[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Thrillers and Suspense August 2008
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- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:18:13 -0400
New and Recently Released!
Collision - by Jeff Abbott
Publisher: Dutton
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Pub Date: 7/17/2008
ISBN: 9780525950288
ISBN-10: 0525950281
Thriller. Two years ago, corporate consultant Ben Forsberg's wife was killed on
their honeymoon, and he's never truly recovered. But when an assassination
goes badly awry, this ordinary man is framed, picked up by Homeland Security on
suspicion of murder, rescued by a covert-ops agent from another agency,
and thrown into non-stop action as the two men are forced to uncover the truth
in order to clear their names. If you're looking for a read that won't let
up, try this latest from Jeff Abbott, who keeps the pace racing, the bullets
flying--and your pulse pounding.
The Dirty Secrets Club - by Meg Gardiner
Publisher: Dutton
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Pub Date: 6/12/2008
ISBN: 9780525950660
ISBN-10: 0525950664
Forensic Thriller. After a string of high-profile murder-suicides occurs in San
Francisco, the increasingly desperate SFPD hires forensic psychiatrist Jo
Beckett to perform investigative "autopsies" (she dissects lives, not bodies).
As Jo attempts to determine whether the deaths were murders or suicides,
she learns that the victims were all members of a club whose only requirement
for admission was the confession of a dirty secret from their pasts. Bodies
continue to pile up as Jo and the police officer she's been teamed with try to
figure out who's next--and why. Although this is American author Meg Gardiner's
U.S. debut, she has published several other well-received thrillers in the U.K.
The Good Physician - by Kent Harrington
Publisher: Dennis McMillan
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Pub Date: 6/30/2008
ISBN: 9780939767601
ISBN-10: 0939767600
Suspense Fiction. In this "superb" (Booklist) thriller, Dr. Collin Reeves
lives, works, and paints in Mexico City, performing medical procedures for
American
tourists, the American embassy, and the CIA. But soon his comfortable, easy
existence is threatened when he realizes that moral dilemmas abound both in
his work for the CIA and in the favors he does for others, especially when he
starts to fall for one of his patients, who turns out to be Iraqi...and possibly
involved with a terrorist group. Though not a conventional thriller, The Good
Physician is a gripping, thought-provoking read.
Rules of Deception - by Christopher Reich
Publisher: Doubleday
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Pub Date: 7/15/2008
ISBN: 9780385524063
ISBN-10: 0385524064
Spy Fiction. Soon after his wife's tragic death high in the Alps, Dr. Jonathan
Ransom finds two claim tickets issued in her name. The tickets turn out to
be for a pair of suitcases, which are grabbed by Swiss police when Jonathan
tries to claim them. In resisting the police, he kills one, and quickly becomes
the subject of an international manhunt. His quest to make sense both of the
contents of the suitcases and of his wife's secrets is a "first-class adrenaline
fest [that] will leave readers guessing until the last page" (Publishers
Weekly).
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Illegal Action - by Stella Rimington
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Pub Date: 7/1/2008
ISBN: 9780307268853
ISBN-10: 0307268853
Spy Fiction. In her 3rd appearance, MI5 agent Liz Carlyle has been reluctantly
transferred to counter-espionage operations (counter-terrorism is a far more
interesting assignment), where she learns of a possible Russian government plot
to kill Nikita Brunovsky, a Russian billionaire living in Britain and a
vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin. Given the task of stopping the assassination,
Liz moves in with Brunovsky and his entourage, and quickly becomes a target.
Unsurprisingly, Illegal Action is chock-full of true-to-life detail: author
Stella Rimington retired as Director-General of MI5 in 1996.
Don't Tell a Soul - by David Rosenfelt
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
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Pub Date: 6/24/2008
ISBN: 9780312373955
ISBN-10: 0312373953
Thriller. Poor Tim Wallace. After the death of his wife, police were convinced
that the New Jersey contractor was involved--in fact, one particularly stubborn
one, Detective Jonathan Novack, is still chasing him. But when a drunk
confesses to Tim that he killed a woman three months previously, Tim does the
right
thing and goes to the police--who are soon convinced once more that Tim is a
murderer. Clearly, someone's set him up--but who, and why? Tim's in a dangerous
predicament, and it's only going to get worse when terrorists come to town...
Don't Tell a Soul is a "fast, inventive stand-alone thriller you'll never
put down unfinished" (Kirkus Reviews).
Don't Go in the Water!
Dangerous Ground - by Larry Bond
Publisher: Forge
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Pub Date: 4/4/2006
ISBN: 9780765347008
ISBN-10: 0765347008
Techno-thriller. Nuclear submarine fan alert! Lt. Jerry Mitchell, the nephew of
a U.S. senator, is an injured former pilot and an underwater exploration
expert onboard for the final mission of a dilapidated submarine. Captained by a
tyrannical commander and carrying two female scientists, the aging sub
and its crew must travel through Russian coastal waters looking for evidence of
illegal dumping. But what they find--hidden nuclear fuel containers housing
enough material to destroy most of America's major cities--takes their mission
to a whole different level. Library Journal calls Dangerous Ground a "hugely
entertaining adventure."
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Deep Storm: A Novel - by Lincoln Child
Publisher: Doubleday
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Pub Date: 1/16/2007
ISBN: 9780385515504
ISBN-10: 0385515502
Thriller. Out on a remote oil rig in the North Atlantic, workers are suffering
from a strange medical ailment that ex-Navy physician Peter Crane is called
on to diagnose. Once there, he learns that the condition is afflicting not the
rig workers but the researchers associated with the underwater excavation
being done at the research station miles beneath the surface. The military-run
station is searching for something with the potential to change the world,
but deception, sabotage, and psychotic episodes among the staff are just some
of the issues Peter has to deal with as he gets to the bottom of the underwater
project and the mysterious, threatening illness linked with it.
First Chapter
The Mayday: A Jack Merchant and Sarah Ballard Novel - by Bill Eidson
Publisher: Kate's Mystery Books
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Pub Date: 12/1/2004
ISBN: 9781932112337
ISBN-10: 1932112332
Suspense Fiction. When their boat sank at sea, Matt Coulter lost his wife and
their two kids, but he insists that his kids were kidnapped by a mysterious
boat that answered his mayday call. His memory, clouded by partial amnesia (and
possibly a drinking problem), allows him to remember very little, and the
police are naturally suspicious. But ex-DEA agent Jack Merchant and repo
contractor Sarah Ballard, initially skeptical, come to believe Matt, and their
subsequent investigation--which turns up evidence that there might be something
to Matt's story--puts their own lives in danger. This chilling tale is
the 2nd in the Merchant-Ballard series.
Hell's Bay - by James W. Hall
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
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Pub Date: 2/5/2008
ISBN: 9780312359584
ISBN-10: 0312359586
Suspense Fiction. In his 10th (and most recent) outing, solitary Thorn, a Key
Largo recluse, has agreed to help a friend lead a fishing trip through the
Florida Everglades. But it soon becomes clear that fish aren't the only prey
when the son and granddaughter of a recently drowned (and extraordinarily
wealthy) Florida matriarch claim Thorn as a long-lost relative and ask for his
help in solving the murder. It's not long before the murderer has her sights
on Thorn, and it's going to take all his ingenuity and skill to outwit her. The
result is "another compulsive page-turner," says Publishers Weekly.
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Sea Change - by James Powlik
Publisher: Island Books
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Pub Date: 8/1/2000
ISBN: 9780440235088
ISBN-10: 0440235081
Thriller. A word of warning: do NOT take this book to the beach. Or the lake.
Or anywhere else you might be tempted to enter the water. Especially if that
beach or lake or river is in Washington State, for in Sea Change there's a
fast-growing, noxious colony of micro-organisms threatening the marine
population
of Puget Sound. Releasing fumes that liquefy living tissue, the colony has
killed at least one man, and that could be only the beginning. Author James
Powlik, a biologist and oceanographer, knows what he's talking about, so if you
have a taste for environmental disaster stories, pick this one up--and
put down the bathing suit.
First Chapter
Blindfold Game - by Dana Stabenow
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Pub Date: 11/28/2006
ISBN: 9780312937553
ISBN-10: 0312937555
Thriller. A hijacked Russian freighter loaded with black-market plutonium is
sailing--undetected--toward the western coast of North America. Meanwhile,
CIA analyst Hugh Rincon has uncovered a terrorist plot aimed at a target
on...the western coast of North America. This places his wife, second in command
of the Coast Guard cutter Sojourner Truth, right in the middle of a developing
international crisis. When the CIA director refuses to listen to Hugh's
discoveries, he must save his wife--and Alaska--himself. Blindfold Game was
popular mystery author Dana Stabenow's first thriller; check out her second,
Prepared for Rage, for another take on terrorist tactics.
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