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Thrillers and Suspense October 2020
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Goodnight beautiful : a novel
by Aimee Molloy
Eavesdropping on the therapy sessions her husband conducts for clients in a downstairs office, a lonely young bride finds her life and marriage turned upside down when her husband goes missing after welcoming a sophisticated new patient. 100,000 first printing.
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After sundown : a novel
by Linda Howard
Sela Gordon, the shy owner of a Tennessee general store, prefers solitude, but if anyone can chip away at her protective shell, it’s the handsome, mysterious, ex-military man who’s been hiding for two years in the wilds of Cove Mountain.
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Alone in the wild : a Rockton novel
by Kelley Armstrong
Discovering a live baby beside its murdered mother in the woods, detective Casey Duncan tries to uncover what happened while struggling to care for the infant in a Rockton community that disapproves of children.
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The better liar : a novel
by Tanen Jones
Desperate to safeguard a much-needed inheritance that is dependent on the legacy of a long-estranged runaway sibling, Leslie orchestrates a reckless bargain with an imposter who hides her own dangerous secrets. A first novel.
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Blacktop wasteland
by S. A. Cosby
Compelled by poverty to agree to a lucrative final heist that will allow him to go straight, a skilled getaway driver finds his efforts complicated by racial dynamics and the ghosts of his past. 50,000 first printing.
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| Under Occupation by Alan FurstWhat it's about: French author Paul Ricard is known for his spy novels, but that doesn't mean he's working for the Resistance. At least he wasn't until a man running from the Gestapo slipped him an important stolen document shortly before being shot dead.
You might also like: Martin Cruz Smith's The Girl from Venice, which also features a protagonist living in Nazi-occupied territory who gets pulled into resistance activities after a chance encounter with a stranger. |
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| The Saboteur by Andrew GrossWhat it's about: Based on real events, this story follows Norwegian engineer Kurt Nordstrum, a member of the resistance, and his dangerous mission to prevent the Nazis from developing nuclear weapons.
The mission: sneak into the impenetrable and secretive Norsk Hydro factory to destroy the means of producing "heavy water", a critical part of the bomb-making process.
You might also like: the 1965 Kirk Douglas film The Heroes of Telemark, which also tells this remarkable tale. |
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| City of Secrets by Stewart O'NanWhat it is: the thought-provoking, compelling story of Yossi Brand, a Holocaust survivor who illegally immigrates to postwar Jerusalem and joins the Jewish underground movement against British occupation.
Read it for: the complex motives of the characters; the author's spare and elegant writing style.
Reviewers say: "imaginative and nimble" (Booklist); "a probing, keening thriller" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Blame the Dead by Ed RuggeroWhat it's about: Once a Philadelphia beat cop, Lieutenant Eddie Harkins is ordered to investigate the case of an unpopular army doctor whose death took place during a German air raid on their Palermo base but has all the hallmarks of an inside job.
Why you might like it: the long list of suspects who all had good reasons to want the unlikable doctor dead; the well-rendered Italian setting, which is one of the less-featured locations for World War II fiction. |
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