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Thrillers and Suspense June 2020 special eBook edition! You must have a current Wilton Library card to use these services. If you are a non-Wilton resident, please check with your hometown library for these services.
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A Good Marriage
by Kimberly McCreight
What's it about? Begged for help by an old friend, an overworked lawyer investigates a suspicious death in a Brooklyn brownstone before she is confronted by a close-knit circle of parents who would protect an exclusive school.
You may also like: by the New York Times best selling author of Reconstructing Amelia.
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This Is How I Lied
by Heather Gudenkauf
The premise: A pregnant detective, still haunted by the cold case murder of her best friend decades earlier, is forced to relive the past and finally understand what happened when new evidence comes to light and the case is reopened.
Author alert: latest thriller by the popular author of These Things Hidden and Little Mercies.
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Catherine House
by Elisabeth Thomas
What it's about: A dangerously curious, rebellious undergraduate uncovers a shocking secret about an exclusive circle of students and the dark truths beneath their school’s promises of prestige.
What's the buzz? This highly anticipated first novel, with an initial print run of 150,000, has been covered in Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Newsweek, HuffPost, PopSugar and many other outlets.
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Books You Might Have Missed
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| Kill Zone by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug BeasonThe premise: A group of well-connected nuclear policy experts and government officials have gathered in a remote part of New Mexico to inspect the highly classified (and under staffed) Hydra Mountain waste storage depot.
The problem: A non-government airplane crashes near the vast facility, triggering a draconian lockdown protocol that ends up putting the lives of everyone inside at risk, unless they can find a way to escape. |
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Visitation Street
by Ivy Pochoda
The set-up: When a late night adventure on the bay takes a tragic turn, resulting in the disappearance of her best friend, Val, who was washed ashore semi-conscious, is left to deal with the aftermath in their blue-collar neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Library Journal said: "The prose is so lyrical and detailed that readers will easily imagine themselves in Red Hook. A great read for those who enjoy urban mysteries and thrillers with a literary flair."
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| Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaMannaWhat it's about: At a luxurious resort for a wedding weekend, a diverse group of women arrive with their individual secrets and grudges in tow. After a man who publicly threatened one of them ends up dead, four of them each confess to sole responsibility for the murder.
The suspects: The bride's college friends Ginger, Emily, and Kate, who have lost touch over the years but still harbor deep resentment toward each other; the groom's elderly aunt Lulu, an elegant, fascinating woman who is on her 5th husband.
Read it for: the high-drama, intricately plotted storyline and the examination of female friendship from multiple shifting perspectives. |
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The Perfect Nanny
by Leïla Slimani
The story line: Follows the relationship between a working French-Moroccan couple and their too-good-to-be-true nanny, whose devotion to their children spirals into a psychologically charged cycle of jealousies, resentments and violence.
NPR Weekend Edition called it: "One of the most important books of the year. You can't unread it."
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