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Damaged by Cole, MartinaWhen the bodies of missing schoolgirls start turning up, former DCI Kate Burrows is dragged out of retirement. A new Grantley serial killer is in town and DCI Annie Carr turns to Kate for help. She welcomes the distraction from her home life with former gangster, Patrick Kelly, whose long lost son has turned up out of the blue, bringing trouble with him. It soon becomes clear the killer is on their doorstep and as the body count grows, Kate and Annie face a race against the clock. But they have no real leads and there's more to these murders than meets the eye. Can Kate take the killer down before another schoolgirl dies?
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Nothing Bad Happens Here by Crutchley, NikkiCrime/thriller set on the Coromandel Coast of New Zealand "The body of missing tourist Bethany Haliwell is found in the small Coromandel town of Castle Bay, where nothing bad ever happens. News crews and journalists from all over the country descend on the small seaside town as old secrets are dragged up and gossip is taken as gospel. Among them is Miller Hatcher, a journalist battling her own demons, who arrives intent on gaining a promotion by covering the grisly murder. Following an anonymous tip, Miller begins to unravel the mystery of the small town. And when another woman goes missing, Miller finds herself getting closer to the truth. But at what cost?"--Back cover.
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Force of Nature
by Jane Harper
Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side. The hike through the rugged Giralang Ranges is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises. Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistleblower in his latest case, and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with. Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew.
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| The Quantum Spy: A Thriller by David IgnatiusSpy Thriller. The U.S. and China are in a race to build the first super-powerful quantum computer -- and while the Americans are a step ahead, a mole somewhere in the CIA guarantees that the Chinese will catch up. Agent Harris Chang is tasked with exposing the leak -- but he seems to be as much played as player, uncertain where exactly he stands. Complex technology manages to be fun in this twisting, fast-moving thriller by bestselling author David Ignatius. |
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| Bonfire by Krysten RitterSuspense Fiction. In this debut from actress Krysten Ritter (star of TV's Jessica Jones), a young lawyer returns to her hometown as part of a legal team investigating corporate pollution. For Abby Williams, who left behind an abusive father and high school bullies who made her life miserable, returning opens old wounds. However, toxic links between the past and present are hard to ignore. Gritty and tightly wound, this dark tale is "pitch-perfect" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Missing by C.L. TaylorPsychological Suspense. Fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson went missing from his home in Bristol, England, six months ago; his mother Claire fervently believes that he will eventually return. Consumed by guilt and plagued by blackouts, she searches for him everywhere, but it's not until the family stages a public appeal for his return that the truth about what happened to Billy starts to become clear. A slow-burning, tense story, The Missing is narrated by an increasingly paranoid Claire as her family falls apart around her. |
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The last move
by Mary Burton
An urgent call brings FBI agent Kate Hayden back to San Antonio, the scene of her violent past. A brutal new murder shows hallmarks of a serial killer nicknamed the Samaritan. Tricky part is, Kate already caught him. Did she make an error, or is it a copycat? Paired with homicide detective Theo Mazur, Kate faces an enemy who knows her intimately. When a second body is found, the mode of death is identical to a different case that Kate had worked on. The closer they come to the killer there is only one rule: don't believe everything you see.
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| Last Words by Michael KorytaSuspense Fiction. With a powerfully evoked setting, relatable characters, and a fast-moving plot, this series debut introduces investigator Mark Novak, still grieving the death of his wife. He's reluctantly accepted a job clearing the name of a suspected murderer -- the decade-old cold case involves the death of a teenager deep within a cave, and encounters with unfriendly townspeople don't do much to bolster Novak's already shaky confidence in his client. But despite the promise of violence, Novak is determined to get to the bottom of the case. (Fair warning: powerful scenes set in the cave system mean that claustrophobes might want to give this one a miss.) |
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| Every Last Lie by Mary KubicaPsychological Suspense. After Clara Solberg loses her husband Nick to a car accident, she is devastated -- but grateful that her young daughter Maisie survived unharmed. But when Maisie starts having nightmares about "the bad man," Clara's confidence in her late husband is shaken. As Clara learns of the irregularities in his actions, she becomes increasingly convinced that Nick was murdered -- and that the "bad man" could be someone very close to her. Told from multiple viewpoints (including Nick's, before the crash), Every Last Lie traces Clara's descent into paranoia. Or are her suspicions real, after all? |
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| The Last Good Girl by Allison LeottaSuspense Fiction. In this 5th (and most recent) novel to star sex crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis, she's back in Detroit when she's asked to investigate the disappearance of college freshman Emily Shapiro, who'd last been seen arguing with the fraternity brother she'd accused of rape. The more Anna learns, the more disturbed she is -- while Emily was the last one to speak out, she's far from the only victim. Teaming up with FBI agent Samantha Randazzo, Anna races to find Emily and force the issue of campus rape into the light. |
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| The Last One by Alexandra OlivaPsychological Suspense. When Zoo agreed to join a reality TV show set in a large forest to test contestants' survival skills, she thought it would be one final adventure before starting a family. Quickly becoming a leading contender, she's impressed with and a little disturbed by the quality of the props -- the empty towns and decaying corpses (and disappearing cameramen) really lend a moody atmosphere to her challenges. But eventually she's forced to consider that they may not be props, that the world around her is rapidly falling apart, and that the safety net she's assumed is there is no longer an option. A psychologically complex debut, this one's a good bet for fans of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake...or TV's Survivor. |
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Die last by Parsons, Tony12 Dead Girls. As dawn breaks on a snowy February morning, a refrigerated lorry is found parked in the heart of London's Chinatown. Inside, twelve women, apparently illegal immigrants, are dead from hypothermia. 13 Passports. But in the cab of the abandoned death truck, DC Max Wolfe of West End Central finds thirteen passports. Where Is She? The hunt for the missing woman will take Max Wolfe into the dark heart of the world of human smuggling, mass migration and 21st-century slave markets, as he is forced to ask the question that haunts our time. What would you do for a home?
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