Tag: thriller
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Clown Town
by Mick Herron MI5’s First Desk, Diana Taverner, doesn’t appreciate threats. So when those involved in a covert operation during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland threaten to expose the ugly side of state security, Taverner goes on the offensive. And when that happens, people get hurt. Over at Slough House, the repository…
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The Teacher
Frieda McFadden Lesson #1: trust no oneEve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except…Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal, with one student, Addie, at its…
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Caller Unknown
by Gillian MaAllister A road trip across America with her teenage daughter was meant to be much-needed bonding time for Simone before Lucy leaves home for university. But on the first night of their stay, in a cabin deep in the Texan desert, Simone wakes to find Lucy missing and a mobile phone in her…
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Last One Out
by Jane Harper Five years ago, Sam Crowley vanished on his twenty-first birthday. The only clues were his footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses. One set in. One set out. Now, his mother Ro returns to the dying town of Carralon Ridge. The community is a ghost of its former self, fractured by…
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Judge Stone
by James Patterson An extraordinary new courtroom drama from Sunday Times bestselling thriller author James Patterson and Academy Award winner Viola Davis. Get ready to meet the most unforgettable character in years. All rise…for Judge Stone. The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her…
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The Family Friend
by Claire Douglas When Imogen is told she’s inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago, during a tragic summer which changed her life for ever. Now, with partner Josh in tow, it’s a chance for a fresh…
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The Ending Writes Itself
by Evelyn Clarke Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending. World-famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won’t write itself. When six struggling authors are invited to Fletch’s private Scottish island and presented with the opportunity of a…
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Whispers at Dawn
by Rachel Henke May 1941 SOE agents Lizzie Beaumont and Captain Jack King receive a deadly new assignment: go undercover as newlyweds in collaborating Vichy France to build a Resistance network from a château in the Garonne Valley. The secret lovers leap at the chance to be together while recruiting operatives willing to risk everything…
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The Honeymoon
by Kate Gray You’re on the honeymoon of a lifetime with your new husband. Isn’t everything perfect? You’re enjoying dinner at a luxury restaurant with another newlywed couple. Until the night ends with a dead body. All four of you are innocent. Aren’t you? . . . THE HONEYMOON IS OVER. THE NIGHTMARE HAS JUST…
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The Trip
by Phoebe Morgan The perfect holiday. The perfect crime. Four friends on the holiday of a lifetime. Until a vicious murder shatters their paradise. Four friends who’d do anything for each other, until now. Only one of them committed a crime. But all four know how to keep a secret. And they’re all guilty of…