| Kill the Next One by Federico Axat; translated by David FryeBoston 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. |
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The Old Man
by Thomas Perry
The toppling of a Middle Eastern government renders a decades-old case urgent for covert army intelligence retiree Dan Chase, who must fight for his life to escape a past he had hoped to leave behind. By the best-selling author of the Jane Whitefield series.
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| Bronx Requiem by John ClarksonDuring his stint in prison, James Beck was befriended by a fellow inmate named Packy Johnson, to whom he owes a debt of loyalty. So when Packy is murdered just hours after being released from the prison where he'd spent so much of his life, Beck resolves to find out who did it, and why. In the process, he and his team of ex-cons also run up against organized crime, a vicious pimp, and an ambitious and none-too-clean cop. Gritty and violent, this 2nd in the James Beck series (after Among Thieves) offers strong storytelling and complex characters. |
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The Seventh Plague
by James Rollins
When a British archaeologist who had been missing for two years reappears and dies amid findings that his body was being mummified while he was still alive, Sigma Force must stop an ancient plague with ties to some of history's most innovative minds.
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True Faith and Allegiance
by Mark Greaney
Investigating a massive data breach that threatens the security of every U.S. intelligence operative in the world, President Jack Ryan confronts an impossible choice when the data is obtained and exploited by the Chinese government.
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| Nitro Mountain by Lee Clay JohnsonIn 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). |
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| Try Not to Breathe: A Novel by Holly SeddonAmy 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. |
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| Only Daughter by Anna SnoekstraIn 2003, 16-year-old Rebecca Winter disappeared from her Canberra suburb. Eleven years later, she's reunited with her family -- except she isn't actually the real Bec, she's an imposter taking advantage of their physical similarities. While trying to avoid slipping up and getting caught, the fake Bec realizes that she hasn't fooled everyone -- and that she might be in danger from whoever took Bec. The stories of both Becs alternate, and with two unreliable narrators and a handful of red herrings, the suspense only intensifies. |
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