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Unreliable : a novel
by Lee Irby
Edwin Stith, a failed novelist and college writing instructor in upstate New York, is returning home for the weekend to Richmond, Virginia, to celebrate his mother's wedding--to a much younger man. Edwin has a peculiar relationship with the truth. He is a liar who is brutally honest. He may or may not be sleeping with his students, he may or may not be getting fired, and he may or may not have killed his ex-wife, a lover, and his brand-new stepsister. Stith's dysfunctional homecoming leads him deep into a morass of long-gestating secrets and dangers, of old-flames still burning strong and new passions ready to consume everything he holds dear. But family dysfunction is only eclipsed by Edwin's own, leading to profound suspense and utter hilarity. Local author.
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The cutaway
by Christina Kovac
A young television producer lands in a deadly, tangled web of corruption and cover-up in Washington, D.C., when she investigates the disappearance of a beautiful Georgetown lawyer. The Cutaway draws you into the tangled world of corruption and cover-up as a young television producer investigates the disappearance of a beautiful Georgetown lawyer in this stunning psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn. A first novel.
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Lucidity : A Thriller
by David Carnoy
An editor's struggles to clear his name of suspicion in the attempted murder of an author becomes malevolently entwined with the practices of a nefarious institute for lucid dreaming and a 20-year-old unsolved missing persons case. By the author of The Big Exit.
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Find Me
by J. S. Monroe
Jarlath "Jar" Costello's girlfriend, Rosa, committed suicide when they were both students at Cambridge, and Jar has thought about her every day since. It's been five years, yet Jar is still obsessed with the idea that Rosa, the one true love of his life, is alive. He's tormented by visions of her and has disturbingly real sightings of her in unexpected places—experiences the psychologist treating him describes as "post-bereavement hallucinations. When Jar receives a message from Rosa's aunt telling him that she's just found Rosa's diary, he embarks on a frantic quest to finally make sense of the highly suspicious circumstances surrounding her death. But the deeper he digs, the more confused he becomes as he is pressed into a dark underworld where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted. When a startling discovery convinces him more than ever that these are not just hallucinations—that Rosa really is alive—Jar is thrust into the heart of a larger intrigue that may finally shed some light on Rosa's death…even as it dangerously threatens his own.
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| Little Deaths: A Novel by Emma FlintThe morning after a long shift as a cocktail waitress, Ruth Malone wakes to find her children missing. Later that day, her daughter's body is found; ten days later, her son's. Immediately, the public -- and the police -- assume the single mother (a suspicious thing in 1965 Queens, New York) is guilty of the brutal murders: she doesn't grieve properly, she wears provocative clothing, she's too free with her affections, she drinks too much. But is she really guilty? A rookie reporter is determined to find out, turning up police misconduct in his hunt for the truth. Multi-layered and thought-provoking, this literary, character-oriented novel is based on real events. |
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A shattered circle
by Kevin Egan
After an accident leaves New York City judge William Lonergan mentally impaired, his wife, Barbara, who doubles as the judge's confidential secretary, is determined to protect his health, his career, and his reputation. Barbara and Larry Seagle, the judge's law clerk, support Judge Lonergan enough for him to fulfill his judicial duties, keeping his true condition secret. Months pass under this exhausting routine, until suddenly Barbara finds her new way of life under siege. A private investigator needs Judge Lonergan's help in investigating the murder of a well-known lawyer in upstate New York. A bitter litigant files a grievance against the judge with the Judicial Conduct Commission. Driven by loyalty and guilt, court officer Foxx is looking into a decades-old courthouse murder to exonerate a childhood friend who is dying in prison. He hits many dead ends, until he learns that Barbara Lonergan, who worked as a stenographer long before she married the judge, likely has information about the murder victim. After the judge is attacked, Barbara decides they should leave New York City. Arriving at their summer house, Barbara believes that she and the judge are safe. She could not be more wrong.
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Hellhound on My Trail
by J. D. Rhoades
Jack Keller is back in the desert, trying to make a new life for himself and trying to heal from the wounds, both physical and emotional, he suffered from the events of Devils and Dust. But trouble has a way of finding Jack. When he rescues a stranger from being beaten and robbed in a parking lot, the man claims to be carrying a message from the father who abandoned him years ago — a man who claims to have the secret behind the trauma Keller suffered in the first Gulf War. Jack’s dying father, however, has his own secret agenda, and the beautiful and ruthless heiress to a powerful political dynasty is willing to go to bloody extremes to keep the past buried. When she turns to an amoral ex-government agent to silence him “by any means necessary”, Jack Keller, former hunter of men, finds himself being hunted once again. But this time, he’s all alone, with nothing and no one to hold back the dark tide of rage he’s been fighting for years. When Jack Keller’s demons are finally unleashed, there’s going to be Hell to pay — and no one will be safe.
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Without Mercy
by David Hunt
An illicit acquisition of nuclear weapons by ISIS triggers panic and two devastating attacks on strategic American targets, including Manhattan, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths before Islamabad CIA Station Chief Bill Gorman unearths evidence of a third bomb.
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| The Dark Room by Jonathan MooreSFPD homicide inspector Gavin Cain is watching the exhumation of a body buried back in 1985 when he is abruptly reassigned to another case: someone is blackmailing San Francisco's mayor with a set of disturbing photographs that suggest that the woman pictured in them came to an unhappy end. Unless the mayor commits suicide, more photos will be made public. Reluctant to release his first case (especially when two bodies are found in the coffin), Cain works both and finds links between them. A wealth of details makes this dark, menacing follow-up to The Poison Artist a good choice for fans of police procedurals. |
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The outsider
by Anthony J Franze
Intervening in a violent mugging and catching the eye of the Chief Justice of the U. S., a young law clerk becomes caught in the crosshairs of a serial killer in a fast-paced thriller set in the high-pressure world of the Supreme Court.
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Gone without a trace
by Mary Torjussen
Hannah Monroe's boyfriend, Matt, is gone. His belongings have disappeared from their house. Every call she ever made to him, every text she ever sent, every photo of him and any sign of him on social media have vanished. It's as though their last four years together never happened. As Hannah struggles to get through the next few days, with humiliation and recriminations whirring through her head, she knows that she'll do whatever it takes to find him again and get answers. But as soon as her search starts, she realizes she is being led into a maze of madness and obsession. Step by suspenseful step, Hannah discovers her only way out is to come face to face with the shocking truth.
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Before This Is Over
by Amanda Hickie
There is a deadly virus spreading around the world. At first it is a distant alarm bell in the background of Hannah's comfortable suburban life. Then suddenly, it has arrived on the doorstep. The virus traps Hannah, her husband, and their young sons in their city, then their neighborhood, and finally their own home. As a formerly idyllic backyard and quiet street become battlefields, fear and compassion collide. But what happens when their water supply is cut, and then the power, and the food supply dwindles?
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| Burning Bright by Nicholas PetrieAfghan war veteran Peter Ash is hiking through northern California's redwoods when he's forced up a tree to escape a grizzly. What he finds in that tree is an elaborate network of ropes, with a pretty blonde on the platform at the top. June Cassidy is no treehugger, however -- she's an investigative journalist on the run from fake government agents who believe she's in possession of a powerful algorithm created by her mother, who'd recently been killed. June hires Peter to discover who's behind the threat, and they uncover far more than expected. The 2nd in a series that started with The Drifter (with promises of at least two more to come), Burning Bright is a fast-paced, action-packed read that also addresses the effects of PTSD. |
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Oath of Honor : A Thriller
by Matthew Betley
Special operative Logan West is sent to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to investigate the possible presence of a Russian black ops team on a mission to steal United States next-generation technology. The resulting violent confrontation triggers a global search for the stolen technology and threatens to pit the US against China in a looming shadow war and technology race. As Logan—now joined by the chief of the CIA’s Special Operations Group, Cole Matthews—battles his way through Spain, the Mediterranean, and ultimately, across Sudan, an imminent threat arises at home that FBI Deputy Director Mike Benson must face and determine if it is part of a deadly global conspiracy.
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Follow Me Down
by Sherri Smith
Mia Haas has built a life for herself far from the North Dakota town where she grew up, but when she receives word that her twin brother is missing, she’s forced to return home. Once hailed as the golden boy of their small town, Lucas Haas disappeared the same day the body of one of his high school students is pulled from the river. Trying to wrap her head around the rumors of Lucas’s affair with the teen, and unable to reconcile the media’s portrayal of Lucas as a murderer with her own memories of him, Mia is desperate to find another suspect. All the while, she wonders, if he’s innocent, why did he run? As Mia reevaluates their difficult, shared history and launches her own investigation into the grisly murder, she uncovers secrets that could exonerate Lucas—or seal his fate. In a small town where everyone’s history is intertwined, Mia will be forced to confront her own demons, placing her right in the killer’s crosshairs.
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| XO by Jeffery DeaverSuspense Fiction. In this 3rd of four books starring Special Agent Kathryn Dance, the California Bureau of Investigation body-language expert is on hand to aid an investigation into the death of the chief roadie for popular singer Kayleigh Towne, who's got a stalker she can't seem to ditch. While the investigation focuses on the stalker, no one can get a really good read on him -- and he seems to sidestep every effort to block, capture, or pin him down. A twisty read full of red herrings (and with character cameos from author Jeffery Deaver's popular Lincoln Rhyme series), this is a page-turning tale of obsession perfect for fans of John Katzenbach's The Wrong Man. |
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| Into the Darkest Corner: A Novel by Elizabeth HaynesPsychological Suspense. Four years ago, Catherine Bailey was a vibrant 30-something with an active social life. Now, she's moved to a new city, changed her name and appearance, and is fully controlled by fear and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Attacked and nearly killed by her charismatic but manipulative and violent boyfriend, Lee, Catherine never feels safe -- especially when she learns that Lee is about to be released from prison. Told in chapters that alternate between Catherine's past and present and make clear the wreckage of her life, the novel's suspense escalates as we move closer to the attack -- and to Lee's possible return in the present. A bestseller in England, this gripping 2012 debut from an author compared to S.J. Watson and Lisa Gardner has been followed by four more equally menacing novels. |
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| The Book of You: A Novel by Claire KendalPsychological Suspense. After a disturbing evening with a colleague about which she remembers little but suspects plenty, university administrator Clarissa Bourne becomes the unwilling target of this man's constant texts, calls, visits, and gifts. Jury duty comes as a relief, until Clarissa realizes that the violent crime unfolding in front of the jury box has parallels to her own life -- and demonstrates just how easily her experiences could be discredited. As she begins friendships with the other jurors, her colleague's obsession with her crosses the line between fantasy and reality, and his threats escalate. "Troubling, raw, and gripping" says Publishers Weekly of this suspenseful debut. |
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| You: A Novel by Caroline KepnesPsychological Suspense. Guinevere Beck is an aspiring writer new to New York. She's young, beautiful, creative. Bookstore clerk Joe Goldberg spots her one day at his East Village store, and knows instantly that she's the one for him. Beck takes more convincing. Told from Joe's perspective (and addressed to "you") as their relationship picks up speed, You is a creepy, claustrophobic read as Joe's interest and desire to protect Beck clearly lives in stalker territory. Yet even as passion becomes obsession (and worse), this "mesmerizing" (Booklist) debut is sure to appeal to fans of Elizabeth Haynes or Nicci French; a sequel called Hidden Bodies is now available too. |
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| Finders Keepers: A Novel by Stephen KingSuspense Fiction. In this follow-up to Mr. Mercedes, an obsessive fan disappointed in his literary idol kills reclusive writer John Rothstein, stealing and hiding notebooks containing his unpublished work. This fan -- Morris Bellamy -- is then jailed for a completely unrelated crime. While he's behind bars for 35 years, high school student Peter Staubers, who has grown up with Rothstein's work, finds the notebooks, putting him in the direct path of the soon-to-be-paroled Bellamy. Though it's the middle act of a trilogy, starring the cop tasked with protecting Peter, Finders Keepers is a menacing story that stands just fine on its own. |
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