Short-listed for the Forest of Reading Red Maple Award, 2012 Before you judge me, there are two things you should know about why I did it. Shana Tremain is a good kid. She knows right from wrong and she’s never been in any serious...
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Author:Sherrard, ValerieSummary: - Author:Bourelle, Andrew, Patterson, JamesSummary:
Texas Ranger Rory Yates uncovers a tangle of small-town secrets, favors, and lies. To get to the truth before more lives are lost, he's forced to take some liberties with the investigation.
- Author:Allin, LouSummary:
Cowboy drifter Rick Cooper is on the run in the California desert when he meets Gladys Ryan, an eccentric widow who offers him a ride in her classic 1970 Mustang. Before long she convinces him to accompany her to Northern Ontario to...
- Author:Stevens, ChevySummary:
A stunning breakout novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Still Missing in which a woman is convicted of her sister's murder. Toni Murphy was eighteen when she and her boyfriend, Ryan, were wrongly convicted of the...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney has never lost a case. Then his client's beautiful wife is murdered, and America's #1 lawyer suddenly becomes its #1 suspect. Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-...
- Author:Berry, SteveSummary:
What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain--in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos. Shot down over Siberia, ex-Justice...
- Author:Paetro, Maxine, Patterson, JamesSummary:
A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to an unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman puts her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant's tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
Three victims, three bullets, three cities. Simultaneous murders in LA, Chicago, and San Francisco—SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's jurisdiction, and local reporter Cindy Thomas's beat. The shooters' aim is as fearsomely precise as their...
- Author:Patterson, James, Paetro, MaxineSummary:
A young woman and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. Detective Lindsay Boxer discovers only one shred of evidence: a foreboding and cryptic message written in blood...
- Author:Barnes, MikeSummary:
Prompted by a mysterious summons from his past, a man known only as 'The Super' begins an investigation into maternal neglect by a privileged Toronto family. As the case deepens, revealing a web of systemic crime and depravity, The...
- Author:Forsyth, FrederickSummary:
Something big is about to happen--the intelligence community is certain of it. Exactly what will happen and where is open to wild speculation. To date, it has been impossible to infiltrate Al Qaeda, but now a daring new plan is in the...
- Author:Armstrong, CharlotteSummary:
From "the mistress of day-lit terror": A couple invites two indigent women into their Hollywood home-and lives to regret it (The New York Times). In a roadside Santa Clara motel, Tom and Esther Gardner wake up to an intruder...
- Author:Berry, SteveSummary:
Cotton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. State Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: "You have...
- Author:Anderson-Dargatz, GailSummary:
If you almost had everything that you wanted, how hard would you fight to protect it? Kira is engaged to the man of her dreams: he's charming, handsome, wealthy, and a great dad to their baby, Evie, and his thirteen-year-old daughter,...
- Author:Dorn, L. R.Summary:
Performed docuseries style by a star-studded full cast including Santino Fontana, Shelby Young, Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hilary Huber,...
- Author:Crichton, Michael, Wilson, Daniel H.Summary:
Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name-and spawned a new genre, the technothriller-the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.
- Author:Neggers, CarlaSummary:
Folklorist Keira Sullivan is convinced that an isolated ruin on the Irish coast conceals the ancient Celtic stone angel for which she has been searching. But then the ruin collapses on her, and the man who rescues her must soon protect...
- Author:Le Tellier, HervéSummary:
Winner of the Prix Goncourt, this dizzying literary page-turner ingeniously blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight. In June 2021, a senseless event upends the lives of...
- Author:Onda, RikuSummary:
Selected by NYT as one of Most Notable Books of 2020. On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks...
- Author:Hadfield, ChrisSummary:
1973: a final, top-secret mission to the Moon. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the lunar surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to the breaking point back on Earth...
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