Thrillers and Suspense - February 2024

Recent Releases
Anna O
by Matthew Blake

Forensic psychologist Dr. Benedict Prince is called in to assist with the high-profile case of Anna Ogilvy, a woman with a rare disorder who killed two people while allegedly asleep. To further complicate matters there seems to be no motive, and Anna has been asleep since the crime thanks to a phenomenon called "resignation syndrome."
Goodbye Girl
by James Grippando

A Miami criminal defense lawyer helps a Grammy-winning popstar who signed an onerous contract as a teen that leaves her ex-husband with all her royalties, in the eighteenth novel of the series following Twenty.

Series: Jack Swyteck (18)
The Silence in Her Eyes
by Armando Lucas Correa

A young disabled woman named Leah, who has keener-than-average observational skills, grows concerned that her neighbor Alice might be tracked down and murdered by the abusive husband she's fleeing. For fans of: narrators with complex relationships with reality, like those in Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train or the Hitchcock film Rear Window.
The night island
by Jayne Ann Krentz

When a mysterious informant disappears, Talia March, searching for a list of people like her and her friends, is forced to team up with Luke Rand, a hunted and haunted man chasing the same list, when they are both targeted by a killer.
The Mantis
by Kotaro Isaka

This compelling and fast-paced follow-up to Bullet Train returns readers to the violent world of elite Tokyo assassins. This time, killer-for-hire Kabuto is so desperate to leave the profession behind that he takes a high-stakes assignment to buy out his contract -- with fallout that could expose his double life to the people he cares the most about.
Dead man's hand
by Brad Taylor

Brad Taylor and Pike Logan face off against Putin's agents and a group of rogue Ukrainian partisans plotting to assassinate a Swedish deputy minister in the latest novel, in the series following The Devil's Ransom.

Series: Pike Logan (18)
First Lie Wins
by Ashley Elston

In this "genuine page-turner" (Kirkus Reviews), a likeable con artist going by the name Evie Porter develops feelings for Ryan Summer, her latest mark, and contemplates going straight. Any plans for a new life are put on hold after Evie meets a woman calling herself Lucca Marino -- Evie's fairly uncommon original name.
The missing witness
by Allison Brennan

Framed for the murder of an FBI agent after testifying against David Chen and his illegal businesses, Kara Quinn goes on the run, determined to clear her name without putting her partner, Matt Costa, in danger.

Series: Quinn & Costa (5)
Deep Freeze
by Michael C. Grumley

In this fast-paced techno-thriller, passengers including army vet John Reiff get trapped inside a bus after it plunges into a frozen river. John is shocked to wake up in a hospital after this seemingly fatal incident, and as his mind and body recover, he grows increasingly suspicious of what the doctors are -- and are not -- telling him about his past.
Twenty-seven minutes
by Ashley Tate

Losing everything the night his sister died in a tragic accident that took him 27 minutes to call for help, Grant Dean, riddled with grief and guilt as the anniversary of her death approaches, finds the truth of that night coming to light when Wyatt Delroy returns after a decades-long absence.
Where You End
by Abbott Kahler

The only thing Kat Bird remembers when she wakes up from a coma is that she has an identical twin sister Jude, who appears dedicated to helping Kat reconstruct her past. Jude paints a glowing picture of their lives, but if things are so great why does she warn Kat not to leave their apartment? How could things possibly be so unsafe? 
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: A novel
by Janice Hallett

Looking to revive her career by writing a book about the Alperton Angels cult, who convinced a teenage girl her baby was the anti-Christ, true crime author Amanda Bailey, with the Alperton baby turning 18, seeks to find them until what she uncovers is much darker and stranger then she'd ever imagined.
Perfect Shot
by Steve Urszenyi

In this action-packed and richly detailed series launch, FBI Special Agent Alexandra Martel travels from city to city across Europe on the trail of a nuclear weapon gone missing from a US military base in Turkey. Along the way she'll have to assess the loyalties of old friends and new allies, and stop a group of conspirators from using the weapon to destroy Paris.
Front Sight: Three Swagger Novellas
by Stephen Hunter

Three generations of Swagger family members, Charles, Earl and Bob Lee, tell their stories in three interconnected novellas that describe hunting for a notorious gangster in Chicago, uncovering municipal corruption in Maryland, and returning from the Vietnam War.
The Excitements: A novel
by C. J. Wray

Arriving in Paris to receive the Légion d'honneur for their part in the liberation of France, the 90-something Williamson sisters, Britain's most treasured World War II veterans, use this opportunity to settle scores, avenge lost friends and pull off one last, daring heist before their illustrious careers are over. 
Midnight
by Amy McCulloch

While on a dream cruise aboard a luxury liner to Antarctica, actuary Olivia Campbell is plunged into a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to stop the ship from reaching its final destination, soon discovering she may have booked a one-way ticket to her own death.
Hero
by Thomas Perry

After stopping a robbery at the Beverly Hills home of her client, a security guard to the stars is celebrated in the media as a local hero, but also draws the attention of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries.
California Bear : a novel
by Duane Swierczynski

A serial killer who vanished 40 years prior emerges from hibernation and is being tracked by a retired LAPD officer, a teenager with a terminal disease and a genealogist trying to repair her marriage. 
No one can know
by Kate Alice Marshall

Returning to the house where her parents were murdered, mother-to-be Emma Palmer who has never told anyone what she saw the night her parents died, even when she became the prime suspect, is reunited with her estranged sisters who will do anything to keep the past buried.
The woman on the ledge : a novel
by Ruth Mancini

"An edge of your seat work of suspense, about a woman falsely accused of murder who knows far more than she's letting on.."
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