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Thrillers and Suspense February 2021
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| Do Not Disturb by Claire DouglasWhat it's about: Following a series of traumatic events and mental health setbacks, Kristy Whitehouse leaves London for her small Welsh hometown with her troubled husband Adrian and their two daughters, where they plan to convert an old rectory into a charming guest house.
What goes wrong: The financially taxing renovations threaten to end their new business before it begins. Once the guesthouse does finally open, estranged members of Kristy's extended family start to arrive, creating a volatile atmosphere laden with secrets and resentments that threaten to destroy them all. |
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| People Like Her by Ellery LloydWhat it is: a compelling psychological suspense novel about the dark side of social media stardom, told from the alternating perspectives of two unreliable narrators.
#Mama: Instagram-famous Londoner Emmy Jackson seems to have the perfect life as a wife and mother, something she assiduously documents (and curates) for her more than a million followers.
The problem: Emmy's husband Dan isn't exactly comfortable with their increasingly public life, especially once an obsessed fan turns on them and begins to undermine both their personal brand and their actual lives. |
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| The Lady Upstairs by Halley SuttonWhat it is: a gritty and moody noir debut about the shadow side of Hollywood and one woman's quest to get even with the power brokers who keep the corrupt system going.
Starring: Vigilante blackmailer Jo, an unapologetic woman whose job at a staffing agency is just a front for her true mission: the entrapment and extortion of some of the most powerful and most deplorable men in the entertainment industry.
What goes wrong: Jo's latest scheme goes horribly awry, leaving her on the hook for a murder charge and owing thousands of dollars to a mysterious and dangerous figure. |
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| The Lies You Told by Harriet TyceStarring: attorney Sadie Roper, who reluctantly returns to her childhood home in London after the sudden end of her marriage; Robin, Sadie's ten-year-old daughter and the newest student at the elite Asham Girls School.
The problem: Asham alum Sadie hated her own time there, but the stipulations of her controlling mother's will tie possession of the house with enrollment in the school. The environment at Asham has gotten even more toxic over the years, but the mean-girl students have nothing on their catty and competitive parents. |
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The fixer : a novel
by Joseph Finder
Forced to move to the ramshackle home of his youth after a career setback, Rick Hoffman begins a laborious renovation only to make a discovery that threatens his life and challenges everything he thought he knew about his late father. By the New York Times best-selling author of Suspicion. 100,000 first printing.
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| Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn JacksonWhat it's about: Despite her difficult past, devoted wife and mother Amy Whey is living an idyllic life in suburban Pensacola. But when her new neighbor Angelica Roux shows up at Amy's book club, it's soon obvious that Angelica knows something about her past that could ruin it all.
Read it for: Amy's compelling but unreliable narration; the atmospheric Southern Gothic tone.
Reviewers say: "Readers will devour the twisty, consuming story" (Library Journal). |
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| The Dilemma by B.A. ParisWhat it is: an intricately plotted tale of flawed but well-meaning characters and the secrets they hide from each other.
What happens: Adam Harman is preparing a lavish 40th birthday party for his wife Livia, to make up for their teenage courthouse wedding. When a tragedy preempts the arrival of a surprise guest, Adam wrestles with how much to reveal, not knowing that his wife is also hiding secrets about the same person.
For fans of: Shari Lapena's The Couple Next Door, which also centers on a couple hiding secrets from each other on the eve of a large social event. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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