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Thrillers and Suspense January 2022 |
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| Everything We Didn't Say by Nicole BaartThen: After graduating high school, Juniper Baker is enjoying the summer in her small Iowa town when her neighbors are brutally murdered and her younger brother becomes the prime suspect.
Now: Librarian Juniper reluctantly returns to the home town she fled to help her terminally ill friend manage the local library. Her timing coincides with the production of a true crime podcast about the murders, and now Juniper must decide what she's willing to do (and risk) to uncover the ugly truth. |
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| Every Hidden Thing by Ted FlanaganWhat it is: A gritty and intricately plotted debut about ambition, political corruption, and tying up loose ends set in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Featuring: Shady mayor John O'Toole; graveyard shift paramedic Thomas Archer; former cop Eamon Conroy; pregnant City Hall clerk Daisy Fontana; local journalist Lu McCarthy; and conspiracy theorist Gerry Knak.
Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on Libby |
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| The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-DaleWhat it's about: Aspiring ballerinas Delphine, Lindsay, and Margaux first met as teens at the Palais Garnier Opera in Paris. Now 36-year-old Delphine is returning to the Palais as a choreographer, unaware that things have changed between her old friends and that a decades old secret threatens to unravel everything she's built.
Read it for: The intricate plotting and a look inside the glamorous yet cutthroat world of professional ballet.
Also available in eAudiobook on CloudLibrary |
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| Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sunWhat it is: A thought-provoking and atmospheric crime novel about the devastating ripple effects of a young woman's unresolved murder case and the long road to finding the truth.
Who it's for: Suspense fans who like nontraditional storytelling styles, hauntingly dark stories, and novels that explore complex questions about grief, revenge, and trauma.
Also available in eBook on CloudLibrary |
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| The Mother Next Door by Tara LaskowskiWhat it's about: In an affluent D.C. suburb, a four seemingly perfect women are planning their annual lavish Halloween block party. When a new arrival to the neighborhood joins their clique, she sets off an unanticipated chain of events that exposes the fault lines in their friend group -- and in the carefully constructed facades of their lives.
Read it for: The twisty "too good to be true" plot, which is narrated from multiple perspectives.
Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on CloudLibrary |
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| I Am Not Who You Think I Am by Eric RickstadWhat it is: A fast-paced, compelling thriller about childhood trauma, family secrets, and the violence hiding in plain sight in a small town in Vermont.
The setup: In 1976, eight-year-old Wayland Maynard witnesses his father's suicide and finds a cryptic note that he doesn't reveal to anyone. In 1984, a now 16-year-old Wayland decides to find out what really happened with his father and discovers a connection to the town's wealthiest (and creepiest) family, the Vanders.
Also available in eAudiobook on Libby |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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