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Thrillers and Suspense March 2020
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One minute out
by Mark Greaney
Uncovering a human trafficking operation while in Croatia, Court Gentry follows its ringleader to Hollywood before encountering unexpected interference by his CIA handlers. By the best-selling author of Mission Critical.
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The other people : a novel
by C. J. Tudor
A man obsessed with tracking down the person responsible for his daughter’s abduction is forced to reckon with events from his distant past, while a mother on the run desperately protects her own daughter from dangerous adversaries.
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| The Holdout by Graham MooreWhat it's about: the long-simmering consequences of a highly charged trial, in which Maya Seale convinced her fellow jurors to acquit an African American teacher accused of murdering a white 15-year-old.
Ten years later: A true crime documentary about the case gathers the former jury together again, and revisiting the trial dredges up secrets and resentments that everyone is hiding, with fatal consequences and another person wrongly accused of murder.
You might also like: other fast-paced legal thrillers like Confessions of an Innocent Man by David R. Dow and Invisible by Andrew Grant, which also deal with revenge. |
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Perfect little children
by Sophie Hannah
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.
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Wild card
by Stuart Woods
Stone Barrington's peaceful country retreat with his latest paramour is interrupted by an unknown, ruthlessly vengeful adversary who orchestrates multiple plots targeting Manhattan, Barrington and his associates.
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The Terminal List
by Jack Carr
Starring: James Reece, a Navy SEAL who vows to get revenge for the murders of his crew, his wife, and his three-year-old child in this intricately plotted and compelling thriller.
Trust no one: After some digging, James has reason to believe that the kill orders that destroyed his life came from inside the government he pledged to serve.
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| The Good Liar by Nicholas SearleWhat it is: a compelling and intricately plotted psychological thriller that's part character study and part cat-and-mouse game.
Starring: veteran con man Roy Courtnay, who's out to make one last big score; well-off widow Betty McLeish, who Roy sees as an easy target but who is cannier than she seems; and Betty's protective grandson Stephen, who isn't shy about his distrust of his grandmother's new boyfriend.
Media buzz: The Good Liar was adapted into a film of the same name in 2019, starring Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen. |
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Swift Vengeance
by T. Jefferson Parker
Starring: 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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| The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen WhiteWhat it is: the suspenseful and atmospheric story of long-buried secrets (and crimes) hiding behind the veneer of gentility in Atlanta suburb Sweet Apple, where newly divorced Merilee Dunlap moves with her children.
Read it for: the unlikely and dynamic bond Merilee forms with her 93-year-old neighbor Sugar Prescott, whose family once owned the land that Sweet Apple was built on and who is much more than the gossipy curmudgeon she appears to be.
Who it's for: fans of Kate Morton and Liane Moriarty who don't mind a little Mary Kay Andrews now and then. |
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