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Thrillers and Suspense May 2024
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| Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve CavanaghMeeting in a Manhattan bar rather than the train of Patricia Highsmith's classic thriller, two strangers meet, drink, and commiserate over their problems and agree to exchange murders: Wendy will take out a well-connected sex offender for Amanda and Amanda will go after the man who Wendy says killed her daughter. What could possibly go wrong? Available on Libby |
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| Like a Mother by Mina HardyEverything that can go wrong does go wrong for Sarah Granatt, who is left with their 3-year-old daughter Ellie and another child on the way after her husband Adam's sudden death. Left financially vulnerable by Adam's unscrupulous business partner, Sarah is forced to move in with Adam's mother Candace, which takes her out of the frying pan and into the fire. Also available on Hoopla |
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| The Year of the Locust by Terry HayesAfter a tip-off from an informant reveals that the presumed-dead founder of a major terrorist group still lives and plans to launch a major attack, CIA agent Ridley "Kane" Walker is dispatched to Iran to investigate, only to find a dead informant, a deadly trap, and a threat on the horizon that could endanger the entire world. Available on Libby |
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| Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny HollanderAlthough journalist Charlotte "Charlie" Colbert has built a good life for herself since, being the sole survivor of a violent attack at her grad school's campus still haunts her. When plans for a feature film to mark the event's 10-year anniversary are announced, Charlie, who can't remember everything that happened that night, decides she needs to stop the production -- by any means necessary. Available on Libby |
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| Finding Sophie by Imran MahmoodAfter their 17-year-old daughter goes missing, Harry and Zara King begin to fixate on the deafening silence of their reclusive neighbor Herman, the only person on the block who refuses to entertain their questions. Full of suspicion and grief, the desperate parents decide to take matters into their own hands, with unanticipated fallout for everyone involved. Also available on Libby |
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| The Resort by Sara OchsSet on the fictional Thai party island Koh Sang, this atmospheric debut sets up an uneasy alliance between two women with murky pasts. Scuba instructor Cass, whose most recent diving lesson ended in tragedy, gets reluctantly pulled into the orbit of travel blogger Brooke, who has barely arrived at Koh Sang before she starts investigating a recent series of suspicious deaths on the island. Also available on Libby and Hoopla |
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The Three Deaths of Willa Stannard by Kate RobardsWhat it's about: Despite the evidence pointing to suicide, Sawyer Stannard cannot believe that her sister Willa would take her own life. Soon Sawyer learns that Willa was secretly writing true crime under a pseudonym, and that the controversial cold case she was investigating before her death might have gotten her killed.
You might also like: Behind Her Lives by Briana Cole; Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams.
Reviewers say: "A welcome debut that’s both a fleet thriller and a pathology of sisterhood at its most harrowing" (Kirkus Reviews). Available on Hoopla
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American Girl by Wendy WalkerSeventeen-year-old Charlie Hudson is desperate to escape her small Pennsylvania town, working as many shifts as she can at a local sandwich shop. But when the shop owner is found dead, the shop's employees all become viable suspects, including Charlie herself. Read-alikes: Where the Truth Lies by Anna Bailey. Available on Hoopla
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Deep Freeze
by Michael C. Grumley
In this fast-paced techno-thriller, passengers including army vet John Reiff get trapped inside a bus after it plunges into a frozen river. John is shocked to wake up in a hospital after this seemingly fatal incident, and as his mind and body recover, he grows increasingly suspicious of what the doctors are -- and are not -- telling him about his past.
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Where You End
by Abbott Kahler
The only thing Kat Bird remembers when she wakes up from a coma is that she has an identical twin sister Jude, who appears dedicated to helping Kat reconstruct her past. Jude paints a glowing picture of their lives, but if things are so great why does she warn Kat not to leave their apartment? How could things possibly be so unsafe?
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