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Thrillers and Suspense February 2019
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| Freefall by Jessica BarryThe setup: Maggie Carpenter receives news that a plane crashed in the Colorado Rockies, killing everyone onboard -- including her estranged daughter Allison.
The truth: The crash wasn't an accident, and Allison Carpenter isn't dead. Unfortunately she is stranded in the mountains, and the wilderness isn't the only force she'll have to battle to stay alive.
For fans of: Lisa Jackson, Clare Mackintosh, and Liane Moriarty. |
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The chef
by James Patterson
Accused of committing murder in the line of duty, detective Caleb Rooney of the New Orleans PD uses the contacts from his moonlighting job as a celebrity food-truck chef to counter a terrorist plot.
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| The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay FayeStarring: Alice James, whose sordid activities in 1920s Harlem end with a flight for her life on the first train she can find. Her destination? Portland, Oregon.
What happens: Alice, who is white, finds an unexpected welcome at the black-owned and operated Paragon Hotel. But the KKK is on the rise in Portland, and when a young mixed-race boy goes missing, everything threatens to boil over.
Read it for: the distinctive and lively inhabitants of the hotel, such as glamorous and mysterious cabaret singer Blossom Fontaine; the frank depiction of Oregon's often-forgotten history with racist violence. |
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The wedding guest : an Alex Delaware novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
Psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis investigate the morbidly staged murder of an unknown young woman at a run-down former strip joint during a raucous Saints and Sinners-themed wedding reception.
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| The House Swap by Rebecca FleetWhat it's about: a struggling married couple, Caroline and Francis, who hope to work on their relationship during a week-long getaway to London, facilitated by a housing-swap website.
Good neighbors: Soon after their arrival, the next-door neighbor begins showing an unusual interest in the couple. And worse, the house is full of objects -- like pink roses and a bottle of a familiar aftershave -- that remind Caroline of a secret she's been hiding from Francis for years.
You might also like: My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry; Twisted River by Siobhan MacDonald. |
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Never tell : a novel
by Lisa Gardner
While D. D. Warren investigates a pregnant woman's suspicious role in the murders of her father and husband, Flora draws on her own haunted past to identify an unsettling link to one of the victims.
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