A thrilling novel about two people stranded under mysterious circumstances in the South China Sea, battling the memories of the crimes that haunt them. A U.S. Navy intelligence officer, Jess is serving on an aircraft carrier (the first...
Psychological fiction
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Author:Saso, EmilySummary: - Author:McCarthy, CormacSummary:
Llewelyn Moss is hunting antelope near the Texas/Mexico border when he stumbles upon several dead men, a big stash of heroin, and more than two million dollars in cash. He takes off with the money--and the hunter becomes the hunted. A...
- Author:Kamal, SheenaSummary:
Two years ago, Bonnie was kidnapped by the wealthy Zhang family. Though Nora rescued her, she made a powerful enemy in Dao, a mysterious triad enforcer and former head of the Zhangs' private security. Now Dao is out for revenge, and she...
- Author:Muddiman, RebeccaSummary:
This is the predicament Polly Cooke faces when she returns to her new home. The first weeks in the house had been idyllic, but soon Jacob, a local man, is watching her. What does he want and why is he so obsessed with Polly? In a...
- Author:Fallis, TerrySummary:
This is the story of a middle-aged copywriter in New York City. He's worked at the same ad agency for fifteen years, but one morning this copywriter finds himself fired from his job, and after he catches his live-in girlfriend moving...
- Author:Cassidy, AnneSummary:
My name is Stacey Woods and I was raped... Stacey is the victim of a terrible sexual attack. She does not feel able to go to the police, or talk about it to anybody other than her best friend, Patrice. Patrice, outraged, when she cannot...
- Author:McBride, EveSummary:
2015 Arthur Ellis Award — Nominated, Best First Novel A terrible tragedy tears a family apart. In a serene city in the extravagant mid-eighties, the privileged Warne family is victimized when their talented and artistic eleven-year-old...
- Author:Van Rensburg, LaureSummary:
Ellie, an NYU grad student, is eager for the perfect weekend away with her boyfriend Steven, a wealthy and privileged professor at Barnard College. When they head out for their romantic break, they're both excited to get to know...
- Author:Benlabed, SalahSummary:
Menacé de mort, un reporter doit quitter son pays livré à la terreur et se retrouve seul avec sa fille à Montréal. Notes d’une musique ancienne est le journal de l’aventure, peu ordinaire mais si fréquente, de ce déplacé qui redécouvre...
- Author:Kukafka, DanyaSummary:
Serial killer Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. Told through a kaleidoscope of women--a mother, a sister, a homicide detective--we learn the story of Ansel's life.
- Author:Lavigne, FrançoisSummary:
Un roman exaltant, d’une écriture finement ciselée, qui nous emmène au plus profond des êtres, dans un récit implacable, rythmé comme un mouvement d’horloge, et qui mène à une improbable conclusion, à l’utopique rédemption. Un livre d’...
- Author:Benlabed, SalahSummary:
Après avoir passé plus de la moitié de sa vie en France, Souad retourne, comme on court à la chaloupe quand survient le naufrage, dans son pays d’origine qu’elle ne reconnaît plus, sinon dans ses souvenirs… Tout a changé. Elle aussi....
- Author:Koontz, Dean R.Summary:
Odd Thomas confronts deadly adversaries in a decaying Hollywood estate.
- Author:Koontz, Dean R.Summary:
He's odd. Odd Thomas, to be precise. Genius fry-cook at the Pico Mundo Grill, boyfriend to the gorgeous Stormy Llewellyn - and possibly the only person with a chance of stopping one of the worst crimes in bloody history of murder....
- Author:Kim, Michael ByungJuSummary:
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...
- Author:Grøndahl, Jens ChristianSummary:
This elegant and nuanced literary gem explores the intricacies of friendship, secrets, and two marriages, for fans of The Dinner and Dept. of Speculation. "Often I am happy and yet I want to cry; / For no heart fully shares my joy."--B....
- Author:Everett, FelicitySummary:
When two couples on the cusp of mid-life decide it is time for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. But as the reality of their new living arrangements slowly sinks in, the four friends face their own mid-life...
- Author:King, JamesSummary:
English novelist Guy Boyd's publisher forces him, against his inclination, to write a biography of the late Gabriel Brown, an eminent dealer in Old Masters. From the start, the project rattles the young Englishman, who has little...
- Author:Cook, MéiraSummary:
After twenty years Max Binder is still in love with his fiery wife, Maggie, and is determined to get her the perfect fortieth birthday gift. But Max’s singular desire — to make his wife happy — leads to an unexpected event that changes...
- Author:McConaghy, CharlotteSummary:
From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with...
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