Tag: thriller
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THE RISING TIDE by ANN CLEEVES
A Vera Stanhope Novel #10 Since I have recently finished binge-watching the BritBox series Vera, I was happy to receive a copy of this newest DCI STANHOPE novel! We are back on Holy Island for this one. Fifty years ago a group of high school kids and their young teacher went on a retreat there…
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STAY AWAKE by MEGAN GOLDIN
From the opening pages, this book exudes tension! Heart pounding terror and confusion on every single page. This is the story of Liv Reese. Liv has just woken up in a taxi with absolutely no memory of how she got there. Confused and scared she is dropped off at her apartment building. Only she has…
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ALIAS EMMA by AVA GLASS
In this breakneck, race-against-the-clock thriller, a British spy has twelve hours to deliver her asset across London after Russia hacks the city’s security cameras. Can she make it without being spotted . . . or killed? Nothing about Emma Makepeace is real. Not even her name. A daughter of a Russian mother and father. She…
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THE NEW NEIGHBOR by KAREN CLEVELAND
Beth Bradford and her husband Mike have just dropped their last child off at college. They have a buyer for the large home they raised their children in and are downsizing. The cul-de-sac they have lived in will be getting a new neighbor and Beth is feeling sad. But wait, things can always get worse!…
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THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK by JENNIFER HILLIER
Paris Peralta comes to on the bathroom floor covered in blood and holding a straight razor. Oh, yes, and her thirty-year older husband is dead in the tub. Then the police arrive and she is arrested. Paris knows she didn’t kill her husband, but who did? She isn’t afraid of going to jail, she’s afraid…
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THE BINDING ROOM by NADINE MATHESON
From the author of The Jigsaw Man comes the second installment of Inspector Anjelica Henley. The Jigsaw man was a great and gruesome read and I was looking for more of that. This one has the characters all still traumatized from Olivier so everyone is a bit off their game. But when a pastor in…
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WHAT MOVES THE DEAD by T. KINGFISHER
From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic “The Fall of the House of Usher.” This one had a bit of everything scary! The war, deadly fungi, ghostly animals, and the House of Usher, already half fallen. When Alex Easton, now retired from the soldier’s life,…
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RIZZOLI & ISLES: LISTEN TO ME by TESS GERRITSEN
Rizzoli and Isles #13 Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles are investigating the gruesome murder of a nurse, whilst also protecting a young student from a stalker. But immersed in their day jobs, will they lose sight of something sinister happening much closer to home? Jane and Maura are back solving crimes. And…
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LOOK CLOSER by DAVID ELLIS
This is a fast-paced, very clever story of murder, revenge, money, and basically how to plan the perfect murder. Be patient. Simon is a law professor in Chicago. Trying for tenure while his wife, Vicky works as a domestic violence advocate. It’s not a head over heels love story, but it’s stable. Maybe. Or is…
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HER DARKEST SECRET by Jessica R. Patch
When a cold-case serial killer returns, FBI special agent Fiona Kelly has one last chance to stop him before he claims the prize he’s always wanted—her. FBI SA Fiona Kelly is living in Chicago now. After blowing up her marriage to her husband and fellow agent, Asa Kodiak. It’s been almost twenty years since she…
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