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Thrillers and Suspense January 2020
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| Just Watch Me by Jeff LindsayWhat it is: an engaging caper novel starring Riley White, a flawed but compelling master thief with a reputation for audacious and daring heists.
The thrill is gone...Riley is starting to feel like his job is getting too easy so he sets his sights on an impossible target: a museum exhibit of the Iranian Crown Jewels, and the layers of security protecting them.
Read it for: Riley's parkour skills, complex moral code, and occasional acts of vigilante justice a la Robin Hood. |
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The Accomplice
by Joseph Kanon
The premise: Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Max Weill is dying, so he enlists his reluctant CIA agent nephew Aaron to track down war criminal Dr. Otto Schramm, who has evaded justice for his work with Joseph Mengele for 17 years.
The problem: Aaron travels to Argentina and goes undercover to get close to Schramm's daughter Hanna, only to find himself getting a little too close to the charming and attractive young woman.
For fans of: Alfred Hitchcock's postwar thrillers, especially Notorious, which has a similar mix of espionage and high-stakes romantic tension.
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| The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire NorthWhat it's about: As World War I rages in the background, English doctor William Abbey recounts his experiences in colonial South Africa decades earlier and the (figurative and literal) shadow that has followed him since the day he failed to save the life of a local child.
Who it's for: fans of thought-provoking and emotionally moving horror fiction; anyone interested in the legacy of colonialism and the nature of concepts like guilt and culpability. |
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36 Righteous Men
by Steven Pressfield
What it’s about: Set in a near-future world wracked by climate change-induced weather events, this fast-paced story follows the hunt for a serial killer who, inspired by Jewish legends, aims to kill the titular men to start the apocalypse.
Starring: NYPD detectives Corvina “Dewey” Duwai and Jim Manning; Rabbi Rachel Davidson, whose knowledge of Judaism (and computer algorithms) help her identify the killer’s targets.
Is it for you? This unconventional thriller contains some supernatural elements and is told primarily through the investigators’ case notes.
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| Reputation by Sara ShepardWhat it's about: When the hacked emails of the students, faculty, and staff of the elite Aldrich University are leaked online, tensions on campus escalate until someone is driven to kill a prominent medical professor.
Why you might like it: the story's multiple perspectives make each narrator a complex blend of sympathetic and suspicious.
About the author: Although Sara Shephard is best known for her young adult series Pretty Little Liars, she has written other works of adult fiction such as Everything We Wanted and The Elizas. |
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If You Like: Classic Spy Novels
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| Lenin's Roller Coaster by David DowningSeries alert: This 3rd entry in David Downing's richly detailed series of Jack McColl spy novels takes Jack to Russia shortly after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 on a mission critical to the still-raging World War I.
Fancy meeting you here: Jack's mission and personal life get a lot more complex when he crosses paths with his old flame, American journalist Caitlin Hanley, who is firmly on the side of the revolutionaries.
For fans of: atmospheric espionage tales such as Robert Harris' An Officer and a Spy. |
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| The Girl from Venice by Martin Cruz SmithThe premise: Italian fisherman Cenzo Vianello has been trying to keep his head down and stay off the radar of the Nazis who are occupying his city, until the day he pulls a young Jewish woman from the lagoon and impulsively decides to help her hide from the Germans.
The problem: Although the German surrender is just around the corner, tension is still high and the occupiers may decide to take as many Venetians as they can down with them.
For fans of: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure, which takes place in occupied France and also features a character pulled deeper into the resistance by unexpected events. |
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| The Good Assassin by Paul VidichStarring: retired CIA agent George Mueller, who since his last appearance in An Honorable Man has settled into a quiet life as a literature teacher.
What happens: When Allen Dulles himself asks George to take one last mission, he travels to Cuba, where the Batista regime is on the verge of collapse and a former CIA colleague is suspected of aiding the revolutionaries.
For fans of: Defectors by Joseph Kanon, another character-driven story about spies with uncertain loyalties. |
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