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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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| 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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| Every Last Lie by Mary KubicaPsychological Suspense. After Clara Solberg loses her husband Nick to a car accident, she is devastated -- but grateful that her young daughter Maisie survived unharmed. But when Maisie starts having nightmares about "the bad man," Clara's confidence in her late husband is shaken. As Clara learns of the irregularities in his actions, she becomes increasingly convinced that Nick was murdered -- and that the "bad man" could be someone very close to her. Told from multiple viewpoints (including Nick's, before the crash), Every Last Lie traces Clara's descent into paranoia. Or are her suspicions real, after all? |
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| The Last Good Girl by Allison LeottaSuspense Fiction. In this 5th (and most recent) novel to star sex crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis, she's back in Detroit when she's asked to investigate the disappearance of college freshman Emily Shapiro, who'd last been seen arguing with the fraternity brother she'd accused of rape. The more Anna learns, the more disturbed she is -- while Emily was the last one to speak out, she's far from the only victim. Teaming up with FBI agent Samantha Randazzo, Anna races to find Emily and force the issue of campus rape into the light. |
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| The Last One by Alexandra OlivaPsychological Suspense. When Zoo agreed to join a reality TV show set in a large forest to test contestants' survival skills, she thought it would be one final adventure before starting a family. Quickly becoming a leading contender, she's impressed with and a little disturbed by the quality of the props -- the empty towns and decaying corpses (and disappearing cameramen) really lend a moody atmosphere to her challenges. But eventually she's forced to consider that they may not be props, that the world around her is rapidly falling apart, and that the safety net she's assumed is there is no longer an option. A psychologically complex debut, this one's a good bet for fans of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake...or TV's Survivor. |
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The last place you look
by Kristen Lepionka
Mystery Thriller. Hired by the sister of a man on death row who swears he is innocent of the murders of his missing girlfriend and her parents, private investigator Roxane Weary, reeling from her police officer father's death in the line of duty, links sightings of the missing girl to one of her late father's cold cases.
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The Templars' last secret : a Bruno, Chief of Police novel
by Martin Walker
Mystery Thriller. Investigating the death of a woman found at the foot of a cliff where the long-ago Knights Templar stronghold stands, Bruno, assisted by Haitian newcomer Amélie, learns that the victim was searching for a religious artifact of incredible importance. By the best-selling author of Fatal Pursuit.
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The last mile
by David Baldacci
Thriller. A sequel to Memory Man continues the story of Amos Decker, a football player-turned-detective with an eidetic memory. By the best-selling author of The Forgotten.
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The last town
by Blake Crouch
Thriller. In the final book of the series, Secret Service agent Ethan Burke discovers what is hidden behind the electric fence that encloses the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho, and keeps all the residents under the control of a delusional madman.
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Last will : a novel
by Liza Marklund
Suspense. A shooting at the glamorous Nobel Prize Dinner in Stockholm enmeshes investigative reporter and witness Annika Bengtzon in a web of international terrorism and global pharmaceutical interests that forces her to track down a professional assassin.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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