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Thrillers and Suspense March 2020
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Impossible causes
by Julie Mayhew
Moving to remote Lark Island to recover from the deaths of family members, a grieving teen and her mother are confronted by the detached community’s deeply religious beliefs and dark secrets, including a young girl’s suspicious death.
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| No Bad Deed by Heather ChavezThe setup: California veterinarian Cassie Larkin is driving home when she witnesses a man assaulting a woman on the road. Despite a 911 dispatcher's warning, Cassie confronts the man, who then threatens her before driving off in her car.
The payback: Although Cassie is glad to have saved the woman's life, the threat haunts her even as the police assure her that she's safe. Then Cassie's husband disappears, seemingly having abandoned their young daughter while he took her trick-or-treating.
Reviewers say: "a paranoia-fueled thrill ride" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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Throw me to the wolves by Patrick McGuinnessFrom the Man Booker Prize-longlisted novelist, a shocking story of voyeurism, betrayal, and the gray areas between truth and fiction that reflects our era of tabloid media and fake news. In the aftermath of Brexit, the body of a young woman is found by the river Thames, and the tabloids are aflame, accusing Mr. Wolphram, the woman's former teacher and the ultimate media quarry: mysterious, friendless, and eccentric. Charged with investigating this crime is Ander, once a student of Mr. Wolphram's. As he interviews pupils who both defend and defame their oddball teacher, he must face a story from decades back that he has tried hard to forget.
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A video of Deputy Eve Ronin's off-duty arrest of an abusive movie star goes viral, turning her into a popular hero at a time when the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is plagued by scandal. The sheriff, desperate for more positive press, makes Eve the youngest female homicide detective in the department's history. Eve ... and her burned-out, soon-to-retire partner are called to the blood-splattered home of a missing single mother and her two kids. The horrific carnage screams multiple murder - but there are no corpses. Eve has to rely on her instincts and tenacity to find the bodies and capture the vicious killer.
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A Small Town
by Thomas Perry
Twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town―burning down homes and businesses. An immense search ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away.
After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been in vain. The mayor and city attorney meet, and Leah Hawkins, a six-foot, two-inch former star basketball player and resident cop, is placed on sabbatical so that she can tour the country learning advanced police procedures. The sabbatical is merely a ruse, however, as her real job is to track the infamous twelve. And kill them.
Leah’s mission takes her across the country, from Florida to New York, from California to an anti-government settlement deep in the Ozarks. Soon, the surviving fugitives realize what she is up to, and a race to kill or be killed ensues.
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| The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. RichWhat goes down: Criminology grad student Morgan Prager arrives home to discover the mutilated body of her fiancé Bennett, seemingly killed by her beloved rescue dogs. Morgan starts looking for evidence that could exonerate her dogs after the courts order them seized, only to discover that her life with Bennett was all a dangerous lie.
Reviewers say: "this slim, nasty thriller is hard to put down" (Kirkus Reviews).
About the author: A.J. Rich is the shared pseudonym of authors Amy Hempel (Reasons to Live) and Jill Ciment (Heroic Measures). |
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True believer : a thriller
by Jack Carr
A sequel to The Terminal List finds former Navy SEAL James Reece assisting the CIA to stop a former Iraqi commando who has disappeared into Europe's underground in the wake of a string of horrific attacks. 125,000 first printing
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| Jane Doe by Victoria Helen StoneWhat it's about: Self-declared sociopath Jane drops everything to seek revenge on Steven, the abusive boyfriend who drove her first and only friend Meg to suicide with his manipulative and controlling treatment.
Read it for: the surprisingly appealing Jane, whose righteous cause, painful past, and clever Machiavellian tendencies make her (mostly) easy to root for.
Author alert: Victoria Helen Stone is the pseudonym that romance author Victoria Dahl uses when writing suspense. False Step, the sequel to Jane Doe, is due out at the end of March. |
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| The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen WhiteWhat it is: the suspenseful and atmospheric story of long-buried secrets (and crimes) hiding behind the veneer of gentility in Atlanta suburb Sweet Apple, where newly divorced Merilee Dunlap moves with her children.
Read it for: the unlikely and dynamic bond Merilee forms with her 93-year-old neighbor Sugar Prescott, whose family once owned the land that Sweet Apple was built on and who is much more than the gossipy curmudgeon she appears to be.
Who it's for: fans of Kate Morton and Liane Moriarty who don't mind a little Mary Kay Andrews now and then. |
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