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Thrillers and Suspense May 2025 |
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1989
by Val McDermid
Series alert: 1989 is the intricately plotted and well-researched sequel to 1979, which first introduced readers to Glasglow journalist Allie Burns.
This time: The U.K. is under a dark cloud thanks to Thatcherism, the recent Lockerbie plane bombing, and the ongoing AIDS crisis. Rumors of potentially successful new HIV treatments on the other side of the Iron Curtain pull Allie to East Berlin, where a deal she makes to get information lands her on the Stasi's radar.
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A Better World
by Sarah Langan
Set in the near future, this thought-provoking dystopian thriller centers on pediatrician Linda and her scientist husband Russell, who was just laid off from the EPA. Forced by crumbling finances and environmental instability, the couple move with their twin daughters to a suspiciously idyllic company town run by Russell's new employers.
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All the Dark Places
by Terri Parlato
How it starts: Psychologist Jay Bradley has just celebrated his 40th birthday with his devoted wife Molly and three other couples at their suburban Massachusetts home.
What goes wrong: The next day, Jay is found in dead in his home office, with a slit throat and the start of an unanticipated new book about abnormal psychology open on his computer.
Read it for: the compelling narration, which alternates between the perspectives of Molly and the detective who interrogates her.
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| Bitterfrost by Bryan GruleyIn Bitterfrost, Michigan, former hockey player Jimmy Baker wakes up covered in blood, accused of a double murder he can't remember. As defense attorney Devyn Payne and detective Garth Klimmek dig deeper, the truth proves elusive in this absorbing debut of a new crime thriller series. |
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| Saltwater by Katy HaysAuthor Katy Hays’s gripping second novel centers on the Lingate family’s dark secrets. Thirty years after Sarah’s death, her daughter Helen finds a necklace linked to her mother’s drowning. Helen and ally Lorna plot to blackmail the family, but when Lorna vanishes, hidden motives emerge, leading to a thrilling, dangerous unraveling. |
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| The Reluctant Sheriff by Chris OffuttReluctantly serving as interim sheriff in his small hometown, ex-Army CID officer Mick Hardin investigates a bar owner's murder and two seemingly unrelated deaths, while also navigating personal demons, his sister Linda's recovery, and the pressure of a powerful figure vying for her return to office. |
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Black Sun
by Owen Matthews
The premise: It's 1961, and deep in the Russian countryside in a city that technically doesn't exist, scientists have developed a weapon so powerful that it could turn the Cold War hot.
The problem: Days before a final weapon test, a physicist dies suspiciously. Major Alexander Vasin is sent to investigate, only to stumble upon a conspiracy that seems large even by Soviet standards.
Author alert: Historian and journalist Owen Matthews has also published nonfiction about the Cold War, such as the critically acclaimed Stalin's Children.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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