Mystery & Thriller

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“From the beginning we know we’re dealing with the kind of unreliable narrator who’s voiced so many of the early 21st century’s bestsellers.”

 

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Novels of mystery and suspense and thrillers more often than not turn on event rather than on complex emotion.

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“Like the strongest authors in this genre, Selfon bares the effects of death on each of us.

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For Salvo Montalbano, the whole episode is as dramatic as a film.

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“enjoy the complex characters drawn with beautiful prose and flashes of humor . . .”

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“Gates does a particularly good job of setting clues and red herrings for the reader to deal with and ties up all the loose ends.”

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“A contemporary novel that tips its hat to multiple genres, Never Turn Back is intriguing, high-stakes fiction.”

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“‘Life is like a book, each page a different possibility, a different reality. One must only know how to turn the page.’”

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“What does it mean to be secure? And from whom, or from what? . . . We are all in danger, and all bound to protect one another whether it’s in our job description or not.”

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“The denouement ties life, love, and mystery together, as all excellent murder mysteries do.”

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“If you’re not already a fan of Archer Mayor, then here’s the opportunity to find out why so many people are.”

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As the Christmas season and the dead of winter commences in Lake Eden, MN, Hannah Swensen is busy making goodies at her shop, The Cookie Jar.

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“Total Power is the sort of top-of-the-charts bestseller publishers are relying on among fiction titles to maintain their bottom line during trying times.”

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“If you enjoy timing your books to the seasons, Byron’s Halloween-themed Cajun mystery is a must-read for this time of year, an enjoyable spin through the kind of sensible, clue-laden plott

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“A convoluted story of how justice will prevail, even if it takes an extraordinarily long time to do so.”

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The Abstainer is a page turner. It begins with a dramatic real event, the hanging of three Fenian agitators, members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, in Manchester, England, in 1867.

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Each volume in this long-running series is titled [Something] in Death, with that something representing the volume’s theme. In this case, shadows.

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“Suspense the way it's meant to be, bit by bit, drop by drop.”

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“Mina’s touch with the dark, gritty, and disturbing is that of an expert, and this book is a persuasive and frightening page-turner.”

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“restful yet stimulating reading . . .”

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“Aptly taps into a creeping sense that scientific advancements are endangering the world in ways that are almost too difficult for most everyday people to comprehend.”

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“The premise in The Silent Conspiracy is a good one, the tension is high, and the characters are well developed.”

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“Close enough to Christie’s own style that the reader could segue from Murder on the Orient Express into this present novel without a stumble.”

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“A social commentary, revealing the evolving of a conspiracy very much at work today, targeting not only a specific minority but also any less privileged group, regardless of race or age.”

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"Don't Look for Me is truly spine-tingling!"

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