Thrillers and Suspense
March 2023

Recent Releases
3 days to live
by James Patterson

Three new thriller-novellas from the world’s best-selling author include the tales of a honeymooning CIA agent who is poisoned and a pair of grifters who attempt to take control of the home of a murdered L.A. doctor.
Cold people : a novel
by Tom Rob Smith

A mysterious force captures Earth and gives humanity 30 days to move to Antarctica, where they will be allowed to exist and survive in the planet’s most extreme environment in the new novel by the best-selling author of Child 44.
The devil's hand : a thriller
by Jack Carr

Former Navy SEAL James Reece embarks on a top-secret CIA mission of retribution, while in a dangerous world region, the supreme leader of a cadre of assassins orchestrates a plot to defeat the United States.
The devil's ransom
by Brad Taylor

When his covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, is hit with a ransomware attack linked to the Taliban, Pike must stop a plot to alter the balance of power on the global stage orchestrated by a former NSA specialist in the U.S. government. 
Encore in death
by J. D. Robb

Eve Dallas investigates after one half of a celebrity couple falls to the floor dead after making a toast at an event attended by A-listers in the latest addition to the long-running series following Secrets in Death. .
I have some questions for you
by Rebecca Makkai

A successful film professor returns to teach at her alma mater and becomes determined to investigate a closed murder case, in the new novel from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers..
It's one of us
by J. T. Ellison

A successful interior designer who keeps failing in her quest to conceive is shocked when she learns that a suspect in a recent murder investigation is her husband's son from a long-ago donation to a sperm bank. 
The last orphan
by Gregg Hurwitz

When one little mistake lands him under the control of the President, who makes him a deal -- eliminate a man she considers too dangerous to live and she'll guarantee his survival -- Evan Smoak, a former Orphan assassin, must choose between his principles and his life. 
Little Paula
by V. C. Andrews

"Little Paula is the sequel to Eden's Children. Trevor and Faith's mother, Paula Eden, has died and their father, Big John, has had a serious trucking accident and is paralyzed. Faith's child, Little Paula, has been given to a wealthy couple unable to have children of their own. Trevor is obsessed with getting the child back"
The skeleton key
by Erin Kelly

Nell, driven into seclusion by her father's obsessed fans, returns home to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her father's book "The Golden Bones," which is being reissued along with a documentary crew to film what happens after he finally reveals the location of the last hidden bone.
Stolen
by Ann-helen Laestadius

Nine-year-old Elsa is the daughter of Sámi reindeer herders. Her community is under constant threat--from the Swedish population who don't always value the Sámi way of life, from the government that wants to claim their land for mining, and from violent poachers who slaughter their reindeer for sport and for sale on the black market. One morning, when Elsa goes skiing alone, she witnesses a man brutally killing her beloved reindeer calf. Elsa is terrified by what she sees. Fearing for her own life and for the lives of her family members, she remains silent. Ten years pass, and Elsa is now trying to claim a role for herself in her community.
Stone cold fox
by Rachel Koller Croft

After years of perfecting the art of the con, Bea sets her sights on Collin Case, the heir to one of the country’s wealthiest families, but Collin’s childhood best friend stands in her way, forcing her to cat-and-mouse game that becomes a matter of life and death. 
The Villa
by Rachel Hawkins

While on a girls trip to Italy with her best friend, Chess, Emily discovers their high-end villa was once the scene of a brutal murder, and, digging into the past, finds the truth seeping into the present as dangerous betrayals emerge. 
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