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When She Comes Knocking a Tour-De-Force Psychological Thriller by Dan McDowell

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The Bottom Line: The suburbs have rarely been this terrifying. A tour-de-force psychological thriller that explores obsession, survivor’s guilt and the nature of sanity.   Grieving pharmaceutical sales rep Ben Decker sells medicine that has two outcomes: addiction or death. After surviving a round of layoffs after an acquisition by a Russian company, Ben manages to find inspiration in a craftsman home across town. The place …

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Love Lost on Cloud 9, an Immersive Murder Mystery by K.C. Brote

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The Bottom Line: A must-read murder mystery that is as surprising as it is immersive.  Fittingly, Love Lost on Cloud 9 opens with a murder told from the point of view of the victim. In the book’s first chilling page, we learn that 32-year-old photographer Astrid Russo was strangled, found two days after her death, and – thanks to a truly creepy sensory experience, as …

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The Girl in the Blue Blazer, a Spellbinding Revenge Thriller by Alretha Thomas

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The Bottom Line: A spellbinding, cathartic revenge thriller that will leave readers both unnerved and satisfied.  The Girl in the Blue Blazer opens as two women – Pamela Carter and Veronica Johnson – wait to meet billionaire Andrew Clifford, a man with an impressive art collection and a massive ego. Knowing the spectacular track record of Andrew’s past proteges, Veronica is vying for a coveted …

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The Serpent Underneath, a Brilliantly Nuanced Dystopian Thriller by Julie A. Fragoules

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The Bottom Line: Fans of Margaret Atwood and Suzanne Collins will relish this under-the-radar dystopian thriller featuring a fascinating post-apocalyptic America and an enigmatic anti-hero.  In a world devastated by socio-economic collapse, survival in America is a daily struggle. Eighteen-year-old Haven Segreti, recruited from her family’s isolated compound, is forced to serve as a member of a government “pack” – a unit of elite teens trained …

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Lost Girls of Kato, a Clever Psychic Thriller by Quinn Avery

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THE BOTTOM LINE: A clever psychic thriller steeped in 80s nostalgia that will delight Stranger Things fans and anyone looking for a great read. The story begins in a humid Minnesota summer in 1986. Twelve-year-old Jackie Tanner is a latch-key kid doing her best to get by with a mom who works at the local strip club and often disappears for days and an older …

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Tilted Scales, an Unforgettable Fantasy Legal Thriller by Julian Kindred

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The Bottom Line: Perfect for fans of Honor Raconteur and Jason Rose, Tilted Scales: Inhuman Trafficking deftly blends courtroom drama and legal maneuvering with supernatural gangsters, warlocks and spell casters. The Southern Serpent is a heroine that readers won’t easily forget.  Lawyers are often referred to as snakes, but Jayne Hart, known as the Southern Serpent, actually does have scales. Human from the waist up …

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EXILE ENDGAME, an Intoxicating Spy Thriller by Preston Fleming

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The Bottom Line: An intoxicating and frighteningly believable spy caper set in the near future.  The hotly anticipated sequel to Preston Fleming’s EXILE HUNTER begins in 2034 Washington D.C., as renegade State Security Officer Warren Linder is in custody. He’s been convicted of treason, insurrection, seditious conspiracy, murder and more. He’s already been sentenced to death not once, but twice.  Unionist Party General Secretary Paul …

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Daemon Blood, The Year’s Best Fantasy Thriller

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The Bottom Line: The year’s best fantasy thriller (Winner, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards). Fantasy thriller fans will be quickly possessed by the high-stakes, psychic battle unleashed in this otherworldly third series installment.   The third installment in Mary Maddox’s Daemon World series finds a war on the horizon. Daemon seer Lu Darlington is desperate to save herself, her son and her dearest friend, Lisa. Bound to the daemon …

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Trust, a Delicious New Whodunnit by Lee Chappel

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The Bottom Line: A delicious whodunnit that establishes Lee Chappel’s style as both instantly recognizable and irresistible. You might have guessed that the title of Lee Chappel’s second thriller, Trust, is ironic. But only the most clever readers will guess who the killer is before Chappel’s detective, Ben Keeler, figures it out.  Trust tells the story of Beth Sullivan, who engages in what can only …

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Bishop’s Endgame, a Highly Recommended Spy Novel by Michael Frost Beckner

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The Bottom Line: A mesmerizing, sophisticated and hugely successful espionage novel that echoes – and even rivals – Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.  Michael Frost Beckner’s second Spy Game novel begins in 2001, just months before 9/11. More than 50 American agents have suddenly gone silent. Have they been arrested or captured? Could they have defected? Could they be dead?  No one is quite sure, and …

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