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Thrillers and Suspense May 2024 |
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| The Best Way to Bury Your Husband by Alexia CasaleAfter 20 years of abuse, one day Sally snaps and kills her husband Jim with an iron skillet. While devising a strategy to cover up Jim's death, Sally discovers that her neighbors Ruth, Samira, and Janey might benefit from her experience, and the 4 women become an unusual, unbreakable unit. For fans of the dark humor of C.J. Skuse and Helene Tursten. |
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| Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve CavanaghMeeting in a Manhattan bar rather than the train of Patricia Highsmith's classic thriller, two strangers meet, drink, and commiserate over their problems and agree to exchange murders: Wendy will take out a well-connected sex offender for Amanda and Amanda will go after the man who Wendy says killed her daughter. What could possibly go wrong? |
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| The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer CroftIn this offbeat and atmospheric send-up of the world of literary translators, 8 writers gather at the remote Polish cabin to collaborate on their translations of the magnum opus by the Irena Rey of the title. But when the author vanishes, the group's effort to search for her in the forbidding Białowieża Forest descends into complete disarray. |
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| Black Wolf by Juan Gómez-JuradoSpanish journalist and author Juan Gómez-Jurado returns readers to the world of gifted (but deeply traumatized) investigator Antonia Scott in this gritty and action-packed sequel to Red Queen. Teaming up once again with her erstwhile partner Jon Gutiérrez, she'll have to evade an assassin (whose alias provides the novel's title) as she investigates the case of 9 women found dead in a shipping container. |
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| Like a Mother by Mina HardyEverything that can go wrong does go wrong for Sarah Granatt, who is left with their 3-year-old daughter Ellie and another child on the way after her husband Adam's sudden death. Left financially vulnerable by Adam's unscrupulous business partner, Sarah is forced to move in with Adam's mother Candace, which takes her out of the frying pan and into the fire. |
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| The Year of the Locust by Terry HayesAfter a tip-off from an informant reveals that the presumed-dead founder of a major terrorist group still lives and plans to launch a major attack, CIA agent Ridley "Kane" Walker is dispatched to Iran to investigate, only to find a dead informant, a deadly trap, and a threat on the horizon that could endanger the entire world. |
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| Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead by Jenny HollanderAlthough journalist Charlotte "Charlie" Colbert has built a good life for herself since, being the sole survivor of a violent attack at her grad school's campus still haunts her. When plans for a feature film to mark the event's 10-year anniversary are announced, Charlie, who can't remember everything that happened that night, decides she needs to stop the production -- by any means necessary. |
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| A Step Past Darkness by Vera KurianIn 1995, a group of teens working on a local history project accidentally discovered a dark connection between an abandoned mine and the megachurch that dominates their small town. Twenty years later, a member of the group turns up dead, pulling the survivors back together for a long, long overdue reckoning. |
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| Finding Sophie by Imran MahmoodAfter their 17-year-old daughter goes missing, Harry and Zara King begin to fixate on the deafening silence of their reclusive neighbor Herman, the only person on the block who refuses to entertain their questions. Full of suspicion and grief, the desperate parents decide to take matters into their own hands, with unanticipated fallout for everyone involved. |
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| The Resort by Sara OchsSet on the fictional Thai party island Koh Sang, this atmospheric debut sets up an uneasy alliance between two women with murky pasts. Scuba instructor Cass, whose most recent diving lesson ended in tragedy, gets reluctantly pulled into the orbit of travel blogger Brooke, who has barely arrived at Koh Sang before she starts investigating a recent series of suspicious deaths on the island. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Atlantic County Library System | 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Phone: (609) 625-2776 | www.atlanticlibrary.org
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Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, Maureen Kern, Chairwoman |
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