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Thrillers and Suspense May 2017
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The Girl Who Was Taken
by Charlie Donlea
A year after one of two missing girls becomes famous for escaping from a mysterious abductor, the recovered girl's forensic pathologist older sister discovers clues that may reveal the fate of other missing teens.
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| The Widow's House by Carol GoodmanIn need of a cheap place to live while they work on their writing, Jess and Clare have accepted a job as caretakers of a decrepit Hudson River estate. There is a haunting pall that hangs over Riven House like a funeral veil. Something is just not right. The menacing force that destroys the inhabitants of the estate seems to be after Clare. |
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Into the water : a novel
by Paula Hawkins
When a single mom and a teen girl are found murdered at the bottom of a river in a small town weeks apart, an ensuing investigation dredges up a complicated local history involving human instincts and the damage they can inflict.
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I found you : a novel
by Lisa Jewell
A lonely single mom who offers shelter to an amnesiac man and a young bride who is told that her missing husband never existed struggle to make sense of their transforming worlds and connection to a sister and brother whose lives were shattered by secrets more than two decades earlier.
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The perfect stranger : a novel
by Megan Miranda
A follow-up to All the Missing Girls traces the harrowing experiences of a failed journalist who starts over as a teacher in rural Pennsylvania, only to become embroiled in a mystery when her friend goes missing amid rumors that her friend was not the person she claimed to be.
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| Change Agent: A Novel by Daniel SuarezThis futuristic thriller takes place in 2045, when agent Kenneth Durand of Interpol's Genetic Crime Division is abducted, drugged, and genetically transformed into brutal crime lord Marcus Wyckes, his own most-wanted suspect. Now on the run from his own men, and from the people who abducted him in the first place, Kenneth wants his life back which means a risky back-alley reverse gene edit. |
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The red hunter
by Lisa Unger
Tackling a house restoration project and blog in the hopes of escaping a traumatic event that ended her marriage, Claudia uncovers an ugly history in the crumbling house, where another woman, Zoey, survived a home invasion and pursued the martial arts to find security and healing.
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If You Like: Dennis Lehane
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| Brighton: A Novel by Michael HarveyBefore he became a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Kevin Pearce grew up in gritty Brighton, MA, where he committed a horrible act of violence -- one that he got away with. Told from multiple points of view, this intense and descriptive novel is sure to appeal to fans of Dennis Lehane's Boston-based crime novels. |
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| Rise the Dark by Michael KorytaThe powerfully evoked setting, relatable characters, and fast-moving plot may draw Dennis Lehane's fans to this frightening multi-strand story, which mixes a revenge-driven road-trip with a plan to destroy Montana's electric grid. |
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| Pleasantville by Attica LockeFifteen years have passed since the events in Black Water Rising. Then, lawyer Jay Porter was anticipating the birth of his first child; now, he's grieving for his wife, caring for two kids while his law practice falls apart. With nuanced characters, shifting and manipulative political allegiances, and a powerful black community, this is a sophisticated and satisfying legal thriller. |
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| Visitation Street by Ivy PochodaOn a hot summer night in Red Hook, Brooklyn, two bored 15-year-old girls take a pink inflatable raft into the bay for an adventure. But only one of them makes it back. Racially and ethnically diverse Red Hook is as much a character as any of the people, making this a great choice for fans of similarly evocative yet gritty tales, like those by Dennis Lehane. |
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| Two Days Gone: A Novel by Randall Silvis Dennis Lehane fans will like this one for the language and "pervasive sadness" to this literary novel that echoes Lehane's bleakness. It features Sgt. Ryan DeMarco, a Pennsylvania police officer who, is working a case. His friend, a successful novelist, appears to have slaughtered his own family and disappeared, and DeMarco cannot understand why. |
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