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Thrillers and Suspense September 2018
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Social Creature
by Tara Isabella Burton
Starring: wealthy, glamorous Lavinia, and penniless, forgettable Louise, who hit it off despite their differences, and are soon painting Manhattan red -- but how long will the party last?
Why you might like it: The glitz and glamour of the money-is-no-object lifestyle in New York is a draw in itself, but the real appeal is in the souring relationship between the two women. You know it won't end well from the early pages, but following along is undeniably enjoyable.
For fans of: Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley.
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| Bloody Sunday by Ben CoesWhat it's about: Just as CIA agent Dewey Andreas is about to retire, he gets word of a North Korean plan to launch nuclear weapons on the nation's capital. But when his straightforward mission targeting a key enemy general goes catastrophically awry, Dewey will have to sneak into Pyongyang in order to prevent the attack and save millions of lives.
For fans of: high-octane military and spy novel writers like Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and Tom Clancy.
Series alert: Bloody Sunday is the 8th Dewey Andreas novel, after Trap the Devil. |
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| The Boy at the Door by Alex DahlThe setup: Cecilia Wilborg has almost everything, including a dark secret that could destroy her seemingly perfect life and seemingly perfect family. Annika Lucasson has almost nothing, except that she knows what Cecilia is hiding.
Read it for: the well-developed, complex characters whose alternating perspectives will keep you wondering whose side you're on.
Author alert: Alex Dahl shines in this powerful debut, so fans of Scandinavian crime fiction should keep an eye out for whatever she does next. |
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| The Middleman by Olen SteinhauerWhat happens: A cryptic phone call. Hundreds of overnight disappearances. A series of assassinations on the 4th of July. All of these events are connected, and it's just the beginning of one man's plot to take down American society as we know it.
Featuring: Rachel Proulx, a dedicated FBI agent investigating the protest movement that has turned into a frightening terrorist threat.
Read it for: the intricate plotting and the timely, thought-provoking exploration of many current social and political issues. |
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| White Plague by James AbelWhat happens: pretty much everything you don't want to happen on a submarine. The USS Montana has gone wildly off course, a highly infectious disease is ravaging the crew, and oh yeah, it's also on fire. Into this arctic mayhem steps bioterror expert Dr. Joe Rush, who might have to make a tough choice between saving the remaining crew members or keeping the advanced technology onboard out of enemy hands.
Series alert: This is the 3rd book in the Joe Rush series, followed by Vector. |
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| The Trident Deception by Rick CampbellThe setup: a nuclear-armed submarine receives orders to launch their payload at Iran in retaliation for their devastating strike on Washington D.C. The only problem? The attack they're supposed to be avenging never actually happened. When the vessel goes radio silent, it's up to the military and the US government to find out where the false orders came from and if there's a way to avert World War III.
For fans of: fast-paced military fiction like those by Larry Bond and Dale Brown. |
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| The Rising Sea: A Novel from the NUMA Files by Clive Cussler and Graham BrownWhat it's about: An investigation into the findings of a widely discredited Japanese scientist sends the NUMA team deep into the East China Sea, where they uncover a large-scale conspiracy to conceal and exploit an invaluable new scientific discovery -- one that could displace millions of people and alter the world's balance of power forever.
Reviewers say: "readers are deep in Cussler territory, and the water's fine" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| Black Horizon by James GrippandoThe premise: The honeymoon of attorney Jack Swyteck and FBI agent Andie Henning is interrupted when an oil rig explodes off the coast of Cuba. While Jack works the wrongful death case of an oil worker's widow, Andie goes undercover to investigate if the accident was an accident at all.
What else could go wrong? The Cubans have forbidden American involvement in the multinational cleanup effort and will use force if necessary, giving this ecological disaster the makings of a political one. There's also the troubling possibility that Jack and Andie's cases are connected, and not in a way that either of them anticipated. |
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| The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareStarring: Laura "Lo" Blackstock, a travel writer covering the maiden voyage of an ultra-luxurious cruise liner, the Aurora.
What goes wrong: On the ship's first night at sea, Lo witnesses someone push the woman from the next cabin overboard. Worse yet, no one will believe what she saw because all other passengers are supposedly accounted for.
Author alert: Don't miss Ruth Ware's other atmospheric thrillers, including The Lying Game and The Death of Mrs. Westaway. |
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Duneland Stamp Club
Thursday, September 13, 4:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
This stamp collecting club meets the second Thursday of each month. New members are invited.
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Needle Arts League
Thursdays, September 13 & 20, 5:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Needle Arts League of Michigan City, formerly known as the Knit Club, joins the library in promoting all forms of needle arts. Membership is open to anyone interested in needle arts such as crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, crewel, tatting, and other hand stitching. All skill levels and ages are welcome. An exchange of skills and materials is encouraged. For more information, call 219-873-3049.
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Writing Out Loud: Jaimy Gordon
Saturday, September 15, 7:30 pm
Library Meeting Room
Jaimy Gordon is the National Book Award-winning author of Lord of Misrule. Her third novel, Bogeywoman, was on the Los Angeles Times Best Books List for 2000, as well as on Context's booksellers' list of the Most Important Works of Fiction published that year. Jaimy was born and raised in Baltimore, a city that figures prominently in Bogeywoman. Gordon is also the author of a novella, Circumspections from an Equestrian Statue (Burning Deck), a narrative poem, The Bend, The Lip, The Kid (Sun), and the underground fantasy classic, Shamp of the City-Solo
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Films on DVD Series: Phantom Thread
Sunday, September 16, 2:00 pm
Library Meeting Room
The Films on DVD Fall series returns in collaboration with Purdue Northwest. Phantom Thread stars Academy Award nominee Daniel Day-Lewis. Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose life is disrupted by a strong-willed woman who becomes his muse. Rated R.
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Library Catalog
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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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