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Thrillers and Suspense April 2024
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Everyone is watching
by Heather Gudenkauf
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Overnight Guest comes a twisty locked-room thriller about a mysterious, high-stakes game show that proves life-threatening.
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A killing on the hill : a thriller
by Robert Dugoni
An ambitious, rookie reporter in Depression-era Seattle stumbles upon the suspicious death of a fallen prizefighter on Profanity Hill and his investigation leads him into the city's underbelly where he attracts the attention of the mobster club owner.
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| Kingpin by Michael LawsonVeteran political fixer Joe DeMarco returns in the gritty and action-packed follow-up to Alligator Alley. This time, his well-connected erstwhile employer tasks Joe with uncovering the truth behind the mysterious death of one of his interns, where he'll find a complex web of corruption, assassins, and unanticipated ties to the Albanian mafia. |
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| The Mystery Writer by Sulari GentillTheodosia "Theo" Benton puts aside her legal career to finally get serious about writing, moving in with her brother Gus and convincing an established author to mentor her. But when her mentor turns up dead and the police decide Gus is a person of interest, Theo makes a decision she can't take back in order to find out what really happened. |
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| The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice HallettWashed-up true crime writer Amanda Bailey sees the chance to revitalize her career by writing a book about the titular Alperton Angels, a cult known for brainwashing a teen mother into believing that her child was the antichrist. Forced to collaborate with a professional rival also interested in the group, she soon discovers that the disturbing, dark truth is much stranger than fiction. |
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The north line : a novel
by Matt Riordan
Joining an Alaskan fishing crew for some quick money, Adam, on the unforgiving Bering Sea, is invigorated by the labor and comradery, but when violence stalks the waves, he is thrust into a struggle for survival at the edge of the world where evolutionary and social forces collide for outcomes beyond anyone's control.
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| Northwoods by Amy PeaseTraumatized Afghanistan vet Eli North is a problem drinker with untreated PTSD and a failing marriage. After his Fish and Wildlife Service job is eliminated, he returns to the picturesque Midwestern home town where his mother is the sheriff, and where his efforts to help investigate the murder of a young boy will uncover ugly secrets about the town's opioid crisis. |
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| One of the Good Guys by Araminta HallIn this fast-paced and intricately plotted psychological suspense novel, narrator Cole leaves his London life (and failed marriage) behind to start over in a quiet town on England's South Coast. He starts getting close to his neighbor, an artist called Leonora, but the local disappearance of two activists upends their tenuous relationship and uncovers that neither of them are quite who they seem to be. |
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One of Us Knows
by Alyssa Cole
A resident caretaker of a historic home, Kenetria, diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, finds their newfound life disrupted by a group of strangers, including the man who destroyed her life, and when he turns up dead, they must prove their innocence or risking losing their future—and their life. Simultaneous.
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| Who to Believe by Edwin HillIn this incisive and intricately plotted small-town thriller, gossip about residents' personal lives intersects in unpredictable ways with the violent death of a local restaurateur. After the murder naturally sends the rumor mill into overdrive, uncovering the killer's identity becomes an infinitely more treacherous proposition. For fans of Riley Sager. |
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