"The first lie Grace had told Hanna was her name." ~ from Rebecca Scherm's Unbecoming |
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| Twelve Days by Alex BerensonSpy Fiction. In this 9th novel featuring freelance spy John Wells, he and his CIA contacts are working feverishly to prevent a full-fledged war between Iran and the U.S. Despite the suspicious death of a CIA station chief, the explosion of a United Airlines flight shortly after taking off from Mumbai, and the discovery of weapons-grade uranium in Turkey, Wells believes that someone is tricking both nations into war. Since this action-packed, terrifyingly plausible story picks up where the previous book left off, it's important to read The Counterfeit Agent first. |
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| Unbecoming: A Novel by Rebecca SchermPsychological Suspense. Working as an antiques and jewelry restorer in Paris, 23-year-old Grace from Tennessee is hiding from her past with a new identify as Julie from California. She's also keeping an eye on the news from her hometown, where her husband and his best friend are incarcerated for art theft. Told in flashbacks that fill the novel with double-crosses, this leisurely paced tale combines both character study and suspense -- and plenty of details from the art and antiques world. If you enjoyed Bradford Morrow's The Forgers for those reasons, give Unbecoming a try. |
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| One Step Too Far by Tina SeskisPsychological Suspense. For a reason not revealed until nearly the end of the book, Emily Coleman -- a successful lawyer and happy wife and mother -- flees her suburban Manchester home for London's gritty streets. There, she befriends a coke addict, takes a job as a receptionist, and drinks excessively in the squalid flat she shares with too many roommates. Though the book is told mostly from her perspective, other characters also narrate, including her disturbed twin sister and their mother, all moving Emily closer to facing the secret that forced her to run away from that all she loves. |
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| The Swimmer by Joakim ZanderSpy Fiction. Departing from the crime fiction that Scandinavian authors are famous for, this Swedish debut nevertheless offers tension aplenty. It's the story of the links between a burned-out American former spy and a young Swedish woman, who with her ex-boyfriend is on the run after learning some explosive information: the U.S. government sanctions torture. The connections between them -- and with a lobbyist in Brussels who possesses a rather loose grasp of ethics -- slowly become clear in this literate and "increasingly tight web of intrigue and suspense" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Ice Cold: A Rizzoli & Isles novel by Tess GerritsenMedical Thriller. In this 8th in the series starring Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, Maura and four companions are stranded by a blizzard in a seemingly just-deserted Wyoming village. When local cops find charred bodies at the scene, Jane refuses to accept that they belong to Maura and her friends, and heads to Wyoming to begin her own investigation. Fans who appreciate the taut suspense and the chilling premise of a strangely deserted town may also like P.J. Tracy's Dead Run, the 3rd in her Monkeewrench series. |
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| Fireproof: A Maggie O'Dell Novel by Alex KavaThriller. In this 10th thriller starring FBI agent Maggie O'Dell, Washington D.C. is beset by a serial arsonist who prefers to torch warehouses where the city's homeless seek shelter. When a fire uncovers the body of a badly beaten woman, Maggie takes on both the murder and the arson cases. Her quest to discover the perpetrators (or perpetrator), however, is made more difficult by a host of problems both personal and professional... It's been over a year since the last Maggie O'Dell tale (number 11, Stranded) was published, but author Alex Kava's most recent book, Breaking Creed, begins a new series in which Maggie also appears. |
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| The Ice Princess by Camilla LäckbergScandinavian Crime Fiction. With this atmospheric U.S. debut, which won France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Best International Crime Novel, Camilla Läckberg joined a long list of Scandinavian authors to watch. In this leisurely paced tale, biographer Erica Falck returns to her tiny hometown of Fjällbacka after her parents' unexpected deaths. There, she stumbles across the body of her childhood friend, Alexandra. It's unclear whether Alexandra's death was suicide or murder, but the town seems to be hiding plenty of deadly secrets. Joining Erica in her attempts to find the truth behind Alexandra's death is Detective Patrik Hedström; though there are eight more books in the series starring them both, only five are currently available in English. |
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| Line of Fire by Stephen WhiteSuspense Fiction. When author Stephen White originally published Line of Fire in 2012, he announced that this 19th in the series starring Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory would also be its second to last (and explained his decision in an author's note). But Gregory hasn't put his feet up just yet: in Line of Fire he runs the risk of being linked to an old crime, a new patient brings him a disturbing story that may be a little too close to home, wildfires threaten his office, and his work partner's emotional state disintegrates further. Ending the series "with a bang rather than a whimper" (Kirkus Reviews), this tale sets up the finale (Compound Fractures) nicely while still offering thrills of its own. |
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| White Fire by Douglas J. Preston and Lincoln ChildThriller. When Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast's protégé, aspiring criminologist Corrie Swanson, examines the recently exhumed victims of a series of fatal grizzly bear attacks in 1867 Roaring Fork, Colorado, she makes a shocking discovery. But the bear-mauled prospectors aren't the only suspicious deaths in Roaring Fork, now a posh ski resort: a modern-day serial killer is at work, slaughtering the area's wealthiest residents and burning down their homes. White Fire is the 13th book in a series, now numbering 14, starring the FBI's Pendergast, whose expertise with respect to serial killers has stood him in good stead since his first outing in The Relic. |
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