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Thrillers and Suspense April 2018
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| The Sandman by Lars KeplerWhat it's about: A terrifying, manipulative serial killer imprisoned in a high-security psychiatric ward may hold the key to saving the life of a young woman believed dead for 13 years.
Is it for you? Blood-soaked and fast-paced, this 4th in the series starring Det. Insp. Joona Linna highlights his intuition and strategic sense -- and his willingness to dangle his colleagues as bait.
For fans of: Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter. |
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| Sirens by Joseph KnoxWhat it's about: While deep undercover in Manchester's club scene and attempting to infiltrate the hostile drug empires active there, disgraced cop Aidan Waits is asked to look for a politician's runaway daughter, who has fallen in with the dangerous leader of one of those organizations.
Is it for you? Though it's somewhat leisurely paced, this noirish debut novel is also brutally violent, with flawed characters who loom larger than life.
Look for: a sequel, The Smiling Man, available through U.K. sources in March; the rest of us will have to wait a little longer. |
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| The Innocent Wife by Amy LloydStarring: Dennis Danson, a high-profile death row inmate convicted of killing a teenager in his hometown 20 years ago. And British schoolteacher Samantha, who has fallen in love with Dennis -- and has traveled to the U.S. to meet and ultimately marry him.
What it's about: Released after someone else confesses, Dennis and Sam return to the Danson family home, where they deal with hostile locals, vandals, and an unsympathetic police force. And Sam starts wondering if Dennis really is as innocent as she'd believed. |
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| Chicago by David MametAuthor alert: Though better known as a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright or an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (take your pick), this is not David Mamet's first novel -- just his first in nearly 20 years.
What it's about: Set in 1920s Chicago and featuring a whole crew of unsavory gangsters, the novel stars former WWI pilot Mike Hodge, who's now a reporter. When his girlfriend is gunned down in his own home, he's immediately on the hunt for those responsible.
Read it for: real-life gangsters; evocative dialogue; fast-paced action. |
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| Barbed Wire Heart by Tess SharpeWhat it's about: In Northern California, 22-year-old Harley McKenna wants to get out of the family business, and if that means igniting a blood feud between her drug-kingpin father and his rivals, so be it.
Why you might like it: With flawed but likeable Harley at the helm, this hard-bitten crime novel is both intense and affecting; there's plenty of violence as well as an intriguing father-daughter dynamic.
For fans of: the atmosphere and star character in Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone. |
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Books You Might Have Missed
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| Kill the Father by Sandrone Dazieri; translated by Antony ShugaarBook buzz: Bestselling Italian author Sandrone Dazieri made his U.S. debut with this series opener (it's followed by Kill the Angel), a disturbing, violent tale of murder and captivity starring an Italian police detective and a traumatized missing-persons consultant.
Read it for: the complex and captivating plot, the Italian setting, and the dynamic relationship between the two damaged main characters.
Reviewers say: "original and brutal" (The Times of London); "outstanding" (Booklist). |
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Her final breath
by Robert Dugoni
Returning to the police force after her sister's sensational retrial, homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite investigates a serial killer and receives a taunting personal message before linking the case to a decade-old murder. Original.
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Last words
by Michael Koryta
Grieving the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak reluctantly accepts a case from a suspected murderer who may or may not be innocent. By the New York Times best-selling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead.
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I am Pilgrim : a thriller
by Terry Hayes
The film writer for Bangkok Hilton presents a debut thriller that traces a collision between two geniuses, including a tortured hero and a determined terrorist, in the aftermath of a murder that a world-class secret agent discovers has been conducted according to his own forensic techniques to hide the victim's identity
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The widow
by Fiona Barton
After Jean's husband dies, the community wants to know the real truth about the crime he was suspected of—but Jean has secrets of her own.
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