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Thrillers and Suspense August 2017
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Are you sleeping
by Kathleen Barber
Distancing herself from her brutally unhealthy family to the point that she lies about her identity to her partner, Josie is forced to confront the past and her own choices when an investigative reporter's mega-hit podcast reopens Josie's father's murder case.
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| The Last Hack: A Jack Parlabane Thriller by Christopher BrookmyreScottish journalist Jack Parlabane's skill with breaking and entering is handy, but it pales in comparison to 19-year-old Samantha Morpeth's computer savvy. Though in real life she's shy and beset by bullies, she's known online as brilliant hacker Buzzkill. Unfortunately, she's being threatened with exposure. And her problems don't end there -- which is where Jack comes in. |
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The quiet child : a novel
by John Burley
After a strange, young boy, the subject of whispers and rumors and superstitions, goes missing, every resident of Cottonwood, California, becomes a suspect. By the award-winning author of The Absence of Mercey. Original. 40,000 first printing.
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A killer harvest : a novel
by Paul Cleave
A blind teen receives a corneal donation that restores his sight but gives him an eerie capacity to experience the memories of their previous owner, his homicide detective father. By the award-winning author of Joe Victim.
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The driver : a novel
by Hart Hanson
A debut thriller by the award-winning creator of Bones traces the experiences of an Army special forces sergeant turned limo driver who, after hearing a ghost's warning of imminent danger, finds himself implicated in a murder, a situation that is further complicated by his crush on the case's lead detective.
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A stranger in the house
by Shari Lapeña
Responding to a call she hoped she would never get, a woman braces herself for the worst in a bad part of town and wakes up with no memory of what happened at the same time the police and her husband accuse her of misconduct.
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The walls
by Hollie Overton
Working a dubious job in a death-row prison to support her son and ailing father, Kristy marries a man who tempts her to pursue a very different life before his violent nature and the ideas of the inmates she has met compel her to risk everything to protect her family.
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| Fierce Kingdom: A Novel by Gin Phillips After a pleasant afternoon at the zoo, Joan realizes that the loud noises she'd heard were actually gunshots -- human bodies litter the park's entrance, and at least one armed man stands between her and freedom. She grabs her four-year-old and finds cover, but with an antsy, hungry preschooler, even the best hiding place won't last forever, and Joan must soon make a move. |
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Shadow girl
by Gerry Schmitt
Investigating an attack on a helicopter that was carrying a donor heart intended for a home shopping network millionaire businessman, family liaison officer Afton Tangler becomes entangled in an international conspiracy of devastating violence.
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No mortal thing : a thriller
by Gerald Seymour
A youth who would escape his hardscrabble life by fast-tracking a career in banking takes the law into his own hands after witnessing an assault by a crime family member and discovering that the police do not care, a pursuit that leads him to a delicate surveillance operation that sets off alarms in multiple countries.
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| Clownfish Blues by Tim DorseyIn in the Serge Storms series, our erstwhile "hero" is busy recreating scenes from the television series Route 66 with his perpetually stoned sidekick, Coleman. Preferring the term "sequential killer" to "serial killer" Serge unleashes his own form of justice on the Sunshine State once more. |
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| Razor Girl: A Novel by Carl HiaasenOpening with a scam artist's very...unique...way of snaring marks, this offbeat crime caper involves a case of mistaken identity, a bigoted reality TV star, stolen sand, a very large engagement ring, property issues, an addictive male-enhancement potion (with unfortunate side-effects), and too many sub-plots to count. |
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IQ
by Joe Ide
A resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods uses his blistering intellect to solve crimes the LAPD disregards, in a novel that has been already optioned to be developed into a TV series.
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| Lola: A Novel by Melissa Scrivner LoveThough she plays the role of submissive girlfriend to a South Central LA gang leader, Lola Vasquez is actually the gang's true boss. When their shot at making it big goes very, very wrong, she'll have to put all her resources towards keeping her people safe from a Mexican drug cartel out for blood. Gritty and fast-paced, this gangland-set novel touches on issues of class, race, and gender. |
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| Midnight Sun: A Novel by Jo NesbøCalling himself Ulf, failed hitman Jon is hiding from his vindictive former employer in a tiny village in Norway's Arctic Circle. Seeking shelter in the church that houses a religious sect, he meets a grieving widow and her young son, who offer not just friendship but shelter and protection as well. But though he's found something to live for, Ulf is very aware that he's still being hunted. |
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