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The Plea
by Steve Cavanagh
A lawyer must defend his guilty client or face deadly consequences. Twists and turns abound in this legal thriller.
When David Child, a major client of a corrupt New York law firm, is arrested for murder, the FBI ask con-artist-turned-lawyer Eddie Flynn to secure Child as his client and force him to testify ... (Goodreads)
Thirteen
by Steve Cavanagh
A serial killer is on trial, but the real killer is on the jury. Can defense lawyer Eddie Flynn stop them before it's too late?
In, Thirteen, the third novel in international bestselling author Steve Cavanagh's Eddie Flynn series, a juror sows reasonable doubt to ensure an innocent man is found guilty.,, If you can’t beat the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Fractured
by Karin Slaughter
A thrilling story of a small town gripped in fear, as a detective attempts to unravel a series of murders.
Six months ago, Atlanta homicide detective Faith Mitchell's police captain mother was the focus of an investigation that resulted in her retirement and the firing of six narcotics officers. It was a ... (Wikipedia)
Circling the Sun
by Paula McLain
A fictionalized account of the extraordinary life of aviator Beryl Markham.
Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl Markham is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing ... (Goodreads)
One Plus One
by Jojo Moyes
A single mother's struggle to make a better life for her and her daughter.
One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the, New York Times, bestselling author of, The Giver of Stars, American audiences have fallen in love with ... (Goodreads)
Lock In
by John Scalzi
A sci-fi thriller involving a global pandemic and a world of augmented reality.
The world is exposed to a highly contagious virus. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu -like symptoms. For 1%, the virus causes the victims to be fully awake, but unable to move or ... (Wikipedia)
The Word Is Murder
by Anthony Horowitz
A woman is murdered hours after planning her own funeral. Private investigator Hawthorne and author Horowitz team up to solve the case.
She planned her own funeral. But did she arrange her own murder? One bright spring morning in London, Diana Cowper – the wealthy mother of a famous actor - enters a funeral parlor. She is there to ... (Goodreads)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North
A man born again and again, living the same life with different outcomes.
Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a ... (Goodreads)
Sleep
by C.L. Taylor
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman who wakes up from a coma with no memory of the past year, and must uncover the truth about what happened to her.
All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her ... (Goodreads)
The Day of the Jackal
by Frederick Forsyth
An assassin attempts to kill the president of France in a thrilling race against time.
The book begins in 1962 with the (historical) failed attempt on de Gaulle 's life plotted by, among others, Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart : ... (Wikipedia)
A Certain Age
by Beatriz Williams
A love triangle set in the Jazz Age, where a married woman falls for a younger man and must navigate societal expectations and her own desires.
The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring Twenties brilliantly to life in this enchanting and compulsively readable tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York Society, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Promise
by Teresa Driscoll
A woman receives a mysterious letter that threatens to reveal a secret from her past. She must confront her past to protect her family.
The chilling new psychological thriller from the #1 bestselling author of, I Am Watching You,., It was their darkest secret. Three schoolgirls made a promise—to take the horrible truth of what they ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
Life of an isolated bookseller is transformed when an unexpected visitor brings unexpected joy.
“Marvelously optimistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love both.”—, The Washington Post, A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Magician's Lie
by Greer Macallister
A female magician accused of murder tells her life story to a detective, revealing secrets and illusions.
Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician’s Lie , a debut novel in which the country’s most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder –and she has only one ... (Goodreads)
The Teacher
by Katerina Diamond
A teacher is found dead in her home, and secrets begin to unravel as the investigation progresses.
‘A terrific story, originally told. All hail the new Queen of Crime!’ HEAT ‘A web of a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. This formidable debut is a ... (Barnes & Noble)
In the Dark
by Cara Hunter
A teenage girl goes missing in Oxford, and the police investigation uncovers dark secrets and unexpected twists.
From internationally bestselling author Cara Hunter, a riveting suspense novel about the shocking secrets revealed when a woman is discovered held captive behind a basement wall—and no one is who ... (Goodreads)
The Secrets of Midwives
by Sally Hepworth
Three generations of midwives confront secrets and challenges that threaten to tear their family apart.
A novel about three generations of midwives (a woman, her mother, and her grandmother) and the secrets they keep that push them apart and ultimately bind them together THE SECRETS OF MIDWIVES tells ... (Goodreads)
The Summer Wives
by Beatriz Williams
A young woman falls in love with a wealthy man on an island in the 1950s, but their romance is threatened by secrets and class differences.
“ The Summer Wives is an exquisitely rendered novel that tackles two of my favorite topics: love and money. The glorious setting and drama are enriched by Williams’s signature vintage touch. It’s at ... (Barnes & Noble)
Woman of God
by James Patterson
A young doctor becomes a Catholic nun and is sent to war-torn South Sudan, where she faces challenges to her faith and life.
The central character of this book is Brigid Fitzgerald, a physician working with the fictional organization Kind Hands (similar to Doctors without Borders ). Brigid is in south Sudan in very ... (Wikipedia)
Alert
by James Patterson
A terrorist group threatens to release a deadly virus in America. FBI agent discovers a plot to destroy the country.
In this, New York Times, bestseller, Detective Michael Bennett must race against time to save New York City from chaos by tracking down the source of two mysterious attacks. New Yorkers aren't easily ... (Barnes & Noble)
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
A young girl's disappearance leads to a complex investigation that uncovers dark secrets in a small Swedish town.
In this latest atmospheric thriller, Kurt Wallander and his daughter Linda, just graduated from the police academy, join forces to search for a religious fanatic on a murder spree and soon find ... (Goodreads)
Doll-baby
by Laura Lane McNeal
A young girl is taken in by a family of eccentric women in 1960s New Orleans, uncovering secrets and healing past wounds.
When Ibby Bell’s father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother Fannie and throws in her father’s urn for good measure. ... (Goodreads)
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
An amnesiac assassin must uncover his past and true identity in a deadly search for the truth.
The preface of the novel consists of two real-life newspaper articles from 1975 about terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as " Carlos the Jackal ." The story opens with gunfire on a boat in the ... (Wikipedia)
Porch Lights
by Dorothea Benton Frank
A woman returns to her childhood home in the South and confronts family secrets, love, and loss.
When fireman Jimmy McMullen is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her ... (Barnes & Noble)
Snatched
by Karin Slaughter
A kidnapping in a small Georgia town leads to a dark and twisted investigation.
A gripping, action-packed short story available only as an eBook—from a master of character, crime, and urgent suspense. Will Trent, a dedicated agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for ... (Goodreads)
Bullseye
by James Patterson
A detective and FBI agent team up to solve a string of murders that seem to be connected to a popular TV show. Fast-paced and thrilling.
Caught in the crossfire of a deadly standoff, Detective Michael Bennett must kill...or be killed. , Tensions between America and Russia are the highest they've been since the Cold War. As the ... (Goodreads)
The Line
by J.D. Horn
A young woman discovers she is a witch and must navigate the dangerous politics of her coven while uncovering family secrets.
Savannah is considered a Southern treasure, a city of beauty with a rich, colorful past. Some might even call it magical…, To the uninitiated, Savannah shows only her bright face and genteel manner. ... (Goodreads)
Etta and Otto and Russell and James
by Emma Hooper
Etta embarks on a journey to see the ocean, leaving behind her husband Otto and friend James. Russell, a coyote, joins her on the way.
I've gone. I've never seen the water, so I've gone there. I will try to remember to come back. Etta's greatest unfulfilled wish, living in the rolling farmland of Saskatchewan, is to see the sea. And ... (Goodreads)
White Chrysanthemum
by Mary Lynn Bracht
Two sisters are separated during the Japanese occupation of Korea, and one is forced into sexual slavery. The other risks everything to save her.
In the spirit of Lilac Girls , the heartbreaking history of Korea is brought to life in this deeply moving and redemptive debut that follows two sisters separated by World War II. Korea, 1943. Hana ... (Goodreads)
The Dead Will Tell
by Linda Castillo
Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a murder that leads her to uncover secrets from the past.
Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time—and now death is ... (Goodreads)
