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Thrillers and Suspense July 2024
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| The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko JeanWashington State based detective Chelsey Calhoun is assigned to the case of the titular Ellie Black, a young woman found alive after being kidnapped 2 years earlier. Deeply traumatized Ellie refuses to say anything about her captor, which seriously complicates an investigation already made difficult by the hostile work environment where Chelsey works. Also available on Libby |
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| Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva RoseThree estranged siblings have gathered in their small Wisconsin home town to settle the affairs of their recently deceased mother. While sorting through their mother's home, they stumble upon an old video tape that implicates her (and the father who abandoned them years earlier) in a shocking, unresolved crime. |
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| Very Bad Company by Emma RosenblumIn this fast-paced and suspenseful send-up of tech entrepreneur culture, bored TV producer Caitlin Levy accepts an event coordinator job at a startup for a change of pace. But when an executive disappears at the Miami team-building retreat she's running, Caitlin will need to do everything in her power not to lose herself in the company's tangled web of secrets and lies. |
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The Extinction of Irena Rey
by Jennifer Croft
In this offbeat and atmospheric send-up of the world of literary translators, 8 writers gather at the remote Polish cabin to collaborate on their translations of the magnum opus by the Irena Rey of the title. But when the author vanishes, the group's effort to search for her in the forbidding Białowieża Forest descends into complete disarray.
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A Game of Lies by Clare MackintoshIn this compelling sequel to The Last Party, Welsh detective Ffion Morgan is called to the rugged, picturesque mountain set of a polarizing reality TV show when the crew discover bones that turn out to be from an animal. But when the show's creator later winds up dead, Ffion must root out the murderer before they can kill again. Available on Hoopla
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You Know What You Did by K.T. NguyenPainter Annie Shaw's previously manageable OCD spirals out of control after the death of her mother, a Vietnam War refugee with whom she had a complex relationship. As her ability to function plummets she develops strange gaps in her memory as well, a serious problem when one of her art patrons dies under suspicious circumstances. For fans of: Tess Gerritsen and Lisa Unger.
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