Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Village in the dark : Cara Kennedy, book 2

    Creator

    Yamashita, Iris

    Abstract

    Detective Cara Kennedy thought she’d lost her husband and son in an accident, but harrowing evidence has emerged that points to murder—and she will stop at nothing to find the truth in this riveting mystery from the author of City Under One Roof. On a frigid February day, Anchorage Detective Cara Kennedy stands by the graves of her husband and son, watching as their caskets are raised from the earth. It feels sacrilegious, but she has no choice. Aaron and Dylan disappeared on a hike a year ago, their bones eventually found and buried.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Berkley

    Not specified
  • We did nothing wrong

    Creator

    Jayne, Hannah

    Abstract

    Lia thought of the dark night, of the broken street light. Had Diana gone out to meet her? Had she been waiting for her, alone in the park? Or had someone been waiting for Diana? Lia and Diana are the "it girls" of Empire Hill High. Their lives are perfect... until Diana disappears and the rumors start flying. Everyone thinks Diana is a runaway, including the police. Lia is secretly convinced it's all a prank. Then she finds a crushed red rose tied with a candy-cane ribbon where Diana went missing. And next to it, a note: YOU.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Naperville, IL

    Sourcebooks Fire

    Not specified
  • What the woods took

    Creator

    Gould, Courtney

    Abstract

    A January Indie Next Pick. "A visceral, unflinching, and emotionally powerful horror novel...this is Gould at her most poignant and most electric." —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning. Yellowjackets meets Girl, Interrupted when a group of troubled teens in a wilderness therapy program find themselves stranded in a forest full of monsters eager to take their place. Devin Green wakes in the middle of the night to find two men in her bedroom.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Wednesday Books

    Not specified
  • Where they last saw her

    Creator

    Rendon, Marcie R.

    Abstract

    National bestseller • From the award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear series comes a compelling mystery of a Native American woman who learns of the disappearance of one of her own and decides enough is enough. “Rendon shows how harm done to a marginalized community can reverberate through generations [as] the novel hurtles toward a breath-robbing conclusion.” —The New York Times Book Review. A Washington Post and Book Riot Best Book of the Year • Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award. All they heard was her scream.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Bantam

    Not specified
  • You will never be me

    Creator

    Sutanto, Jesse Q.

    Abstract

    When cracks start forming in an influencer’s curated life, she finds out that jealousy is just as viral as a video in this riveting suspense novel by bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto. Influencer Meredith Lee didn’t teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched as soon as Aspen became big. So can anyone really blame Mer for doing a little stalking? Nothing serious, more like Stalking Lite. Then, Mer gets lucky; she finds one of Aspen’s kids’ iPads and swipes it. Now, she has access to everything: the family calendar and Aspen’s social media accounts.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, New York

    Berkley

    Not specified
  • You'll be the death of me

    Creator

    McManus, Karen M.

    Abstract

    #1 New York Times Bestseller • From the author of One of Us Is Lying comes a brand-new pulse-pounding thriller. It's Ferris Bueller's Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly—and fatally—wrong. Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out from working two jobs since his family’s business failed.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Delacorte Press

    Not specified
  • 7 minutes plus tard

    Creator

    Kistler, Bonnie

    Abstract

    Un thriller haut de gamme, à l'intrigue haletante et ingénieusement construite, qui dépeint avec brio le monde des affaires et ses affres. Bonnie Kistler, ancienne avocate, est une plume montante du thriller américain. Il s'agit de son premier livre traduit en français. Quand elle referme la porte de son bureau d'avocat ce soir-là, la jeune Shay ignore que sa vie s'apprête à basculer. En chemin vers l'ascenseur, elle croise Lucy qui monte avec elle dans la cabine.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Québec

    Librairie Plon

    Not specified
  • All the colors of the dark

    Creator

    Whitaker, Chris

    Abstract

    New York Times Bestseller • From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that “hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel” (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl). Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today. The Boston Globe’s #1 Thriller/Mystery of 2024 So Far. A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews. “Kept me frantically turning the pages and somehow made me cry at the end . . . Brava!”—Kristin Hannah, author of The Women.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Crown

    Not specified
  • From sweetgrass bridge

    Creator

    Bidulka, Anthony

    Abstract

    A nation holds its breath.On a perfect prairie summer evening, Saskatchewan Roughrider Dustin Thomson goes missing. As the Green & White's first primary quarterback born in the province and first Indigenous quarterback, Thomson is beloved and celebrated. Mistrusting the police investigation, the family hires Merry Bell P.I. to find the football star.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Edmonton, Alberta]

    Stonehouse Publishing

    Not specified
  • Line of sight

    Creator

    Wright, Paul

    Abstract

    It is 1995, and intelligence operative Lora Chandler, a.k.a. Agent Vogel, is tasked with investigating the claim that Professor Simon Blackmarr has cracked the invisibility problem. A mission that leads her back to the half-forgotten beach town of Lancaster, Florida. Home to estranged love interest, and newspaper reporter Richard Davis. Her feelings for him have never really died, and matters become even more complicated when Vogel learns that Blackmarr's breakthrough is legitimate. A scientific discovery that - in the wrong hands - could alter the balance of global power.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    BWL Publishing Inc.

    Not specified