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Thrillers and Suspense February 2019
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| Freefall by Jessica BarryMaggie Carpenter receives news that a plane crashed in the Colorado Rockies, killing everyone onboard -- including her estranged daughter Allison.
The crash wasn't an accident, and Allison Carpenter isn't dead. Unfortunately she is stranded in the mountains, and the wilderness isn't the only force she'll have to battle to stay alive.
For fans of: Lisa Jackson, Clare Mackintosh, and Liane Moriarty. |
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| The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay FayeThe year is 1921, and "Nobody" Alice James is on a cross-country train, carrying a bullet wound and fleeing for her life following an illicit drug and liquor deal gone horribly wrong. Desperate to get as far away as possible from New York City and those who want her dead, she has her sights set on Oregon: a distant frontier that seems the end of the line.
She befriends Max, a black Pullman porter who reminds her achingly of Harlem, who leads Alice to the Paragon Hotel upon arrival in Portland. Her unlikely sanctuary turns out to be the only all-black hotel in the city, and its lodgers seem unduly terrified of a white woman on the premises. But as she meets the churlish Dr. Pendleton, the stately Mavereen, and the unforgettable club chanteuse Blossom Fontaine, she begins to understand the reason for their dread. The Ku Klux Klan has arrived in Portland in fearful numbers--burning crosses, inciting violence, electing officials, and brutalizing blacks. And only Alice, along with her new "family" of Paragon residents, are willing to search for a missing mulatto child who has mysteriously vanished into the Oregon woods. |
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The Suspect
by Fiona Barton
When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft, and frantic with worry. What were the girls up to before they disappeared?
Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth—and this time is no exception. But she can’t help but think of her own son, whom she hasn’t seen in two years, since he left home to go travelling.
As the case of the missing girls unfolds, they will all find that even this far away, danger can lie closer to home than you might think...
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| Hunting Annabelle by Wendy HeardSean Suh is done with killing. After serving three years in a psychiatric prison, he’s determined to stay away from temptation. But he can’t resist Annabelle—beautiful, confident, incandescent Annabelle—who alone can see past the monster to the man inside. The man he’s desperately trying to be.
Then Annabelle disappears.
Sean is sure she’s been kidnapped—he witnessed her being taken firsthand—but the police are convinced that Sean himself is at the center of this crime. And he must admit, his illness has caused him to “lose time” before. What if there’s more to what happened than he’s able to remember?
Though haunted by the fear that it might be better for Annabelle if he never finds her, Sean can’t bring himself to let go of her without a fight. To save her, he’ll have to do more than confront his own demons… He’ll have to let them loose. |
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| For Better and Worse by Margot HuntLawyers Natalie and Will Clarke are consumed by the collapse of their marriage, at least until learning that the principal of their son Charlie's school is being investigated for child molestation.
When they find out Charlie might be one of the principal's victims, Natalie decides it's time for the man to die. Inevitably, her husband Will is soon dragged into the desperate effort to cover up the murder.
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| The Other Widow by Susan CrawfordDorrie and Joe's affair comes to an abrupt end on a late night drive, when Joe tells Dorrie it's time to break things off. Seconds later, Joe's car skids on some ice, killing him instantly and leaving a stunned Dorrie in the passenger seat.
Not wanting the affair to be exposed, Dorrie flees the scene of the accident to return to her husband and child. But strange things about the accident begin to torment Dorrie, like the failure of Joe's airbag, or that the door on his side of the car was open as she fled.
The Other Widow is the second novel by Susan Crawford, whose debut was 2015's The Pocket Wife. |
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My Husband's Wife
by Jane Corry
Resolving to leave her secrets behind when she gets married, a young lawyer is strangely drawn to a convicted killer during her first murder case in ways that shape her psychologically charged relationship with a young neighbor years later
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| The Answers by Catherine LaceyMary Parsons has found an effective treatment for her chronic pain -- one that she can't possibly afford.
Mary now knows what relief feels like, and she'll do anything continue her treatment -- including an odd but high-paying job as part of an eccentric and self-centered actor's creepy "Girlfriend Experiment," where things soon spiral out of control for everyone.
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| Almost Missed You by Jessica StrawserViolet Welsh is enjoying her family's beach vacation, at least until her husband Finn suddenly takes off with their toddler. Finn hopes his longtime friend Caitlin will help hide them, but when she balks, he threatens to expose a devastating secret from her past.
For fans of: Fiona Barton, Christobel Kent, and Mary Kubica. |
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The Marriage Lie
by Kimberly Belle
Will and Iris Griffith have a good life together, which is why Iris is shocked to hear that Will has died in a plane crash en route to Seattle when he's supposed to be in Florida for work. What other secrets had he been keeping from her? Quite a lot, as it turns out. As Iris learns more about the man she married, she moves from grief and disbelief to suspicion and anger. If you like stories in which happy marriages turn out to have been built on a bedrock of lies (Deb Caletti's He's Gone, Lisa Unger's Die For You, Heather Gudenkauf's Missing Pieces, and a whole host of others), don't miss this tense, fast-paced take on a popular theme.
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