[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Thrillers and Suspense May 2008
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- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:31:24 -0400
New and Recently Released!
Wicked City - by Ace Atkins
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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Pub Date: 4/10/2008
ISBN: 9780399154577
ISBN-10: 0399154574
Historical Suspense. In 1954, criminals had the run of Phenix City, Alabama,
both on the streets and in the government. It took the murder of the recently
elected crime-busting attorney general to get the town's anti-vice citizens to
band together to bring the law back to Phenix City. Led by the AG's son
and his friend, family man Lamar Murphy, the townspeople must take on brothel
madams, professional gamblers, and corrupt cops. Challenging the underworld
is always a dangerous proposition, but what adds extra oomph to this gripping
story is the fact that it's based on real events.
The Forgery of Venus: A Novel - by Michael Gruber
Publisher: William Morrow
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9780060874483
ISBN-10: 0060874481
Literary Thriller. Chaz Wilmot is by all accounts a very talented painter whose
style is comparable to the Old Masters. When he's asked to restore--or perhaps
reproduce--a ceiling painted by an 18th-century artist, he jumps at the chance,
but soon finds his grip on reality slipping. Is he going crazy--or is someone
trying to make him think he is? Or is he truly remembering events from the
17th-century life of another painter? Does the drug trial he's participating
in have anything to do with it? For the answers to these questions--and
more--check out author Michael Gruber's latest, a tale that is "fast,
frightening
and, as usual, richly imagined" (Kirkus Reviews).
The Finder - by Colin Harrison
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9780374299491
ISBN-10: 0374299498
Thriller. Jin Li is a beautiful, reticent Chinese immigrant to America who
supervises a successful office-cleaning and paper-shredding operation, which
she uses as a front to steal sensitive information that she then passes on to
her brother in China. But it seems that someone has discovered what she's
up to and is determined to stop her. After two of her employees are killed in
an absolutely horrific way, she goes on the run, and her ex-boyfriend, a
former fireman, has to find her--or else. Too bad he has absolutely no idea
where she is. The New York Times calls The Finder a "chilling, high-speed roller
coaster of a ride."
South of Shiloh - by Chuck Logan
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Pub Date: 4/1/2008
ISBN: 9780061136696
ISBN-10: 0061136697
Suspense Fiction. During a Civil War reenactment in Mississippi, Minnesotan
Paul Edin is killed by a sniper's stray bullet, though his death is ruled an
accident. Prompted by Paul's widow (who also happens to be his own ex-lover),
news photographer and former cop John Rane travels to Mississippi to team
up with the intended victim, Deputy Sheriff Kenny Beeman, and find the sniper.
They are immediately drawn into a mess of feuding families; the upcoming
reenactment of the Battle of Shiloh could very well be as fatal for its
participants as the original battle. If you've got the slightest interest in the
Civil War, you won't want to miss this thrilling tale.
In a Word!
Eureka - by William Diehl
Publisher: Fawcett Books
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Pub Date: 4/1/2003
ISBN: 9780345411471
ISBN-10: 0345411471
Historical Suspense. Detective Zeke Bannon is recuperating from wounds received
in World War II when he is handed the tantalizing file of a murder he and
his partner dealt with in the days before the war. The victim, a quiet widow
who had been electrocuted in her bathtub, had been receiving substantial
anonymous
checks each month, had nearly $100K in the bank--and had no history prior to
1924. Cutting between the present (1945), the time of the murder (1941), and
the long-buried past (1900), Zeke and his partner, Ski Agassi, find themselves
digging through the sinful early days of shantytown Eureka, California.
A combination of mystery, political intrigue, and long-kept secrets will keep
you turning the pages long past bedtime.
First Chapter
Alone - by Lisa Gardner
Publisher: Bantam Books
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Pub Date: 1/11/2005
ISBN: 9780553802535
ISBN-10: 0553802534
Psychological Suspense. Bobby Dodge, a sniper with the Massachusetts State
Police, is used to dangerous situations, and when he shoots and kills an armed
man threatening his wife and child, people understand that he did what was
necessary. But as he and others look more closely into the death of Jimmy
Gagnon,
it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. Jimmy's beautiful widow,
Catherine, has a terrible past, a son who's often sick, and a powerful
father-in-law
who blames her--and Bobby--for his son's death. Soon Bobby is being accused of
murder, Catherine's past has come back to haunt her, and it's unclear just
who is manipulating whom, making for a tense, terrifying read.
First Chapter
Trashed - by Alison Gaylin
Publisher: Obsidian
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Pub Date: 9/4/2007
ISBN: 9780451221131
ISBN-10: 0451221133
Suspense Fiction. "Dreams don't just get crushed in L.A., Simone. They crush
you." These slightly overdramatic words come from aspiring journalist Simone
Glass' older sister, and though at first Simone brushes them off, after
arriving in L.A. she starts to wonder if her annoyingly perfect sister might not
be right. Finally finding employment with a bottom-feeding tabloid, Simone sets
out to dig through celebrity trash (literally) but ends up catching the
eye of a serial killer preying on Hollywood's female stars. If you're looking
for a fun, suspenseful read with all the juicy glee of a supermarket tabloid,
look no farther than this entertaining tale.
Innocence - by David Hosp
Publisher: Warner Books
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Pub Date: 7/11/2007
ISBN: 9780446580144
ISBN-10: 0446580147
Legal Thriller. Now working solo after leaving a prestigious law firm, Boston
lawyer Scott Finn (first seen in Dark Harbor) has been asked to do some pro
bono work for an illegal El Salvadoran immigrant who has spent the last 15
years in prison for a crime he may not have committed. True, Vincente Salazar
has ties to a South American gang, but when a lawyer connected to the case is
brutally murdered, Finn and his cohorts are convinced that Salazar is as
innocent as he claims to be. So who set him up--and why? And why are the police
being so obstructive? Check out this clever story to find out.
Alibi: A Novel - by Joseph Kanon
Publisher: Picador
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Pub Date: 5/16/2006
ISBN: 9780312425906
ISBN-10: 0312425902
Historical Thriller. Not long after the end of World War II, former war crimes
investigator Adam Miller arrives in Venice, where his mother continues to
live the grand life of a wealthy American expatriate. But although Venice was
physically untouched by war, the city, its politics, and its denizens remain
unsettled, and Adam himself cannot let things rest when he begins to suspect
that his mother's enigmatic new beau is hiding something. Soon enough, somebody
dies, and Adam finds himself in the thorniest of moral dilemmas. Add in a
haunting love story and some evocative writing, and you have a tale that is
truly
atmospheric.
First Chapter
Lost - by Michael Robotham
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 5/8/2007
ISBN: 9780307275486
ISBN-10: 0307275485
Police Thriller. In Michael Robotham's 2nd book featuring psychologist Joe
O'Loughlin and Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz, it is Ruiz who is under
suspicion
after he wakes up in a hospital with no memory of how he got there--or of
anything that occurred in the preceding week. As Ruiz relies on O'Loughlin to
help him restore his memory, he learns that he had been investigating the
three-year-old closed case of a missing girl whose death has been pinned on a
sex offender, but things really start to heat up when he discovers £2,000,000
in diamonds--a ransom apparently paid by the girl's gangster father. With
"top-notch pacing, plot, and characters" (Booklist), this is one thriller you
won't want to miss.
First Chapter
Meet Author Elizabeth Becka
Meet Elizabeth Becka, author of Trace Evidence and Unknown Means, on Wednesday,
July 9, at the Aurora Memorial Library at 7:00 p.m. Becka, a forensics
specialist who formerly worked for the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office (now
working as a latent print examiner for the city of Cape Coral, Florida), will
discuss her books as well as her work experience in the law enforcement field.
Trace evidence - Elizabeth Becka
Publisher: Hyperion
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Pub Date: 8/3/2005
ISBN: 9781401301743
ISBN-10: 1401301746
Forensics investigator Evelyn James, a trace evidence specialist, searches for
a ruthless killer responsible for several bizarre murders in which young
women are forcibly drowned with their feet chained and sunk in cement.
First Chapter
Unknown means - Elizabeth Becka
Publisher: Hyperion
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Pub Date: 2/5/2008
ISBN: 9781401301750
ISBN-10: 1401301754
Cleveland forensic specialist Evelyn James investigates the murder of a wealthy
woman in a high-security luxury building, a case with virtually no clues
until subsequent deaths are linked to the first.
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