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| Gun Metal Heart by Dana HaynesSuspense Fiction. By the end of Ice Cold Kill, freelance agent Daria Gibron needed to lay low for a while. Although her body hasn't finished healing, inaction doesn't suit her. So when a friend asks for her help going up against a Serbian death squad dealing with some majorly dangerous weapons technology, she can't help but get involved. Complicating matters: some big intelligence agencies are keeping an eye out for Daria -- and not to compliment her on her work. She's also being hunted (literally) by some former agents whose careers she ended. By turns menacing and explosive, this is a "high voltage, high-body-count thrill ride" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Furies: A Novel by Natalie HaynesPsychological Suspense. After a devastating loss, grief-stricken theater director Alex Morris retreats from London to Edinburgh, where she accepts a job teaching drama therapy at a school for troubled teens. After working out some initial friction, she starts teaching her demanding fourth year class classic Greek dramas. A novice teacher, Alex is soon in over her head -- as her students absorb plots full of vengeance, guilt, death, and fated tragedies, they also insinuate themselves into her life in threatening, dangerous ways. Check it out if you enjoyed the close atmosphere and well-realized characters of Donna Tartt's The Secret History or Tana French's The Likeness. |
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| Seven Wonders: A Novel by Ben MezrichSuspense Fiction. After the murder of his reclusive, math-genius twin brother, anthropologist Jack Grady discovers that Jeremy had found an incredible link between the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the new Seven Wonders -- except for Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer. So naturally, that's where he starts looking for clues. Soon, he and his partner, botanist Sloane Costa, are visiting other landmarks in search of an ancient artifact, shadowed by dangerous operatives and women seemingly bent on killing Jack. Combining historical lore with plenty of action and adventure, this is a sure bet for fans of Steve Berry, Raymond Khoury, and Dan Brown. |
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| Close Call: A Liz Carlyle Novel by Stella RimingtonSpy Fiction. In this 8th entry in the series featuring Liz Carlyle, the head of MI5's Counter-Terrorist Section, the Arab Spring has led to rising tensions in the Middle East. Liz and her group are especially interested in illegal arms shipments, which may be linked both to the U.K. and to a disgraced French agent. Corruption and human trafficking also play a role, as MI5 and the CIA join forces to forestall a major attack on British soil. Series fans will enjoy seeing old relationships bear poisonous fruit here, but newcomers won't feel lost in this all too credible novel. |
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| Beat the Reaper: A Novel by Josh BazellThriller. When Dr. Peter Brown is mugged and it's the mugger who needs medical treatment, it comes as no big surprise that Brown is a former mob hit man now in the witness protection program. Between flashbacks that explain just how he got into killing for the mob (and why he left) and fascinating facts about medicine, Brown must make rounds, save his patients, find one that's gone missing, survive a needle stick, take just enough pills to keep him awake and functioning, and avoid getting killed himself. If you like medical dramas or high action, drop whatever you're doing and pick up a copy of this violent, funny, and highly enjoyable book -- stat. You can follow up with Wild Thing, the 2nd in the series. |
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| Code White by Scott Britz-CunninghamMedical Thriller. In the middle of an incredibly delicate procedure -- restoring the sight of a blind seven-year-old by implanting a device in the child's brain -- neurosurgeon Ali O'Day hears a code white being called over the hospital intercom. Code white is a bomb threat, and it soon appears that there's more than just one bomb. Alternating scenes in the surgical room with those of the desperate search for the bombs (and the bomber behind them), this debut novel successfully melds medical technology with the action of a thriller. |
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| Cell by Robin CookMedical Thriller. L.A. radiologist George Wilson is entering his final year of residency when he's invited to learn more about a smartphone app called iDoc, which functions as a virtual primary-care physician by continuously monitoring vital signs (and offering diagnoses and treatments). This is big-money tech, so when patients in beta testing start dying unexpectedly, George is risking his job, and maybe his life, to get to the bottom of the mysterious malfunctions. Try Michael Palmer's The Patient for another case of tech-based medical murder. |
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| Viral: A Novel by James LillieforsThriller. In this series debut (followed by The Leviathan Effect), a viral pandemic is sweeping through the Third World, wiping out entire villages in a single day. After receiving the severed head of a colleague in the mail, former CIA operative Charlie Mallory -- who has plenty of skeletons in his closet -- discovers worrying links between the spread of the disease and humanitarian aid to the area. But sending his journalist brother to learn more may be the end of both of them. Fast-paced and suspenseful, this novel keeps things moving with "vivid, direct prose and a skillfully developed plot" (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| Resistant by Michael PalmerMedical Thriller. Just imagine the pandemonium that would result if domestic terrorists got involved in deadly germ warfare. That's just what happens in Resistant, when a right-wing extremist group accidentally releases flesh-eating bacteria completely resistant to any known treatments. While the terrorists kidnap a specialist to find a cure (they'd wanted to infect only specific victims), the FBI teams up with Dr. Lou Welcome, in his 3rd series appearance, to beat them to it. Fast-paced and compelling, this is most likely the last book by author Michael Palmer, who died in 2013. |
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