Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Three-inch teeth : Joe Pickett, book 24

    Creator

    Box, C. J.

    Abstract

    Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett faces two different kinds of rampaging beasts-one animal, one human-in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C.J. Box. A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage-killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    Not specified
  • Wild hope

    Creator

    Thomas, Joan

    Abstract

    A CBC Books and Winnipeg Free Press Best Book of the Year. From the Governor General's Award-­winning author of Five Wives, a thrilling contemporary novel about how the past never lets us go. Isla and Jake are a couple drifting apart. She is a chef and co-owner of a farm-to-table restaurant on the brink of closing; he is a visual artist tormented by the oil-and-gas legacy of his late father. A looming figure in both their lives is Reg Bevaqua, Jake's childhood friend-turned-enemy, turned bottled-water baron.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Harper Perennial Canada

    Not specified
  • Crosshairs : Michael Bennett, book 16

    Creator

    Patterson, James

    Abstract

    "Turn. Up. The. Heat" ( New York Times ) with this psychological thriller. New York City detective Michael Bennett faces his most terrifying killer ever. It could be anyone. They could be anywhere. A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets. Detective Michael Bennett teams with a shooting expert-a former Army Ranger and sniper with NYPD's Emergency Services Unit. But Officer Rob Trilling seems more comfortable with rifles than he is with people.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • Missing persons : Private, book 16

    Creator

    Patterson, James

    Abstract

    In Afghanistan, a US pilot is shot down during a covert mission. In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children. Finding the connection between the two will lead the Private team right into a deadly trap. A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and two grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Grand Central Publishing

    Not specified
  • The housemaid

    Creator

    McFadden, Freida

    Abstract

    "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I'll soon learn that the Winchesters' secrets are far more dangerous than my own.... Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Burlington

    Independently Published

    Not specified
  • #crimetime : an audio original

    Creator

    Rose, Jeneva

    Abstract

    "This is a modern, madcap mystery and best-of-the-best addition to the emerging audio original genre." - Booklist The first audio original from Jeneva Rose, the author of blockbuster bestseller The Perfect Marriage , #CrimeTime is a full-cast mystery written with her husband, Drew Pyne, perfect for fans of Only Murders in the Building and Finley Donovan Is Killing It . Going viral has never been so dangerous. Nadiya loves her privacy: living alone and writing a popular series of crime novels under a pen name, she's worked hard to build the quiet life she cherishes.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio Originals

    Not specified
  • Tender beasts

    Creator

    Sambury, Liselle

    Abstract

    After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother's name in this psychological thriller perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades . Sunny Behre has four siblings, but only one is a murderer. With the death of Sunny's mother, matriarch of the wealthy Behre family, Sunny's once picture-perfect life is thrown into turmoil.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Chasing endless summer : Sutherland, book 2

    Creator

    Andrews, V.C.

    Abstract

    A young girl trapped in a labyrinthine mansion may finally get the family she longs for when her estranged father reappears in her life in this new novel from the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and Landry series - now popular Lifetime movies. After the tragic death of her mother and a long period of isolation under the thumb of a cruel grandfather, young Caroline Bryer has little to hope for in her life in the foreboding Southerland mansion.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • The atlas maneuver

    Creator

    Berry, Steve

    Abstract

    From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which Cotton unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure, worth billions, known as Yamashita's Gold. 1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Grand Central Publishing

    Not specified
  • Past crimes

    Creator

    Pinter, Jason

    Abstract

    Welcome to Earth+. The year is 2037, and nearly all human interactions have migrated to the virtual world. Now, true-crime fans don't just listen to podcasts or watch documentaries - they participate in hyper-realistic simulations and hunt for clues to solve the most famous and gruesome crimes in history. Criminal entertainment is a multibillion-dollar industry, and at the forefront is Past Crimes: known by its millions of fans as the Disneyland of Death.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland

    Dreamscape Media

    Not specified