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Thrillers and Suspense January 2019
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The Paragon Hotel
by Lyndsay Faye
Fleeing to 1921 Oregon, Alice takes refuge in the city's only black hotel and helps new friends search for a missing child, hide from KKK violence and navigate painful secrets. By the author of Jane Steele
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| No Traveller Returns by Louis L'Amour and Beau L'AmourWhat it is: the long lost first novel of legendary writer Louis L'Amour, completed by his son and set on a merchant ship rather than the Western locations usually featured in his work.
The premise: The SS Lichenfield departs the Philippines with its hold full of naptha, a highly flammable oil compound. The threat of a possible explosion hangs over the entire voyage, haunting the crew and increasing the tension in every interaction on board.
The title: might seem like a spoiler but it isn't. |
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| Find Me Gone by Sarah MeulemanStarring: successful journalist Hannah, who decides to quit her glamorous magazine job to write a book about a topic that's always obsessed her -- the disappearances of novelists Agatha Christie, Barbara Follett, and Virginia Woolf.
Parallel narratives: Half the story is told from the perspective of 12 year old Sophie, Hannah's childhood friend who vanished during a wave of child snatchings in their Belgian hometown.
Is it for you? There are many significant details to keep track of as the narrative unfolds and the two separate narratives converge. |
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| Deep War: The War With China and North Korea, the Nuclear Precipice by David PoyerWhat it's about: a near-future America disabled by the Chinese war machine and desperately trying to fight on in the wake of devastating cyber attacks and nuclear strikes.
The biggest threat? A sophisticated artificial intelligence system, which gives the Chinese the ability to prepare for possible American countermeasures before U.S. forces can even finish creating them.
Series alert: this is the 18th entry in Poyer's long-running Tales of the Modern Navy series. |
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| The Moscow Sleepers by Stella RimingtonWhat it is: an atmospheric and richly detailed spy thriller, where the only thing more dangerous than an international conspiracy might be the turf wars and competing interests between factions of the British government.
For fans of: John le Carre's The Night Manager; Iris Johansen's Catherine Ling series.
Reviewers say: "espionage with a capital E" (Booklist). |
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| Dark Winter by Anthony J. TataThe premise: This action-packed techno-thriller takes place in a world on the brink of annihilation, where nuclear weapons are available to anyone with enough wealth and political power.
The problem: Besides unrestricted access to nuclear weapons? How about the ease with which a small team of hackers could start World War III if that's what their employers desired?
Series alert: This is the 5th book in Anthony Tata's Jake Mahegan series, following 2017's Direct Fire. |
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| Jack of Spies by David DowningStarring: Jack McColl, a luxury car salesman whose attention to detail and facility with languages might make him a good spy -- at least if the still-fledgling British intelligence service can keep itself together long enough to support his work.
Why you might like it: Jack's business takes him all over the world, providing a panoramic view of the complex and competing international interests that led to World War I.
Series alert: This is the 1st book in the Jack McColl series, followed by One Man's Flag and Lenin's Roller Coaster. |
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| City of Secrets by Stewart O'NanWhat it is: the thought-provoking, compelling story of Yossi Brand, a Holocaust survivor who illegally immigrates to postwar Jerusalem and joins the Jewish underground movement against British occupation.
Read it for: the complex motives of the characters; the author's spare and elegant writing style.
Reviewers say: "imaginative and nimble" (Booklist); "a probing, keening thriller" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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