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Tana French Author Read Alikes November 2020 |
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If you enjoy reading books by Tana French, try these authors whose titles are also accessible through Digital Library of Illinois (Overdrive and Libby apps) and Hoopla |
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House of Correction
by Nicci French
Attempting to solve her own case from the confines of prison, a reclusive murder suspect from an English village uncovers evidence that calls her own sanity into question. By the best-selling authors of the Frieda Klein mysteries.
On order- place holds on physical copy now. Contact Library to schedule curbside pickup once it’s ready. Also waitlist on Overdrive/ Libby- place holds there now.
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The Punishment She Deserves
by Elizabeth George
Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard and the pugnacious but loyal detective sergeant Barbara Havers tackle one of the most sinister murder cases they have ever encountered in a latest entry in the best-selling series by the Agatha Award-winning author of A Banquet of Consequences.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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Girls Like Us
by Cristina Alger
Investigating a string of grisly murders on Long Island, an FBI agent is horrified to discover that the primary suspect is her own late father, a former homicide detective. By the best-selling author of The Banker's Wife.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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The Split
by S. J. Bolton
Taking a job on an isolated island to hide from her former inmate ex-husband, Felicity is offered help from a doctor who would understand Felicity and her ex’s complicated past. By the award-winning author of the Lacey Flint series.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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A Deadly Divide
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Investigating a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec, detective Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty find themselves in a terror-stricken community whose panic is being fueled by racism, a right-wing radio host and a shadowy trickster.
Physical copy available. Also available on Hoopla.
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Memory Man
by David Baldacci
More than a year after the most tragic event in Amos Decker's life, a man confesses to murdering his family and Amos, called to help with the investigation, struggles with the memories.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
Meeting at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches on an isolated belt of the Australian outback, two brothers navigate the haunting realities of the isolation that ended their third brother's life.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby and Hoopla.
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The Divinities
by Parker Bilal
When two bodies are found brutally murdered on a building site in Battersea, Detective Sergeant Calil Drake is first on the scene. He sees an opportunity: to solve a high-profile case, and to repair his reputation after a botched undercover operation almost ended his promising career in the Violent Crimes Unit. Assigned to work with a specialist consultant, the enigmatic forensic psychologist Dr. Rayhana Crane, and on the hunt for an elusive killer, Drake's investigations lead down the dark corridors of the past -- to their military service in Iraq and the destruction they witnessed there. With a community poised on the brink of violence and their lives on the line, Crane and Drake must work together to stop the killer before their vengeance is unleashed.
Physical copy available only.
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Big Sky
by Kate Atkinson
Investigating a new client's suspicions about an unfaithful spouse, iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie is catapulted by a chance encounter into a sinister network of secrets and lies. By the award-winning author of Case Histories.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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The Last House Guest
by Megan Miranda
When her longtime best friend is found murdered, a woman combs through her idyllic Maine tourist community to uncover local secrets and clear her name of suspicion. By the best-selling author of All the Missing Girls.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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Snowblind
by Ragnar Jónasson
Ari Thór Arason, a rookie policeman on his first posting in a Northern Iceland fishing village, confronts the secrets and lies of a community he cannot trust after a young woman is found bleeding and unconscious in the snow and an elderly writer falls to his death.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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Death of a Red Heroine
by Xiaolong Qiu
Inspector Chen must battle the political climate of Shanghai and seek the help of a former lover in order to solve the murder of a National Model Worker who was a celebrity of utmost probity.
Physical copy available. Also available on Hoopla.
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Nine Perfect Strangers
by Liane Moriarty
Gathering at a remote health resort for a 10-day fitness program, nine strangers and their enigmatic host become subjects of interest to a brokenhearted novelist who develops uncomfortable doubts about the resort's real agenda.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby and Hoopla.
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A Private Business : A Hakim and Arnold Mystery
by Barbara Nadel
2012: London is hosting the Olympics and the East End is at the center of the world. Yet surrounding the glamorous Olympic Park are some of the most deprived areas of the city. PI Lee Arnold and his assistant, Mumtaz Hakim, work in these streets, in a community fraught with tensions. When Arnold is hired by a controversial stand-up comedian, he already knows that her routine could make her a target. Arnold and Hakim's new client is being followed. Are her fears justified? As they delve deeper, they discover that this investigation is more complex and sinister than a simple, straightforward case of stalking.
Physical copy available. Also available on Hoopla.
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Dark Places
by Gillian Flynn
After witnessing the murder of her mother and sisters, 7-year-old Libby Day testifies against her brother Ben, but 25 years later she tries to profit from her tragic history and admit that her story might not have been accurate.
Physical copy available (audiobook). Also available on Overdrive/ Libby.
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Little Girl Lost
by Brian McGilloway
After finding a child wandering alone in the woods with hands covered in blood, Detective Sergeant Lucy Black becomes determined to identify her and believes that the case may be linked to the kidnapping of a businessman's daughter.
Available on Overdrive/ Libby and Hoopla.
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Finding Nouf
by Zoe Ferraris
When sixteen-year-old Nouf goes missing and is found drowned in the desert outside Jeddah, Nayir--a desert guide hired by her prominent family to search for her--feels compelled to find out what really happened.
Physical copy available. Also available on Hoopla.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Forty years after the disappearance of Harriet Vanger from the secluded island owned and inhabited by her powerful family, her uncle, convinced that she had been murdered by someone from her own deeply dysfunctional clan, hires journalist Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional young hacker, to investigate.
Physical copy available. Also available on Overdrive/ Libby and Hoopla (as a graphic novel series).
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Invisible Girl
by Lisa Jewell
Suspended from work amid allegations of sexual misconduct, a virgin geography teacher is targeted by a sinister predator upon joining an online support group for the involuntarily celibate, before a therapist neighbor’s distraught patient goes missing.
Waitlist - place holds on physical copy or on Overdrive/ Libby now.
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The Silent Wife
by Karin Slaughter
Investigating a brutal murder that eerily resembles another from years earlier, Will Trent reopens the case of a possibly wrongly convicted prisoner before teaming up with medical examiner Sara Linton to hunt down the true killer.
Waitlist - place holds on physical copy or on Overdrive/ Libby now.
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