Category: Crime Thriller
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CITY ON FIRE by DON WINSLOW
Winslow is back with the first book in a new trilogy. This time set in his own backyard. And it is fire! The Irish and the Italians share an uneasy peace. Each controlling a different area of New England. Things seem to be pretty set in stone with the old guard being replaced by the…
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HOOKER AVENUE by JODE’ MILLMAN
HOOKER AVENUE is the second in the Queen City Crimes series, which sees the return of attorney Jessie Martin in upstate New York’s Hudson Valley. Jessie is on her way home during a pop-up thunderstorm when she spots a woman drowning in a storm drain. She pulls over to save the woman—only to discover that…
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THE FALL by RACHAEL BLOK
The sins of the past echo in the present in the new literary thriller from Rachael Blok. The wind is cold this high up. The man shouts out, but nobody hears. The cathedral roof has caught his fall, but it will not hold him for long. The night is dark. And it is such a…
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THE PARIS APARTMENT by LUCY FOLEY
Such a good mystery here! From the New York Times, bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess is ready to leave London. She has no money, and now, no job. She reaches out to her half-brother, Ben, in Paris,…
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What Happened to the Bennetts by LISA SCOTTOLINE
Your family has been attacked, never again to be the same.Now you have to choose between law…and justice. The story: The Bennett family is a typical suburban family. Dad, Jason, owns his own court-reporting business and does well. Mom, Lucinda, is a photographer. They have the required two children. A boy, Ethan, and a girl…
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THE MATCH by HARLAN COBEN
Wilde 2 If you haven’t read The Boy From The Woods, well why not? It was a great story that left us longing to hear more about the mysterious Wilde. As a young child, he was found living alone in the Ramapo Mountains in New Jersey. Headlines called him a feral child and no one…
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THE SILENT PATIENT by ALEX MICHAELIDES
Alicia seems to have a perfect life. She is a well-known painter and her husband is a well-known photographer. They live in a lovely home in London and things seem perfect. Until the night her husband comes home late and she shoots him in the face five times. Yes, five times. And never speaks a…
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THE SANATORIUM by SARAH PEARSE
Detective Elin Warner #1 The first thing you should know about this book is that it is her first novel! I found that so hard to believe. The cover alone had me pushing the buy now button. A Sanatorium? Yes, please. Le Sommet in the Swiss Alps is surrounded by forests and mountains. Its building…
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THE SORORITY MURDER by ALLISON BRENNAN
A popular sorority girl. An unsolved murder. A campus podcast with chilling repercussions. Lucas Vega seems to be a bit obsessed with the death of sorority girl, Candace Swain. Candace was at a party one night and nowhere the next. And while her body was found two weeks later, it was discovered she didn’t drown…
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THE DARK HOURS by MICHAEL CONNELLY
Ballard and Bosch Novel It’s New Year’s Eve and LAPD Detective Renee Ballard is sitting under an overpass waiting for the traditional rain of bullets at the stroke of midnight. Paired with another female officer on loan from the Hollywood sex crimes unit. They are trying to catch a duo of rapists before they strike…
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