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Thrillers and Suspense October 2016
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| Blood Wedding by Pierre Lemaître; translated by Frank WynneSophie Duguet thought at first she was becoming absentminded when she started misplacing her mail and forgetting where she'd parked her car the night before. But then, as her husband and colleagues pointed out with increasing frustration, she began forgetting things she'd said and done, too.
This story is seriously creepy in a way that fans of seasoned French author Pierre Lemaître will appreciate. If you crave more narrators who may be losing it, read The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell. |
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| The Perfect Girl by Gilly MacmillanTo everyone who knows her now, Zoe Maisey - child genius, musical sensation - is perfect. Yet several years ago, Zoe caused the death of three teenagers. She served her time, and now she's free. Her story begins with her giving the performance of her life. By midnight, her mother is dead.
Another book that puts teenage girls into terrible situations: Speak Softly, She Can Hear by Pam Lewis. |
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| The Darkest Secret: A Novel by Alex MarwoodWhen a child goes missing at an opulent house party, it makes international news. But what really happened to Coco Jackson? Real estate mogul Sean Jackson is throwing himself a splashy fiftieth birthday party, but trouble starts almost immediately.
Filled with detestable people and missing children, this story may appeal to fans of Blue Monday by Nicci French. |
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| Nothing Short of Dying: A Novel by Erik StoreySurvivalist adventurer and soldier of fortune Clyde Barr, recently released from an unjust prison term, uses his lethal skills to rescue his abducted sister from a meth kingpin who would control the drug trade throughout the Western United States.
Lots of violence, and maybe a little romance (there's a strong-willed female bartender), rapidly ensue. This debut is for fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher series and pretty much anything by Stuart Woods. |
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If You Like: Lee Child's Jack Reacher |
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| The Wolf in Winter: A Charlie Parker Thriller by John ConnollyThe community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town.
If you're looking for a strong, compassionate central character but a slightly different atmosphere, try this long running series or the Logan McRae series by Stuart MacBride. |
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| The Sentry by Robert CraisDru Rayne and her uncle are Louisiana refugees who relocated to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years after the storm, their struggling restaurant faces a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a neighborhood gang intent on extorting protection money, he offers his own brand of protection.
The Sentry is the 3rd book to star Joe Pike, though he also appears in the author's Elvis Cole novels. For something similar, check out Killing Floor by Lee Child. |
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| Unmanned by Dan FespermanAs an F-16 fighter pilot, Darwin Cole was a family man on top of his world. Now he's a washout-drunk and alone in a trailer in the Nevada desert, and haunted by what he saw on the display of the Predator drone he "piloted," especially by the memory of an Afghan child running for her life.
Action-packed and with plenty of technological details, plus a side of moral ambiguity, this is an exciting read for fans of Prey by Michael Crichton and The Fourth War by Chris Stewart. |
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| Runner by Patrick LeeSam Dryden, retired special forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, a young girl runs into him on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she's running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal--to kill the fleeing child.
The action begins on page five, and doesn't let up in this high-tech take on the Jack Reacher novels. If you love this thriller, do yourself a favor and read Ghost by John Ringo. |
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| The Drifter by Nicholas PetriePeter Ash came home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with a buzzing claustrophobia. When a friend from the Marines commits suicide, Ash helps the man's widow with some home repairs. Under her dilapidated porch, he finds more than he bargained for: the largest, ugliest, meanest dog he's ever encountered... and a Samsonite suitcase stuffed with cash and explosives.
If you like this, you may want to check out Dead Watch by John Sandford or Dark Justice by Jack Higgins. |
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