Thrillers and Suspense
January 2021

Recent Releases
Take it Back
by Kia Abdullah

Starring: Londoner Zara Kaleel, who left behind her high-powered legal career to work as a rape counselor; disabled teen Jodie, who is referred to Zara after accusing a group of Muslim boys of assaulting her.

Read it for: the well-developed characters; Zara's compelling efforts to navigate her fraught position -- as a Muslim herself, she faces censure from all sides of the case as she tries to advocate for her client.  
Fool Me Twice
by Jeff Lindsay

Series alert: Fool Me Twice is the 2nd entry in the series of thrillers starring likeable rogue Riley Wolfe, an ambitious master thief always up for a challenge.

The prize: This time, Riley is strong-armed into stealing a priceless Raphael painting from deep in the Vatican by "an arms dealer who scares the crap out of other arms dealers."

The problem: It's not just any Renaissance painting -- Riley's target is a fresco, meaning he has to find a way to steal an actual wall.
A reasonable doubt
by Phillip Margolin

When a magician linked to suspicious deaths goes missing in the middle of performing a new trick, criminal defense attorney Robin Lockwood untangles dangerous clues to identify a killer among numerous suspects. By a New York Times best-selling author.
The Tenant
by Katrine Engberg

Starring: retired professor and aspiring crime novelist Esther de Laurenti, who ends up on the list of suspects when one of her tenants is found dead -- which sounds a lot like the plot of Esther's novel. 

Read it for: the quirky cast of characters, like the mismatched pair of detectives investigating Esther; the complex twists and turns that the plot takes as it unfolds at a rapid clip.

For fans of: Ruth Ware, Erin Kelly, and other authors of character-driven thrillers. 
The dirty South
by John Connolly

"John Connolly returns with a prequel that goes back to the very beginning of Private Investigator Charlie Parker's astonishing career with his first terrifying case"
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