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Thrillers and Suspense November 2019
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| A Girl Named Anna by Lizzy BarberStarring: Florida teen Anna Montgomery, whose fanatically religious mother keeps her very sheltered; Londoner Rosie Archer, whose elder sister was kidnapped 15 years ago while their family was on vacation in the U.S.
What happens: Rosie decides to dig deeper into what happened to her sister. Meanwhile, on Anna's 18th birthday, she and her boyfriend sneak off to Astroland, a local amusement park with important ties to her past.
Book buzz: A Girl Named Anna won author Lizzy Barber the Daily Mail First Novel competition in 2017. |
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The Accomplice
by Joseph Kanon
Entreated by his dying Auschwitz-survivor uncle to track down a Nazi war criminal who committed atrocities at the side of Mengele, a rogue CIA agent investigates the hidden scientist’s alluring daughter to uncover complicated truths.
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| The Butterfly Girl by Rene DenfeldWhat it's about: survival and resilience in the face of harrowing circumstances; the hunt for a killer who continues to evade the authorities while children's bodies pile up; the failures of the legal system to protect those who need it the most.
Who it's for: fans of private-eye mysteries; readers who can handle darker topics such as life on the street and child abuse.
Series alert: The Butterfly Girl is the second entry in the Naomi Cottle series, which follows the titular detective as she looks for missing children, including the cold case of her own younger sister. |
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Smoke Screen
by Terri Blackstock
Nate Beckett has spent his life fighting wildfires instead of the lies and rumors that drove him from his Colorado hometown. His mother begs him to come back now that his father has been released from prison, but it isn't until he's sidelined by an injury that he's forced to return and face his past. But that means facing Brenna too.
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Under Occupation
by Alan Furst
A historical novel based on the true stories of Polish prisoners in Nazi Germany. A young member of the French resistance in occupied Paris navigates increasingly dangerous assignments and the machinations of an enigmatic spy..
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| Somebody's Daughter by David BellBye bye baby: Michael and Angela Frazier are enjoying a quiet dinner at home when Michael's ex-wife Erica unexpectedly appears at their door, saying her daughter Felicity has been kidnapped and by the way, Michael is the girl's father.
The search begins: Michael takes off with Erica to look for the child that he's secretly always wanted, but each step towards Felicity reveals secrets that threaten the future of his marriage to Angela.
What sets it apart: the intensifying, intricately plotted narrative unfolds over the course of a single high-stakes 12-hour period. |
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Devotion
by Madeline Stevens
Ella is flat broke: wasting away on bodega coffee, barely making rent, seducing the occasional strange man who might buy her dinner. Unexpectedly, an Upper East Side couple named Lonnie and James rescue her from her empty bank account, offering her a job as a nanny and ushering her into their moneyed world. Ella's days are now spent tending to the baby in their elegant brownstone or on extravagant excursions with the family. Both women are just 26--but unlike Ella, Lonnie has a doting husband and son, unmistakable artistic talent, and old family money. Ella is mesmerized by Lonnie's girlish affection and disregard for the normal boundaries of friendship and marriage. Convinced there must be a secret behind Lonnie's seemingly effortless life, Ella begins sifting through her belongings, meticulously cataloguing lipstick tubes and baby teeth and scraps of writing. All the while, Ella's resentment grows, but so does an inexplicable and dizzying attraction. Soon Ella will be immersed so deeply in her cravings--for Lonnie's lifestyle, her attention, her lovers--that she may never come up for air.
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| The Temp by Michelle FrancesThe Queen Bee: Carrie Kennedy, a successful television producer who is about to go on maternity leave after an unplanned pregnancy.
The new arrival: intern Emma, a wannabe screenwriter who seems like a perfect fit to fill in while Carrie is out of the office with the new baby.
What goes wrong: Everyone on set loves Emma! In fact she might fit into the position a little too well, collaborating with Carrie's screenwriter husband so effectively that Carrie begins to wonder what other parts of her life the young woman might be after. |
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The One
by John Marrs
How far would you go to find The One? One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner, the one you're genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love. Now, five more people meet their Match. But even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking and deadlier than others...A decade after scientists discover that everyone has a "soulmate gene" that they share with just one other person, five people meet their matches, only to be torn by shocking secrets. 50,000 first printing.
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The Perfect Son
by Lauren North
When Tess Clarke wakes up in the hospital the day after her son Jamie's eighth birthday, she's sure of these things: She's been stabbed, her son is missing, her brother-in-law and her grief counselor are involved. But no one is listening to her. After her husband, Mark, died suddenly in a terrible accident a few months earlier, the only thing keeping Tess together is Jamie. As they struggle to make sense of their new life without Mark, they find joy in brief moments of normalcy like walking to school and watching television together. Life is hard without Mark, but Tess has Jamie, and that's what matters. But there in the hospital, confused and surrounded by people who won't listen, Tess's world falls apart. To save her son, she must piece together what happened between Mark's death and Jamie's birthday, but the truth might just be too much for her to bear
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