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Thrillers and Suspense August 2017
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The Babylon Idol
by Scott Mariani
When a sniper leaves Ben Hope's friend fighting for his life, the former SAS major declares war on the men responsible. But what begins as a straightforward revenge mission gets complicated when a mysterious letter reveals Ben to be the real target. And his isn't the only name on a crazed killer's list. Professor Anna Manzini has no idea she's in grave danger from a man she'd thought dead. She's on the cusp of a major discovery: the location of the lost Babylon idol, a golden statue of immeasurable value. But when word of Anna's work reaches her enemies, it sets off a cat-and-mouse chase that will lead Ben and Anna halfway across Europe and into the heart of war-torn Syria. To reach the precious idol first, Ben must keep one step ahead of a powerful maniac. If he fails, it won't just be Ben and Anna's lives in danger, but the world.
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Blame
by Jeff Abbott
The award-winning author of the Sam Capra thrillers presents a new stand-alone novel of psychological suspense.
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The breakdown
by B. A. Paris
Unable to forget a murder she witnessed when she was where she was not supposed to be, Cass struggles with an increasingly compromised memory before she begins receiving silent, sinister phone calls. By the best-selling author of Behind Closed Doors.
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The devil's muse
by Bill Loehfelm
Returning to the New Orleans Police Department after completing her work with the FBI, Maureen Coughlin tackles the challenges of her first Mardi Gras season, marked by a public shooting rampage, drama-seeking social media videographers, an incompetent detective and complicated race relations. By the author of The Devil She Knows.
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Domina
by L. S. Hilton
A sequel to the best-selling Maestra finds femme fatale Judith Rashleigh on the run when she is wrongly implicated for a murder and targeted by the owner of a stolen masterpiece who compels her to maneuver the underworld landscapes of wealth from St. Mortiz to Serbia.
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Don't close your eyes : a novel
by Holly Seddon
A shut-in who meddles in her neighbors' lives and her twin, whose secrets have separated her from her husband and child, reevaluate complex family dynamics that have led to their respective circumstances before their lives are shattered by terrible revelations.
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The Dream Keeper's Daughter
by Emily Colin
An archaeologist whose boyfriend went missing eight years ago believes he is still alive and trying to contact her and suspects the bigger problem isn’t where he went, but when, which turns out to be his family’s ancestral plantation in 1816 Barbados.
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| Fierce Kingdom: A Novel by Gin PhillipsSuspense Fiction. After a pleasant afternoon at the zoo, Joan realizes that the loud noises she'd heard were actually gunshots -- human bodies litter the park's entrance, and at least one armed man stands between her and freedom. She grabs her four-year-old and finds cover, but with an antsy, hungry preschooler, even the best hiding place won't last forever, and Joan must soon make a move. Their harrowing ordeal moves lightning-fast, taking place over only three hours. Like Rosamund Lipton's Afterwards, Fierce Kingdom considers what a mother will do to protect her children. |
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The force
by Don Winslow
A highly decorated NYPD detective at the head of an elite anti-gang task force risks betraying his colleagues, his city and the woman he loves when federal agents discover the corrupt activities that have enabled him to skim millions in drugs and cash.
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The Girl Before: A Novel
by J.P. Delaney
Psychological Suspense. Two books with the title The Girl Before have been published in recent months; this is the second, a "debut" by a pseudonymous author (who's published under other names) that has already been selected for big screen treatment by Ron Howard. It unfolds in two time periods, each focusing on a young woman who has seized the opportunity to live in a one-of-a-kind home, albeit with some rather strict and unusual rules. Their stories unfold in parallel, as the second learns what happened to the girl before her and unwittingly follows the same doomed path. Check it out if you liked Peter Swanson's similarly creepy Her Every Fear.
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The lies we tell
by Theresa Schwegel
Hiding her multiple sclerosis from her department because of her need to support a young family member, a Chicago police officer struggles with the truth when she attempts to track down a suspect who knows her secret. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Officer Down.
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The lying game
by Ruth Ware
In the wake of a woman's horrifying discovery of human remains along a scenic tidal estuary, the members of a once-inseparable clique from a second-rate boarding school near the English Channel reflect on their participation in a dangerous game of deception that contributed to the death of a teacher. By the best-selling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood.
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The lost ones : a novel
by Sheena Kamal
Contacted by the desperate adoptive parents of the child she gave up 15 years earlier, Nora teams up with her mutt companion and embarks on a search through the streets of Vancouver, only become enmeshed in a puzzling conspiracy.
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The marriage pact : a novel
by Michelle Richmond
Picture-perfect newlyweds are unexpectedly initiated into a mysterious organization designed to keep marriages happy and intact by enforcing seemingly thoughtful rules that become increasingly exacting and subject to brutal enforcement. By the award-winning author of The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress.
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The ultimatum
by Karen Robards
A talented master of disguise who devotes herself to conning thieves and returning stolen money to its rightful owners hides her Robin Hood activities behind a day job as a personal assistant to her thief father's alluring former partner.
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