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Thrillers and Suspense March 2022 |
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| Queen of Urban Prophecy by Aya de LeónWhat it is: The incisive and dramatic story of young hip-hop star Deza Starling as she rises to fame in a cutthroat industry where no one is what they seem and it's impossible.
About the author: Poet and novelist Aya de León teaches creative writing at UC Berkley. Her previous work includes the Justice Hustlers series of heist novels and the standalone A Spy in the Struggle.
Also available in eBook on Hoopla |
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| Road of Bones by Christopher GoldenHow it started: American documentary producers Felix Teigland brought a film crew with him to Siberia to cover an urban legend about the 1200-mile-long Kolyma Highway, which is said to be built on top of the bones of gulag prisoners from the Stalin era.
How it's going: It's too cold to survive more than a few minutes outdoors and when they arrive at their final filming location, a desolate village called Akhurst, they find the place abandoned except for one traumatized, catatonic young girl and a shaman lurking at the edge of the forest. |
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| The Overnight Guest by Heather GudenkaufThe setup: True crime writer Wylie Lark has secluded herself in a remote Iowa farmhouse to work on her newest book, about two unresolved murders that took place in a nearby town.
What goes wrong: During a blizzard Wylie discovers an injured five-year-old boy in the snow and takes him in, cut off from the authorities until the storm clears. This act of kindness puts a target on her back however, and she's about to find out that the farmhouse isn't quite so isolated after all. |
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| A Narrow Door by Joanne HarrisSeries alert: A Narrow Door is the third entry in the series of psychological suspense novels set at elite boarding school St. Oswald's.
This time: Big changes are underway, including the arrival of the school's first female students and the first woman hired to replace an outgoing headmaster, but the discovery of human remains in a sinkhole on campus show that the school hasn't moved on from its dark past. |
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| True Crime Story by Joseph KnoxWhat it's about: The disappearance of 19-year-old Manchester student Zoe Nolan and the complex web of secrets that starts to unravel as the police investigate.
How it's told: Through conversation transcripts, person emails, official documentation, and assorted other files gathered by a metafictional version of author Joseph Knox. |
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| Notes on an Execution by Danya KukafkaWhat it is: A disturbing yet moving portrayal of the last 12 hours of death row inmate Ansel Packer's life, told through the alternating, kaleidoscopic perspectives of the women in his life.
Starring: Ansel's mother Lavender, who reflects on her trauma and the choices she made as a desperate teen mom; Hazel, the twin sister of Ansel's ex-wife, whose life was deeply marked by her brother-in-law; and Saffron, a homicide detective who briefly knew Ansel when they were both in the foster care system as children. |
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| The Runaway by Nicholas PetrieSeries alert: The Runaway is the 7th entry in the action-packed series of thrillers starring atonement-seeking combat veteran Peter Ash.
This time: Peter pulls over to help a young pregnant woman whose car has broken down, unwittingly putting himself in the path of the cunning, ruthless killer determined to track her down.
Also available in eAudiobook on Libby |
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