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Prussian Blue : a Bernie Gunther thriller
by Philip Kerr
The French Riviera, 1956. Erich Mielke, deputy head of the East German Stasi, has turned up in Nice, and he's calling in a debt. Mielke wants Bernie to go to London with the vial of Thallium, to poison a female agent they both have had dealings with. Friedrich Korsch, an old Kripo comrade now working for Stasi, is there to make sure Bernie gets the job done. As Bernie bolts for the German border, he recalls the summer of 1939, when the body of a low-level bureaucrat was found at Hitler's mountaintop retreat in Obersalzberg. Bernie and Korsch have one week to solve the murder.
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Containment
by Hank Parker
When the outbreak of a terrifyingly gruesome new virus, which threatens to overcome the entire East Coast, is traced to an extremist group in Southeast Asia, the race to find a vaccine and stop the bio-terrorist conspiracy begins. Government epidemiologist Mariah Rossi must leave the safety of her lab to help fellow scientist and covert CIA agent Curt Kennedy track the disease back to its source. Their worldwide net leads them to an underground lab in the jungles of the Philippines, then to a deadly and climactic battle in coral reefs near Malaysian Borneo, and finally back to America where the virus must be contained.
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| Flashmob: A Novel by Christopher FarnsworthThriller. First introduced in series debut Killfile, telepathic troubleshooter John Smith is up against a terrifying web presence known as Downvote, which incites violence against specific individuals. When a reality TV star is shot in the middle of her wedding, Smith's search for the people behind Downvote takes him across the world. Despite the science-fiction premise, Smith's abilities feel believable; Publishers Weekly calls his 2nd appearance "brilliant." |
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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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| Final Girls: A Novel by Riley SagerPsychological Suspense. The lone survivor of a serial killer's massacre a decade earlier, Quincy Carpenter has finally built a relatively normal life when she hears that another lone survivor (a "final girl" in horror movie parlance) has died. A third has emerged from hiding to land on Quincy's doorstep. Quincy -- who remembers little of her ordeal and gets through the day with the help of her baking blog and Xanax -- finds that a new nightmare is just beginning. Written by an established author under a pseudonym, this "debut" is a nerve-wracking, unsettling read. |
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False Friend: a Novel
by Andrew Grant
The second installment in the extraordinary Cooper Devereaux mystery thriller series. An arsonist is targeting schools in Birmingham, Alabama--with devastating effect. Detective Devereaux--a man you can't quite trust and should never ignore--must put a stop to the elusive pyromaniac's reign of terror before more damage is done. Or worse, before students' lives are lost. But as Devereaux sifts through the ashes of the case, a grisly discovery at a burned-out school sends the investigation spiraling in a new, terrifying direction. The detective and his partner are dragged into a nightmare world by revelations of gruesome rituals, the disappearance of local citizens, and allegations against city officials of shocking crimes that stretch back decades.
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| Razor Girl: A Novel by Carl HiaasenCrime Caper. Although this is the 2nd novel to feature former cop Andrew Yancy (now on the payroll as a member of the roach patrol), you needn't have read the prior one (Bad Monkey) to enjoy the antics he gets reluctantly involved in. Opening with a scam artist's very...unique...way of snaring marks, this offbeat crime caper involves a case of mistaken identity, a bigoted reality TV star, stolen sand, a very large engagement ring, property issues, an addictive male-enhancement potion (with unfortunate side-effects), and too many sub-plots to count. |
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Enemy of the Good
by Matthew Palmer
Kate's ambassador uncle assigns her to infiltrate an underground democracy movement that has been sabotaging Kyrgyz security services and regime supporters. Washington has taken an interest in the movement, her uncle conveys, and may find it worth supporting if they understand more about the aims and leadership. And Kate has an in--many followers of the movement were high school classmates of hers. But it soon becomes clear that nothing about Kate's mission is as it seems. and that she might need to lay her life on the line for what she knows is right.
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The Marsh King's Daughter
by Karen Dionne
When notorious child abductor - known as The Marsh King - escapes from a maximum security prison, Helena immediately suspects that she and her two young daughters are in danger. No one, not even her husband, knows the truth about Helena's past: they don't know that she was born into captivity, that she had no contact with the outside world before the age of twelve - or that her father raised her to be a killer. And they don't know that The Marsh King can survive and hunt in the wilderness better than anyone ...
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What You Don't Know
by JoAnn Chaney
He didn't take their lives -- but he ruined them. The final victims of an infamous serial killer may be the ones he didn't kill. Hoskins cracked the case of one of the most infamous serial killers -- and then it cracked him. He's in cold cases, as is his career. Sammie was the lead reporter who broke the story, but now she's selling makeup at the mall. She wants back on page 1. Gloria claims she was the unsuspecting wife. She didn't know a thing. And as new murders shake Denver, this is a final chance to get their lives back.
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