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Thrillers and Suspense April 2025 |
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| Girl Anonymous by Christina DoddMaarja Daire, a fine arts mover, avoids attention until an explosion at the Arundel mansion thrusts her into the spotlight. Her bravery draws Dante Arundel’s interest, but their shared past -- marked by a deadly feud -- resurfaces. As secrets unravel, danger, passion, and a ruthless enemy threaten their fates in this suspenseful tale. |
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| The Quiet Librarian by Allen EskensIn Minnesota, librarian Hana Babic, once the feared Bosnian fighter Night Mora, is forced to confront her past when her best friend Amina is murdered. To protect Amina’s grandson, she must unravel a deadly mystery tied to war-torn Bosnia, facing relentless enemies while balancing justice, survival, and the weight of her past. |
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| All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah HarmanFormer pop star and struggling single mom Florence Grimes is an outsider at her son Dylan’s elite London school. When his bully, Alfie, vanishes, suspicion falls on Dylan, forcing Florence to investigate. As she uncovers startling secrets, she must navigate wealth, deception, and her own path to redemption. |
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| Untouchable by Michael LawsonWhen billionaire Brandon Cartwright is murdered, suspicion falls on his high-profile connections. Former Speaker John Mahoney enlists fixer Joe DeMarco to investigate after a cryptic document suggests the President’s involvement. DeMarco uncovers a dangerous network of corruption, secrets, and murders, all while facing a powerful, untouchable enemy. |
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| Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllisterCamilla’s life takes a shocking turn when her husband, Luke, leaves behind a mysterious note and becomes involved in a hostage situation. Over the following years, as she raises their daughter alone, Cam uncovers buried secrets, trying to make sense of Luke’s disappearance and find peace. |
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Nobody's fool
by Harlan Coben
Backpacking in Spain, Sami Kierce wakes up covered in blood, his girlfriend Anna dead, and he runs?—?then years later he sees Anna in his night school classroom, she bolts, and he must find her to solve the mystery that has haunted him.
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The trouble up north
by Travis Mulhauser
The fractured Sawbrook family, once master smugglers on Michigan's lakes, is forced to confront their painful past and dwindling legacy when youngest daughter Jewell's misguided crime threatens them all, pushing them to navigate their deepest rifts and one final dangerous mission together.
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| Kills Well with Others by Deanna RaybournWhen a mole in the elite assassin organization the Museum leaks names to an Eastern European gangster who's murdering agents, assassins Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie -- senior in status and age -- must root out the organization's mole and hunt down their new nemesis. |
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The railway conspiracy
by John Shen Yen Nee
"Judge Dee and Lao She must use all their powers of deduction-and kung fu skills-to take down a sinister conspiracy between Imperial Russia, Japan, and China in 1920s London. The follow-up to The Murder of Mr. Ma, this historical adventure-mystery is perfect for fans of Laurie R. King and the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes films. London, 1924. Following several months abroad, Judge Dee Ren Jie has returned to the city to intercept a transaction between a Russian diplomat and a Japanese mercenary. Aided by Lao She-the Watson to his Holmes-along with several other colorful characters, Dee stops the illicit sale of an extremely valuable "dragon-taming" mace. The mace's owner is a lovely Chinese businesswoman who thanks Dee for its retrieval by throwing a lavish dinner party. In attendance is British banking official A. G. Stephen, who argues with the group about the tenuous state of Chinese nationalism-and is then poisoned two days later. Dee knows this cannot be a coincidence, and suspects Stephen won't be the only victim. Sure enough, a young Chinese communist of Lao's acquaintance is killed not long after-and a note with a strange symbol is found by his body. What could connect all these disparate, bizarre events? It is once again up to Dee's brilliant investigative skills and Lao's well-meaning but often bumbling assistance to get to the bottom of the Railway Conspiracy before anyone else ends up on the chopping block"
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The fourth girl : a novel
by Wendy Corsi Staub
On the 25th anniversary of Caroline Winterfield's disappearance, her three former best friends reunite at the now-restored Haven Cliff mansion, where a new murder forces them to confront buried secrets, shattered friendships, and the possibility that Caroline might still be alive. Original.
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Blood moon
by Sandra Brown
Haunted by an unsolved case, a detective teams up with a determined true crime producer to solve the mysterious disappearances of local teenage girls, all who went missing during the night of a blood moon. (suspense). Simultaneous.
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Retreat : a novel
by Krysten Ritter
Con artist Liz Dawson takes a job handling an art installation in the home of wealthy Isabelle Beresford, and when she's mistaken for Isabelle herself, she insinuates herself into the deceptive and dangerous world of the Punta Mita resort community.
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A killing cold
by Kate Alice Marshall
When Theodora Scott visits her fiancé's secluded family estate, she uncovers eerie ties to her forgotten childhood, unraveling a deadly secret the powerful Daltons will stop at nothing to protect, even if it puts her life at risk.
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Witness 8 : an Eddie Flynn novel
by Steve Cavanagh
A former socialite turned maid, Ruby Johnson harbors dangerous secrets after witnessing a murder, while defense attorney Eddie Flynn fights to prove his client's innocence in a seemingly impossible case, all while evading the deadly pursuit of powerful criminals.
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Fight or flight
by Fern Michaels
Haunted by a tragedy in her past, reclusive author Katherine Winston must leave her isolated mountain retreat to help a young fan whose life is threatened, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and courage.
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The writer : a thriller
by James Patterson
When the husband of bestselling true-crime author Denise Morrow is found dead in their luxury apartment, NYPD Detective Declan Shaw must unravel whether she is a target, a victim, or the mastermind behind a chilling plot.
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Count my lies
by Sophie Stava
"Sloane Caraway is a liar. Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting. So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can't help herself - she tells the girl's (very attractive) dad she's a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl's foot. With this lie, and chance encounter Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged life of Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island. But maybe Sloane isn't the only one lying, and all that's picture perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years. The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and twisted prison of a world. And in COUNT MY LIES, Sophie Stava spins a breakneck, unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the picture perfect images we spend so much time trying to maintain. Careful what you lie for"
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Lethal prey
by John Sandford
Twenty years after her sister Doris's murder, when Lara Grandfelt offers $5 million for information leading to an arrest and a true-crime blogger finds the murder weapon, detectives Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers must discover the killer who's lurking in plain sight.
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Nemesis
by Gregg Hurwitz
Evan Smoak is dedicated to his assassin's 10 Commandments, but when Tommy Stojack, gifted gunsmith and possibly his best friend, crosses a line while helping a dead friend's son, Smoak is ambushed when trying to confront him, and the dispute explodes into open warfare.
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The summer guests
by Tess Gerritsen
In the quiet town of Purity, Maine, retired spy Maggie Bird and her ex-CIA book club friends investigate the ties between a teenager's disappearance and the recent discovery of a decades-old corpse, uncovering secrets that threaten their community. Original.
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