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New & Coming-Soon THRILLERS AND SUSPENSE May 2021
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In the Company of Killers
by Bryan Christy
An investigative wildlife reporter and secret CIA spy pursues a vengeful opportunity to capture the man responsible for a friend’s death by infiltrating the offices of a woman he once loved. By the award-winning author of The Lizard King.
Also available on Libby.
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Just my Luck
by Adele Parks
A group of friends who have played the lottery together for fifteen years finally hit it big just as a rift forms in the group as a result of one person’s lies and betrayal.
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The Last Thing to Burn : a novel
by Will Dean
Trapped by the monster who kidnapped her seven years ago, a pregnant young woman, determined to save herself and her unborn child, finds her plans of escape going awry when another innocent woman is brought into the fold on the farm.
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Mirrorland : a novel
by Carole Johnstone
Returning to her gothic childhood home in the wake of her estranged twin’s disappearance, Cat uncovers long-held secrets involving her sister’s left-behind clues and a mysterious treasure hunt. 100,000 first printing. Maps.
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One Got Away
by S. A. Lelchuk
A follow-up to Save Me from Dangerous Men finds bookseller and private investigator Nikki Griffin hired by a wealthy family to track down the man responsible for defrauding a San Francisco matriarch. 50,000 first printing.
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Red Widow : a novel
by Alma Katsu
Recruited by the CIA’s Chief of the Russian Division amid rumors of a department mole, former Moscow Field Station handler Lyndsey Duncan teams up with a murdered director’s widow to expose a life-threatening web of secrets.
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A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better
by Benjamin Wood
For twenty years, Daniel Hardesty has borne the emotional scars of a childhood trauma which he is powerless to undo, which leaves him no peace. One August morning in 1995, the young Daniel and his estranged father Francis--a character of irresistible charm and roiling self-pity--set out on a road trip to the North that seems to represent a chance to salvage their relationship. ... But with every passing mile, the layers of Fran's mendacity and desperation are exposed, pushing him to acts of violence thatwill define the rest of his son's life".
Also available on Hoopla.
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Tell no Lies
by Allison Brennan
A woman LAPD detective and an FBI special agent team up to investigate the unsolved murder of a college activist whose demise may be linked to a high-stakes crime organization in the Southwest desert. 100,000 first printing.
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They Never Learn
by Layne Fargo
"From the author of the "raw, ingenious, and utterly fearless" (Wendy Walker, USA Today bestselling author) Temper comes a dynamic psychological thriller about two women who give bad men exactly what they deserve--one an English professor/serial killer who murders the most evil man she knows each year, and the other a lost college freshman seeking vengeance after her best friend is sexually assaulted at a party"
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You Love Me : a you novel
by Caroline Kepnes
Retreating to a cozy island in the Pacific Northwest, Joe Goldberg takes a job at the local library where he becomes obsessed with librarian Mary Kay DiMarco and decides he is ready to make her do the right thing by making room for him in her life.
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