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Thrillers and Suspense September 2024 |
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| Burn It All by Maggie AuffarthIn this debut psychological thriller set in small-town Georgia, Marley Henderson's life unravels after a drunken mistake, leading to lost friendships, cruel rumors, and a series of arsons that culminate in her friend Thea's death. Teaming up with her ex-fiancé, Marley uncovers disturbing truths about Thea and the fires, challenging everything she believes. |
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While we were burning
by Sara Koffi
"After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smith's picture-perfect life in the Memphis suburbs has spiraled out of control-so much so that she hires a personal assistant to keep her on track. Composed and elegant, Brianna is exactly who she needs and slides so neatly into Elizabeth's life, almost like she belonged there from the start. Soon, the assistant Elizabeth hired to distract her from her obsession with her friend's death is the same person working with her to uncover the truth behind it. Because Brianna has questions too. She wants to know why the police killed her young Black son. Why someone in Elizabeth's neighborhood called the cops on him that day. Who took that first step that stole her child away from her. And the only way she's ever going to be able to find out is to entwine herself deep into Elizabeth's life, where the answers to her questions lie. As the two women hurtle towards an electrifying final showdown, and the lines between employer and friend blur, it becomes clear that neither of them is what they first appear"
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| Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha CoryellWhen true crime-obsessed thirtysomething Hannah writes to accused serial killer William, she unexpectedly falls for him, despite not knowing -- and maybe not caring -- if he's innocent. Twisty, scathing, and darkly humorous, this thriller boasts a narrator as fascinating she is unreliable. |
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The mystery writer : a novel
by Sulari Gentill
"Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime suspect turns out to be her older brother, Gus, Theo does what is necessary to protect him-to save him. Then she disappears. But the writer has left a trail, a thread out of the labyrinth in the form of a story. When Gus finds that thread, he follows it, and in attempting to find his sister, inadvertently, or perhaps recklessly, threatens the foundations of the labyrinth itself. In order to protect the carefully constructed deceit, Theo Benton, and everyone who ever looked for her, will have to die."
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Stag : a novel
by Dane Bahr
In 1989 Washington State, former sheriff Amos Fielding is pulled back into the world he so desperately wants to escape when he teams up with a wildlife officer and a young Seattle FBI agent to stop a cold-blooded, amoral psychopath targeting troubled young women, staging elaborate scenes of his grisly grimes.
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| That Night in the Library by Eva JurczykOn the night before graduation, seven students perform a Greek ritual in their university’s rare books library. When the lights go out and one of them dies, they must survive the night, trapped with a murderer. Secrets, fears, and ancient wisdom intertwine in this chilling literary mystery. |
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| The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira OtaniIn 1979 Tokyo, outcast Yoriko Shindo is kidnapped by the yakuza and forced to become the bodyguard and driver for Shoko Naiki, the sheltered daughter of the gang's boss. Initially disinterested, Shindo becomes deeply invested in Shoko's safety as they navigate a world of violence, questioning if a different life is possible for them. |
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Little rot
by Akwaeke Emezi
"Aima and Kalu are a long-time couple who have just split. When Kalu, reeling from his loss, visits a sex party hosted by his best friend Ahmed, he makes a decision that will plunge them all into chaos, brutally upending their lives. Ola and Souraya, twoNigerian sex workers visiting from Kuala Lumpur, intersect with the three old friends as everything goes to hell. Sucked into the city's corrupt underworld, they're all looking for a way out of the trouble they've instigated, driven by loss and fueled bya desperate need to escape the dangerous threat that looms over them. They careen madly in the face of the poison of power, sexual violence, murder, betrayals. Little Rot tests how far these five will go to save each other--or themselves--when confrontedby evil, culminating in a shattering denouement."
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Heads will roll
by Josh Winning
"After sitcom star Willow tweeted herself into infamy and had to be dragged blind-drunk out of a swimming pool, her agent shipped her off to the woodsy and wonderfully anonymous confines of Camp Castaway. Willow is relieved to find that her fellow campers seem okay. But the peaceful vibe is shattered when a terrifying woman pops shrieking from the wardrobe in Willow's room. Soon after, one of the campers vanishes. Is Willow about to get cancelled all over again, this time for good? Soon, terror grips thegroup, campers begin to lose their heads-literally!-and Willow and her new friends are on the run. As paranoia grows and disturbing past deeds come to light, this escape from their shallow lifestyles might just lead to a set of shallow graves"
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| The Bitter Truth by Shanora WilliamsJolene Baker supports her husband Dominic’s gubernatorial run, but when a mysterious woman stalks them and events turn dangerous, Jo uncovers shocking truths about Dominic's past. As her world unravels, Jo must decide whether to confront the secrets or risk being destroyed by them in this rich-people-behaving-badly thriller. |
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