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Thrillers and Suspense October 2020
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| We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia HeaberlinWhat it's about: This intricately plotted and heartwrenching story centers on the disappearance of a young woman and her father, an unresolved case that still haunts the small West Texas town where they were last seen.
Starring: Wyatt Branson, the missing girl's brother who is ostracized after the court of public opinion decides he must have committed the crime; sheriff's deputy Odette Tucker, who visits Wyatt's farm after rumors spread that a teenage girl has been seen on the property; Angel, the traumatized teen whom Odette bonds with immediately. |
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The Absolution by Yrsa SigurdardottirWhat it's about: Detective Huldar and a child psychologist investigate an Icelandic serial killer who is posting the last moments of his numbered, teenage victims on social media in the third addition to the series following The Reckoning. What the critics say: "excellent, gritty thriller that will appeal to series fans and readers of Kimberly McCreight's Reconstructing Amelia" (Library Journal)
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Perfect Little Children
by Sophie Hannah
What it's about: Spying on a former best friend she has not seen in years, Beth is alarmed when she discovers that the woman’s children do not appear to have aged. By the best-selling author of The Monogram Murders.
What the critics say: "an unusual and absorbing thriller" (Kirkus)
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Precious You : A Novel
by Helen Monks Takhar
What it's about: Generation conflicts, paranoia and ambition shape an increasingly obsessive and toxic relationship between an exacting magazine editor-in-chief and a privileged, politically correct millennial intern who seems to be undermining her boss’s career.
What others say: "What a wild ride. I'm obsessed with it! I felt so seen, so many times. This book, while so twisted and dark, will resonate with many, many women." --Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Last Girl Lied To
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The Paladin : A Spy Novel
by David Ignatius
What it's about: Set up to take the fall for an illegal covert ops mission targeting a hostile cyber intelligence organization, operations officer Michael Dunne emerges from a year in prison determined to bring justice to the CIA insiders who destroyed his life.
Read it for: nifty surveillance schemes and ultramodern vision of technology run amok.
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| Under Occupation by Alan FurstWhat it's about: French author Paul Ricard is known for his spy novels, but that doesn't mean he's working for the Resistance. At least he wasn't until a man running from the Gestapo slipped him an important stolen document shortly before being shot dead.
You might also like: Martin Cruz Smith's The Girl from Venice, which also features a protagonist living in Nazi-occupied territory who gets pulled into resistance activities after a chance encounter with a stranger. |
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| The Saboteur by Andrew GrossWhat it's about: Based on real events, this story follows Norwegian engineer Kurt Nordstrum, a member of the resistance, and his dangerous mission to prevent the Nazis from developing nuclear weapons.
The mission: sneak into the impenetrable and secretive Norsk Hydro factory to destroy the means of producing "heavy water", a critical part of the bomb-making process.
You might also like: the 1965 Kirk Douglas film The Heroes of Telemark, which also tells this remarkable tale. |
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| City of Secrets by Stewart O'NanWhat it is: the thought-provoking, compelling story of Yossi Brand, a Holocaust survivor who illegally immigrates to postwar Jerusalem and joins the Jewish underground movement against British occupation.
Read it for: the complex motives of the characters; the author's spare and elegant writing style.
Reviewers say: "imaginative and nimble" (Booklist); "a probing, keening thriller" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley
What happens: A corporate jet goes down off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, killing everyone except a recovering alcoholic and the four-year-old boy he manages to save. They're soon the center of unwelcome media attention as investigators rush to determine whether the crash was accidental -- and, if not, which of the victims was the target.
Reviewers say: With rising suspense amid character backstories that gradually unfold, this is ultimately a "pulse-pounding story, grounded in humanity," says Booklist; it also won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel.
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