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None of this is true : a novel
Jewell, Lisa
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her "superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose" (BuzzFeed), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds...
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Drowning : the rescue of Flight 1421 : a novel
Newman, T. J. (Novelist)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES * "Reads like Apollo 13 underwater." --Don Winslow * "Masterful." --Patricia Cornwell * "A stunningly vivid tour de force!" Gripping. Shocking." --Brad Thor Flight...
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The secret
Child, Lee
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from Lee Child and Andrew Child A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable,...
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How can I help you
Sims, Laura 1973-
The lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic obsession. No one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library know only her middle-aged normalcy,...
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The quiet tenant
Michallon, Clémence
NATIONAL BEST SELLER * ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED NOVELS OF 2023 * GMA BUZZ PICK * "A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying." --James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST...
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The only one left : a novel
Sager, Riley
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a summer book to watch by The Washington Post, Boston Globe, USA Today, Oprah, Paste, Country Living, Good Housekeeping, and Nerd Daily "Propulsive ... a dizzying Gothic whodunit." --...
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Zero days
Ware, Ruth
The New York Times bestselling "new Agatha Christie" (Air Mail) Ruth Ware returns with this adrenaline-fueled thriller that combines Mr. and Mrs. Smith with The Fugitive about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband's murderer. ...
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Malibu burning
Goldberg, Lee 1962-
For a professional criminal and a relentless arson investigator, fear and revenge spread like wildfire in an incendiary thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg. Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that...
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Obsessed
Patterson, James 1947-
In this startling psychological thriller, a killer is targeting young women in New York City and is obsessed with Michael Bennett's daughter. A killer is obsessed... with Detective Michael Bennett's oldest daughter. ...
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The last word : a novel
Adams, Taylor
After posting a negative review of a horror novel, a woman staying at an isolated beach house begins to wonder if the author is a little touchy--or very, very dangerous--in this pulse-pounding novel of psychological suspense and terror from the critically acclaimed author of No Exit and...
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Birnam Wood
Catton, Eleanor 1985-
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, The Financial Times, The Chicago Public Library, Kirkus A Notable Book of the Year at The Washington PostA...
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Gone tonight
Pekkanen, Sarah
"I'm a huge fan of Sarah Pekkanen's books, and GONE TONIGHT is her best yet." --Colleen Hoover "Jaw-dropping. Layered. Triumphant." - The New York Times When Ruth Sterling was a teenager, she slipped away one night, desperate to escape an abusive home...
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I will find you
Coben, Harlan 1962-
Five years ago, an innocent man began a life sentence for murdering his own son. Today he found out his son is still alive. David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the...
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Code red
Mills, Kyle 1966-
Mitch Rapp returns to make a mortal enemy of Russia in this high-octane and up-to-the-minute installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from "one of the best thriller writers on the planet" (The Real Book Spy). Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor-...
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The collector : a novel
Silva, Daniel 1960-
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue. Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thief to track down the world's...
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Dark ride : a thriller
Berney, Louis
From Lou Berney, the acclaimed, multi award-winning author of November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone, comes a Dark Ride Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy "Hardly" Reed--good-natured, easygoing, usually stoned--is drifting...
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North of nowhere
Brennan, Allison
New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan's latest standalone is an unputdownable race to the dramatic finish. After five years in hiding from their murderous father, the day Kristen and Ryan McIntyre have been dreading has arrived: Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles...
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Simply lies
Baldacci, David
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The 6:20 Man comes a twisting new psychological thriller in which two women--one a former detective, the other a dangerous con artist--go head-to-head in an electrifying game of cat and mouse.
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The whispers
Audrain, Ashley 1982-
"Expertly, subtly and powerfully rendered....[The Whispers] delivers a sucker-punch ending you'll have to read twice to believe."--The New York Times Book Review "[An] electrifying...razor-sharp page-turner." --Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling...
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Whalefall : a novel
Kraus, Daniel 1975-
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR The Martian meets 127 Hours in this "powerfully humane" (Owen King, New York Times bestselling author) and...
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The traitor : a novel
Glass, Ava 1974-
British spy Emma Makepeace goes undercover on a Russian oligarch's superyacht, where she's one wrong move away from a watery grave, in this electrifying thriller from the author of Alias Emma. "Delivers everything fans of spy fiction could want: an absorbing plot,...
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The girl in the eagle's talons
Smirnoff, Karin 1964-
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER * Lisbeth Salander returns, in a trailblazing new installment to the best-selling Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series * Also known as the Millennium series "Lisbeth Salander is back--and maybe better than ever. Karin...
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The stranger upstairs : a novel
Matlin, Lisa
Most people wouldn't buy an infamous murder house to renovate for fun . . . but Sarah Slade is not most people. "This debut novel deftly explores our shadows-the dark parts of ourselves we don't want others to see. I couldn't stop reading."-Julia Bartz, New York Times...
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The only survivors : a novel
Miranda, Megan
From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and "master of suspense, Megan Miranda" (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl), a thrilling mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the tenth...
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The Libyan diversion
Rosenberg, Joel C. 1967-
From New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weeklybestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg comes the fifth military and international political thriller in the Marcus Ryker series.The world's most wanted terrorist is dead.Marcus Ryker recommended the drone strike...
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Saving Emma
Eskens, Allen 1963-
When Boady Sanden first receives the case of Elijah Matthews, he's certain there's not much he can do. Elijah, who believes himself to be a prophet, has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital for the past four years, convicted of brutally murdering the pastor of a megachurch. But as a law...
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Blind trust
Walters, Natalie 1978-
Lyla Fox knows she has a reputation at the SNAP Agency for impulsivity, but when she receives a threatening letter from a man she helped put in prison, she can't stop herself from going all in to find out why he's coming after her. Unfortunately, she's going to need the help of the one person who...
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Moscow X : a novel
McCloskey, David
A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its center? CIA officers Sia and Max enter Russia under commercial cover to recruit Vladimir Putin's moneyman. Sia works for a London law firm that conceals the wealth of the superrich. Max's...
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After death
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray) 1945-
A modern-day Lazarus is humanity's last hope in a breathtaking novel about the absolute powers of good and evil by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a...
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Dark angel
Sandford, John 1944 February 23-
Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers. Letty Davenport's days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions...
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Beware the woman : a novel
Abbott, Megan 1971-
An NPR Best Book of the Year By the "master of thinly veiled secrets often kept by women who rage underneath their delicate exteriors" (Kirkus Reviews), Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at the height of her game. Honey, I just want you to have...
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Cross down
Patterson, James 1947-
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Alex Cross is gravely injured. Only his partner and friend John Sampson can keep him safe . . . and get justice. For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The...
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Everyone here is lying
Lapena, Shari 1960-
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door "The most addictive book I've read in ages--so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant." -...
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Dead fall : a thriller
Thor, Brad
Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor's new pulse-pounding thriller. In the war-ravaged borderlands of Ukraine, a Russian mercenary...
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