Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Chocolate covered murder : Lucy Stone, book 18

    Creator

    Meier, Leslie

    Abstract

    As a reporter for the Pennysaver, Lucy is assigned a puff piece on upscale Chanticleer's Chocolates. But when a local fisherman drowns suspiciously, Lucy's certain her investigative skills could be put to better use. Everyone is shocked when Fern's Famous Fudge loses its status as 'Best Candy on the Coast' to Chanticleer's pricey newfangled confections. And Lucy soon discovers sultry store manager Tamzin Graves is only too eager to serve her male clientele. Leaving a throng of jealous women in her wake, it's almost no surprise when Tamzin is the next to turn up dead, covered in chocolate.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland

    Dreamscape Media

    Non spécifié
  • Clark and division : Japantown mystery, book 1

    Creator

    Hirahara, Naomi

    Abstract

    Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki's older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier and moved to the new Japanese American neighborhood near Clark and Division streets. But on the eve of the Ito family's reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick

    Recorded Books Inc.

    Non spécifié
  • The lost village

    Creator

    Sten, Camilla

    Abstract

    "Listen to Angela Dawe's eerie narration of the first seven minutes of Camilla Sten's 'The Lost Village' - I defy you to stop there."- The Seattle Times "Narrator Angela Dawe raises the stakes in this atmospheric horror novel...Her varying pacing amps up the suspense, and her flexible voice breathes life into the multitude of characters, regardless of gender and age. Horror listeners will be on the edge of their seats." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner A Most Anticipated Book Goodreads * Publishers Weekly * Crime Reads * Popsugar * Bookish A Library Reads Pick!

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Jar of hearts

    Creator

    Hillier, Jennifer

    Abstract

    "Hillier's plotting is everything you want in this novel — thoughtfully crafted and finely paced with enough hooks to keep you in a state of anticipation...January LaVoy has the vocal versatility to give distinct voices to all the key characters." — NJ.com Jennifer Hillier's Jar of Hearts is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong—one of the most popular girls in school—disappeared without a trace.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Non spécifié
  • City of the dead : Alex Delaware, book 37

    Creator

    Kellerman, Jonathan

    Abstract

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The past comes back to haunt psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis when they investigate a grisly double homicide and uncover an even more unspeakable motive in this riveting thriller from the bestselling master of suspense. Los Angeles is a city of sunlight, celebrity, and possibility. The L.A. often experienced by Homicide Lt. Detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware, is a city of the dead. Early one morning, the two of them find themselves in a neighborhood of pretty houses, pretty cars, and pretty people.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Camino Island : Camino Island, book 1

    Creator

    Grisham, John

    Abstract

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - “A delightfully lighthearted caper ... [a] fast-moving, entertaining tale.”— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a secure vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, but Princeton has insured it for twenty-five million dollars. Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The hacienda

    Creator

    Cañas, Isabel

    Abstract

    Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches... During the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz's father was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife's sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security that his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The fervor

    Creator

    Katsu, Alma

    Abstract

    The acclaimed author of the celebrated literary horror novels The Hunger and The Deep turns her psychological and supernatural eye on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II. 1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meiko's husband's enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Non spécifié
  • The cabin at the end of the world

    Creator

    Tremblay, Paul

    Abstract

    "A tremendous book--thought-provoking and terrifying, with tension that winds up like a chain. The Cabin at the End of the World is Tremblay's personal best. It's that good."--Stephen King. The Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts adds an inventive twist to the home invasion horror story in a heart-palpitating novel of psychological suspense that recalls Stephen King's Misery, Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood, and Jack Ketchum's cult hit The Girl Next Door.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • The book of M

    Creator

    Shepherd, Peng

    Abstract

    aSet in a dangerous near future world, The Book of M tells the captivating story of a group of ordinary people caught in an extraordinary catastrophe who risk everything to save the ones they love. It is a sweeping debut that illuminates the power that memories have not only on the heart, but on the world itself. One afternoon at an outdoor market in India, a man's shadow disappears--an occurrence science cannot explain. He is only the first.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié