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Thrillers and Suspense December 2017
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| The Quantum Spy: A Thriller by David IgnatiusSpy Thriller. The U.S. and China are in a race to build the first super-powerful quantum computer -- and while the Americans are a step ahead, a mole somewhere in the CIA guarantees that the Chinese will catch up. Agent Harris Chang is tasked with exposing the leak -- but he seems to be as much played as player, uncertain where exactly he stands. Complex technology manages to be fun in this twisting, fast-moving thriller by bestselling author David Ignatius. |
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End Game by David BaldacciCD & Print. Returning home from an overseas mission to discover that his boss has gone missing in remote Colorado, Will Robie and his sometime partner, Jessica Reel, team up in an increasingly violent small town, where their lives are soon in jeopardy. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author. Simultaneous.
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| Bonfire by Krysten RitterSuspense Fiction. In this debut from actress Krysten Ritter (star of TV's Jessica Jones), a young lawyer returns to her hometown as part of a legal team investigating corporate pollution. For Abby Williams, who left behind an abusive father and high school bullies who made her life miserable, returning opens old wounds. However, toxic links between the past and present are hard to ignore. Gritty and tightly wound, this dark tale is "pitch-perfect" (Publishers Weekly). |
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The Midnight Line: a Jack Reacher Novel by Lee ChildCD & Print. Spotting a hard-won women's West Point class ring in a pawn shop, Jack Reacher fights a biker gang and a South Dakota gangster to discover the truth about the ring and why its owner sold it. By the best-selling author of Night School.
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| Last Words by Michael KorytaeBook. Suspense Fiction. With a powerfully evoked setting, relatable characters, and a fast-moving plot, this series debut introduces investigator Mark Novak, still grieving the death of his wife. He's reluctantly accepted a job clearing the name of a suspected murderer -- the decade-old cold case involves the death of a teenager deep within a cave, and encounters with unfriendly townspeople don't do much to bolster Novak's already shaky confidence in his client. But despite the promise of violence, Novak is determined to get to the bottom of the case. (Fair warning: powerful scenes set in the cave system mean that claustrophobes might want to give this one a miss.) |
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Last Known Victim [sound recording] by Erica SpindlerCD. Captain Patti O'Shay, still grieving over the murder of her husband, is stunned when skeletal remains of a female victim, who is missing her right hand, are unearthed in City Park along with her husband's police badge
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