Yolo County Library
|
Thrillers and Suspense January 2017
|
|
|
|
| Kill the Next One by Federico Axat; translated by David FryePsychological Suspense. Boston businessman Ted McKay is terminally ill, and has decided to commit suicide to get it over with. But right at the critical moment, the doorbell rings. At the door is a stranger with a deal to offer: in return for killing two men "deserving" of death, someone will kill him, sparing his family the shame of his suicide. So far, so Strangers on a Train-ish. But then comes the twist: there are strange connections between McKay's life and those of his victims, and when he ends up in a hospital for the insane, he truly can't tell if he's a killer or the victim of a conspiracy. With an unreliable narrator in McKay, this English-language debut is complex and intriguing. |
|
|
Annabel Lee : a Coffey & Hill novel
by Mike Nappa
Private investigators Trudi Coffey and Samuel Hill enter the race to find a young girl whose mysterious uncle has tucked her away in an underground bunker with instructions to open the door for no one, not even him.
|
|
|
Behind Closed Doors
by B.A. Paris
Thriller. To outsiders, charismatic Jack -- a lawyer specializing in domestic abuse cases -- and caring Grace seem to have the perfect marriage. But it's on their wedding night that Grace begins to see Jack's true nature, and it's not long before she's kept a virtual prisoner in their posh London home. But it's for her sister, the Down syndrome-afflicted Millie, that Grace is the most scared, as she's soon to move in with them, and is likely to bear the brunt of Jack's terrifying proclivities. Relentless pacing (aided by a narrative that switches between past and present) make for an absorbing if disturbing read.
|
|
|
First strike
by Ben Coes
When hundreds of American college students are taken captive by a radical Islamic group that demands a massive arms shipment in return for the hostages' safety, Dewey Andreas obtains volatile proof that the group has been secretly funded by a Pentagon black-ops program.
|
|
| Onslaught: The War with China: The Opening Battle by David PoyerMilitary Thriller. In this 16th in the Tales of the Modern Navy series (and 2nd in the War with China story arc), U.S. Naval Captain Dan Lenson is tasked with the seemingly impossible: prevent China from starting World War III while also appearing politically neutral. And there's trouble brewing in the tight quarters on board, too. If you're new to the series but eager for well-depicted military action, you might want to start with the book immediately previous to this one (Tipping Point) to get your sea legs (and an understanding of the situation). |
|
| Nitro Mountain by Lee Clay JohnsonRural Noir. In Virginia's isolated mining communities, life is hard. The most common distractions are heavy drinking, violence, and bluegrass. It's no different for Leon, a broken-armed bass player who can't keep a job or his girl, Jennifer. And it's no different on Nitro Mountain, where Jennifer hooks up with a truly bad man she's desperate to escape. With no good options, these characters make exceptionally bad choices, and the consequences are deadly. Don't go looking for a happy ending here, but as bleak as Nitro Mountain is, it's still "relentlessly compelling" (Publishers Weekly). |
|
| Try Not to Breathe: A Novel by Holly SeddonPsychological Suspense. Amy Stevenson has been in a coma for 15 years, ever since she was beaten and left for dead by an unknown assailant. Alex Dale is an alcoholic who has lost both her journalism career and her marriage, and, like the equally desperate protagonist in The Girl on the Train, feels that solving this tragic case will allow her to reclaim her life. Told from multiple perspectives in both 2010 and in the days leading up to Amy's attack in 1995, Try Not to Breathe is both a grim portrait of a failing, fragile alcoholic and a suspenseful search for justice. |
|
| Cambodia Noir: A Novel by Nicholas SeeleyNoir Fiction. Will Keller was once a great war photographer, but by 2003 he's working at a nondescript paper in Phnom Penh to support his drug habit. He's also pretty good at finding people lost in Cambodia's criminal underworld, which is how he gets involved in the search for a young Japanese-American woman. Clues in her diary -- which depicts a descent into darkness -- suggest that her disappearance isn't an accident. With an eye for seedy detail and an impressive array of corrupt politicos, alcoholic ex-pats, and other ne'er-do-wells, this vivid debut is memorable: "the plotting is wily and entertaining, the take on Cambodia, trenchant and disturbing" (Kirkus Reviews). |
|
Contact your librarian for more great books!
|
|
|
Yolo County Library
226 Buckeye St. Woodland, California 95695 530-666-8005
|
|
|
|