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Thrillers and Suspense June 2020
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These Women
by Ivy Pochoda
What it is: A gritty, sobering literary thriller that follows a group of disadvantaged women in South L.A., revealing a web of unknown connections between them and the man they have in common: a suspected serial killer.
Read it for: The frustratingly real exploration of the obstacles women and other marginalized people face with the police, from not being taken seriously when they report clues to prejudices about sex workers.
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Pretty Things
by Janelle Brown
What it's about: Reluctant con-artist Nina learned from the best: her mother Lily, a master grifter. Although Nina once wanted to escape her family's criminal legacy, when Lily is diagnosed with cancer Nina will do anything to fund her mother's treatment.
Who it's for: Fans of the 2013 film The Bling Ring; true crime fans who are into stories of fraudsters like Anna Delvey and Yvonne Bannigan.
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| The Split by Sharon BoltonStarring: Troubled glacier scientist Felicity Lloyd, who takes a job at an isolated Antarctic research station to hide from her ex-husband; Freddie, the ex-husband in question who was just released from prison; Dr. Joe Grant, a therapist Felicity saw back in England who is plagued by unanswered questions about Felicity's case.
Southern exposure: With very different motivations Joe and Freddie each make their way south, and the closer each man gets to Felicity the closer everyone gets to unearthing a shocking hidden truth. |
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| Crash by David Hagberg and Lawrence LightWhat it's about: This action-packed financial thriller pits ex-Navy SEAL Spencer Nast and cybersecurity expert Cassy Levin against a powerful cadre of scheming investment bankers willing to do anything to satisfy their insatiable greed.
What's at stake: The stock-shorting plot set in motion is designed to completely crash the world economy, and if Cassy and Spencer want to prevent a new Great Depression they'll have to put their own lives on the line as well. |
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Red Rain
by R. L. Stine
What it is: The best-selling author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street series presents an adult thriller in which a writer on a small island off the coast of South Carolina barely escapes a hurricane and impulsively adopts a pair of twin boys against the wishes of her family before encountering the twins' sinister natures.
Who is it for: Before there was J. K. Rowling, before there was Stephenie Meyer or Suzanne Collins, there was R.L. Stine. Witty, creepy, and compulsively readable, his books defined horror for a generation of young readers – readers who have now come of age.
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Hard Rain : A Thriller
by David Rollins
What it is: Investigating the murder of a U.S. attaché to Turkey, Special Agent Vin Cooper teams up with former lover Anna Masters to uncover a shadowy organization dedicated to toppling world governments.
Want more? Check the library's catalog for more books in the Vin Cooper series.
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Four Kinds of Rain
by Robert Ward
What it is: Broke and down-on-his luck, recently divorced psychiatrist Bob Wells is assigned to assist a paranoid patient, Emile Bardan, who is convinced that someone is out to steal his most prized possession, a priceless mask, but when Bob decides to steal the mask for himself, he is plunged into a dark world from which there may be no escape.
Critics say: "Ward, known by aficianados for Red Baker (1985), has added a highly entertaining new twist to the bumbling-criminal subgenre, exploring what happens when altruism goes unrewarded." --Booklist
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