June 2024 list by S. Ward
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All the Colors of the Dark
by Chris Whitaker
After a string of disappearances in 1975 Missouri, a one-eyed boy heroically thwarts a kidnapping, igniting a chain of events that blur the lines between triumph and tragedy as the townspeople of Monta Clare confront hidden truths.
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Bright and Tender Dark
by Joanna Pearson
Decades after the murder of nineteen-year-old college student Karlie Richards, her former roommate, now middle-aged and divorced, becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth amidst online conspiracy theories, speculation and the lingering shadows of the past.
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Clete
by James Lee Burke
After his car is ransacked at a local car wash, Private investigator Clete Purcel probes into a group of Mexican cartel thugs trafficking fentanyl into New Orleans.
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Don't Let the Devil Ride
by Ace Atkins
A Memphis wife and mother hires an old friend of her father, legendary private investigator Porter Hayes, to search for her missing husband and the pair uncover a dangerous knot of international intrigue involving mercenaries, retired actresses and imposters.
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Eruption
by Michael Crichton
A history-making eruption in Hawaii threatens to reveal a huge secret the US military has been hiding for decades.
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Flashback
by Iris Johansen
Twenty years after their mother was the second victim of the Bayside Stranger, two sisters disappear leaving Kendra Michaels to investigate the cold case.
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Horror Movie
by Paul Tremblay
The last surviving member of a notorious, disturbing 1993 art house horror movie joins the remake, but begins having trouble distinguishing between reality and film.
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The Housemaid Is Watching
by Freida Mcfadden
A former housemaid now with a family of her own, moves to the suburbs, leaving her dark secrets behind, but soon finds this seemingly perfect neighborhood the most dangerous place of all.
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Middle of the Night
by Riley Sager
Returning to his childhood home 30 years after his friend Billy's disappearance, Ethan, plagued by strange occurrences, sets out to find out what really happened that night. Reunited with former friends and neighbors he finds his investigation leading him to a mysterious institute where clandestine research is performed.
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The Midnight Feast
by Lucy Foley
During the opening weekend of The Manor, a deluxe coastal retreat, those in attendance all have an agenda but not everyone will survive.
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The Nature of Disappearing
by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Emlyn, a fishing and hunting guide in Idaho, agrees to use her tracking skills to find her former best friend when her ex-boyfriend asks for help. As they press deeper into the wilderness, she suspects a darker truth and that Janessa isn't the only one in danger.
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The Next Mrs. Parrish
by Liv Constantine
Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each other’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line.
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Red Sky Mourning
by Jack Carr
Three seemingly disconnected events ignite a power grab unlike anything the world has seen. Navy SEAL sniper James Reece must reconnect to a quantum computer called "Alice” who is positioned to act as either the country's greatest savior or its worst enemy.
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Red Star Falling
by Steve Berry
Searching for the legendary library of Ivan the Terrible, rare manuscripts that contain the key to ending a looming threat orbiting 200 miles above the earth, Luke Daniels must find them before others unleash the destructive potential of the Red Star program.
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Sentinel
by Mark Greaney
Josh and Nikki Duffy are sent to Ghana to protect U.S. embassy personnel who are there to highlight American commitment to the construction of a new dam. They find themselves on the run, caught between a Chinese hit squad and a rebel army.
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Shanghai
by Joseph Kanon
After escaping the Gestapo, Daniel Lohr arrives in Shanghai, where glamor and squalor exist side-by-side, and as he tries to navigate through his uncle's world in the city's fabled nightlife, he tries to stay one step ahead of murder and outrun his own past.
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Smolder
by Brett Battles
When he is drawn into a case involving a ring of art thieves, which has links to his own mother's paintings, Stone Barrington must draw out a familiar enemy and face down his most vindictive threat yet.
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Such a Bad Influence
by Olivia Muenter
When her 18-year-old sister Evie, a multimillionaire lifestyle influencer, disappears during an unsettling live stream, Hazel, as theories tear through the internet, must visit the darkest parts of Evie's world to find the truth.
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A Talent for Murder
by Peter Swanson
A newlywed becomes suspicious of her husband after finding a blood streak on the back of a shirt he wore to a conference and discovers a disturbing pattern of unsolved murders in all the cities he's visited.
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What You Leave Behind
by Wanda M. Morris
Deena Wood’s life has fallen apart in the aftermath of losing her beloved mother, her marriage, and her prestigious job at an Atlanta law firm. She returns to her childhood home in Brunswick, Georgia, to heal. Without realizing it, Deena finds herself caught up in a nightmarish scheme that threatens her community and her family.
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