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Thrillers and Suspense October 2017
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Bellevue Square : a novel
by Michael Redhill
Jean Mason has a doppelganger. At least, that's what people tell her. With the aid of a small army of locals, Jeans begins her investigation at a city park called Bellevue Square. But when some of them start disappearing, it becomes apparent that her alleged double has a sinister agenda.
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The Cuban affair : a novel
by Nelson DeMille
When his shaky finances compel him to accept a lucrative job for a 10-day fishing tournament to Cuba, Army combat veteran-turned-charter boat captain Mac learns that one of his clients is seeking to claim millions hidden by her grandfather, who was forced to flee Castro's revolution years earlier. By the best-selling author of Plum Island.
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Enigma
by Catherine Coulter
Agents Savich and Sherlock network with agent Cam Wittier and New York Special Forces agent Jack Cabot in a race against time to catch an international criminal and solve the enigma of the man called John Doe. By the best-selling author of Insidious.
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The girl who takes an eye for an eye
by David Lagercrantz
Accepting help from investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist to uncover the truth about her traumatic childhood, Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo, navigates dangerous obstacles in the form of an anti-Muslim gang, her mafia-connected twin and the conductors of a sinister pseudoscientific experiment.
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The good people
by Hannah Kent
Three women in 19th-century Ireland bond over a shared effort to rescue a child from a superstitious community that believes that his trauma-related inability to speak indicates that he is a changeling responsible for a series of misfortunes. By the award-winning author of Burial Rites.
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Haunted
by James Patterson
Vacationing in the Maine woods after a series of traumatic crises, detective Michael Bennett is pulled into the case of a series of child disappearances from a tight-knit community that is reeling from a deadly addiction.
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Keep her safe
by Sophie Hannah
A British woman's relaxing holiday at a sunny Arizona resort transforms into a dark, obsessive quest for the truth when she becomes convinced that another guest is the woman who disappeared in a sensational headline case years earlier. By the best-selling author of The Monogram Murders.
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A legacy of spies
by John Le Carré
A long-anticipated new Smiley novel finds George Smiley, his colleague Peter Guillam and other former members of the British Secret Service facing charges for decades-old, once-toasted intelligence operations by a generation that is unfamiliar with the dynamics of the Cold War. By the best-selling author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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Lie to me
by J. T Ellison
When his wife, Sutton, disappears while they are having marital problems, leaving behind a note saying not to look for her, Ethan Montclair becomes the target of vicious gossip as friends, family and the media speculate on what really happened to Sutton. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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Red Swan: A Novel
by P.T. Deutermann
Spy Fiction. In this thrilling, complex spy novel, a CIA psychiatrist whose skill lies in discrediting political targets is forced into retirement after a successful career. (His latest victory interfered with...other American interests). When, a year later, his agency's director is found dead and he's asked to investigate, he finds that the very same tactics may have been employed on the CIA -- but both the target and the players are as yet unknown.
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The saboteur
by Andrew Gross
Putting aside his personal needs to join the Norwegian resistance during World War II, engineer Kurt Nordstrum makes a daring escape to England to transmit secret evidence of the Nazis' progress towards building an atomic bomb, in a thriller inspired by a true story. By the best-selling author of No Way Back.
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The secrets she keeps : a novel
by Michael Robotham
A seemingly chance friendship between a successful parenting blogger and an unmarried grocery store clerk, both of whom are expecting babies the same month, is shattered by obsession, terrible secrets and a shocking kidnapping plot. By the award-winning author of Life or Death.
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Smile
by Roddy Doyle
Approached by a man he does not remember who claims they attended secondary school together, a man on his own for the first time in years reluctantly reflects on unhappy memories from the past, including those of a brutal teacher who left him traumatized and struggling to hold fast to his sanity. By the award-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
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The Store
by James Patterson
Living in a world where all needs are anticipated and delivered by a powerful convenience retailer known as The Store, New York writers Jacob and Megan go undercover to expose The Store's secrets in ways that risk their lives. Co-written by the award-winning author of Zoo.
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The Susan effect
by Peter Høeg ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken
SUSAN SVENDSEN HAS AN UNUSUAL TALENT. She is an expert in finding out secrets. People feel oddly compelled to confide in her and unwittingly confess their innermost thoughts. Her whole life, she has exploited this talent, but now her family is in jeopardy and there is a prison sentence hanging over her head. Then Susan gets a timely offer from a former government official- use her power one more time and have all charges dropped. To get her life back in order, she must track down the last surviving members of a secret think tank, the Future Committee, and find out the details in this committee's mysterious final report. But there are some powerful people determined that the report is never revealed.
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