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Thrillers and Suspense December 2019
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The andromeda evolution
by Daniel H. Wilson
A 50th-anniversary sequel to The Andromeda Strain finds a Brazilian drone detecting a bizarre anomaly in the middle of the jungle with the same chemical signature of the microparticle that nearly ended all life on Earth.
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The family upstairs
by Lisa Jewell
Discovering the identity of her birth parents and her inheritance of a valuable mansion, 25-year-old Libby makes horrifying discoveries about the massacre and disappearances of her biological family. By the best-selling author of Then She Was Gone.
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Final option
by Clive Cussler
Chairman Juan Cabrillo and his team of government-sponsored operatives hide their state-of-the-art weaponry and cutting-edge scientific technologies while navigating a dangerous mission aboard the Oregon.
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Gone too long : a novel
by Lori Roy
Imogene Coulter is burying her father--a Klan leader she has spent her life distancing herself from--and trying to escape the memories his funeral evokes. But Imogene is forced to confront secrets long held by Simmonsville and her own family when, while clearing out her father's apparent hideout on the day of his funeral, she finds a child. Young and alive, in an abandoned basement, and behind a door that only locks from the outside. As Imogene begins to uncover the truth of what happened all those years ago, her father's heir apparent to the Klan's leadership threatens her and her family.
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Kiss the girls and make them cry : a novel
by Mary Higgins Clark
A #MeToo investigative journalist discovers that the man who once sexually assaulted her has become a successful industrialist on the brink of a billion-dollar deal. By the best-selling author of All By Myself, Alone.
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The memory chamber
by Holly Cave
True death is a thing of the past. Now you can spend the rest of eternity re-living your happiest memories: that first kiss, falling in love, the birth of your children, enjoyed on loop for ever and ever. Isobel is a Heaven Architect, and she helps dying people create afterlives from these memories. So when she falls for Jarek, one of her terminal - and married - clients, she knows that while she cannot save him, she can create the most beautiful of heavens, just for him. But when Jarek's wife is found dead, Isobel uncovers a darker side of the world she works within, and she can trust no one with what she finds...
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A minute to midnight
by David Baldacci
A high-action sequel to Long Road to Mercy continues the story of FBI agent Atlee Pine in the remote wilds surrounding the Grand Canyon in Shattered Rock, Arizona.
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Missing person
by Sarah Lotz
Investigating a relative’s mysterious flight from Ireland, reclusive bookseller Shaun Ryan teams up with a missing-persons expert and her network of obsessive cold-case enthusiasts to uncover the truth about an uncle’s hate-inspired murder.
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The Other Couple
by Sarah J. Naughton
The wedding of your dreams. The honeymoon of your nightmares. First class psychological suspense from the critically-acclaimed Sarah J Naughton.
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Outfox
by Sandra Brown
A latest thriller by the best-selling author of Tailspin and Seeing Red features Sandra Brown’s signature combination of steamy romance and high-suspense plot twists.
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Pretty guilty women : a novel
by Gina LaManna
Detectives must unearth the truth after a man is found dead during a rehearsal dinner at a fancy resort and four different women confess to the crime, each insisting they acted alone, and each with very different stories.
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Secret service
by Tom Bradby
The best-selling author of Blood Money presents a headline-inspired thriller that follows a senior MI6 agent’s race to unmask a Russian mole in the U.K. government while proving the innocence of her team in a young woman’s murder.
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Smoke Screen
by Terri Blackstock
One father was murdered. Another was convicted of his death. All because their children fell in love.
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Strangers at the gate
by Catriona McPherson
Moving into her boss’s gatehouse in the wake of a law partnership, a deacon’s wife is alarmed by otherworldly noises on the property before her boss is brutally murdered.
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Synapse
by Steven James
Thirty years from now, when Kestrel Hathaway, a pastor in Cincinnati, witnesses aterror attack, she's drawn into a world of conspiracies and lies that she and Jordan, her cognizant robot, have to untangle before it's too late. With the help of counterterrorism agent Nick Vernon, she needs to stop a second, more brutal attack, that could leave thousands dead. And the clock is ticking. Deftly weaving suspense and intrigue into a rich, resonant tale that explores faith and what it really means to be human, James offers us a glimpse into the future and into our own hearts.
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Tell me everything : a novel
by Cambria Brockman
A college senior on the cusp of graduation uses her extraordinary insights to uncover her friends' closest-held secrets before a devastating chain of events culminates in a murder that tests the limits of her capabilities.
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Tell Me Your Secret
by Dorothy Koomson
Ten years ago, Pieta was kidnapped by a man calling himself The Blindfolder who said he wouldn't kill her if she kept her eyes closed for 48 hours. She never told anyone what happened to her, vowing to move on with her life. But when The Blindfolder starts hunting down his past victims, Pieta realises she may finally be forced to tell her deepest secret to stay alive . . .
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To the lions : a novel
by Holly Watt
After she stumbles upon a dark conspiracy having to do with an extreme and secret hunt in North Africa, journalist Casey Benedict is determined to follow the clues, no matter how far it takes her. A first novel.
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Tom Clancy code of honor
by Marc Cameron
When an old college friend-turned-humanitarian is arrested in Indonesia amid false accusations, President Ryan assigns the Campus team to find answers at the same time he receives an ominous warning.
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Waisted : a novel
by Randy Susan Meyers
Agreeing to become documentary subjects in their desperation to lose weight, two successful working moms, each struggling with family discrimination, discover self-love and sisterhood while plotting against the exploitative creators of their show.
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Wherever She Goes
by Kelley Armstrong
Witnessing the abduction of a child at the park, Aubrey struggles to find the boy and his missing mother when the police and her neighbors begin to question her sanity.
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White elephant
by Trish Harnetiaux
The owner of a successful real estate firm and his wife race to keep hidden secrets when an object they used to commit a murder turns up as an anonymous gift at the holiday office party.
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