[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Thrillers and Suspense July 2010
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- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:30:07 -0700
New and Recently Released!
Strip: A Novel - by Thomas Perry
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Pub Date: 05/13/2010
ISBN-13: 9780151015221
ISBN-10: 0151015228
Crime Caper. Someone has robbed aging strip-club owner and low-level gangster
Manco Kapak. His thugs think the culprit is L.A. newcomer Joe Carver (it's
not) and attempt to get rid of him. But Carver's not defenseless, and when his
innocence continues to be disputed, he counterattacks with a vengeance,
putting Kapak in hot water with his higher-ups in the drug world, while the
actual thief and his sociopathic new love step up their crime spree against
Kapak. Meanwhile, the detective in charge of solving the crimes is distracted
by the financial pressures of his two secret families. There's a lot going
on here, but author Thomas Perry handles the multiple plot strands and
one-of-a-kind characters with ease, making reading Strip "pure, unadulterated
fun"
(Library Journal).
The Other Side of the Door: A Novel of Suspense - by Nicci French
Publisher: Minotaur Books
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Pub Date: 05/11/2010
ISBN-13: 9780312375409
ISBN-10: 0312375409
Psychological Suspense. This latest by the bestselling husband-and-wife writing
team known as Nicci French opens with an unnamed woman sidling quietly around
an apartment, trying to erase all traces of her presence there. Why? Well, it
turns out that her bandmate and secret lover, Hayden, is dead on the floor,
and the woman (who we learn is a music teacher named Bonnie) is panicking.
Bonnie's next step is to dispose of the body and to conceal her romantic
involvement
with Hayden, who gave her more than one reason to want him dead. But how long
can she keep all these secrets hidden? And if she didn't kill Hayden, who
did?
City of Fear: A Novel - by David Hewson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Pub Date: 05/25/2010
ISBN-13: 9780385341509
ISBN-10: 0385341504
Political Thriller. Just as an economic summit is about to get underway in
Rome, a terrorist organization kidnaps an Italian Ministry of the Interior
official
and threatens further violent action, using their obsession with the ancient
Etruscans (a civilization absorbed by the Roman Empire) to justify their agenda.
Despite warnings to stay away, Nic Costa of the Questura secretly begins to
investigate the terrorist leader's plot on behalf of the Italian president...and
uncovers disturbing links to the top levels of government. This exciting mix of
police procedural and political thriller is the 8th in the Nic Costa series.
First Chapter
The Hypnotist: A Novel of Suspense - by M. J. Rose
Publisher: Mira
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Pub Date: 05/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780778326755
ISBN-10: 0778326756
Suspense Fiction. In this compelling follow-up to The Reincarnationist and The
Memorist, a shredded Matisse painting is delivered to New York's Metropolitan
Museum of Art. The attached note states that more paintings will meet the same
fate unless the museum gives up an ancient sculpture said to have paranormal
powers. Lucian Glass, special agent with the FBI's Art Crime Team, suspects
that Malachai Samuels of the Phoenix Foundation is behind this blackmail
attempt,
for he's already established that he'll stop at nothing to obtain tools thought
to aid in past-life regressions. Though past lives are an odd basis for
a thriller, it works--Publishers Weekly calls The Hypnotist "stunning."
First Chapter
Focus on: Recent Debuts
The Alexander Cipher: A Thriller - by Will Adams
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Pub Date: 03/18/2009
ISBN-13: 9780446404686
ISBN-10: 0446404683
Suspense Fiction. Matthew Reilly, James Rollins, and Clive Cussler fans--if you
haven't already tried Will Adams, you should: his books feature the exotic
locales, historical mysteries, and action-packed adventures that those
bestselling authors are known for. In Adams' debut, archaeologist Daniel Knox is
trying to find the long-lost tomb of Alexander the Great, but finds himself
pitted against rival archaeologists, Egyptian officials, and Macedonian
nationalists
in a cutthroat race to find the body of the ancient conqueror. Fans will be
pleased to know that a 2nd in the series, The Exodus Quest, has already been
published, and a 3rd is on its way (these novels were all first published in
the U.K.).
The Bricklayer: A Novel - by Noah Boyd
Publisher: William Morrow
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Pub Date: 01/26/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061827013
ISBN-10: 0061827010
Thriller. Former FBI agent Steve Vail quit the agency rather than compromise
his morals; now they need him back to help stop a deadly extortion plot in
which the stakes keep rising. The situation: a group calling themselves the
Rubaco Pentad threatens to continue killing highly visible FBI critics unless
their ever-increasing demands are met. Though Vail agrees to help, it's under a
couple conditions, the first and foremost being that he's not reinstated
in the agency. With the help of a comely deputy assistant director, Vail
follows a dangerous trail to the head of the Rubaco Pentad. Written by a former
FBI agent, The Bricklayer is likely just the 1st in a series.
Free Agent: A Novel - by Jeremy Duns
Publisher: Viking
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Pub Date: 06/25/2009
ISBN-13: 9780670021017
ISBN-10: 0670021016
Spy Fiction. Suffice it to say that if you like John le Carré, you'll like this
twisty, noirish tale of espionage and counterespionage, which takes place
during the 1969 Nigerian civil war and 25 years earlier during the tail end of
World War II. Back then, there was a beautiful nurse who was an agent for
the KGB; long thought dead, she may actually still be alive. Then there's
British Secret Service agent Paul Dark, who may or may not be a double agent.
If this twisty, layered tale captures your attention, you'll be pleased to know
that Free Agent is the 1st in a trilogy.
The Serialist - by David Gordon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
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Pub Date: 03/09/2010
ISBN-13: 9781439158487
ISBN-10: 1439158487
Suspense Fiction. Harry Bloch makes a living by pseudonymously writing a few
different pulp series and "tutoring" rich high school kids (i.e., he writes
their term papers). Then he's hired by a death-row inmate (and fan) to co-write
his memoirs--for each chapter of the killer's life (or the location of
one of his victims' heads), Bloch must write a pornographic story based on
letters the prisoner has received. But when three young women are killed in
a manner that seems to indicate the still-incarcerated killer's to blame, Harry
comes under suspicion. Despite the graphic nature of the violence, this
clever debut is "laugh-out-loud funny" (Booklist).
The Last Ember - by Daniel Levin
Publisher: Riverhead Books
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Pub Date: 08/06/2009
ISBN-13: 9781594488726
ISBN-10: 159448872X
Religious Thriller. What with its historical artifacts, puzzles, religious
texts, and the importance of ancient history, The Last Ember is another one for
fans of The Da Vinci Code. Forced out of archaeology after an illegal dig
resulted in a colleague's death, Jonathan Marcus became a defense lawyer
instead,
though he's still involved in the antiquities trade. In Rome for work, he
becomes involved in a fast-paced, high-stakes search for the long-lost
Tabernacle
Menorah before the bad guys can find and destroy it. If you can't take a
vacation this summer, The Last Ember will quickly have you feeling like you're
racing down the streets of Rome yourself.
In Their Blood: A Novel - by Sharon Potts
Publisher: Oceanview
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Pub Date: 09/08/2009
ISBN-13: 9781933515625
ISBN-10: 1933515627
Suspense Fiction. Jeremy Stroeb is a 22-year-old who's avoided responsibility
his entire life. But his parents have been brutally murdered, and his
traumatized
16-year-old sister needs his help. Grief-stricken, he returns to Florida to
assume her guardianship, enrolls in the school where his father worked, and
gets a job at his mother's firm. But he's determined to find out why his
seemingly ordinary parents--an economics professor and a CPA--were killed. His
search for answers leads him down an increasingly dangerous and disturbing
path, for no one is who they appear to be. Fans of corporate thrillers will
find aspects of that genre here, while other readers will appreciate Jeremy's
youthful but maturing point of view.
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