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Thrillers and Suspense April 2018
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The Bishop's Pawn
by Steve Berry
Former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone uncovers a disturbing link between a case from his past and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. that risks innocent lives and threatens the legacy of the Civil Rights movement's iconic martyr.
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Light It Up: A Peter Ash Novel
by Nicholas Petrie
Series alert: This 3rd in the tense, action-packed series starring resourceful Peter Ash sends the PTSD-afflicted Marine vet to Colorado, where he's providing security for a medical marijuana operation when hijackers descend. Only Ash survives, vowing revenge.
Why you might like it: Nonstop action, chase scenes that include a runaway hospital gurney, complex characters, and plenty of mayhem -- what's not to like?
For fans of: Lee Child's Jack Reacher or Erik Storey's Clyde Barr.
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The echo killing : A Mystery
by Christi Daugherty
When a murder that eerily resembles a 15-year-old cold case rocks Savannah, crime reporter Harper McClain risks everything to find the identity of a calculating killer. A first adult novel by the author of the Night School series.
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Crimson Lake
by Candice Fox
Wrongly accused of the brutal abduction of a 13-year-old girl, Sydney detective Ted is forced to hide in the crocodile-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake, where he agrees to help convicted killer Amanda Pharrell in a case involving dangerous secrets.
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| Chicago by David MametAuthor alert: Though better known as a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright or an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (take your pick), this is not David Mamet's first novel -- just his first in nearly 20 years.
What it's about: Set in 1920s Chicago and featuring a whole crew of unsavory gangsters, the novel stars former WWI pilot Mike Hodge, who's now a reporter. When his girlfriend is gunned down in his own home, he's immediately on the hunt for those responsible.
Read it for: real-life gangsters; evocative dialogue; fast-paced action. |
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| Barbed Wire Heart by Tess SharpeWhat it's about: In Northern California, 22-year-old Harley McKenna wants to get out of the family business, and if that means igniting a blood feud between her drug-kingpin father and his rivals, so be it.
Why you might like it: With flawed but likeable Harley at the helm, this hard-bitten crime novel is both intense and affecting; there's plenty of violence as well as an intriguing father-daughter dynamic.
For fans of: the atmosphere and star character in Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone. |
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| It's Always the Husband by Michele CampbellWhat it's about: The events that led to the death of a friend will always link the three very different former college roommates featured in this twisty debut. As adults, they find themselves thrown together once more -- and the result is yet another death under suspicious circumstances.
Reviewers say: The "edge-of-your-seat pace and dark atmosphere" (Booklist) and depiction of complex female friendship will appeal to fans of domestic suspense novels like Rebecca Drake's recent Just Between Us. |
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