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Now You See Me
by Sharon J. Bolton
Detective story of a woman's investigation into a series of child abductions, with a twist.
One night after interviewing a reluctant witness at a London apartment complex, Lacey Flint, a young detective constable, stumbles onto a woman brutally stabbed just moments before in the building’s ... (Goodreads)
Little Black Lies
by Sharon J. Bolton
A psychological thriller set on the Falkland Islands, where three friends are haunted by a tragic event from their past.
In such a small community as the Falkland Islands, a missing child is unheard of. In such a dangerous landscape it can only be a terrible tragedy, surely... When another child goes missing, and then ... (Goodreads)
Broken Harbor
by Tana French
A detective investigates a murder case in a ghostly housing estate, uncovering a web of secrets.
Mick “Scorcher" Kennedy is the star of the Dublin Murder Squad. He plays by the books and plays hard, and thatʼs how the biggest case of the year ends up in his hands. On one of the half-abandoned ... (Goodreads)
The Other Wife
by Michael Robotham
A man's life is turned upside down when his wife, who he thought was dead, reappears. He must confront the truth about their past and present.
Childhood sweethearts William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both have a strong sense of right and wrong. This is what their son, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Bloodstream
by Tess Gerritsen
A medical thriller about a doctor who discovers a deadly virus outbreak in a small town and races to find a cure before it spreads.
With her acclaimed novels, Harvest, and, Life Support, Tess Gerritsen has injected a powerful dose of adrenaline into the medical thriller. Now, Gerritsen melds page-turning suspense with chilling ... (Goodreads)
The Executioner
by Chris Carter
A serial killer is on the loose, and detective Robert Hunter must race against time to stop him before he strikes again.
Imagine your worst fear - and then meet your worst nightmare... Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked, decapitated body of a priest. Carefully positioned, legs ... (Goodreads)
Cold Granite
by Stuart MacBride
Detective Logan McRae investigates the abduction and murder of young boys in Aberdeen, Scotland.
It is Logan McRae's first week back after being on sick leave for a year; courtesy of Angus Robertson (The Mastrick Monster) who carved him up with a knife. Someone is kidnapping children, murdering ... (Wikipedia)
The Chemistry of Death
by Simon Beckett
A forensic scientist returns to his hometown to escape his past, but is drawn into a murder investigation.
Forensics expert David Hunter is recovering from a shattering tragedy three years earlier. While he is working in an isolated Norfolk village as a doctor, a woman's mutilated corpse is discovered. ... (Wikipedia)
Playing with Fire
by Tess Gerritsen
A female detective confronts a sinister cult while investigating a murder case.
A beautiful violinist is haunted by a very old piece of music she finds in a strange antique shop in Rome. The first time Julia Ansdell picks up The Incendio Waltz, she knows it’s a strikingly ... (Goodreads)
The Fold
by Peter Clines
A scientist must unravel the secrets of a mysterious invention that could unlock the power of teleportation.
STEP INTO THE FOLD. IT’S PERFECTLY SAFE. , The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's ... (Goodreads)
Dead Ever After
by Charlaine Harris
A thrilling conclusion to the Southern Vampire Mysteries series, ending with a resolution of the fate of its main characters.
The protagonist of the novel is Sookie Stackhouse , a telepathic waitress who works at a bar, of which she has recently become part owner. At the end of the previous novel,, Deadlocked, , Sookie used ... (Wikipedia)
Fallen
by Karin Slaughter
A small town is rocked by a brutal crime that exposes long-held secrets and threatens to tear the community apart.
Agent Faith Mitchell is late leaving a training workshop with the GBI. She was supposed to pick up her baby at noon, but there's no answer at her mother's house. Retired Atlanta Police Captain Evelyn ... (Wikipedia)
The Mephisto Club
by Tess Gerritsen
A series of gruesome murders lead a detective to a secret society obsessed with the devil. A thrilling and chilling mystery.
In Gerritsens latest New York Times bestseller, medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli take on a society of scholars that studies the history of evil–and the grisly killer it has ... (Goodreads)
The Ritual Bath
by Faye Kellerman
A female detective investigates a religious murder, uncovering a web of secrets.
Detective Peter Decker of the LAPD is stunned when he gets the report. Someone has shattered the sanctuary of a remote yeshiva community in the California hills with an unimaginable crime. One of the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Broken Homes
by Ben Aaronovitch
Detective investigates a supernatural murder in London, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
Constable Peter Grant and Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale are called to investigate a road traffic accident involving Robert Weil. The investigating officers found human blood from a body in ... (Wikipedia)
In the Woods
by Tana French
A murder investigation reveals an unsolved childhood mystery.
Twenty-two years prior to the novel's events, twelve year-old Adam and his two best friends failed to come home after playing in the familiar woods bordering their Irish housing estate . The Gardaí ... (Wikipedia)
The Rook
by Daniel O'Malley
A woman wakes up with no memory, but with supernatural powers and a letter from her past self. She must navigate a secret organization to uncover the truth.
The book follows a young woman in her thirties who wakes up in a park surrounded by bodies wearing latex gloves. She's unable to remember anything about herself or how she or the bodies got there, ... (Wikipedia)
Old Bones
by Douglas Preston
A team of archaeologists unearths a long-buried secret in the American West, leading to a dangerous quest for treasure and truth.
The #1, NYT, bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a ... (Barnes & Noble)
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
by George R.R. Martin
Epic fantasy saga of war, knights, and dragons.
A Storm of Swords picks up the story slightly before the end of its predecessor, A Clash of Kings . The Seven Kingdoms of Westeros are still in the grip of the War of the Five Kings , , wherein ... (Wikipedia)
Truth or Die
by James Patterson
A group of friends play a game of Truth or Dare that quickly turns deadly. Secrets are revealed and lives are at stake.
The truth will set your free - if it doesn't kill you first New York attorney Trevor Mann's world shatters when he receives a phone call telling him his girlfriend has been shot dead in a mugging. ... (Goodreads)
Jason
by Laurell K. Hamilton
Jason Schuyler, a werewolf and servant to the vampire queen, faces danger and intrigue in his quest to protect his loved ones.
"Enjoying pain with your pleasure is something you either get, or you don't. If you get it, then you don't really need it explained, because you know how good it feels, and if you don't get it then ... (Goodreads)
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith
Private detective investigates a series of mysterious and violent cases linked to a deranged criminal.
After murdering a woman, an unidentified man stalks Robin Ellacott, whom he sees as part of his plan to exact revenge against private investigator Cormoran Strike. Robin, having worked for Strike for ... (Wikipedia)
Thin Air
by Lisa Gray
A woman's disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness leads to a search and rescue mission, uncovering dark secrets and danger.
A, Washington Post,, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestseller., ,“Lisa Gray explodes onto the literary stage with this taut, edge-of-the-seat thriller, and her headstrong protagonist, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Banker’s Wife
by Cristina Alger
A Swiss banker's wife investigates her husband's death and uncovers a web of corruption and deceit in the world of high finance.
On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. ... (Goodreads)
The 13-Storey Treehouse
by Andy Griffiths
Two friends live in a treehouse with 13 floors, filled with wacky inventions and adventures.
The book begins with the narrator and fictional depiction of the author, Andy Griffiths , giving an introduction to himself, his friend and illustrator Terry Denton , and their treehouse; the main ... (Wikipedia)
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
by Laini Taylor
A young woman discovers a secret world of angels, monsters, and a destiny she never knew was hers.
Karou, a 17-year-old art student living in Prague , goes about her daily life attending classes and hanging out with her best friend Zuzana, while simultaneously trying to evade her ex-boyfriend ... (Wikipedia)
Girls Like Us
by Cristina Alger
Two women from different backgrounds, both daughters of a deceased FBI agent, team up to solve a murder case.
From the, New York Times, bestselling author of, The Banker's Wife, worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island and faces the impossible question: What ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Haunted
by Jessica Verday
A girl's best friend dies mysteriously, and she discovers secrets about him and his family that lead her to a haunted graveyard.
An impossible truth. An impossible love. , After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with–the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows ... (Goodreads)
The Guilty One
by Lisa Ballantyne
A boy is accused of murdering a younger child, and a lawyer must uncover the truth about what really happened.
Moving and suspenseful, Lisa Ballantyne’s, The Guilty One, is a psychological thriller about the darkness in each of us. It explores how we are all tied to our pasts, and what it means to be guilty. ... (Barnes & Noble)
Nerve
by Jeanne Ryan
A high-stakes online game of dares quickly spirals out of control, putting the players' lives at risk.
Shy junior Vee, with the help of her friend Tommy, tries out for the online game of dares , NERVE, to impress her crush. After uploading her audition reel, they realize her cotton shirt becomes ... (Wikipedia)
