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Thrillers and Suspense July 2024
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| I Want You More by Swan HuntleyOn her way to the Hamptons, professional ghostwriter Zara Pines doesn't expect much out of her new gig, working with celebrity chef Jane Bailey on a memoir. But when she finds herself enthralled by Jane's boundless charisma and the luxurious lifestyle trappings Jane shares so freely, Zara will have to tread carefully or risk putting both her personal and professional lives at stake. |
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| Phantom Orbit by David IgnatiusAmidst the political turmoil of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the personal turmoil of his son's tragic death, brilliant scientist Ivan Volkov decides it's worth the risk to reach out to an old CIA contact when he grows wary of his home country's plans for dominating the world in space -- plans that could threaten the future of all life on earth. |
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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. |
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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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Cape Rage
by Ron Corbett
Danny Barrett investigates a family of criminals with long-standing smuggling business in the Pacific Northwest after the FBI suspects them of robbing a bank in Seattle. Library Journal calls it, "Satisfying for crime aficionados of all stripes, especially those with a liking for nonstop action."
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Old King
by Maxim Loskutoff
In 1976, Duane Oshun takes a job as a logger and builds a cabin near a reclusive neighbor, a hermit named Ted Kaczynski, whose violent grievances against modern society threaten the lives of those around him. "Loskutoff’s narrative is swiftly paced and deeply textured, with a keen sense of the landscape and its cantankerous human inhabitants. This leaves a mark." (Publishers Weekly)
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The midnight feast : a novel
by Lucy Foley
During the opening weekend of The Manor, a luxe coastal retreat built on top of old secrets, those in attendance all have an agenda - but not everyone will survive. Booklist calls it, "a tantalizing riff on the classic locked-room mystery...a chilling, exciting, and hugely satisfying novel."
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Long time gone
by Charlie Donlea
When Dr. Sloan Hastings submits her DNA to an online genealogy site for a research assignment, she discovers she's“Baby Charlotte,” who mysteriously disappeared in 1995 along with her family. Now, led to the site of her disappearance, she realizes no one is happy about her return.
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