Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Odd child out : Jim Clemo, book 2

    Creator

    Macmillan, Gilly

    Abstract

    How well do you know the people you love. Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't-or won't-tell anyone what happened. Just back from a mandatory leave following his last case, Detective Jim Clemo is now assigned to look into this unfortunate accident. But tragedy strikes and what looked like the simple case of a prank gone wrong soon ignites into a public battle. Noah is British. Abdi is a Somali refugee. And social tensions have been rising rapidly in Bristol.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, NY

    Harper Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Northern spy : Tessa Daly, book 1

    Creator

    Berry, Flynn

    Abstract

    "Thrillingly good."--Washington Post. The acclaimed author of Under the Harrow and A Double Life returns with her most thrilling novel to date: the story of two sisters who become entangled with the IRAA producer at the BBC and mother to a new baby, Tessa is at work in Belfast one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground in the two decades since the Good Friday Agreement, but they never really went away, and lately bomb threats, security checkpoints, and helicopters floating ominously over the city have become features of everyday life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Penguin Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Nightwork

    Creator

    Roberts, Nora

    Abstract

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces an unforgettable thief in a new novel of suspense, greed, love, and survival... Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer, he left Chicago--but kept up his nightwork. Wandering from the Outer Banks to Savannah to New Orleans, he dons new identities and stays careful, observant, distant. He can't afford to attract attention--or get attached.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York, New York]

    Macmillan Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Night film

    Creator

    Pessl, Marisha

    Abstract

    Brilliant, haunting, breathtakingly suspenseful, Night Film is a superb literary thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of the "blockbuster debut" (People) Special Topics in Calamity Physics. On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise ...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • Never let you go

    Creator

    Stevens, Chevy

    Abstract

    A stunning and thrilling novel from New York Times Still Missing targets her readers with a novel that hits all the notes they have come to expect from her--and ratchets up the stakes even more. Lindsey Nash is starting over with her new life after leaving her abusive ex-husband who was sent to jail. She has her own business and is raising her teenage daughter who needs her now more than ever. When her husband is finally released, Lindsey believes she has cut all ties. There is no way he can ever find her and her daughter again.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Blackstone Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Near dark : Scot Harvath, book 19

    Creator

    Thor, Brad

    Abstract

    The world’s largest bounty has just been placed upon America’s top spy. His only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth. But for Scot Harvath to accomplish his most dangerous mission ever - one that has already claimed the lives of the people closest to him, including his new wife - he’s going to need help - a lot of it. Not knowing whom he can trust, Harvath finds an unlikely ally in Norwegian intelligence operative Sølvi Kolstad.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Naked greed : Stone Barrington, book 34

    Creator

    Woods, Stuart

    Abstract

    Stone Barrington isn't one to turn away in the face of danger, so when he witnesses a tricky situation underway, he jumps in to lend a hand. He never expected, though, that this favor would lead to a mutually beneficial business deal with a prominent gentleman who requires the ever-discreet services of Woodman & Weld. But in the ruthless corporate world no good deed goes unpunished, and Stone soon finds himself the target of a ragtag group of criminal toughs who don't appreciate his interference in their dealings.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Audio

    Non spécifié
  • My sweet girl

    Creator

    Jayatissa, Amanda

    Abstract

    Paloma thought her perfect life would begin once she was adopted and made it to America, but she's about to find out that no matter how far you run, your past always catches up to you ... Ever since she was adopted from a Sri Lankan orphanage, Paloma has had the best of everything--schools, money, and parents so perfect that she fears she'll never live up to them. Now at thirty years old and recently cut off from her parents' funds, she decides to sublet the second bedroom of her overpriced San Francisco apartment to Arun, who recently moved from India.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Penguin Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Mr. Nobody

    Creator

    Steadman, Catherine

    Abstract

    When a man is found on a British beach, drifting in and out of consciousness, with no identification and unable to speak, interest in him is sparked immediately. From the hospital staff who find themselves inexplicably drawn to him, to international medical experts who are baffled by him, to the national press who call him Mr. Nobody, everyone wants answers. Who is this man? And what happened to him? Some memories are best forgotten. Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Emma Lewis is asked to assess the patient in a small town deep in the English countryside.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Ballantine Books

    Non spécifié
  • Missing and endangered : Joanna Brady, book 19

    Creator

    Jance, J.A.

    Abstract

    Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady's professional and personal lives collide when her college-age daughter is involved in a missing persons case in this evocative and atmospheric mystery in J.A. Jance's New York Times bestselling suspense series, set in the beautiful desert country of the American Southwest. When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet sheltered sixteen-year-old freshman.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié