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Mysteries & ThrillersMay - June 2025 |
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The First Gentleman by James Patterson Clinton and Patterson are back. And they’re better than ever.
The President of the United States is up for reelection.
Her husband is on trial for murder.
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Stuart Woods' Finders Keepers by Brett BattlesAfter helping his friend Jack Coulter's newly divorced niece, Sara, adjust to life in New York, Stone Barrington becomes entangled in a dangerous scheme as men from Sara's past are attacked and Jack's family is threatened by an unknown adversary with deadly intentions.
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he President's Shadow by James Patterson
When a series of deadly natural disasters strike the planet, immediately set out to identify who’s responsible…
A disgruntled graduate student?
The power-hungry president of the Americas?
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Badlands by Douglas J. PrestonIn the badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her. Is it suicide or... sacrifice?
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Don't Let Him In by Lisa JewellWhen charming Nick Radcliffe enters Nina's life, her daughter Ash grows suspicious, uncovering unsettling secrets that connect them to Martha, a florist with a husband who keeps disappearing, leading all three women toward a chilling truth they never expected.
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The Death Mask by Iris JohansenFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new thriller starring fan favorite Eve Duncan as she uncovers the source of the priceless gold in King Tutankhamen’s tomb.
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Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie : a novel by James Lee BurkeAt the dawn of the twentieth century, Bessie Holland finds strength in a suffragette mentor, battles forces threatening her Texas home and flees to New York, where she is drawn into a violent underworld that tests her unbreakable spirit.
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Return to Sender by Craig JohnsonWalt Longmire is back after the escapades of First Frost, and encounters one of his most baffling cases. The Sheriff of Absaroka confronts a cabal of devious outlaws who are hell bent on getting what they want, even though they have to bend and break the law.
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With a Vengeance : a novel by Riley SagerAnna Matheson lures six people onto a luxury train to expose their crimes against her family a decade earlier, but when a passenger is murdered, she must risk her life to protect those she sought to destroy.
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Murder takes a Vacation : a novel by Laura LippmanFormer private investigator and middle-aged widow Muriel Blossom's vacation on a Parisian river cruise turns into a deadly international mystery… that only she can solve.
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It Happened on the Lake by Lisa JacksonWhen Harper Reed Prescott returns to her family's eerie Victorian house on Lake Twilight to sell it, old rumors of murder and disappearance resurface, along with chilling memories, unsettling whispers and the terrifying suspicion that someone is watching her.
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by Jack Carr
Amidst the turbulent backdrop of 1968, Navy SEAL Tom Reece navigates a clandestine mission across Vietnam and beyond, uncovering a Soviet plot that threatens to reshape global power in a high-stakes tale of espionage, betrayal and brutal realism.
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King of Ashes by S. A. CosbyReturning to Jefferson Run, VA, and family business —with brother Dante in debt to criminals and sister Neveah exhausted from holding everything together—Roman discovers that his father's crash was no accident and Dante has placed them all in real danger.
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Doggone Bones by Carolyn HainesWhen a local pet activist's dog is stolen, Sarah Booth and the Delaney Detective Agency race against time to find the thieves who are shady breeders involved in illegal dogfighting in the latest addition to series following Blue Christmas Bones.
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The Ghostwriter : a novel by Julie ClarkJune, 1975. The Taylor family shatters in a single night when two teenage siblings are found dead in their own home. The only surviving sibling, Vincent, never shakes the whispers and accusations that he was the one who killed them.
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Don't Open Your Eyes by Liv ConstantineShaken by premonitions of a future where she hates her husband and her daughter is in danger, Annabelle's perfect life is shaken forcing her to decipher her visions before a single choice seals her fate and the future becomes reality.
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Kill Your Darlings by Peter SwansonWendy and Thom's marriage is told in reverse, moving backward to witness key moments from the couple's lives—their fiftieth birthday party, Jason's birth, the mysterious death of a colleague—all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a terrible act they plotted together years ago.
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El Dorado Drive : a novel by Megan AbbottWhen Harper moves in with her sister Pam, she's surprised to find Pam doing so well financially after her messy divorce. After all, Pam's ex-husband wiped their bank accounts, even stole from their kids. But Pam managed to find her way back. Thanks to the Wheel.
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The Busybody Book Club by Freya SampsonIn a Cornish seaside village, Nova Davies and her dysfunctional book club members become amateur sleuths after a theft threatens their community center, a murder implicates a missing member, and secrets among them complicate their quest to solve the case and restore order.
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The Safari by Jaclyn GoldisWhen a wealthy family goes on a South African safari, a series of shocking murders rocks their exclusive compound.
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Night in the City by Michael McGarrityAccused of the murder of his former lover, Korean War veteran Sam Monroe is forced to abandon his job as an assistant district attorney and fight to clear his name.
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FDR Drive by James ComeyReturning as a federal prosecutor, Nora Carleton takes on a rising far-right extremist threat in New York City, building a high-stakes case while racing against time to prevent a deadly attack at the United Nations.
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Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds by Allison BrennanA risk-averse bibliophile gets in over her head when strange notes in a book draw her into a real-life investigation.
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FDR Drive by James ComeyReturning as a federal prosecutor, Nora Carleton takes on a rising far-right extremist threat in New York City, building a high-stakes case while racing against time to prevent a deadly attack at the United Nations.
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A Terribly Nasty Business : a Beatrice Steele novel by Julia SealesAfter achieving her lifelong dream of solving a murder, bringing a killer to justice, and proving she is not, in fact, a morbid creep, Beatrice Steele feels like everything is finally falling into place.
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Slaying You by Michelle GagnonTwo troublemakers hit the danger jackpot when they discover a fresh killer on their high-heels . . . again. Grace and Amber had an unusual "meet-cute": they were stalked by the same serial killer. But after he died, they went their separate ways, determined to pick back up their lives.
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Last Dance Before Dawn by Katharine SchellmanWhen a stranger from Chicago appears at speakeasy The Nightingale to settle old scores, Vivian and owner Honor Huxley send him packing; but slowly they realize someone's hunting them and won't stop until the old mystery of a missing girl has been unraveled.
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