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Thrillers and Suspense March 2023 |
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48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
by Joyce Carol Oates
Gigis hatred for her beautiful sister is slowly revealed after Marguerite goes missing from her small town in upstate New York, leaving a behind a silk Dior dress on the floor and prints from her Ferragamo boots exiting the house.
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All that is mine I carry with me : a novel
by William Landay
When the remains of their mothers body are discovered twenty years after she went missing, three siblings must decide whether or not to believe their criminal defense attorney father is guilty of the murder or stand by him.
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| Amok by Barry EislerDon't I know you? Readers of Barry Eisler's series starring John Rain or Livia Lone will recognize former Marine sniper and military contractor Carl Williams (aka Dox) from his appearance as a side character in The Chaos Kind and All the Devils.
This time: Dox starts his own series in 1991, at the start of an uneasy retirement. He jumps at the chance to work again when the CIA offers him a lucrative contract in East Timor, but he get more excitement than he bargained for after meeting Isobel Amaral, a charismatic doctor on the other side of the conflict.
Is it for you? Amok takes place during a complex, bloody conflict full of gray morality that might not appeal to readers who prefer circumstances that are more black and white. |
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The angel maker : a novel
by Alex North
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future.
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Birnam Wood
by Eleanor Catton
The founder of a guerilla gardening group that plants crops on roadsides, parks and neglected yards fights an enigmatic billionaire over a parcel of land in the new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries.
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| The Blackhouse by Carole JohnstoneTwenty years ago: At age five, Maggie MacKay announced that a man she had never met had been killed on the tiny Scottish island community of Kilmeray, a place she had never visited.
Present day: Neither Maggie nor Kilmeray fully recovered from what happened, something that becomes abundantly clear when she travels there as an adult, determined to finally discover the truth.
Read it for: the intricate plotting, creepy gothic atmosphere, and intensifying pace that will keep you turning the pages. |
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A Flaw in the Design
by Nathan Oates
After his nephew is orphaned, a creative writing professor and his wife must take in seventeen-year-old Matthew and are concerned and panicked when the young man begins writing chilling stories that imagine the deaths of his parents and relatives.
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Stone cold fox
by Rachel Koller Croft
After years of perfecting the art of the con, Bea sets her sights on Collin Case, the heir to one of the countrys wealthiest families, but Collins childhood best friend stands in her way, forcing her to cat-and-mouse game that becomes a matter of life and death. 60,000 first printing.
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| The Widowmaker by Hannah MorrisseyWhat it is: a second suspenseful and gritty police procedural about trauma and secrets in a decaying small town, following Hello, Transcriber.
The setting: Black Harbor, Wisconsin, where the unsolved disappearance of prominent local businessman that has haunted the town for 20 years and may have surprising connections to a recent murder.
For fans of: Walking the Bones by Randall Silvis. |
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