Publisher: Mulholland Books/ Little, Brown and Company
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/14/2013
ISBN-13: 9780316219822
ISBN-10: 0316219827

Crime Fiction. In the gritty, violent, lean tradition of Don Winslow or Elmore Leonard, author Richard Lange serves up trouble in the form of Luz, who escapes her husband -- the head of Tijuana's brutal drug cartel -- with only the clothes on her back, a gun, and money from their safe. She hires a self-destructive California surfer to sneak her across the border, but there's an enforcer on her trail -- and if he doesn't bring her back, his wife and kid will die. Every memorable character in this riveting book is driven by desperation; fans of Winslow's Savages won't want to miss Lange's Angel Baby.

Publisher: Scribner
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/04/2013
ISBN-13: 9781476706122
ISBN-10: 1476706123

Spy Fiction. Former ballerina Dominika Egorova serves Vladimir Putin's regime by seducing, then spying on, enemies of the state. CIA officer Nate Nash has been reassigned to Helsinki after nearly blowing the cover of a highly valuable Russian mole, and this is where Dominika latches on, determined to learn the mole's identity. But Dominika is more than a pretty lady -- she's smart, and her synesthesia allows her to tell when someone is lying. As they try to outwit and out-spy each other, readers are treated to vivid, authentic details of spycraft. Debut author Jason Matthews knows his stuff -- he worked for the CIA for more than 30 years -- and there are shades of John le Carré in his writing.

Publisher: Crown
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/04/2013
ISBN-13: 9780307888785
ISBN-10: 0307888789

Thriller. Vanessa "Michael" Monroe, the lethal polyglot (she speaks 22 languages) who keeps knives strapped to her shins, has just been kidnapped by a human trafficking ring. And unless she complies with their demands (to deliver a kidnapped young starlet to a client in Monaco), they'll kill her friend Logan. This either/or demand isn't to Michael's liking, so she's determined to find a way to thwart her captors and free their victims -- despite thorough surveillance and the sniper on her tail. Though this 3rd entry is, like its predecessors, violent and bleak, the flawed heroine and her dark edge hold plenty of appeal for readers of Lee Child's Jack Reacher books or fans of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/22/2012
ISBN-13: 9780062120151
ISBN-10: 0062120158

Thriller. Laid off from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alice Humphrey is elated to snag a job managing an art gallery. Until, that is, she arrives at work to find the place completely cleared out, with only the body of the man who hired her left behind. Soon, the police are looking very closely at her, and it's not just for murder. Other terrible crimes are linked to her, for it's under Alice's name that the gallery space had been leased, and they've got photos to prove that she (or someone who looks remarkably like her) was engaged in more than a professional relationship with the dead man, whoever he was. This "fast-paced, plot-driven nail-biter" (Library Journal) might be just the ticket after a long day at your own (hopefully conspiracy-free) job.

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/04/2008
ISBN-13: 9780312347505
ISBN-10: 0312347502

Thriller. Jake Landry is filling in for his boss at their aviation company's corporate retreat, and he doesn't really fit in with the higher-level executives in their expensive (and little-worn) outdoor wear. They're also cut off from the outside world, so when a group of hunters (equipped to stage a coup rather than take down a buck or two) takes over the lodge, the businessmen can't rely on their contacts or bank accounts to save them. Fortunately, Jake's been concealing his past, and he's got the skills to (hopefully) take care of the situation. Most of Joseph Finder's novels take place in the business world, so if corporate intrigue's your guilty pleasure, check out some of his other action-packed novels, like Company Man or Paranoia.

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Publisher: Forge
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/30/2008
ISBN-13: 9780765355317
ISBN-10: 0765355310

Thriller. Ken Olson is an ambitious executive at a large corporation, and he thinks his dream has come true when he's promoted to lead a division after proposing cost-cutting measures that will prevent its closure. But the CEO has other plans -- and not long after Ken's promotion, the plastics plant he's responsible for suffers an explosion that kills a thousand people. His life and career shattered, Ken becomes a primary target when he decides to hunt down the perpetrators and bring them to justice. It's "Donald Trump meets Hannibal Lecter, with highly engaging results," says Publishers Weekly.

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Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/27/2011
ISBN-13: 9780786022670
ISBN-10: 0786022671

Psychological Suspense. Charlie Giles is a successful software engineer whose life is falling to pieces around him. First finding notes he doesn't remember writing, then unable to prove the existence of an employee, then fired for something he doesn't think he did, Charlie -- who has a schizophrenic brother -- is worried that he could actually be losing his mind. But when his former coworkers start dying one by one, he realizes he needs more help than a therapist can offer. Delirious was the debut of Daniel Palmer, son of well-known medical thriller writer Michael Palmer; he's followed it up with two more novels, Helpless and Stolen.

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