Yolo County Library
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Thrillers and Suspense November 2016
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| Red Right Hand by Chris HolmSuspense Fiction. In this second fast-moving novel to star Michael Hendricks (a hit man who kills only other hit men), things are truly complicated. A San Francisco tourist recording video of his family manages to capture images not only of a terrorist attack but of a federal witness long thought-dead by both the FBI and the Council, the criminal organization that clearly failed to kill him. Predictably, he's now top of the Council's hit list, and FBI agent Charlie Thompson -- who's been ordered to investigate the terrorist attack -- would dearly like to protect him. Enter Hendricks, who wants to take down the Council. Crackling dialogue and a lot of action make this follow up to The Killing Kind a quick and propulsive story. |
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What remains of me
by Alison Gaylin
After serving time for the murder of an Oscar-nominated director when she was still a teen, Kelly Michelle Lund is suspected in another, similar murder, 35 years after being released, and must work to clear her name. By a USA Today best-selling author.
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The blue hour : a novel
by Douglas Kennedy
Reluctantly agreeing to accompany her artsy intellectual husband during a month-long trip to Morocco, meticulous accountant Robin delights in regional culture and hopes to become pregnant only to be wrongly implicated in her husband's disappearance. By the best-selling author of The Moment.
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The Oxford inheritance
by Ann A McDonald
Arriving at the prestigious Oxford University to uncover the truth about her mother’s death and dark past, Cassandra Blackwell, plunged into the glamorous, secretive life of Raleigh College, finds a world like no other, one of tradition, privilege—and murder. 50,000 first printing.
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End game : A Kirk Mcgarvey Novel
by David Hagberg
When a series of gruesome murders occur in Langley, retired CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey investigates a code carved into the copper panels of the CIA headquarters' legendary statue before uncovering a dire secret behind the killings.
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The devils of Cardona
by Matthew Carr
A local magistrate in late-16th-century Spain investigates the murder of a priest in his own church and discovers the clergyman, who was not well-liked, was embroiled in a complex and dangerous world comprised of greed, fanaticism and government policy. Map(s).
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Deep blue
by Randy Wayne White
When the local dolphin population and tourism are threatened by a brutal ocean predator, Doc Ford realizes that the threat may be a human who is staging increasingly violent attacks. By the New York Times best-selling author of Cuba Straits.
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Dancing with the tiger
by Lili Wright
When a meth-addicted grave robber unearths the death mask of Montezuma, triggering a violent struggle for its possession, an American woman with a history of bad choices attempts to repair her alcoholic father's broken reputation by claiming the mask and restoring happier family dynamics.
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Crash and burn
by Fern Michaels
The women of the Sisterhood are united by their mission to help those unable to help themselves, but now they've encountered opponents who share a unique bond of their own--the ruthless law firm of Queen, King, Bishop & Rook, better known as the Chessmen
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Cradle and all
by James Patterson
Updated and reissued as a young adult novel, a successful out-of-print James Patterson story follows the experiences of two teen virgins who discover their immaculate pregnancies amid unprecedented natural disasters before a former nun-turned-private investigator discovers that one is carrying a child of God and the other a child of Satan. Simultaneous eBook. 100,000 first printing.
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Claiming Noah : a novel
by Amanda Ortlepp
Struggling with her husband's protective nature when she elects to give up her last frozen embryo to another family after too many miscarriages, Catriona descends into depression while donor mother Diana revels in new motherhood, a situation that is upended by a devastating abduction. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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Bullseye
by James Patterson
Tracking a pair of killers who are targeting an extremely popular United States president, detective Michael Bennett puts himself in the line of fire to prevent an assassination and the reignition of the Cold War. By the #1 best-selling author of Alert. 500,000 first printing.
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Forty thieves
by Thomas Perry
Two retirees from the LAPD and a pair of assassins are hired to offer professional expertise for the same murder case, which is hampered by a mysterious contractor's deadly efforts to keep the facts hidden. By the Edgar Award-winning author of the Jane Whitefield series.
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Angels burning
by Tawni O'Dell
A dedicated rural Pennsylvania police chief confronts both the worse crime of her law career and a fiery secret from her youth when a man convicted of killing a murdered teen's mother years earlier makes a startling accusation. By the best-selling author of Back Roads. Simultaneous.
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| The Vanishing Year: A Novel by Kate MorettiPsychological Suspense. Narrator Zoe Whittaker used to go by another name, but she's desperate to keep those years hidden. No one in her current upper-class life in Manhattan knows a thing about her troubled past, which includes a stint as a drug dealer. But it seems that someone knows about her, and is prepared to betray her. Not sure who to trust -- her loving but paternalistic husband has his moods, her adoptive mother is dead, and she knows nothing about her biological family -- she starts digging in the hopes that she can discover her betrayer before her secrets are exposed. If you're a fan of Laura Lippmann or Mary Kubica, you'll want to pick up this twisty novel. |
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Red icon
by Sam Eastland
In 1944, as the German Army begins to shatter before the advancing Soviet forces, two Russian soldiers, burrowed in the crypt of a German church, discover a priceless icon last seen in the grasp of Rasputin, and Stalin calls upon his most trusted investigator, Inspector Pekkala, to unravel the mystery of the icon's past.
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Try not to breathe : a novel
by Holly Seddon
A young journalist struggles to maintain the demons of her alcoholism and restore her professional reputation by tackling the dangerous cold-case mystery of a woman who was placed in a coma 15 years earlier by an unknown assailant. A first novel.
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Saving Jason
by Michael Sears
Looking into rumors of a hostile takeover at his firm, Jason Stafford is embroiled in a grand jury investigation into mob-related activities on Wall Street and is placed in witness protection only to risk his life to save his abducted son. By the best-selling author of Black Fridays.
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Prime time
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
A rerelease of the Agatha Award-winning first novel finds seasoned reporter Charlotte McNally investigating an e-mail link to a multimillion-dollar fraud ring before encountering a handsome and suspiciously helpful man who she is unsure she can trust. By the best-selling author of Prime Time.
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| She's Not There: A Novel by Joy FieldingPsychological Suspense. Still haunted by the kidnapping of her infant daughter 15 years ago, Caroline Shipley tends to avoid the phone around the anniversary of Samantha's disappearance -- it's usually the press hounding her for an interview. With her marriage destroyed and her eldest daughter rebellious and distant, Caroline is drawn back into the heartbreak anew when she receives a call from a girl who believes she's the missing Samantha. As the family waits to discover the truth, other secrets are exposed. Inspired by Madeleine McCann's 2007 disappearance, this novel's anguish and grief are strongly and compassionately depicted. |
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| Touch & Go: A Novel by Lisa GardnerSuspense Fiction. No matter how much they love their teenage daughter, it won't help Libby and Justin save their once happy, now crumbling marriage. When all three are kidnapped, held in an abandoned prison, and tormented into revealing long-held secrets, everything changes. Meanwhile, corporate investigator Tessa Leone (last seen in Love You More) thinks it's fishy that all three were taken -- and no ransom demanded -- and races to discover what it is about the seemingly picture-perfect family that would expose them to kidnapping. Narrated by both Libby and Tessa, the "irresistible momentum" (Kirkus Reviews) of this pulse-pounding novel will keep you turning the pages. |
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| Missing Pieces by Heather GudenkaufSuspense Fiction. Sarah Quinlan's husband Jack was orphaned as a teenager by a car accident that took the lives of his parents -- or at least that's what he told Sarah more than 20 years ago. When the aunt that cared for him has a serious fall, they immediately go for a visit, where Sarah learns that it wasn't a car accident that killed Jack's parents: his mother was murdered and his father disappeared. And those aren't the only facts he's been hiding from her. If you've ever wondered how well you really know your spouse, this novel might have you up at night. |
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| Defending Jacob: A Novel by William LandayLegal Thriller. For 20 years, prosecutor Andy Berber has been happy with his law career and his home life in suburban Massachusetts. All that changes, however, when his son is accused of murdering a fellow middle-schooler. Putting everything he's got into the investigation and -- for the first time -- into a criminal defense, Andy must make wrenching decisions as he considers the possibility that his son may in fact be guilty. Compared to the best work of Scott Turow and John Grisham, Defending Jacob is a suspenseful, character-driven thriller from an award-winning author. |
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| Forgive Me by Daniel PalmerSuspense Fiction. With a cruel, alcoholic mother and an absentee father, honor student Nadine Jessup believes that neither parent wants her, so on the 15th of March, she runs away. Four weeks later, Angie DeRose, a PI who specializes in runaways, is on the case, but the sudden death of her own mother has her looking into secrets closer to home. As the two storylines converge, chapters alternate between Nadine's horrific situation and Angie's investigations, which bring her closer to both Nadine and a shocking truth about her own idyllic upbringing. |
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