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Thrillers and Suspense March 2019
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The woman in the dark
by Vanessa Savage
For Sarah and Patrick, family life has always been easy. But when Sarah's mother dies, it sends her into a downwards spiral. Knowing they need a fresh start, Patrick moves the family to the idyllic, beach-side house he grew up in. But there is a catch: while for Patrick their new home carries only happy memories, to everyone else it's 'the Murder House' - named for the family killed there. Patrick is adamant they can make it perfect again, though with their children plagued by nightmares and the odd 'gifts' arriving on the doorstep, Sarah's not so sure. And the longer they live in their 'dream home', the more different Sarah's kind, loving husband becomes.
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| Invisible by Andrew GrantThe premise: Army intelligence agent Paul McGrath returns to civilian life to discover that his estranged father was murdered.
The problem: The killer's case was dropped on a technicality. Now Paul (who was on assignment during the trial) must go undercover to learn what the "invisible" courthouse support staff witnessed during the trial.
Author alert: Andrew Grant is the younger brother of fellow suspense author Lee Child. |
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The mother-in-law
by Sally Hepworth
A woman's obsessive fears about how much she disappoints her successful, pillar-of-the-community mother-in-law lead to a controversial disinheritance and a suspicious suicide. By the best-selling author of The Family Next Door
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Shadows Across America
by Guillermo Valcárcel
Over the years, terrible things keep happening to Anna Ray on February 17. First, there was the childhood trauma she’s never been able to speak about. Then, to her horror, her husband killed himself on that date. A year later and a thousand miles away, Anna tries to find solace in the fresh start of a new job in a new place. She takes comfort in her outspoken cousin Jeannie, the confidant and best friend who’s there whenever she needs help. On the day of the dreaded anniversary, Anna and Jeannie hit the town, planning to ease the pain with an alcohol-induced stupor and then sleep. When Anna awakes the next morning, she thinks she can put one more February 17 behind her, but fate is about to intervene in the form of two gruesome murders with eerie similarities to her violent past. This time, however, she won’t be an abandoned daughter or a grieving widow. This time, she’ll be a suspect.
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Connections in death : An Eve Dallas Novel
by J. D. Robb
Homicide officer Eve Dallas investigates the death of child psychologist Dr. Rocelle Pickering's brother, a case that takes her into the underground world of tattoo parlors and strip joints to find his murderer
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| Scrublands by Chris HammerWhat happens: On a hot but otherwise unremarkable Sunday morning in a small Australian town, Father Byron Swift opens fire on his congregation, killing five people before being killed himself.
One year later: Sydney journalist Martin Scarsden travels to Riversend for a story on how the town is coping after the shooting, only to stumble into a fraught web of conflict, contradiction, and maybe even a conspiracy tied to Father Swift's crime.
You might also like: Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher; The Dry by Jane Harper; Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash. |
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A secret to die for
by Lisa Harris
.When one of her patients is murdered, psychologist Grace Callahan works with detective Nate Quinn, an old friend who is assigned to her case, to discover the secret a killer is targeting her for, before she also ends up dead
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Safe houses
by Dan Fesperman
A CIA safe house inspector uncovers a nefarious secret at the heart of Agency operations in postwar Berlin, triggering a life on the run, her brutal murder and her daughter's search for answers. By the author of The Double Game
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Books You May Have Missed
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| The Washington Decree by Jussi Adler-OlsenWhat it's about: the historic presidential campaign that Dorothy "Doggie" Rogers has dedicated her life to and the fallout of an assassination on the night of the election.
Prime suspect: Doggie's own father, a passionate supporter of the opposition party.
Author alert: Jussi Adler-Olsen is best known for his Department Q series of police procedurals. |
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| She Was the Quiet One by Michele CampbellStarring: recently orphaned twins (and rivals) Rose and Bel Enright.
What goes wrong: Bel and Rose are sent to an elite New England boarding school, where their rivalry only deepens. Soon one twin finds her sister dead, and this is only the beginning of the story.
Read it for: the well-developed characters, tight-as-a-drum plotting, and alternating narrators that give a 360-degree view of the crime. |
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| An Unwanted Guest by Shari LapenaWhat happens: A snowstorm strands a diverse group of guests at a Catskills ski lodge, and once the power goes out people begin to die one by one at the hands of the killer among them.
Inspired by: Agatha Christie's famous "locked room" mystery And Then There Were None.
Critics say: "[Shari] Lapena [creates] a goosebump-raising atmosphere as the darkness and malevolence stretch on" (Booklist). |
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| Swift Vengeance by T. Jefferson ParkerStarring: private investigator Roland Ford, the hero of T. Jefferson Parker's previous novel The White Room of Fire; FBI agent Joan Taucher, who struggles with the legacy of her agency's failures.
What it's about: the hunt for an elusive killer known only as "Caliphornia," who is targeting (and decapitating) the former members of an Air Force drone assassination team.
You might also like: The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer; Nicholas Petrie's Peter Ash novels. |
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