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Thrillers and Suspense February 2020 |
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Angel eyes
by Ace Atkins
Hired by a desperate mother to search for a Hollywood starlet who has gone missing, Spenser and his former apprentice-turned-private eye, Zebulon Sixkill, follow clues to a powerful movie studio boss, the Armenian mob and a cult-like empowerment group.
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| How Quickly She Disappears by Raymond FleischmannWhat it's about: This historical thriller follows 1940's housewife Elizabeth Pfautz, who is lured into an intricate web of secrets after a stranger tells her he knows what happened to her twin sister Jacqueline, who disappeared when they were children.
Read it for: the stark and well-rendered Alaska setting, the isolation of which only underlines the lack of choices Elizabeth finds herself forced to confront. |
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| The Better Liar by Tanen JonesWhat it is: a fast-paced and compelling psychological thriller of fraud and family dysfunction, told from multiple (unreliable) perspectives.
The setup: Leslie hasn't seen her estranged sister Robin in a decade, but she needs to find Robin in order to claim her much-needed share of an inheritance. Luckily, she's tracked Robin down. Unluckily, Robin appears to have died of an overdose.
The doppelganger: On her way out of town, a grief-stricken Leslie meets a waitress named Mary who looks enough like Robin that she just might be able to get the job done... |
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Thief River Falls
by Brian Freeman
A best-selling writer living in seclusion after losing her family to a series of tragedies risks her life to protect a child who is being targeted by both killers and police who would cover up the murder he witnessed.
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| Watch Me Disappear by Janelle BrownWhat it is: the moody and intricately plotted story of Billie Flanagan, a Berkeley wife and mother who is much more than she seems -- something her family finds out after she vanishes on a solo hike.
What happens: As the first anniversary of her disappearance approaches, Billie's husband Jonathan is still deep in mourning. Then one day their daughter Olive begins to see "visions," which convince her she can communicate telepathically with her mother.
Reviewers say: "brilliantly layered" and "tender and biting" (Booklist). |
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| Providence by Caroline KepnesThe premise: New Hampshire teen Jon is something of a loner, although he does have a friend named Chloe, whom he is beginning to realize he has feelings for.
The problem: Jon is kidnapped, only to turn up four years later with only an H.P. Lovecraft book and no memories of where he's been. When the people around him start to die suddenly, Jon has to keep Chloe far away from him while he figures out what's going on -- and do it before the police label him a murderer. |
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The Dark Days deceit
by Alison Goodman
Retreating to a country estate outside Bath to prepare for her wedding to the Duke of Selburn, Lady Helen evaluates her blood bond with the charismatic Lord Carlston while navigating the chaotic Grand Deceiver and the growing darkness in her own mind.
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