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Stillhouse Lake, a Memorable Crime Thriller by Rachel Caine

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The Bottom Line: A genuine nail-biter that will have you second-guessing what your spouse does when you’re not around. You could be forgiven for thinking your’e too old for to reach Rachel Caine’s new crime thriller. After all, Caine has earned her reputation as one of the hottest YA novelists working today, including the Morganville Vampires series. But forget all of that, because with Stillhouse Lake, […]

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AFTERLIFE, a New Paranormal Thriller Audiobook by Markus Sakey

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The Bottom Line: The one book you might actually re-read this year. It’s that good and that deep. Even after closing out his superb Brilliance trilogy, Markus Sakey is apparently still drawn to the idea of a federal agent wrestling with both terrorism and an existence that stretches the notion of reality. In Afterlife, the last thing FBI agent Will Brody remembers is the explosion—a thousand

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Kind Nepenthe, a Riveting Paranormal Thriller by Matthew V Brockmeyer

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The Bottom Line: Matthew V Brockmeyer’s debut is country noir at its finest. In Brockmeyer, Stephen King fans may have finally found a new favorite author in this haunting novel. It’s often said that there are two Americas, but Matthew V Brockmeyer’s Kind Nepenthe reveals an unsettling third. Set among the burgeoning new backwoods economy of legalized marijuana, the novel is set in a former

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The Missing Boys

The Missing Boys, an Engrossing Small Town Mystery by G. Richard Hoard

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The Bottom Line: An engrossing, chilling and intricate small-town mystery. Hoard has created a clever amateur sleuth that mystery fans will rally around. Hoard is a master at transforming personal experience into explorations of humanity’s darker facets. Drawing from his experiences in rural Georgia in the ‘50s and ‘60s, he’s taken singular moments and expanded them into entire novels. With The Missing Boys, he does

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The Territory of Lies, a New Conspiracy Thriller by Ana Stone

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Falling in love is supposed to be the most wonderful time of your life. That’s not how it is working for psychiatrist Sydney Forrest. She finds herself smack in the middle of a conspiracy surrounding a terrorist attack. The FBI are confiscating her patient files, she’s under surveillance, and there’s someone out there who wants to do more than ruin her career. She’s walking in

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Use of Force, a Highly Recommended Military Thriller Audiobook by Brad Thor

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The Bottom Line: There are few series more reliable than Brad Thor’s Scott Harvath series, and this is no exception. Brilliantly read by Armand Schultz, Use of Force is one of the year’s best military thriller audiobooks so far. As a storm rages across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrifying distress call is made to the Italian Coast Guard. Days later, a body washes ashore. Identified

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Depth of Lies, an Irresistable Whodunit by E.C. Diskin

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The Bottom Line: Fans looking for a twist on classic mysteries and thrillers will find Depth of Lies to be an unexpected favorite. Readers hungry for a different perspective on whodunits will find plenty to love. Many writers play with the idea of shattering the perfect veneer of suburban life with intrigue and mystery, but E.C. Diskin’s work does it with polish and a freshness

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The Veritas Deception, a Conspiracy Thriller by Lynne Constantine

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New York Times Bestselling Author Steve Berry recommends this gripping conspiracy thriller: “Mandatory reading for any thriller aficionado.” Imagine if the media, the entertainment world, and key players in Washington were conspiring to deceive you. If nothing could be taken at face value. If those you trusted most were a part of the deception. Days after US Senator Malcolm Phillips changes his vote on a

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Wives of War, a Timeless Military Thriller Audiobook by Soraya M. Lane

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The Bottom Line: This terrific little book could have been written in 2017 or 1947. Brilliantly read by Heather Wilds, fans of Call the Midwife will love Wives of War. London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and to prove to her family—and

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