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Thrillers and Suspense March 2020
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| A Beautiful Crime by Christopher BollenStarring: Nicholas Brink, who trades New York for Venice when his new boyfriend is called back to the Floating City to claim an inheritance; Clay Guillory, Nick's grounded boyfriend who has a long history with the city; Venice itself, which is portrayed in all of its lush (but decaying) glory.
The scheme: Nick gets greedy upon seeing the beautiful but decrepit palazzo Clay has inherited a share in, and soon talks a reluctant Clay into a risky but lucrative antiques hustle that quickly goes awry.
Read it for: the compelling relationship between Nick and Clay, which has more depth than it initially seems to; the tone, which manages to evoke both Patricia Highsmith and André Aciman. |
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Purgatory Bay
by Bryan Gruley
Former reporter Michaela “Mikey” Deming and Bleak Harbor police chief Katya Malone track a woman bent on revenge for the murders of her family members 12 years prior.
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The Lucky One
by Lori Rader-Day
A volunteer for a website called The Doe Pages to help reunite families with their missing loved ones, Alice, who was kidnapped as a child, stumbles upon a post by her own kidnapper and races against time to find him before he hurts someone else.
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| No Bad Deed by Heather ChavezThe setup: California veterinarian Cassie Larkin is driving home when she witnesses a man assaulting a woman on the road. Despite a 911 dispatcher's warning, Cassie confronts the man, who then threatens her before driving off in her car.
The payback: Although Cassie is glad to have saved the woman's life, the threat haunts her even as the police assure her that she's safe. Then Cassie's husband disappears, seemingly having abandoned their young daughter while he took her trick-or-treating.
Reviewers say: "a paranoia-fueled thrill ride" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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The Coldest Warrior
by Paul Vidich
When the release of the Rockefeller Commission report implicates the CIA in the death of a bioweapons scientist decades earlier, agent Jack Gabriel confronts a life-threatening cover-up at the highest levels of government. By the author of The Good Assassin.
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The Dark Corners of the Night
by Meg Gardiner
Hunting a serial killer who has been murdering parents in front of their children, FBI behavioral analyst Caitlin Hendrix discovers that the killer holds a devastating secret from Caitlin’s own past. By the Edgar Award-winning author of China Lake.
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| The Holdout by Graham MooreWhat it's about: the long-simmering consequences of a highly charged trial, in which Maya Seale convinced her fellow jurors to acquit an African American teacher accused of murdering a white 15-year-old.
Ten years later: A true crime documentary about the case gathers the former jury together again, and revisiting the trial dredges up secrets and resentments that everyone is hiding, with fatal consequences and another person wrongly accused of murder.
You might also like: other fast-paced legal thrillers like Confessions of an Innocent Man by David R. Dow and Invisible by Andrew Grant, which also deal with revenge. |
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The Other Mrs.
by Mary Kubica
Unnerved by her husband’s inheritance of a decrepit coastal property and the presence of a disturbed relative, community newcomer Sadie uncovers harrowing facts about her family’s possible role in a neighbor’s murder.
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Perfect Little Children
by Sophie Hannah
Spying on a former best friend she has not seen in years, Beth is alarmed when she discovers that the woman’s children do not appear to have aged. By the best-selling author of The Monogram Murders.
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| The Only Child by Mi-ae SeoWhat it is: Appearing for the first time in English, this creepy psychological thriller asks if serial killers are born or made, and if anything can be done to save them.
Starring: Seonkyeong, a forensic psychologist who lives with her husband Jaeseong in Seoul; Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer who finally agrees to be profiled but only if Seonkyeong does it; and 11-year-old Hayeong, Jaeseong's daughter from his first marriage.
What happens: Hayeong moves in with her father and stepmother after a suspicious fire kills the maternal grandparents who had been raising her, and Seonkyeong begins to see disturbing parallels between her new stepdaughter and the manipulative serial killer she's interviewing. |
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