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| The Ascendant: A Novel by Drew ChapmanThriller. China's been attacking the U.S. in ways that leave the American defense system flat-footed and off-kilter. Not only has the power grid been compromised, but financial markets from government bonds to Las Vegas real estate have crumbled. That's where bond analyst Garrett Reilly comes in. His photographic memory and ability to see patterns where others can't make him a new breed of hero, and one the U.S. military desperately needs in this new kind of warfare. With high stakes, plenty of action, complex technology, and some outstanding characters, this debut has plenty to offer fans of international thrillers. |
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| Apple Tree Yard by Louise DoughtySuspense Fiction. Though happily (enough) married, scientist Yvonne Carmichael acted on an impulse and found herself embroiled in a heated affair. Now, sitting in a courtroom after being charged with murder, along with her lover, Yvonne revisits that relationship in the cold light of day, reflecting on the man she clearly didn't know quite well enough. To say too much more about the plot would be unfair to potential readers, but Booklist calls Yvonne's story "spellbinding, shocking, seductive, and wickedly intense." |
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| Red 1-2-3 by John KatzenbachSuspense Fiction. Internist Karen Jayson, widow Sarah Locksley, and high school student Jordan Ellis have nothing in common but the color of their hair -- and a stalker, a crime fiction author desperate to make noise in the literary world. To do it, he's going to threaten, manipulate, and kill these three redheads, then pen a bestselling book about it. Styling them as "Reds" and himself as the "Big Bad Wolf," the writer begins his game...but what he doesn't count on is that his three victims-to-be aren't as weak as they appear, especially as they discover each other and vow to turn the tables. |
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| SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Falcon by Don Mann with Ralph PezzulloThriller. In this 3rd of the SEAL Team Six novels, team leader Thomas Crocker and his men pursue those behind a series of global attacks against Americans. Chasing leads from Afghanistan to Bangkok to Caracas, these battle-hardened men display the skills necessary in times of war, but also handle the challenges of leaving family members behind. This action-packed novel, written by a former SEAL, can be enjoyed equally by those who have followed the series and those who are new to it. |
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| A Good Death by Christopher R. CoxThriller. Boston P.I. Sebastian Damon has been hired by an insurance company to investigate the suspicious death, in Bangkok, of a Laotian immigrant to the U.S. who'd become the president of a Boston bank. Once in Thailand, Sebastian teams up with an American Vietnam vet expat and finds the (not in fact dead) former bank president. But there's a corrupt, money-hungry Thai cop on their tail, and Sebastian is more than a bit taken by the lovely banker, who's in search of her long-lost father -- in Laos, which is across a dangerous jungle border, rife with unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War. With a strong sense of place, this debut thriller offers exotic settings, local color, and an insightful perspective on both the Vietnam war and the Laotian wilderness. |
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| Three Graves Full by Jamie MasonSuspense Fiction. "There is very little peace for a man with a body buried in his backyard." So begins Three Graves Full, a clever, often poetic debut told from many points of view (including a dog's). Months ago, widowed suburbanite Jason Getty had -- uncharacteristically -- killed someone and buried the body at the back of his property. Now, beset by weeds and finding yard work a bit traumatic, he hires a lawn service to tidy the front and side yards, where they find two bodies -- neither of them buried by Jason. The police get involved, and Jason's life gets far more complicated. This nerve-wracking first novel has critics raving; Booklist calls it "astonishingly accomplished." |
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| Montaro Caine: A Novel by Sidney PoitierCorporate Thriller. Sidney Poitier may be best known as an actor and a memoirist, but his debut novel shows he's not too shabby at writing fiction, either. Mixing together corporate intrigue with a little science fiction and some philosophy, Montaro Caine follows the experiences of a corporate CEO by the same name. Two decades after analyzing a coin made of materials not known on Earth, Caine is facing the prospect of losing his company when he comes across yet another of these mysterious coins, which may have the potential to radically better the world. |
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| The Andalucian Friend: A Novel by Alexander SöderbergThriller. Since the death of her husband, nurse Sophie Brinkman has mostly focused on her son, her home, and her job. But that all changes with the arrival of a new patient, the charming Hector Guzman, who reawakens her romantic side. But Hector is the head of a powerful crime syndicate, and Sophie soon becomes a target for police investigators and rival criminals alike. Harassed on all sides, Sophie draws upon an inner strength she didn't know she had, while a global turf war swirls around her. Intricately plotted and action-packed, this Scandinavian thriller is the first in a projected trilogy, and is already under development as a movie. |
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| Black Irish: A Novel by Stephan TaltySuspense Fiction. The south Buffalo neighborhood known as "the County" is a working-class Irish Catholic enclave in which a family's ancestral clan determines everything about their lives. Ambitious, hard-working police detective Absalom Kearney is both an insider and an outsider there -- she's the adoptive daughter of a legendary cop, whom she's caring for as his health declines. When she and her partner catch a missing persons case that may just be the first in a string of murders, her efforts to find the killer are hampered by her neighbors, her colleagues, and the danger she puts herself in. The Irish community is strongly depicted here, as is the downtrodden city of Buffalo. |
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