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Thrillers and Suspense August 2019
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Girls Like Us
by Cristina Alger
Investigating a string of grisly murders on Long Island, an FBI agent is horrified to discover that the primary suspect is her own late father, a former homicide detective. By the best-selling author of The Banker's Wife.
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Whisper Network
by Chandler Baker
Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick follows four women who speak out when their ill-reputed boss is slated to become CEO, a decision that triggers catastrophic shifts throughout every department of their company.
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Good Girl, Bad Girl
by Michael Robotham
A dangerous young woman with a unique ability to detect lies sues for her emancipation from a secure children's home, while the psychologist on her case finds herself in a battle of wits for survival.
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Bad Axe County
by John Galligan
The first female sheriff in rural Bad Axe County, Wisconsin, searches for a missing girl, battles local drug dealers, and seeks the truth about the death of her parents 20 years ago—all as a winter storm rages.
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Lock Every Door
by Riley Sager
Taking an apartment-sitting job in a Manhattan apartment building housing the rich and famous, a young woman is drawn to a fellow apartment sitter who reveals that the build hides a dark history. By the best-selling author of Final Girls.
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Black Sun
by Owen Matthews
Days before the test of the world's largest nuclear device, a KGB officer in 1961 Russia investigates the murder of the bomb's architect, unraveling a conspiracy that poses apocalyptic threats. A first novel by the author of Stalin's Children.
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The Escape Room
by Megan Goldin
Ordered to participate in a corporate team-building exercise that requires them to escape from a locked elevator, four ruthless Wall Street high-flyers struggle to put aside rivalries shaped by workplace intimidation, deception and sexual harassment.
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Beijing Payback
by Daniel Nieh
Shocked to discover that his murdered restaurateur father was actually a member of a vast crime syndicate with ties to communist China, Victor Li is confronted by decades-old grudges, escalating rivalries and an ambitious new plot.
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Lady in the Lake
by Laura Lippman
A divorced reporter in racially torn 1966 Baltimore triggers unanticipated consequences for vulnerable community members while investigating the murder of an African-American party girl. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Sunburn.
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The Chain
by Adrian McKinty
A parent receives a panicked phone call from a stranger who reveals that both of their children have been kidnapped by someone who demands that they abduct another child to prevent the murders of their own.
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