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New & Coming-Soon THRILLERS AND SUSPENSE February 2019
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As long as we both shall live : a novel
by JoAnn Chaney
"What happens when you're really, truly done making your marriage work? You can't be married to someone without sometimes wanting to bash them over the head... As Long As We Both Shall Live is JoAnn Chaney's wicked, masterful examination of a marriage gone very wrong, a marriage with lots of secrets... "My wife! I think she's dead!" Matt frantically tells park rangers that he and his wife, Marie, were hiking when she fell off a cliff into the raging river below. They start a search, but they aren't hopeful: no one could have survived that fall. It was a tragic accident. But Matt's first wife also died in suspicious circumstances. And when the police pull a body out of the river, they have a lot more questions for Matt. Detectives Loren and Spengler want to know if Matt is a grieving, twice-unlucky husband or a cold-blooded murderer. They dig into the couple's lives to see what they can unearth. And they find that love's got teeth, it's got claws, and once it hitches you to a person, it's tough to rip yourself free. So what happens when you're done making it work?"
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The Better Sister
by Alafair Burke
When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters--one the dead man's widow, the other his ex--must set aside mistrust and old resentments . . . but can they escape their past? Though Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she always seemed to be in charge. She was the honor roll student with big dreams and an even bigger work ethic. Nicky was always restless . . . and more than a little reckless--the opposite of her ambitious little sister. She floated from job to job and man to man, and stayed close to home in Cleveland. For a while, it seemed like both sisters had found happiness. Chloe earned a scholarship to an Ivy League school and moved to New York City, where she landed a coveted publishing job. Nicky married promising young attorney Adam Macintosh, and gave birth to a baby boy they named Ethan. The Taylor sisters became virtual strangers. Now, more than fifteen years later, their lives are drastically different--and Chloe is married to Adam. When he's murdered by an intruder at the couple's East Hampton beach house, Chloe reluctantly allows her teenaged stepson's biological mother--her estranged sister, Nicky--back into her life. But when the police begin to treat Ethan as a suspect in his father's death, the two sisters are forced to unite . . . and to confront the truth behind family secrets they have tried to bury in the past.
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48 hours
by William R Forstchen
A catastrophic solar explosion leaves the human race with 48 hours to prepare for the near-extinction of all life on the planet. By the best-selling author of One Second After
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The burglar : a novel
by Thomas Perry
An elite young burglar stumbles upon a grisly triple homicide while stealing from a wealthy art dealer and must solve the crime to prevent becoming a next victim. By the best-selling author of the Jane Whitefield series.
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The drowning
by J. P. Smith
Twenty-one years after a very bad judgment call as a counselor led to the tragic disappearance of a boy at summer camp, a wealthy, New York City real estate developer begins to believe that someone is out for revenge. Original.
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Freefall : a novel
by Jessica Barry
After surviving the crash of a private jet that killed her husband, Allison struggles across the Colorado Rockies to make it home while, in Maine, her estranged mother tries to find her. 200,000 first printing.
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The house next door : thrillers
by James Patterson
From a #1 best-selling author comes a collection of three pulse-pounding thrillers in one book, including the title story, "The Killer's Wife" and "We. Art. Not. Alone." Simultaneous. 150,000 first printing.
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Invisible : a novel
by Andrew Grant
An army veteran and intelligence agent goes undercover as a janitor at a federal courthouse to pursue his own brand of justice when the trial of his father's killer becomes subject to jury tampering. By the author of False Witness
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Scrublands
by Chris Hammer
The rural town of Riversend's dark secrets come to light after a young priest kills five parishioners before being taken down himself. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.
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Adèle
by Leïla Slimani
From the bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny --one of the 10 Best Books of the Year of The New York Times Book Review --her prizewinning novel about a sex-addicted woman in Paris
She wants only one thing: to be wanted. Adèle appears to have the perfect life: She is a successful journalist in Paris who lives in a beautiful apartment with her surgeon husband and their young son. But underneath the surface, she is bored--and consumed by an insatiable need for sex. Driven less by pleasure than compulsion, Adèle organizes her day around her extramarital affairs, arriving late to work and lying to her husband about where she's been, until she becomes ensnared in a trap of her own making. Suspenseful, erotic, and electrically charged, Adèle is a captivating exploration of addiction, sexuality, and one woman's quest to feel alive.
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Last woman standing
by Amy Gentry
Prompted by sexual harassment and assaults to exact revenge, an aspiring comedienne and her tough computer-programmer friend engage in an escalating series of betrayals that trigger unexpected consequences. By the author of Good as Gone. 50,000 first printing
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The liar's room
by Simon Lelic
"A new spine-tingling thriller from the author of The New Neighbors--perfect for fans of Behind Closed Doors, The Perfect Girl, and The Couple Next Door--that takes place over the course of a therapy session, in which neither patient nor therapist are who they claim to be. Two liars. One room. No way out. Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a therapist and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe. But when a young man, Adam Geraghty, walks into her office, claiming he needs Susanna's help but asking unsettling questions, she begins to fear that her secret has been discovered. Who is Adam, really? What does he intend to do to Susanna? And what has he done to her daughter?"
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The night agent : a novel
by Matthew Quirk
An idealistic young FBI agent is forced to question everything and trust no one in order to stop a Russian mole in the White House. By the best-selling author of Dead Man Switch
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No exit : a novel
by Taylor Adams
Trapped at a Colorado rest stop with four strangers during a snowstorm, Darby Thomas must figure out which of them kidnapped the girl locked in a crate in the van parked next to Darby's car. 75,000 first printing.
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The perfect liar : a novel
by Thomas Christopher Greene
A seemingly idyllic second marriage between a charismatic artist and a strong-willed single mother becomes subject to dark secrets and the manipulations of an anonymous adversary who leaves them sinister messages. By the author of The Headmaster's Wife
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