Thrillers and Suspense
March 2021

Recent Releases
The Push
by Ashley Audrain

The setup: Contentedly child-free Blythe fell hard for Fox Connor, whose desire to be a dad convinced her to put her qualms aside. 

Problem child? Although Blythe has a healthy bond with their newborn son Sam, she has never understood or felt close to their seven-year-old daughter Violet. Violet behaves sweetly when Fox is around but turns on Blythe when they are alone, and things only seem to be getting worse since Sam's arrival.  

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A Spy in the Struggle
by Aya De León

Starring: Corporate-lawyer-turned-FBI-recruit Yolanda Vance, who is sent undercover to monitor a potentially dangerous Black eco-activist group based in Oakland, California.

What goes wrong: As her mission proceeds, the FBI's increasingly invasive and legally dubious methods make Yolanda wonder about the real motivation behind her mission and if she's working for the wrong side.

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Before the Ruins
by Victoria Gosling

The set up: Four best friends become five with the arrival of a mysterious stranger in their tiny English town. But their group fractures and, decades later, one member has disappeared.

What happens: Ringleader Andy sets out to find her oldest pal, with whom things have long been strained. In so doing, she uncovers long-hidden secrets.

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Pretty Little Wife
by Darby Kane

What it's about: The seemingly unrelated and coincidental disappearances of a couple of high school students in the past few years and, most recently, of a popular teacher at their school.

The grieving widow? The local police have some suspicions about the teacher's wife, Lila Ridgefield, but are unable to connect her to the case. And while Lila does know more than she's letting on, she's certain that if people knew the truth about her husband they might not be so worried about what happened to him.

Why you might like it: The oppressive small town atmosphere that's simmering with secrets; the moments of moral ambiguity that pop up as the investigation continues. 
 
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The Breaker
by Nicholas Petrie

Series alert: The Breaker is the 6th novel starring former Marine and Iraq War vet Peter Ash, whose clandestine life is complicated by his PTSD.

What goes down: Ash is out for coffee with a fellow vet when he sees a man not quite concealing an assault rifle. When he attempts to interrupt what he assumes to be the beginning of a mass shooting, he stumbles into a conspiracy much more complex and dangerous than he planned for.

Read it for: The compelling assortment of well-developed characters, including a surprisingly jovial hitman whose weapon of choice is an axe and a vengeance-obsessed tech genius who is in over her head.
 
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The Woman Outside My Door
by Rachel Ryan

The premise: After her mother's recent death, Dublin stay-at-home-mom Georgina's own grief is compounded when she finds out that her seven-year-old son Cody is coping with the loss through his new imaginary friend, a kindly old lady he "met" at the park.

The problem: Georgina starts to suspect that Cody's friend isn't so imaginary after all, and when her husband dismisses her concerns she begins to question who she can trust, including her own grief-clouded mind.
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