Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Paper ghosts : a novel of suspense

    Creator

    Heaberlin, Julia

    Abstract

    "A gripping thriller about a man who may or may not have dementia--and who may or may not be a serial killer--from a master of twists and turns, in the tradition of Laura Lippman and Gillian Flynn An obsessive young woman has been waiting half her life--since she was twelve years old--for this moment. She has planned. Researched. Trained. Imagined every scenario. Now she is almost certain the man who kidnapped and murdered her sister sits in the passenger seat beside her. Carl Louis Feldman is a documentary photographer.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Ballantine Books

    Not specified
  • Palace of the drowned

    Creator

    Mangan, Christine

    Abstract

    It's 1966 and Frankie Croy retreats to her friend's vacant palazzo in Venice. Years have passed since the initial success of Frankie's debut novel and she has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a very public breakdown, she needs to recharge and get re-inspired. Then Gilly appears. A precocious young admirer eager to make friends, Gilly seems determined to insinuate herself into Frankie's solitary life. But there's something about the young woman that gives Frankie pause.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • Outfox

    Creator

    Brown, Sandra

    Abstract

    FBI agent Drex Easton is relentlessly driven by a single goal: to outmaneuver the conman once known as Weston Graham. Over the past thirty years, Weston has assumed many names and countless disguises, enabling him to lure eight wealthy women out of their fortunes before they disappeared without a trace, their families left without answers and the authorities without clues. The only common trait among the victims: a new man in their life who also vanished, leaving behind no evidence of his existence ... except for one signature custom.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York, NY]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Our house

    Creator

    Candlish, Louise

    Abstract

    From an internationally acclaimed author, a disturbing and addictive novel of domestic suspense where secrets kept hidden from spouses cause shocking surprises that hit home ... There's nothing unusual about a new family moving in at 91 Trinity Avenue. Except it's her house. And she didn't sell it. When Fiona Lawson comes home to find strangers moving into her house, she's sure there's been a mistake.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York, NY]

    Penguin Audio

    Not specified
  • Order to kill

    Creator

    Mills, Kyle

    Abstract

    Mitch Rapp is used to winning. But now the CIA operative finds himself chasing false leads from continent to continent in an effort to keep Pakistani nukes from falling into the hands of terrorists. Together with friend and colleague Scott Coleman, Rapp struggles to prevent the loss of these lethal weapons, particularly because Russia is also interested in the nukes, though not for the same reason as Rapp and Coleman.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • One of us is next

    Creator

    McManus, Karen M.

    Abstract

    The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller everyone is talking about, One of Us Is Lying! There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules. Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this. A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one's been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts. Until now. This time it's not an app, though?it's a game. Truth or Dare.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • One little secret

    Creator

    Holahan, Cate

    Abstract

    Everyone has a secret. For some, it's worth dying to protect. For others, it's worth killing. The glass beach house was supposed to be the getaway that Susan needed. Eager to help her transplanted family set down roots in their new town'and desperate for some kid-free conversation'she invites her new neighbors to join in on a week-long sublet with her and her workaholic husband. Over the course of the first evening, liquor loosens inhibitions and lips. The three couples begin picking up on the others' marital tensions and work frustrations, as well as revealing their own.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland, Or.

    Blackstone Audio

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified
  • 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

    Not specified