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Thrillers and Suspense November 2020
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| Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli WeidenWhat it's about: After his sister's death, half-Lakota Virgil Wounded Horse takes in his teenage nephew Nathan. But when Nathan gets pulled into the heroin epidemic engulfing their reservation, Virgil decides it's time to dust off his vigilante past and take on the drug pushers outside the bounds of the shady tribal police force.
Reviewers say: "A worthy addition to the burgeoning canon of indigenous literature" (Library Journal). |
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Under Pressure
by Robert Pobi
What it's about: When hundreds are killed in an explosion at the Guggenheim that does little damage to the building, Special Agent Brett Kehoe teams up with astrophysicist Lucas Page to identify possible links to an internet hub bombing.
Reviewers say: "Complexly plotted... skillfully drawn." -- The Wall Street Journal
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The Palace
by Christopher Reich
What it's about: When a man to whom he owes his life reaches out from prison, international spy Simon Riske recruits a daring investigative reporter and a rogue Mossad agent to thwart an international conspiracy targeting major European cities.
Why you should read it: Frighteningly timely, diabolically clever, and ever so stylish, The Palace is Christopher Reich's sharpest and most exciting book yet.
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Cajun Justice
by James Patterson
What it is: a stand-alone tale of high-suspense adventure inspired by Cajun culture by the award-winning author of the Alex Cross series and the investigative agent author of the award-winning The Reawakening of Mage Axum.
Starring: Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans.
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Cruel Acts
by Jane Casey
What it's about: DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Leo Stone—a man convicted of murdering two women, who’s served his sentence—back behind bars, but the more Maeve finds out, the less convinced she is of his guilt.
Awards: winner of the Irish Independent crime fiction book of the year.
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| The Perfect Wife by JP DelaneyWhat it's about: Abbie Cullen-Scott doesn't remember why she's in the hospital, although her high-profile tech innovator husband tells says she's been in a coma for five years after a major accident. But while she rebuilds her life, Abbie starts to notice other things she can't account for, including her mysterious inability to taste or smell anything.
Why you might like it: Evoking elements of classic thrillers like Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives, this novel raises compelling, troubling questions about the intersection between advanced technology and humanity's most primitive impulses. |
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| Perfect Little Children by Sophie HannahThe premise: More than a decade after it happened, Beth Leeson still feels pangs of guilt about the way things ended with her closest friend Flora. After hearing that Flora has returned to town with her husband and children, Beth follows an impulse and drives to their upmarket neighborhood to see how life is treating her friend.
The problem: Beth times it perfectly and gets to catch a glance them returning home. Flora looks good, but instead of the teenagers she expects, she sees two small children that appear not to have aged a day in the last 12 years. |
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| Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyWhat it is: a character-driven, witty take on the suspense trope of a group of strangers thrown together by circumstances, this time at a chichi wellness retreat that may be more than it seems.
Featuring: wealthy but unhappy people like a couple whose marriage is suffering after winning the lottery, a young woman haunted by the death of her twin, a washed-up romance novelist, and an out-of-shape former Olympian. And overseeing it all is a preternaturally beautiful fitness guru with an unorthodox new regime to test out on her clients. |
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| One Perfect Lie by Lisa ScottolineWhat it's about: Living undercover as a high school baseball coach, ATF agent Curt Abbott is investigating a potential domestic terror plot inspired by the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. But he didn't anticipate the complex web of connections underpinning the school's picturesque little town, nor the forces waiting to reel him into it.
Who it's for: young adult readers looking for sophisticated thrillers; anyone who enjoys parallel narratives; readers curious about the pitfalls of modern technology and its ability to radicalize vulnerable and disaffected young people. |
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| The Perfect Nanny by Leïla SlimaniWhat it is: a twisted, compelling psychological thriller first published in France, which is told from multiple perspectives and raises troubling questions about the demands of modern motherhood.
Back to work: Attorney Myriam is returning to her career after taking time off to spend with her young children, so she and her husband begin to search for a nanny. Forty-something Louise seems perfect and the children take to her immediately, but what role will Louise play in the tragedy revealed in the story's first pages? |
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