness is a form of meningitis, and the camp's residents are among its most vulnerable victims: children and teenagers. Facing a rapidly rising death rate, Seattle's chief public health officer, Lisa Dyer, and her team quickly take all steps necessary to contain the devastating outbreak. And when further testing reveals that the strain of the bacteria is one that caused catastrophic losses in Iceland six months before, Lisa decides to take a drastic step: she contacts Nathan Hull, vice president of a pharmaceutical company that is doing final-phase trials on a viable vaccine, and asks him to release it early for use on the city's population.
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Madam
by Phoebe Wynne
While working at Caldonbrae, a prestigious boarding school high above the rocky Scottish cliffs, 26-year-old Rose Christie discovers the true extent of the school’s nefarious purpose when she tries to find out what really happened to her predecessor.
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Malibu rising : a novel
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Four famous siblings throw an epic end-of-summer party that goes dangerously out of control as secrets and loves that shaped this family’s generations come to light, changing their lives forever.
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The Newcomer
by Mary Kay Andrews
After her sister is murdered, Letty Carnahan goes on the run with her 4-year-old niece to Florida’s Gulf Coast where she is taken in by a hotel owner and her cynical son, a police detective, who believes she is a danger to them all.
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Northern Spy : a novel
by Flynn Berry
Certain that her beloved sister did not join the IRA by choice, a Catholic BBC producer confronts impossible decisions that test family bonds, the limits of her ideals and her responsibilities as a mother.
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The other black girl : a novel
by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books, 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel is hired until she after a string uncomfortable events, is elevated to Office Darling, leaving Nella in the dust.
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Palace of the drowned
by Christine Mangan
After a public breakdown over a scathing review, a failing writer retreats to a friend’s vacant palazzo in 1966 Venice to rest, where she discovers she has a stalker on the eve of a catastrophic flood.
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The Plot
by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Wildly successful author Jacob Finch Bonner, who had stolen the plot of his book from a late student, fights to hide the truth from his fans and publishers, while trying to figure out who wants to destroy him.
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The Saboteurs
by Clive Cussler
"Detective Isaac Bell's investigation into an attempted assassination brings him to the construction site of the Panama Canal--and straight into a nest of vipers"
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Savage Gerry
by John Jantunen
Set in a future all-too-near our own against a backdrop of Northern Ontario's natural splendor, Savage Gerry is a refreshingly Canadian spin on the Mad Max films.
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While Justice Sleeps : a novel
by Stacey Abrams
"An inside-Washington thriller about an ambitious law clerk thrown into a life-or-death treasure hunt with major national implications when the Supreme Court justice she works for slips into a sudden coma"
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The Woman Downstairs
by Elisabeth Carpenter
When human remains are found in a ground floor flat, the residents of Nelson Heights are shocked to learn that there was a dead body in their building for over three years. Sarah lives at the flat above and after the remains are found, she feels threatened by a stranger hanging around the building. Laura has lived in the building for as long as she can remember, caring for her elderly father, though there is more to her story than she is letting on. As the investigation starts to heat up, and the two women become more involved, it's clear that someone isn't telling the truth about what went on all those years ago ...
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