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Thrillers and Suspense June 2024
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I Will Ruin You
by Linwood Barclay
After convincing a student with a bomb not to harm anyone, an English teacher is targeted by a deranged blackmailer in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of No Time for Goodbye.
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| Sleeping Giants by Rene DenfeldThe Child Finder and The Butterfly Girl author Rene Denfeld tells the intricately plotted and occasionally heartwrenching stories of young people trying to survive in a world not set up to support or protect them. Searching for information about the mother who put her up for adoption, Amanda Dufresne discovers she had a brother who met a tragic, avoidable fate 20 years earlier at a local "home for troubled boys." |
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| A Killing on the Hill by Robert DugoniThis atmospheric historical noir follows 19-year-old William "Shoe" Shumacher, a wannabe crime reporter in Depression-era Seattle whose first big story -- the killing of a locally prominent boxer -- pulls him into elite drinking establishments, undercover gambling clubs, and a conspiracy involving some of the city's most dangerous gangsters. |
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The Return of Ellie Black
by Emiko Jean
When Ellie Black, who disappeared two years earlier, is found alive in the woods of Washington State, Detective Chelsey Calhoun, whose own sister went missing when they were teenagers, realizes something is not right with Ellie and it's up to her to find the answers before another girl is taken.
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| While We Were Burning by Sara KoffiUnable to return to full function while mourning a friend who died under suspicious circumstances, Elizabeth follows her husband's advice and hires a personal assistant, the positive, supportive, and effective Brianna. But Brianna has her own reasons for wanting the job, and she'll do everything in her power to see her plans through. |
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| Safe and Sound by Laura McHughAs their high school graduation approaches, sisters Amelia and Kylee are reminded of their missing cousin Grace, who vanished just as she herself was about to leave their bleak small town for college. Deciding it's time to find out what really happened to Grace, the sisters begin an investigation that could put their lives on the line in return for the truth. |
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| You Know What You Did by K.T. NguyenPainter Annie Shaw's previously manageable OCD spirals out of control after the death of her mother, a Vietnam War refugee with whom she had a complex relationship. As her ability to function plummets she develops strange gaps in her memory as well, a serious problem when one of her art patrons dies under suspicious circumstances. For fans of: Tess Gerritsen and Lisa Unger. |
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| The Berlin Letters by Katherine ReayCIA codebreaker Luisa Voekler was raised in America by her German grandparents, believing her parents died in a car accident. The discovery of twenty years of letters between her father and grandfather calls into question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family, all tied to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. |
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Home Is Where the Bodies Are
by Jeneva Rose
After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. The siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.
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| Nothing Without Me by Helen Monks TakharAwards buzz surrounds April Eden's directorial debut film The Vanished Woman, which stars her best friend Essie Lay in a much-needed career comeback. When Essie goes missing the night of a prestigious ceremony, April takes some bad advice and unwittingly dredges up the complex history of their friendship, with dramatic fallout for everyone. |
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