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Thrillers (Fiction)

  • October 1970 : a novel
    Author:
    Grady, Wayne, Hamelin, Louis
    Summary:

    Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book. October 1970. Two kidnappings. One dead. A crisis unlike anything the country had ever seen — here is the story behind history . . . Thirty years after the...
  • Odd child out : a novel
    Author:
    Macmillan, Gilly
    Summary:

    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...
  • Of vengeance
    Author:
    Kurtness, J. D.
    Summary:

    One day, a thirteen-year-old girl decides to startle a classmate. Instead, she accidentally kills him. And she likes it. Over the years, she begins experimenting with murder. Her victims are, of course, people that deserve it: a...
  • Of violence and cliché
    Author:
    Joudrey, M. C.
    Summary:

    After the accident, William begins to see things differently. In fact, he begins to see things no person expects to see, including an orange tabby cat that speaks but can't answer questions and a half naked, otherworldly woman who isn't...
  • Offerings
    Author:
    Kim, Michael ByungJu
    Summary:

    With the rapidly cascading Asian Financial Crisis threatening to go global and Korea in imminent meltdown, investment banker Dae Joon finds himself back in his native Seoul as part of an international team brought in to rescue the...
  • Old bones
    Author:
    Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.
    Summary:

    Curator Nora Kelly is approached by historian Clive Benton to lead an expedition unlike any other. Nora agrees, and they venture into the Sierra Nevada in search of the Donner Party camp.
  • Old bones
    Author:
    Chudley, Ron
    Summary:

    Resting on what was left of the bench was something else, lighter in shade than the background, round, about the size of a cabbage. There were two large holes close together, a smaller pair below, then two rows of wedge-shaped objects....
  • Old city hall
    Author:
    Rotenberg, Robert
    Summary:

    Radio personality Kevin Brace, the "Voice of Canada," confesses to murder--but the case is far from closed.
  • Olivier : COBAYES
    Author:
    Godbout, Yvan
    Summary:

    Mon souhait le plus ardent : vaincre la tourmente.J'en ai marre. Marre de mes cicatrices qui attirent le regard de tous et qui, paradoxalement, éloignent celui de mes parents. La mort de mon frère jumeau ne m'a pas que rendu...
  • On fait quoi avec le cadavre
    Author:
    Forand, Claude
    Summary:

    Que feriez-vous si, en ouvrant le coffre d’une voiture, vous y découvriez un… cadavre ? Que feriez-vous si vous appreniez que les hommes tatoués qui rénovent la maison de vos parents sont… d’anciens criminels ? Que feriez-vous si on...
  • On the edge
    Author:
    Hinton, Nigel
    Summary:

    When Dillon's dad turns up unannounced to take him and his brother on a trip, Dillon isn't sure what to do - Mum's at work and they haven't seen Dad in months. Dillon's little brother Robbie is ecstatic to see his father and desperate...
  • Once a thief
    Author:
    Reich, Christopher
    Summary:

    From London to a secret outpost in the French Alps, from Corsica to the glittering beaches of the Costa Smeralda, Simon Riske finds himself a player in a deadly game, where knowledge is paid for with your life.
  • One fatal flaw
    Author:
    Perry, Anne
    Summary:

    Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in this explosive new novel from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. When Jessie Beale comes to see...
  • One fine day you're gonna die
    Author:
    Bowen, Gail
    Summary:

    "Charlie D is back doing his late-night radio call-in show. It's Halloween—The Day of the Dead. Not a day filled with good memories for Charlie, but the show must go on. His studio guest this evening is Dr. Robin Harris, an arrogant and...
  • One good deed
    Author:
    Baldacci, David
    Summary:

    It's 1949. War veteran Aloysius Archer is hired to collect a debt owed to a powerful local businessman. But when a murder takes place right under Archer's nose, police suspicions rise against him.
  • One hit wonders
    Author:
    Warner, Patrick
    Summary:

    Lila is dead. And the likely suspects are all men: her flash-in-the-pan literary husband, a washed up golf pro turned criminal with a cocaine habit, and two small-time thugs looking for the perfect score. As a crime novel for a new age...
  • One last prayer for the rays
    Author:
    Markin, Wes
    Summary:

    School should be the safest place in the world. Not this winter. DCI Michael Yorke faces his most harrowing case yet. When 12-year-old Paul disappears from school, Yorke's only clue is a pool of animal blood. Fearing the worst, he...
  • One little secret : a novel
    Author:
    Holahan, Cate
    Summary:

    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...
  • One little word
    Author:
    McElyea, Audra
    Summary:

    Madeline Barton is struggling as a freelance reporter. But when an anonymous source tips her off about a murder, she knows the story could launch her career, except that her source keeps meddling in the investigation.
  • One night gone
    Author:
    Laskowski, Tara
    Summary:

    "A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel." -TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch Elm It was the perfect place to disappear... One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew-...

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