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Thrillers and Suspense April 2024
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| The Mystery Writer by Sulari GentillTheodosia "Theo" Benton puts aside her legal career to finally get serious about writing, moving in with her brother Gus and convincing an established author to mentor her. But when her mentor turns up dead and the police decide Gus is a person of interest, Theo makes a decision she can't take back in order to find out what really happened. |
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| One of the Good Guys by Araminta HallIn this fast-paced and intricately plotted psychological suspense novel, narrator Cole leaves his London life (and failed marriage) behind to start over in a quiet town on England's South Coast. He starts getting close to his neighbor, an artist called Leonora, but the local disappearance of two activists upends their tenuous relationship and uncovers that neither of them are quite who they seem to be. |
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| The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice HallettWashed-up true crime writer Amanda Bailey sees the chance to revitalize her career by writing a book about the titular Alperton Angels, a cult known for brainwashing a teen mother into believing that her child was the antichrist. Forced to collaborate with a professional rival also interested in the group, she soon discovers that the disturbing, dark truth is much stranger than fiction. |
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| My Name Was Eden by Eleanor Barker-WhiteIn this compelling debut, a complicated mother-daughter relationship grows even thornier after the titular teenage daughter Eden survives almost drowning. After her near-death experience, Eden's behavior takes a sinister turn, and she begins churning up family secrets, and asking uncomfortable questions about someone named Eli. |
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| Who to Believe by Edwin HillIn this incisive and intricately plotted small-town thriller, gossip about residents' personal lives intersects in unpredictable ways with the violent death of a local restaurateur. After the murder naturally sends the rumor mill into overdrive, uncovering the killer's identity becomes an infinitely more treacherous proposition. For fans of Riley Sager. |
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| Northwoods by Amy PeaseTraumatized Afghanistan vet Eli North is a problem drinker with untreated PTSD and a failing marriage. After his Fish and Wildlife Service job is eliminated, he returns to the picturesque Midwestern home town where his mother is the sheriff, and where his efforts to help investigate the murder of a young boy will uncover ugly secrets about the town's opioid crisis. |
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2054
by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
This sweeping and sobering sequel to 2034 returns to the first book's near-future world of rapidly advancing technology, 20 years later. In the interim, both China and the U.S. have fallen from geopolitical grace, an A.I. may be responsible for the sudden death of the American president, and the approaching Singularity poses a threat to the entire human race.
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Black Wolf
by Juan Gâomez-Jurado
Unusually gifted mind Antonia Scott is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes to solve the most devious and dangerous crimes; but she is unwilling to move past the last case, convinced it's related to a personal tragedy, until a series of deadly events pulls her back in.
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