[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Thrillers and Suspense February 2008

  • From: "maithe007" <maithe007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:26:23 -0500

Amber,

These are fantastic!  I would love them...thank you. *G*

Hugs,

Maithe
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amber Wallenstein 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 8:23 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: Thrillers and Suspense February 2008


  I get these from my public library every month.  If people like this feature, 
I get them for romance, fiction, historical fiction and young adult titles as 
well.  I thought it would give people ideas to scan. Do people want me to 
continue sending these?
  Amber
  ***

  New and Recently Released!
  Blasphemy - by Douglas Preston
  Publisher: Forge Books
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 1/8/2008
  ISBN: 9780765311054
  ISBN-10: 0765311054
  Techno-Thriller. In the middle of Arizona's Navajo Indian Reservation, the 
construction of the world's largest, priciest, and most powerful particle 
accelerator--part
  of a plan to explain the big bang--is months behind schedule. Sent to find 
out what's going on, ex-CIA agent Wyman Ford joins the team of physicists and
  comes face to face with murder, inexplicable messages, and near-rioting 
Fundamentalists angered by what they view as an attempt to disprove the 
existence
  of God. With non-stop action complicated by the tangle between science and 
religion, "this baby roars" (Publishers Weekly).
  The 6 Sacred Stones: A Novel - by Matthew Reilly
  Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 1/8/2008
  ISBN: 9780743270540
  ISBN-10: 0743270541
  Disaster Thriller. If you've read Matthew Reilly's 7 Deadly Wonders, you 
could be forgiven for thinking that Australian commando Jack West and his team
  had saved the world. Sadly, it turns out that their work has only just begun, 
for the pyramidal capstone Jack now has in his backyard is just one of six
  items that several power-hungry cabals will stop at nothing to collect. A 
willing suspension of disbelief is a must to enjoy this "rocket-fueled" 
(Publishers
  Weekly) adventure--as is patience, for this book, which features a black hole 
headed straight for the Earth, ends in what can only be described as a 
cliffhanger.
  First Chapter
  The Chameleon's Shadow - by Minette Walters
  Publisher: Knopf
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 1/8/2008
  ISBN: 9780307264633
  ISBN-10: 0307264637
  Psychological Suspense. British Army lieutenant Charles Acland has returned 
from the war in Iraq with serious head injuries, terrible migraines, and a deep
  suspicion of others. In refusing any forms of help, Acland has rejected his 
earlier life (especially his former fiancée) and is growing increasingly 
isolated,
  distrustful, and aggressive. He's also exhibiting uncontrollable rages that 
scare even him, and he eventually becomes the prime suspect in a series of
  recent killings. The suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat as 
Charles tries to figure out what's going on. "A sure winner," says Booklist.
  First Chapter
  The Dead of Summer - by Camilla Way
  Publisher: Harcourt
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 1/7/2008
  ISBN: 9780151013708
  ISBN-10: 0151013705
  Psychological Suspense. "By the end of that summer, three of us were dead." 
So begins 19-year-old Anita Naidu's tale of her 13th summer, which starts just
  after her family moves into a rundown house in South London. Socially 
awkward, Anita befriends two other misfits, the learning-disabled Denis and the 
moody,
  near-invisible Kyle, whose escalating violence both disturbs and attracts 
Anita. Detail by detail, Anita shares the horrors she witnessed seven years ago
  in the caves under London, and the events that led to them. Booklist calls 
this debut a "humdinger of a story told by an exceptional writer."
  First Chapter
  Cold Reads
  Absolute Zero - by Chuck Logan
  Publisher: HarperCollins
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 3/1/2003
  ISBN: 9780061031564
  ISBN-10: 0061031569
  Thriller. It's COLD out on the Minnesota lakes when Phil Broker guides three 
men on a canoeing expedition across the state's watery wilderness, but it gets
  colder still when a blizzard destroys most of their supplies and Broker 
nearly drowns. He's saved by bestselling writer Hank Sommer, who ends up 
comatose
  after emergency surgery. Although a nurse-anesthetist is blamed, Broker 
becomes suspicious when he learns that Sommer's accountant has died in a rather
  unusual manner, and he realizes just how much Sommer's beautiful wife has to 
gain by her husband's death. Broker's fight to save the man who saved his
  life makes for a first-rate 3rd entry in a memorable series.
  Ice Hunt - by James Rollins
  Publisher: Avon Books
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 7/1/2004
  ISBN: 9780060521608
  ISBN-10: 0060521600
  Adventure Thriller. In the frozen wasteland of the Arctic ice cap, an 
American research team discovers an abandoned Soviet base encased entirely in 
ice.
  Inside, they are horrified to discover evidence of terrible experiments as 
well as a host of biological and geological wonders. Meanwhile, in nearby Alaska
  and on the orders of the man whose father is behind the Arctic station's 
mysteries, Russian soldiers are after a game warden and the survivor he rescued
  from a plane crash. Strange, predatory creatures and unfinished business keep 
the story going at rollercoaster speed.
  First Chapter
  Gorky Park: A Novel - by Martin Cruz Smith
  Publisher: Ballantine Books
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 3/13/2007
  ISBN: 9780812977240
  ISBN-10: 0812977246
  Police Thriller. Originally published in 1981, Gorky Park introduced Russian 
investigator Arkady Renko to the world; more than 25 years later there are
  now six books in this popular series. In this 1st appearance, Renko 
investigates a creepy triple murder--three faceless, frozen bodies wearing ice 
skates
  have been found in the middle of Moscow's popular Gorky Park. His 
investigation is complicated by the shadowy and uncooperative presence of 
several KGB
  agents, who don't like what Renko uncovers. Just be warned--you might want to 
grab a blanket before entering Renko's world.
  Snow Blind - by P.J. Tracy
  Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 8/3/2006
  ISBN: 9780399153396
  ISBN-10: 039915339X
  Police Thriller. In this 4th Monkeewrench thriller, the holidays are over, 
but the long cold Minneapolis winter still has a long way to go. At least 
there's
  the snowman-building contest in the park to look forward to...though this 
year the usually cheerful event might be tainted by the dead cops found inside
  two of the snowmen. When another one is found in rural Dundas County, city 
detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth team up with the county's sheriff (it's
  the former English teacher's first day on the job) while the crack computer 
experts at Monkeewrench start looking for clues on the Internet. If you're
  looking for great plots, lively characters, and engaging writing, check out 
Snow Blind.
  The Winter of Frankie Machine - by Don Winslow
  Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
  Check Library Catalog
  Pub Date: 9/26/2006
  ISBN: 9781400044986
  ISBN-10: 1400044987
  Mob Thriller. Sixty-two-year-old Frank "The Machine" Machianno doesn't 
necessarily need a winter coat (he lives in San Diego, after all) but when he's 
forced
  to return to his old job as a hit man, he discovers that someone from his 
past wants him dead. So much for a nice, quiet retirement as a bait shack 
operator.
  With great details of the world of organized crime, The Winter of Frankie 
Machine is sure to appeal to fans of mob movies--and you'll have the movie 
version
  itself to look forward to in 2009, produced by and starring Robert De Niro.
  First Chapter




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