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Thrillers and Suspense August 2025 |
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25 alive
by James Patterson
SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene. But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay's onetime partner who rose to chief of police. A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue. Following a trail of evidence along the west coast, the Women's Murder Club pledges to avenge Jacobi's death before the killer can take another one of their own.
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Johnny careless : a novel
by Kevin Wade
Burnout from a heartbreaking NYPD case leads Jeep Mullane back to Long Island's North Shore to head a small department, and when wealthy childhood friend Johnny Chambliss is found dead, Jeep must face Johnny's wealthy family, enigmatic ex-wife, and decades-old secrets to untangle the mystery.
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Nightshade : a novel
by Michael Connelly
Detective Stilwell, exiled to Catalina Island after department politics, handles drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts. He gets a report of a body found at the harbor—a Jane Doe with purple dye in her hair. Simultaneously, a poaching report turns violent as Stilwell investigates an island bigwig's shady past. Crossing protocol and jurisdiction, Stilwell works both cases despite an ex-colleague's interference. He aims to bring justice to "Nightshade," uncovering secrets and a dark heart in the serene island meant to be his escape.
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The murder machine
by Heather Graham
"This state-of-the-art smart home has everything: a next-generation entertainment system, an ultramodern kitchen where every appliance is online and even a personal AI to control it all. Standing above its owner's lifeless body, FBI agent Jude Mackenzie is faced with the daunting task of discovering how the woman was killed by her own home. How do you catch a murderer that doesn't leave any fingerprints? Enter Special Agent Victoria Tennant, whose familiarity with cybercrime reveals the stark truth: a machine can only do what it's been directed to. As the number of grisly "accidents" begins to rise, the pair must race to uncover the perpetrator even as they find themselves caught in their digital crosshairs! There's nowhere to hide when danger may be as close as the very phones in their pockets.
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Nobody's fool
by Harlan Coben
Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There's a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn't know what happened. His screams drown out his thoughts--and then he runs. Twenty-two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who's working off his debts by doing low-level surveillance jobs and teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom. Anna. It's unmistakably her. As soon as Kierce makes eye contact with her, she bolts. For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment since that terrible day.
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King of ashes : a novel
by S. A. Cosby
After returning to Jefferson Run, Virginia, and family business Carruthers Crematorium—with brother Dante in debt to criminals and sister Neveah exhausted from holding everything together—Roman discovers that his father's crash was no accident and Dante has placed them all in real danger.
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The summer guests
by Tess Gerritsen
In Purity, Maine, former spy Maggie Bird and her Martini Club of ex-CIA operatives are drawn into the search for a missing teen with ties to their past, as they confront an innocent friend's wrongful suspicion, a buried corpse, and dark secrets that threaten to unravel everything they've worked to protect.
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The dark hours
by Amy Jordan
Retired detective Julia Harte has spent years hiding in a quiet Irish village, haunted by memories of capturing the country's most prolific serial killer, but when a copycat emerges, she's pulled back into the hunt, determined to stop the new killer—or die trying.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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P.O. Box 788, Charlotte Court House, Virginia 23923
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