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Thrillers and Suspense September 2025 |
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Downtown Library 300 Park Avenue
Curious about artificial intelligence or AI? Join us for a hands-on introduction to ChatGPT, a well known AI chat program. In this interactive program, we’ll explore how to ask questions, hold conversations, and use ChatGPT for tasks like research help, creative writing, and everyday problem-solving. Participants will be given the chance to ask ChatGPT questions in a group setting.
Choctaw Library
2525 Muzzy Street
Are you fascinated by the mysterious, the unsolved, and the stories that chill to the bone? Or are cons and schemes more up your alley? The True Crime Club is your destination for diving deep into real-life cases, from infamous serial killers and cold cases to criminal psychology and forensic breakthroughs. Each meeting, we dissect true crime documentaries, analyze evidence, debate theories, and explore the legal and ethical questions surrounding high-profile investigations. Whether you're a seasoned sleuth or just curious about the darker side of human nature, you'll find community, critical thinking, and captivating conversation here.
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2101 Exchange Avenue
This free family-friendly event will feature fun activities for all ages, games, face painting, balloon twisting, and much, much more! Come be part of the celebration and help honor the legacy—and the future—of this vital community cornerstone. |
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| The Last Ferry Out by Andrea BartzIn this stylish, twist-filled thriller from bestselling author Andrea Bartz, Abby travels to remote Isla Colel to uncover the truth behind her fiancée Eszter’s mysterious death. Among a suspicious group of expats, Abby’s grief-fueled search reveals chilling truths, offering readers emotional depth and a haunting, unpredictable journey. |
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| Dying to Meet You by Sarina BowenFrom the author of The Five Year Lie comes a chilling novel about trust, obsession, and buried secrets. When architect Rowan Gallagher finds her ex murdered outside the mansion she's restoring, she becomes the prime suspect. As she digs deeper, dark truths -- and someone watching her -- suggest she could be next. |
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| The Ascent by Allison BuccolaTwenty years after being the sole survivor of a now-vanished doomsday commune whose members vanished overnight, Lee Burton’s carefully built life begins to unravel. A stranger's sudden offer of answers pulls her back into the mystery she’s long tried to forget, forcing her to confront secrets, rising paranoia, and the fragility of motherhood and identity. |
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| Marguerite by the Lake by Mary Dixie CarterGardener Phoenix Sullivan is drawn into the glamorous, high-stakes world of lifestyle icon Marguerite Gray and her husband, Geoffrey. After a dangerous affair and Marguerite’s suspicious death, Phoenix steps into Marguerite's life at the Rosecliff estate -- only to face ghostly visions and mounting misgivings. |
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| Parents Weekend by Alex FinlayDuring Parents Weekend at an elite California college, five students vanish without a trace. As panic spreads and secrets unravel, FBI Agent Sarah Keller is called in to investigate. Told through multiple perspectives, this suspenseful, character-driven story explores family dysfunction, public scrutiny, and buried pasts. Fans of Mary Higgins Clark will be hooked. |
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| I Did Warn Her by Sian GilbertOnboard a billionaire’s lavish yacht, new stewardess Sasha expects glamour and high pay -- but instead finds secrets, rivalries, and murder. When jewels vanish and a crew member turns up dead, everyone’s a suspect. Claustrophobic, twist-filled, and deliciously voyeuristic, I Did Warn Her is a locked-room mystery with a body count. |
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| A Thousand Natural Shocks by Omar HussainIn this mesmerizing debut, reporter Dash Hassan battles trauma and memory loss while investigating a serial killer in Monterey, California. Entangled with a mysterious cult promising to erase pain, Dash races to uncover dark secrets, stop the murders, and reclaim his past before his memories and identity disappear completely. |
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| Letters from the Dead by Isabella ValeriA young heiress from a powerful European dynasty is exiled after uncovering a centuries-old family secret. Years later, recalled from an isolated American boarding school, she must confront family intrigues, an arranged marriage, and her own ruthless father in this atmospheric debut filled with suspense, privilege, and betrayal. |
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eResources from your Library!
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com allows you to search billions of historical records covering hundreds of years of family trees, photographs, census records, birth, marriage and death records, military records, city directories, immigration and travel records, newspapers, and more.
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Newspapers.com
Dating from the early 1700s into the 2000s, Newspapers.com Library Edition contains full runs and portions of runs of well-known, regional and state titles to small local newspapers in the United States and other countries. This is a great resource for genealogists looking for information on their family history.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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