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Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Author:
    Barr, Nevada
    Summary:

    Fleeing New York to find refuge as a ranger in remote West Texas, Anna Pigeon stumbles into a web of violence and murder when fellow park ranger Sheila Drury is mysteriously killed.

  • Author:
    Dickinson, Robert
    Summary:

    When a tour bus takes a group to the mall, it is expected to be a normal excursion, until the tour rep notices one person missing. Most disturbingly, she is a woman who, according to the records, did not go missing.

  • Author:
    Checketts, Cami
    Summary:

    A famous actress with a price on her head, and a hardened security specialist who refuses to acknowledge their love. Can she convince him to reconnect before they run out of time?

  • Author:
    Sapkowski, Andrzej
    Summary:

    Geralt is a witcher--guardian of the innocent and a defender against frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task is to protect Ciri, a child of prophecy who will have the power to change the world for good or for ill--but Ciri has vanished.

  • Author:
    Keogh, Valerie
    Summary:

    When Beth, Megan, and Joanne meet at university, they become inseparable friends who'd do anything for one another-even agreeing to keep what happens one shocking night a secret. Now in their forties and outwardly successful, each of the three has dealt with what happened in their own way. But secrets and lies leave their mark. When Megan decides to tell her fiancé the truth about that night, it threatens to ruin the lives of everyone around her. But someone is prepared to do anything to stop that from happening...

  • Author:
    Witmans, Hendrik
    Summary:

    Dr. Yabul Kozak is a brilliant, but frustrated scientist, who wants to make the world a better place by changing the way people think. Using the facilities of the mind research center where he works he creates a powerful viral drug that raises people’s intelligence and consciousness to a higher level. Before he can test and promote his discovery, he is betrayed by a suspicious colleague, and the authorities are closing in. Dr. Kozak desperately tries to safeguard his invention, but in a strange twist of fate, it is set to be used in a way he could never have imagined.

  • Author:
    Nesbø, Jo
    Summary:

    Inspector Harry Hole hunts down a serial murderer who targets his victims ... on Tinder. The murder victim, a self-declared Tinder addict. The one solid clue--fragments of rust and paint in her wounds--leaves the investigating team baffled. Two days later, there's a second murder: a woman of the same age, a Tinder user, an eerily similar scene. The chief of police knows there's only one man for this case. But Harry Hole is no longer with the force. He promised the woman he loves, and he promised himself, that he'd never go back: not after his last case, which put the people closest to him in grave danger. But there's something about these murders that catches his attention, something in the details that the investigators have missed. For Harry, it's like hearing "the voice of a man he was trying not to remember." Now, despite his promises, despite everything he risks, Harry throws himself back into the hunt for a figure who haunts him, the monster who got away.

  • Author:
    Brennan, Allison
    Summary:

    An edgy female police detective and an ambitious FBI special agent are at the heart of a ticking-clock investigation for a psychopathic serial killer. The bond they forge in this crucible sets the stage for high-stakes suspense. They have a chance to stop this elusive killer before he strikes again, but if they fail, one of their own will be next and the killer will go into hiding for another three years.

  • Author:
    Blaedel, Sara
    Summary:

    Six Feet Under meets Lisa Scottoline in the explosive conclusion to #1 international bestselling author Sara Blaedel's new Family Secrets series, where family drama is infused with edge-of-your-seat suspense. When Ilka Jensen inherited a funeral home after her father's death, she impulsively abandoned her quiet life in Denmark to visit the small town in Wisconsin where her father lived. There she was devastated to discover her father's second family: a stepmother and two half-sisters she never knew existed. Before long, Ilka is entangled in decades of family drama, secrets and lies, blackmail, and even murder. The riveting conclusion to the Family Secrets trilogy picks up right where the cliffhanger ending of Her Father's Secret left off with the astonishing revelation that Ilka's father is actually still alive. Reeling from the news, Ilka sets off for her father's last known location, where she is faced with a formidable task: to confront a man who abandoned her as a child—then pulled her as an adult into a frightening, violent world—and finally get the answers she has been desperately seeking. But when she meets her father for the first time in her adult life, he raises more questions than answers. Ilka and her father form a tense alliance and set out to unravel decades-old mysteries and intrigue—before her father's secrets destroy them both.

  • Author:
    Flynn, Vince
    Summary:

    When diplomacy has failed and military intervention is deemed inappropriate, our leaders often turn to a silent and dark community for results. This is a course of action not always taken by wise and honorable men. In certain circles it is known asThe Third OptionFresh from retaking a battle-scarred White House after a vicious terrorist attack, Mitch Rapp, the CIA's top counter-terrorism operative, is sent on his final mission. His target: a well-known German industrialist who has been selling highly sensitive equipment to one of the world's most notorious sponsors of terrorism. As Rapp meticulously prepares to take the man out, he has no idea that there are forces within his own government that are plotting to use him. The conspirators have devised a bold plan that will damage the president and ruin the career of the incoming director of the CIA's Counter-terrorism Center. Unfortunately, they have made one horrible miscalculation: they have chosen Mitch Rapp as their pawn. Their worst nightmare is about to be realized. They have enraged one of the most lethal and efficient killers the CIA has ever produced--and he will stop at nothing until he finds out who set him up. With action that sizzles from the opening paragraph and insider details that bring the story to vivid life, The Third Option showcases a New York Times bestselling author who is just hitting the peak of his extraordinary storytelling powers.

  • Author:
    Cussler, Clive
    Summary:

    Intrepid chief investigator Isaac Bell thwarts German spies seeking to abduct two scientists aboard the ocean liner Mauretania--but he's sure the thugs will try again. With war on the horizon, Bell knows his ability to keep these scientists safe may affect the fate of the world.

  • Author:
    Paris, B.A.
    Summary:

    "...you'll find yourself listening to the suspenseful reading by Olivia Dowd and Thomas Judd way past your bedtime." - NJ.com The multimillion-copy New York Times bestselling author B.A. Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in The Therapist - a powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret. When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they've dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive... As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before. Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before. But no one wants to talk about it. Her neighbors are keeping secrets and things are not as perfect as they seem... A Macmillan Audio Production from St. Martin's Press

  • Author:
    Flood, Helene
    Summary:

    From the mind of a psychologist comes a chilling domestic thriller that gets under your skin.What happens when a psychologist begins to question her own sanity? Sara runs a private psychology practice for troubled youth in the newly inherited house she is refurbishing with her husband, Sigurd. One morning, a voicemail from Sigurd tells Sara he's arrived at a holiday cabin for a weekend away with the guys. A couple of hours later, Sigurd's friends call from the cabin asking where he is - according to them, Sigurd never arrived. Sara is irritated by what she thinks is a practical joke. But as the hours stretch out, her anger turns to fear, and the large empty house begins to feel increasingly threatening. To get to the root of Sigurd's disappearance, Sara must question everything she knows about their relationship. But can she trust her own thoughts? And where is she safe?

  • Author:
    Simmons, Dan
    Summary:

    The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. When the expedition's leader dies, Captain Francis Crozier attempts to lead his men south across the ice. But as the Terror on the ice stalks them southward, Crozier and his men fear there is no escape.

  • Author:
    Simmons, Dan.
    Summary:

    The men on board the HMS Terror -part of the ill-fated 1945 Franklin Expedition-are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of ice and desolation. Endlessly cold, they struggle to survive with poisonous rations and a dwindling coal supply. But their real enemy is even more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror clawing to get in. "A bone- and spine-chilling novel."- Minneapolis Star-Tribune "The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years."-Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe "A mesmerizing thriller. . . . Simmon's epic, like the frozen sea that trapped the sailors, holds you fast."-Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly

  • Author:
    Carr, Jack
    Summary:

    "Double the trouble, twice the action, and quadruple the enjoyment. Careful while reading this one, it could leave a mark."--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Order A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller. On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece's entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. Now, with no family and free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he's learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward avenging the deaths of his family and teammates. With breathless pacing and relentless suspense, Reece ruthlessly targets his enemies in the upper echelons of power without regard for the laws of combat or the rule of law. An intoxicating thriller that cautions against the seduction of absolute power and those who would do anything to achieve it, The Terminal List is perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Stephen Hunter, and Nelson DeMille

  • Author:
    Sawyer, Robert J.
    Summary:

    Robert Sawyer has won many awards for his science fiction, which is praised for its blend of high-tech mystery and suspenseful pacing. An experiment has gone terribly wrong. Dr. Peter Hobson has created three electronic simulations of his own personality. One will test life after death; another, immortality. The third one is the control unit. But now all three have escaped from Hobson's computer into the worldwide electronic matrix. And one of them is a killer.

  • Author:
    Berry, Steve
    Summary:

    The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes ... until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces, the U.S. Justice Department and a shadowy zealot, vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was and its true nature could change the modern world.

  • Author:
    Baldacci, David
    Summary:

    The president knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel.

  • Author:
    Enright, Robert
    Summary:

    A Missing Girl. A Ticking Clock. A One Man War Against Crime. Sam Pope is back, in the explosive sequel to The Night Shift. As his mission against organised crime rages on, Sam Pope finds himself the target of a dedicated task force led by a tenacious young inspector. In the midst of a gun fight with a violent street gang, he finds a desperate father venturing into a world he doesn’t understand, searching for a daughter he will never see again. Realising that the net is tightening and the clock is ticking, Sam burns a hole right through the under belly of London to find the missing girl, finding himself in the cross hairs of some of the most dangerous people in the city. The Takers is a brutal, action packed thriller that will delight fans of Lee Child, Mark Dawson, Vince Flynn and Rob Sinclair.

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