September 2018 list by J. Yaka
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Big Woods: A Novel
by May K. Cobb
A ten-year-old girl disappears from small-town Texas in 1989. Her sister investigates and a reclusive woman may hold the key.
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Blackout
by Ragnar Jónasson
After a man is killed in Northern Iceland, a young reporter leaves Reykajvik to investigate on her own, not realizing that an innocent life hangs in the balance, just as Ari Thor Arason and the rest of the police launch their own search.
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Bloody Sunday
by Ben Coes
Just as CIA agent Dewey Andreas is about to retire, he gets word of a North Korean plan to launch nuclear weapons on the nation's capital. But when his straightforward mission targeting a key enemy general goes catastrophically awry, Dewey will have to sneak into Pyongyang in order to prevent the attack and save millions of lives.
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Don't Close Your Eyes
by Christie Craig
When she discovers that her family is hiding a deadly secret, Annie Lakes finds the nightmares that she has been plagued with for years coming true and turns to detective Mark Sutton for help.
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The Exes' Revenge
by Jo Jakeman
A debut thriller by an award-winning writer traces the psychologically charged experiences of three very different women, each involved with the same abusive man, who realize that they share a common desire to get revenge.
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In Her Bones
by Kate Moretti
The daughter of a convicted serial killer becomes a suspect herself after she becomes obsessed with the families of the victims and a man turns up dead.
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Jealousy
by Nancy Bush
Hired to prove the innocence of Lucy Crissman, the daughter of a once-powerful family, in a fatal poisoning, defense attorney Dallas Denton discovers that someone will stop at nothing to get what they most desire.
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The Labyrinth of the Spirits: A Novel
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
A conclusion to the best-selling series finds enigmatic Alicia Gris, supported by the Sempere family, uncovering one of the most shocking conspiracies in Spanish history. By the award-winning author of The Angel's Game.
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| The Middleman by Olen SteinhauerA cryptic phone call. Hundreds of overnight disappearances. A series of assassinations on the 4th of July. All of these events are connected, and it's just the beginning of one man's plot to take down American society as we know it. |
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The Negotiator: A Novel of Suspense
by Brendan DuBois
The Negotiator has built a lucrative business on his talent for moving valuable merchandise with no questions asked. As a successful entrepreneur in the criminal underground, he's learned that it's good for business―and for his health―to keep gunplay off the table as much as possible. But when a deal that promises to deliver a massive payday leads to a bloodbath, he's forced into a no-holds-barred mission for vengeance. And for the Negotiator, when the stakes of a deal are life and death, gunplay is definitely back on the table.
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The Other Sister
by Sarah Zettel
Reunited after a 20-year separation triggered by their mother's mysterious death, a reckless woman and her obedient sister secretly plot to kill their cold-hearted, controlling father in order to correct the past.
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With You Always
by Rena Olsen
Falling in love with a charming man whose attentions and faith seem to be everything she has ever wanted, a woman finds herself increasingly isolated from the outside world before becoming desperate to escape the relationship.
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Black Horizon
by James Grippando
The explosion of an oil rig in Cuban waters -- and the resulting, devastating oil spill -- sends honeymooning attorney Jack Swyteck and his FBI bride home early from the Florida Keys. Back at work, Jack is asked to represent a client whose husband was on the rig, while his wife is sent deep undercover...and it turns out that their two cases might be closely and dangerously connected.
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| The Rising Sea: A Novel from the NUMA Files by Clive Cussler and Graham BrownAn investigation into the findings of a widely discredited Japanese scientist sends the NUMA team deep into the East China Sea, where they uncover a large-scale conspiracy to conceal and exploit an invaluable new scientific discovery -- one that could displace millions of people and alter the world's balance of power forever. |
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The Trident Deception
by Rick Campbell
A nuclear-armed submarine receives orders to launch their payload at Iran in retaliation for their devastating strike on Washington D.C. The only problem? The attack they're supposed to be avenging never actually happened. When the vessel goes radio silent, it's up to the military and the US government to find out where the false orders came from and if there's a way to avert World War III.
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White Plague
by James Abel
Deep in the Arctic Ocean, an American submarine is in trouble. Not only is it adrift, it's also on fire -- and many of the crew members have been struck by a mysterious and deadly disease. Marine physician and bioterrorism expert Joe Rush has been sent to figure out what went wrong -- and to either save or destroy the sub and all aboard. A blistering pace, plausible medical concerns, advanced technologies, and plenty of twists and turns make this series debut a great choice.
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| The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareLaura "Lo" Blackstock is a travel writer covering the maiden voyage of an ultra-luxurious cruise liner, the Aurora. On the ship's first night at sea, Lo witnesses someone push the woman from the next cabin overboard. Worse yet, no one will believe what she saw because all other passengers are supposedly accounted for. |
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