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Thrillers and Suspense April 2024
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Burn-in : a novel of the real robotic revolution
by P. W. Singer
Narrowly averting a Union Station bombing, an FBI special agent teams up with the world’s first police robot before investigating a criminal conspiracy that is armed with cutting-edge tech. By the authors of Ghost Fleet. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations. Tour.
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| My Name Was Eden by Eleanor Barker-WhiteIn this compelling debut, a complicated mother-daughter relationship grows even thornier after the titular teenage daughter Eden survives almost drowning. After her near-death experience, Eden's behavior takes a sinister turn, and she begins churning up family secrets, and asking uncomfortable questions about someone named Eli. |
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| The Split by Kit FrickYA author Kit Frick makes her adult debut in this fast-paced and haunting work of psychological suspense, which examines the nature of choice through the fraught relationship between two sisters and one desperate late night phone call between them. For fans of: The Choice by Gillian McAllister and The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton. |
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The woman in the library : a novel
by Sulari Gentill
Four strangers in a library strike up a friendship. One of them is a murderer. As they each share their stories, which one has something to hide?
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| One of the Good Guys by Araminta HallIn this fast-paced and intricately plotted psychological suspense novel, narrator Cole leaves his London life (and failed marriage) behind to start over in a quiet town on England's South Coast. He starts getting close to his neighbor, an artist called Leonora, but the local disappearance of two activists upends their tenuous relationship and uncovers that neither of them are quite who they seem to be. |
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| The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice HallettWashed-up true crime writer Amanda Bailey sees the chance to revitalize her career by writing a book about the titular Alperton Angels, a cult known for brainwashing a teen mother into believing that her child was the antichrist. Forced to collaborate with a professional rival also interested in the group, she soon discovers that the disturbing, dark truth is much stranger than fiction. |
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| Who to Believe by Edwin HillIn this incisive and intricately plotted small-town thriller, gossip about residents' personal lives intersects in unpredictable ways with the violent death of a local restaurateur. After the murder naturally sends the rumor mill into overdrive, uncovering the killer's identity becomes an infinitely more treacherous proposition. For fans of Riley Sager. |
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| The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-DaleOne part coming-of-age story and one part atmospheric suspense, The Fortune Seller stars social outsider Rosie Macalister as she returns to Yale for her senior year, where she's on an equestrian team scholarship. The seemingly accidental death of a teammate ends up poisoning Rosie's social circle, and after graduation the members of the team begin receiving sinister messages that cast doubt on everything they thought they knew. |
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Alligator Alley
by Michael Lawson
Series alert: Alligator Alley is the sixteenth entry in the series of intricately plotted thrillers starring political fixer Joe DeMarco.
This time: Joe heads to Florida to look into the murder of a young DOJ employee who died while investigating FBI wrongdoing during a money laundering case.
For fans of: The Nick Heller series by Joseph Finder.
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| Northwoods by Amy PeaseTraumatized Afghanistan vet Eli North is a problem drinker with untreated PTSD and a failing marriage. After his Fish and Wildlife Service job is eliminated, he returns to the picturesque Midwestern home town where his mother is the sheriff, and where his efforts to help investigate the murder of a young boy will uncover ugly secrets about the town's opioid crisis. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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The Public Library 501 Copper NW Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 505-768-5141abqlibrary.org |
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