[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Thrillers and Suspense June 2008
- From: "Amber Wallenstein" <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 06:53:00 -0400
"A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own."
~ Thomas Mann (1875-1955), German author
New and Recently Released!
City of Thieves: A Novel - by David Benioff
Publisher: Viking
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Pub Date: 5/15/2008
ISBN: 9780670018703
ISBN-10: 0670018708
Historical Thriller. During the World War II siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is
jailed for looting a German soldier's body. The timid teenager shares a cell
with 20-year-old Kolya, a handsome, charismatic Cossack deserter; both are due
to be executed for their infractions. To save their lives, they accept a
colonel's offer--find a dozen eggs for his daughter's wedding cake, and they
will be spared. But there are no eggs to be found in the starving city. And
when they go behind enemy lines, they take on an even more dangerous task that
will keep you anxiously turning the pages.
Hold Tight - by Harlan Coben
Publisher: Dutton
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Pub Date: 4/15/2008
ISBN: 9780525950608
ISBN-10: 0525950605
Psychological Suspense. Worried about their 16-year-old son, Adam, who has
become withdrawn after a friend's suicide, Tia and Mike Baye install a keystroke
monitor on his computer--and are alarmed at what they learn. Elsewhere in the
neighborhood a young girl's life is ruined, a woman hides a terrible secret,
and the dead boy's mother comes to suspect that Adam may know more about her
son's suicide than he has let on. In addition, two local women have been
kidnapped
and murdered--and Adam goes AWOL. In this spine-tingling thriller, suburbia is
not all it's cracked up to be.
Losing You - by Nicci French
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9780312375386
ISBN-10: 0312375387
Psychological Suspense. When Nina Landry's 15-year-old daughter Charlie doesn't
return from a sleepover and her subsequent paper route, the police don't
take her disappearance too seriously (she is a headstrong teenager, after all).
Over the next 24 hours, Nina desperately canvasses the neighborhood (located
on a bleak island off the English coast) and starts looking into Charlie's
personal life...eventually uncovering not only Charlie's abandoned bike but
some terrible secrets as well. If you're a parent, no doubt this story will
have you on the edge of your seat (how well do you know your teenage daughter?),
but readers without children will still find their pulses pounding.
Child 44 - by Tom Rob Smith
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Pub Date: 4/29/2008
ISBN: 9780446402385
ISBN-10: 0446402389
Historical Thriller. In one of the most talked-about debut novels of the year
(Ridley Scott has already bought the film rights), Stalin's Russia is haunted
by a serial killer who targets children--dozens of them--and who is partially
based on real-life serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. But the true evil in the
story is the regime that believes that "there is no crime" in a Soviet republic
and refuses to admit the danger. What is State Security officer Leo Demidov
to do, especially when he also has to deal with his wife, who has been accused
of espionage? Though Child 44 has been compared to Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky
Park, this nerve-wracking tale is "completely original and absolutely
satisfying" (Publishers Weekly).
Focus on: The Internet
Dead Connection - by Alafair Burke
Publisher: Henry Holt
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Pub Date: 6/26/2007
ISBN: 9780805077858
ISBN-10: 0805077855
Police Thriller. Dating is hard enough, but when an online dating service
appears to be the only link between the murders of two young women, it's enough
to make you swear off looking for love forever. The people running the website
aren't being particularly forthcoming, and bodies are starting to pile up,
so to catch the killer, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher goes undercover as "date
bait." But she's being toyed with the same way her cop father was before
he died, most likely at the hands of the serial killer he was tracking. Fans of
Alafair Burke's father, author James Lee Burke, will note that Ellie visits
New Iberia, Louisiana, the setting of the popular series starring Dave
Robicheaux.
The Blue Nowhere - by Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Pocket Star Books
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Pub Date: 2/26/2002
ISBN: 9780671042264
ISBN-10: 0671042262
Techno-Thriller. There's a sadistic hacker loose in Silicon Valley--but the
twist is that once he accesses an individual's computer, he uses what he learns
to lure them to their deaths. Not only that, but he's adapted an online game in
order to select his real-life victims. In an unusual move, the police decide
to use an imprisoned computer geek to track him down, and once the jailed
hacker recognizes the killer's online name, the two go head to head. Lest you
think that following a techno-trail is boring, there are plenty of
"throat-clutchers, diabolical double-crosses, [and] action scenes that suddenly
turn
inside out" (Kirkus Reviews) to keep you up at night--and likely off the
computer.
First Chapter
Under Orders - by Dick Francis
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
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Pub Date: 9/26/2006
ISBN: 9780399154003
ISBN-10: 0399154000
Thriller. Recently hired to investigate online gambling in Great Britain,
one-armed ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley believes that what he's turned up
might be connected to the murder of a jockey. The jockey, who was shot three
times in the chest, was killed after winning the Triumph Hurdle on Cheltenham
Gold Cup day--and curiously enough, the winning horse and a racegoer also died
that day. Meanwhile, Halley is also looking into a lord's unusual losing
streak--and something he's doing is putting both his girlfriend and himself in
danger. Dodging threats and putting things right are, however, among his
specialties. Racing fans won't want to miss Under Orders.
Royal Heist - by Lynda La Plante
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Pub Date: 5/31/2005
ISBN: 9780812968033
ISBN-10: 0812968034
Crime Thriller. Edward de Jersey is a very, very rich man whose prize
possession is a horse, the star of his successful racing stable. He's on top of
the
world, but things go south very quickly when a dot-com investment goes bad,
destroying his entire fortune. That's when he decides to return to his former
ways (the son of a bookie, Edward acquired the "de" the same way he financed
his lifestyle--by simply taking it). Granted, those jewel-heisting days were
decades ago... But no matter that his associates are older too, or that he's
set his sights on nothing less than the Crown Jewels; charismatic Edward is
confident he can repeat his successes. You'll have to read Royal Heist to see
if he's right.
First Chapter
Shadow Man - by Cody Mcfadyen
Publisher: Bantam Books
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Pub Date: 6/13/2006
ISBN: 9780553804652
ISBN-10: 0553804650
Psychological Thriller. FBI agent Smokey Barrett's return to work after the
brutal murders of her husband and daughter and her own narrow escape from death
is understandably slow, but it's hastened by a serial killer targeting
prostitutes through their websites. After mauling and killing the women, he
sends
videotapes of his activities to Smokey and her team, complete with taunts that
reveal an intimate knowledge of their own lives. Shadow Man, the 1st in
a series featuring Smokey Barrett, features graphic violence, but the
characters are well developed, and the plot complex--no standard-issue serial
killer
thriller here.
First Chapter
Orbit - by John J. Nance
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 3/7/2006
ISBN: 9780743250528
ISBN-10: 0743250524
Suspense Fiction. Having won a seat on a private company's 2009 launch into
space, Kip Dawson, a middle-aged pharmaceutical salesman with a mostly unhappy
family life, finds himself in a terrible situation when a micrometeorite
damages the spaceship and kills the pilot. With only a few days' supply of
oxygen,
Kip types up his thoughts and emotions on the ship's computer, unaware that his
writings are being published on the Internet and read by a horrified public.
Back on Earth, hopes of a rescue are alternately helped and hindered by various
political maneuverings, making for an absorbing read.
First Chapter
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