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Thrillers and SuspenseApril 2016
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"When I found my husband at the bottom of the stairs, I tried to resuscitate him before I ever considered disposing of the body." ~ from Lisa Lutz's The Passenger
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| All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth BrundagePsychological Suspense. Did art history professor George Clare brutally murder his wife in their eerie farmhouse, then leave their toddler alone for hours while he returned to work? It seems likely, especially as the story of their more-than-shaky union unspools. But though both husband and wife carried secrets, so too did the unwelcoming town they'd recently moved to. Part mystery, part horror, and wholly unnerving, this riveting novel has been compared to Gillian Flynn's runaway bestseller Gone Girl, and may also appeal to fans of Jennifer McMahon's The Winter People. |
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The evening spider
by Emily Arsenault
Two haunted young mothers live in the same house in two different centuries—Frances, who becomes obsessed with a famous murder trial, and Abby, who, 125 years later, discovers Frances' diary and is convinced that there is a supernatural presence in her house. By a New York Times Notable author. Original. 40,000 first printing.
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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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The core of the sun
by Johanna Sinisalo
A work of literary speculative fiction by the author of Troll: A Love Story is set in an alternate-world extreme welfare state and follows the experiences of a woman whose addiction to illegal chili peppers pits her against state-controlled love, sex and free will. Original.
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Wraith
by Judith Reeves-Stevens
In a world where a rogue force has learned how to make disembodied minds capable of lethal action, ghosts have been weaponized and the U.S. has been invaded by a Russian squad of”berzerkers,”?a cop, with the help of a dead woman, must race against time to stop a force that could end life as we know it. By a pair of New York Times best-selling authors.
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The shut eye
by Belinda Bauer
A grieving mother attempts to use a true psychic to find her missing 4-year-old son, but their meeting does not go as expected . By the British, award-winning crime author of Rubbernecker. Original.
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Hunters in the dark : a novel
by Lawrence Osborne
Traveling aimlessly across the Thai-Cambodia border, a 30-something English teacher unexpectedly wins at the gambling table and finds his fate intertwined with the lives of a cast of sophisticated and dangerous new friends. By the author of The Forgiven.
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| Hidden Bodies by Caroline KepnesPsychological Suspense. In this follow up to You, bookstore manager/serial killer Joe Goldberg is still mourning the loss of his girlfriend Beck, and is devastated when his new love takes off for L.A. without him. Determined to find (and punish) her, Joe heads west...where, despite his disdain for Hollywood mores, he fits right in. And then he meets, and falls in love with, a beautiful heiress named Love. Will this relationship flourish? Or will Joe's past catch up with him? With a charming (if murderous) protagonist, both You and Hidden Bodies will have you in the distinctly odd position of empathizing with a serial killer. |
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| The Passenger by Lisa LutzPsychological Suspense. Readers expecting the quirky charm of author Lisa Lutz's Spellman Files should prepare for something completely different: this dark novel starts with a fatal fall for the unfortunate Frank Dubois, which prompts his wife Tanya to flee, changing her name and appearance -- apparently not for the first time. A tenuous friendship with a mysterious bartender named Blue eases her loneliness, but may cause new problems as Tanya (now Amelia) tries to settle into yet another new life, under yet another new name. "Binge-worthy fare," says Booklist. |
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| The Travelers by Chris PavoneSpy Fiction. In this complex, intelligent novel, travel writer Will Rhodes is completely unaware that his boss is running a spy agency alongside his travel magazine. In fact, he only learns about it when a woman shows up at his door with a gun and firm orders to recruit him, willingly or not, to the CIA. From there, an international chase ensues, while Will's marriage gets increasingly tense as he spins more and more lies. If John Le Carré doesn't pack enough punch, and Robert Ludlum isn't cerebral enough, The Travelers might be right up your alley. |
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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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Out of the blues
by Trudy Nan Boyce
Assigned to the cold-case murder of a blues musician whose death had been ruled a drug overdose, rookie homicide detective Sarah "Salt" Alt considers new evidence from a convicted felon who Sarah helped put behind bars. A first novel.
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| Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage by David IgnatiusThriller. There's a new, off-the-books unit of the CIA working in Pakistan, and despite the secrecy that cloaks it, the unit's operatives are being killed off, one by one. Newly minted head of counterintelligence Sophie Marx is tasked with finding the killer (or killers) and with figuring out how the officers' identities were leaked. What she uncovers -- U.S. bribery in Pakistan, highly illegal financial activities -- is terrifying, and will leave you wondering how much author David Ignatius' day job as a Washington Post columnist (specializing in the Middle East and the CIA) influences his fiction. |
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| Our Kind of Traitor by John Le CarréSpy Fiction. In Antigua for a vacation, former Oxford don Perry Makepiece and his girlfriend Gail are befriended by a Russian gangster named Dima, who wants them to help him escape an increasingly dangerous criminal underworld. But Dima, a big-time money launderer, knows a lot about which international financiers are above board -- and which are not -- and MI5 is mighty interested in him. Advised by operatives, Perry begins liaising with Dima, but it seems as if everyone has a slightly different agenda. This tale of treachery, infighting, and the trail of money is a "chamber symphony of exquisite delicacy" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Portobello: A Novel by Ruth RendellPsychological Suspense. The catalyst for this leisurely paced but tense suspense novel is an envelope full of cash, which gallery owner Eugene Wren finds on Portobello Road after its owner is felled by a heart attack and carted off to the hospital. Eugene doesn't need the money himself, so he posts notices about the find and is soon contacted by other Londoners, all with their own obsessions and despairs. His good act leads, ultimately, to terrible consequences. With a strong sense of place and well-rounded characters from all social strata, Portobello Road is "superlative" (Publishers Weekly). |
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