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Thrillers and Suspense April 2024
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| 2054 by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James StavridisThis 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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| 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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| The Split by Kit FrickYA author Kit Frick makes her adult debut in this fast-paced and haunting work of psychological suspense, which examines the nature of choice through the fraught relationship between two sisters and one desperate late night phone call between them. For fans of: The Choice by Gillian McAllister and The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton. |
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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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Everyone Is Watching
by Heather Gudenkauf
Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and zero contact with the outside world, the competitors start to feel a little too isolated..
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While we were burning
by Sara Koffi
Hiring a personal assistant named Brianna to distract her from her obsession with her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth doesn't realize Brianna has her own agenda—to find out why the police killed her young Black son—and immerses herself in Elizabeth's life where the answers to her questions lie.
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Knife River : a novel
by Justine Champine
When her mother's remains are found 15 years after her disappearance, Jess returns to Knife River and to her sister Liz, who has become obsessed with unsolved missing persons cases, and seeking answers, is faced with a list of suspects who wanted their mother dead.
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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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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 N. Virginia Ave, Falls Church, Virginia 22046 703-248-5030 (TTY 711) www.mrspl.org
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