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Thrillers and Suspense August 2026 |
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| The Au Pair by Teddy WayneA once-successful novelist’s stagnant career and strained marriage collide with the arrival of a captivating Norwegian au pair. Obsession and betrayal take hold and the household descends into chaos, culminating in tragedy and public fallout. |
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| Based on a True Story by Sarah VaughanBestselling children’s author Dame Eleanor Kingman has spent decades carefully crafting her public image. But an anonymous threat on the eve of her 70th birthday celebration puts everything at risk. As secrets unravel and a death shocks her family and guests, a web of lies, resentments, and hidden motives emerge. |
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Buyer Beware
by Catherine Ryan Howard
When Ellie moves to 1 Delaney Row, she hopes to find a fresh start. But what she doesn't know is that her new home is already hiding someone else's secrets--and the people determined to keep them are watching her. As Ellie starts to unravel the house's disturbing backstory, coming closer to the shocking mystery at its center, she unwittingly puts herself on a deadly collision course not just with her new home's history, but with her own as well.
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| McKenna's Guy by Mike LawsonRoger Smith seems like an ordinary civil servant nearing retirement--until he kills a hired assassin who breaks into his home. As a determined detective uncovers ties to a secret passport-forging operation, Roger and his longtime associate John McKenna must stay one step ahead of relentless killers. |
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| Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess KiddFormer nun Nora Breen investigates when a celebrated medium dies during a séance. Soon the attendees begin dying one by one under seemingly supernatural circumstances. Fearing Detective Inspector Hilary Rideout may be next, Nora races to expose a clever killer. |
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Stay Buried
by Jennifer McMahon
1919: Frankie is in medical training in isolated Boone's Ferry, Vermont. When a mysterious illness strikes the town, and the community suspects supernatural forces, she searchs for a logical explanation. Patient zero seems to be the town's recluse who collects dead and dying farm animals to make use of their parts. 2016: Siblings Ashley and Malcolm inherit a property in Boone's Ferry and travel to their ancestral home. The town is idyllic, but some of the townspeople aren't very welcoming--and they have some unsettling traditions, like leaving offerings to a vengeful spirit four times a year.
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This Changes Everything
by Lisa Scottoline
Julia loves her new life in beautiful Tuscany--but she misses her best friend Courtney, back in the States. One night, Julia calls Courtney as she arrives at her grandmother's farm in Pennsylvania--and discovers her murdered. Julia flies home to support her friend. Local police chalk it up to a botched burglary, but the women suspect something more sinister. In a town filled with explosive secrets, events take a deadly turn, and Julia becomes the target of a murderous conspiracy.
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The Unknown
by Riley Sager
In 1926, five women, all spiritual mediums, disappeared from a remote island in Vermont. Rumors blame a séance gone wrong. One hundred years later, Marin arrives on the island to film a movie. Strange noises and mysterious symbols haunt her and the film crew. Then the disappearances begin again. Is it the work of someone trying to derail the movie? Or is the island's alleged supernatural past catching up with the present?
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