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Mystery, Thrillers and Suspense October 2020
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Have You Seen Me? by Alexandrea WeisArriving at work to discover that she has suffered a dissociative fugue and lost five years of her memory, a finance journalist examines a traumatic past event before connecting her experience to an unsolved murder.
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Dead to her : a novel by Sarah PinboroughNavigating her new husband’s complicated social circle and wandering eye, a mistress-turned-wife becomes ruthless when her husband begins an affair with his boss’s own second wife. By the best-selling author of Behind Her Eyes.
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The black swan of Paris by Karen RobardsA celebrated singer in World War II occupied France joins the Resistance to save her estranged family from being killed in a German prison. By the award-winning author of The Fifth Doctrine. .
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The look-alike by Erica Spindler Sienna Scott grew up in the dark shadow of her mother's paranoid delusions. Now, she's returned home to confront her past and the unsolved murder that altered the course of her life. In her mother's shuttered house, an old fear that has haunted Sienna for years rears its ugly head -that it was she who had been the killer's target that night. And now, with it, a new fear-that the killer not only intended to remedy his past mistake-he's already begun. But are these fears any different from the ones that torment her mother? As the walls close in, the line between truth and lie, reality and delusion disintegrate. Has Sienna's worst nightmare come true? Or will she unmask a killer and finally prove she may be her mother's look-alike, but she's not her clone?"
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The dilemma
by B. A. Paris
"A woman's birthday party takes a dark turn in a poignant, heart-stopping new novel from the reigning queen of suspense, NYT and USA Today bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, and Bring Me Back."
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Afterland by Lauren BeukesFleeing west to find a safe haven in a world vastly transformed by a pandemic that has killed nearly all men, a mother disguises her son as a girl to escape dangerous adversaries, including her own sister.
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The choice by Gillian McAllisterBeing followed on her way home at night, Joanna turns and knocks out her pursuer, setting off two different timelines, one in which she helps him, and the other in which she ignores the bleeding man and goes home.
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Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer It's 1926 and well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo, Egypt. But dangers wait in the shadows . . . Young American widow, Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad, yet her plans to remain cool and indifferent become ancient history in the company of Mr. Redvers, a roguish banker she can't quite figure out . . . Anna Stainton, a beautiful socialite, makes it clear that she won't share the spotlight with anyone--especially Jane. But Jane soon becomes the center of attention when she's the one standing over Stainton's dead body. Now, with her innocence at stake, Jane must determine who can be trusted, and who had motive to commit a brutal murder. Can Jane excavate the horrible truth before her future falls to ruin in Cairo . . . and the body count rises like the desert heat?
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Series Alert: This is number 19 in the Temperance Brennan Series. Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan struggles to identify a faceless murder victim in possession of her cell number, a mystery that is entangled with a decade-old missing-child case. Tempe is still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm, and battling nightmares, migraines, and what she thinks might be hallucinations, making her question her instincts. To win answers to the man's identity, Tempe must go rogue, working mostly outside the system because her new boss holds a fierce grudge against her and is determined to keep her out of the case. But the clues Tempe discovers are disturbing and confusing. Was the faceless man a spy? A trafficker? A target for assassination by the government? And why was he carrying the name of a child missing for almost a decade? With help from her Montreal beau Andrew Ryan and ex-homicide investigator Skinny Slidell, and utilizing new cutting-edge forensic methods, Tempe draws closer to the astonishing truth. But the more she uncovers, the darker and more twisted the picture becomes..." -
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Series Alert: This is 6th in the True Colors series.
"When Harriet Peters came to Boston in 1882, the Robinson family took her in like one of their own, and Harriet became closer to Lizzie Robinson than her own siblings. Now, four years later, Lizzie is deathly sick, failing quickly just like several others in her family have done over the past few years. How can so many in one family die from the same mysterious illness?...
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Series Alert: Orphan X Series. This is 5 in the 6 book series.
Helping a murder victim’s cousin who is being violently pursued for a mysterious key, Nowhere Man Evan Smoak eliminates a series of dangerous threats before discovering that he is being personally targeted.
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Series Alert: Number 53 in the Stone Barringtom Series. When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on. Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum is an expert at evasion in more ways than one, and the international cat-and-mouse hunt that ensues has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey...
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Series Alert: 4th in the Blue Ridge Mysteries
When her friend’s campaign for mayor is upended by the discovery of a body on her grandparents’ organic farm, library director Amy Webber uncovers harrowing secrets about the members of a 1960s commune.
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| The House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, armaments manufacturer Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons, both of whom died at the front. Among the guests, two have been secretly dispatched from the intelligence service: Kate Cartwright, a friend of the family who lost her beloved brother at the Somme and who, has her own special gift; and the mysterious Captain Donovan, recently returned from Europe. Top secret plans for weapons manufactured by Lord Highmount's company have turned up in Berlin, and there is reason to believe enemy spies will be in attendance. Each of the guests has something they would rather keep hidden and when a storm descends, they find themselves trapped on the island. Soon one of their number will die. For Blackwater Abbey is haunted in more ways than one. |
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The broken ones : a novel by Stephen M. IrwinThe author of The Dead Path imagines a world where everyone in the world finds themselves suddenly accompanied by a personal ghost that only the haunted can see, a situation that throws the world into chaos and complicates the career of homicide detective Oscar Mariani.
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The burning island by Hester YoungA journalist who would ignore her psychic intuition in favor of hard facts flees unwanted attention to Hawaii, where a local's disappearance forces her to embrace her gift, despite the danger. By the author of The Gates of Evangeline
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Fellside by M. R. CareyConfronting the possibility that she might be forced to spend the rest of her life in a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors, Jess Moulson discovers that the prison is haunted by the ghost of a little boy who imparts a chilling message. By the author of The Girl With All the Gifts.
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