Thrillers and Suspense
September 2020

Wedded Bliss
Flashmob
by Christopher Farnsworth

What it is: A fast-paced cyber-thriller that raises questions about how certain online activities may lead to real life violence -- in this case, a site on the dark web called Downvote, which allows users to put a price on anyone's head, from famous celebrities to political activists to spurned lovers.

 
The Snakes
by Sadie Jones

Starring: Bea Adamson, a London-based therapist who traded her family's extreme wealth for a normal life; Dan Durrant, Bea's aspiring-artist husband who accompanies her on a sabbatical trip to France; Alex Adamson, Bea's underachieving brother who is failing in his latest venture, a decrepit and vermin-infested hotel in the French countryside.

Who it's for: Fans of supernatural and gothic horror; and the twisted dynamics of dysfunctional wealthy families. 

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook on Hoopla
Sleeping in the Ground
by Peter Robinson

What it's about: When a shocking mass shooting turns a wedding in rural Yorkshire from joyous occasion to tragedy, DCI Alan Banks is brought in to investigate after the killer manages to escape the crime scene.

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook on Hoopla
Damaged
by Lisa Scottoline

What it is: The fast-paced and intricately plotted story of a complex and disturbing legal case involving a disabled boy and an employee at his school who accuses the boy of attacking him with a pair of scissors, only as the case unfolds the facts appear to be much, much darker than anyone anticipated.

Also available in eBook on OverDrive
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