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Thrillers and Suspense September 2023 |
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| The Last Dance by Mark BillinghamSeries alert: The Last Dance is the first entry in a series starring offbeat detective Declan Miller and his equally unconventional new partner DS Sara Xiu.
Their first case: the double murder of two seemingly unrelated people that will have unanticipated ties to organized crime and Miller's personal life.
Who it's for: mystery and suspense fans who enjoy witty writing and quirky, likeable characters. |
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| Before She Finds Me by Heather ChavezHow it started: with an apparent mass shooting, while students arrived on a college campus for move in-day.
How it's going: In the aftermath of the shooting two mothers work to discover what really happened, if the shooting was meant as cover for an assassination, and if the intended victim(s) lived or died that day.
Read it for: the flawed yet sympathetic characters, who tell this fast-paced story from multiple perspectives. |
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| Night Will Find You by Julia HeaberlinWhat it is: an atmospheric thriller about an unlikely investigator brought in to help police solve a high-profile cold case.
Starring: Vivian Bouchet, an astrophysicist who reluctantly agrees to help a childhood friend, now a cop, solve a child kidnapping case while struggling to reconcile her scientific understanding of the world with the inexplicable "psychic" phenomena that give her unique insight into the investigation.
Read it for: the likeable characterization of Vivian, whose thoughtful and observant perspective on the case and the world in general will endear her to readers. |
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| How Can I Help You by Laura SimsThe premise: No-longer-aspiring novelist Patricia Delmarco is the newest hire at a Midwestern small-town public library, where she joins a staff including long-time circulation clerk Margo Finch.
The problem: Margo, a former nurse, has a dark past she has worked hard to keep hidden. But Patricia is observant and clever, and when she finds a patron dead in the public bathroom she starts to suspect something might be very, very wrong with Margo.
For fans of: flawed characters, unreliable narrators, and stories told from multiple perspectives. |
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| The Guest Room by Tasha SylvaWhat it is: "A slow burn of a psychological thriller wrapped up in mysterious ambiguity" (Kirkus Reviews).
The premise: In order to pay the mortgage on her recently deceased sister's London home, Tess begins renting a spare room to short-term guests. Among her other poor grief-related coping mechanisms, Tess starts snooping through her guests' things, only to make a discovery about her current lodger that might send her spiraling out of control.
For fans of: flawed yet sympathetic characters navigating difficult moments in their lives and relationships. |
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