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Hinsdale Book Clubs: April 2019
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Need a book discussion suggestion? Here are three thrillers for your consideration ...
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Jar of Hearts
by Jennifer Hillier
When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong—one of the most popular girls in school—disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.
But fourteen years later, Angela Wong’s remains are discovered in the woods near Georgia’s childhood home. And Kaiser—now a detective with Seattle PD—finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women.
To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Georgia, he’s something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Georgia’s first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed.
(Please note: This thriller is not for the faint of heart )
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Saving Meghan
by Daniel Palmer
The Gerards–gorgeous California-blonde Becky, her handsome, successful husband Carl, and their teen daughter, Meghan–should be the picture of a happy, American family. Yet persistent medical issues plaguing Meghan keep the family isolated and in turmoil. Becky’s life has been consumed with being a doting mother to now 15 year old Meghan, and the two have a strong and loving bond. But Megan has recently been experiencing scary physical symptoms, making her give up soccer, at which she was a star player. Meghan’s symptoms progress and Becky exhaustively looks for answers.
Becky is obsessed with getting to the bottom of Meghan’s issues and leaves no stone unturned. Only Dr. Zach Fisher believes that Meghan has a real, though difficult to diagnose, illness – the same one that afflicted his own son. The rest of the medical community surrounding her is convinced that Becky is unfit and may even have Munchausen, to the point where even her own husband has his doubts. As the situation intensifies, more secrets come to light which drive Becky to commit a crime in the name of saving her only child. Part medical mystery, part murder mystery, this novel provides more twists and turns than a box of fusilli pasta and will keep readers guessing until the very end.
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Under My Skin
by Lisa Unger
It’s been a year since Poppy’s husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run through Manhattan’s Riverside Park. In the immediate aftermath, Poppy spiraled into an oblivion of grief, disappearing for several days only to turn up ragged and confused wearing a tight red dress she didn’t recognize. What happened to Poppy during those lost days? And more importantly, what happened to Jack? The case was never solved, and Poppy has finally begun to move on. But those lost days have never stopped haunting her. Poppy starts having nightmares and blackouts–there are periods of time she can’t remember, and she’s unable to tell the difference between what is real and what she’s imagining. When she begins to sense that someone is following her, Poppy is plunged into a game of cat and mouse, determined to unravel the mystery around her husband’s death. But can she handle the truth about what really happened?
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