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Thrillers and Suspense September 2017
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The other girl
by Erica Spindler
The ritualistic murder of a beloved college professor forces a small-town Louisiana police officer to confront a traumatic night from her long-buried past. By the best-selling author of Justice for Sara.
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| Lovemurder by Saul BlackSuspense Fiction. Katherine Glass has been in prison for six years. So why are her grisly murders being replicated now? Turns out, the beautiful serial killer had a partner, who's demanding that Katherine be released -- or more will die. San Francisco Homicide detective Valerie Hart risks being toyed with, but she turns to Katherine for help in identifying the next victim before it's too late. With complex personalities on both sides of the good/evil divide, plenty of tension, and a pace that doesn't let up, this raw, intricately plotted serial killer thriller is a good choice for fans of Chelsea Cain's Heartsick. |
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Sulfur Springs
by William Kent Krueger
A search for a missing man in the Arizona desert puts Cork O'Connor and his new bride at the center of a violent power struggle along the Mexican border. By the award-winning author of Tamarack County.
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Target Omega : a thriller
by Peter N. Kirsanow
A debut thriller by a respected conservative law instructor and op-ed columnist traces the experiences of an extraordinary operator who, in the wake of his elite team's assassination, becomes targeted by two governments while he races against time to prevent a catastrophic attack.
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| Emma in the Night by Wendy WalkerPsychological Suspense. Three years after teenage sisters Cassandra and Emma disappeared, Cass has returned alone. Though she spins a tale of a couple who had held them captive in order to get their hands on the baby that no one knew Emma was carrying, the FBI psychiatrist assigned to the case has her doubts -- from the very beginning, Abby Winter had thought the girls' narcissistic mother had something to do with their disappearance. As she listens to Cass tell her story, Abby is determined to find out what actually happened. With a twisty plot, unreliable narrators, and a compelling family dynamic, this book "aims for the heart and never lets go" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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The Da Vinci code : a novel
by Dan Brown
When an elderly curator of the Louvre turns up murdered, his body surrounded by enigmatic ciphers written in invisible ink, code-breaker Robert Langdon and French cyptologist are called in to unravel the clues to the killing, only to discover that the riddles are linked to the works of Leonardo da Vinci and to a clandestine, ruthless sect within the Catholic Church. 100,000 first printing.
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Painted ladies
by Robert B. Parker
Hired by a museum to provide protection during a ransom exchange for a stolen painting, Spenser is personally outraged when the ransom fails and the painting is not recovered, a case that makes him question the innocence of the art scholar who retained him. By the late best-selling author of The Professional.
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| The Red Room by Ridley PearsonSpy Fiction. Ok, this one's a little different -- the main appeal here for art fans is the fact that a work of art is at the center of the action. Security expert (and art trader) John Knox and his partner, former Chinese spy Grace Chu, are in Istanbul, having agreed to orchestrate a brief meeting and broker a trade. But they quickly find that they're prey to some unknown threat -- and that's before Grace is kidnapped and John is shot at. Plenty of tradecraft and political commentary will satiate Gabriel Allon fans in particular -- and there are four books in the series (starting with The Risk Agent) for those who get hooked. |
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The girl before : a novel
by J P. Delaney
Seizing a unique opportunity to rent a one-of-a-kind house, a damaged young woman falls in love with the enigmatic architect who designed the residence, unaware that she is following in the footsteps of a doomed former tenant.
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| The Heist by Daniel SilvaSpy Fiction. A collection of art-related suspense novels would be incomplete without one by Daniel Silva starring art restorer and Israeli intelligence agent Gabriel Allon. In The Heist, Allon is manipulated into hunting down a stolen Caravaggio masterpiece; in the course of his investigation, he learns that tyrants across the world are collecting stolen art as a form of currency. Soon, Allon has Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in his sights, and has set in motion a plan to flush out al-Assad's buyer. Though many series characters appear in this fast-paced, detailed 14th in the series, newcomers needn't fear starting here. |
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