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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Mystery novel about friendship, love, and aging. Synopsis: In the wanting months of the second World War, a group of children discover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood. Throughout the summer of 1944--until one father forbids it--the subterranean space becomes their "secret garden," where the friends play games and tell stories. Six decades later, beneath a house on the same land, construction workers uncover a tin box containing two skeletal...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The first novel in nearly twenty years from the acclaimed actor/writer/director is a book about art and love, fame and heartbreak--a blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages-a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one woman's carefully hidden past might destroy her future. 320pp., 25K
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans-- though no one calls them that anymore. First an infectious virus made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the "Transition." Now, eating "special meat" is legal. Then one day he is given a live specimen of the finest quality. Though aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little Marcos starts...
27) The dark rose
Author
Pub. Date
2012, 2011.
Language
English
Description
The brilliant new thriller from the author of the critically acclaimed debut, The Poison Tree. Paul was led into a life of crime by his boyhood protector, a bully named Daniel; but one night, what started as a petty theft turned into a grisly murder. Now, at nineteen, Paul must bear witness against his friend to avoid prison. Louisa's own dark secrets led her to flee a desperate infatuation gone wrong many years before. Now she spends her days steeped...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to understand what happened to his brother years earlier after they both snuck out of the house during the middle of the night, Matthew believes he has found a way to bring his brother back by going off his meds, in this beautifully complex story that exposes the awful parts of life and the darkness of the heart.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In a first-class lounge at JFK airport, our narrator listens as Jeff Cook, a former classmate he only vaguely remembers, shares the uncanny story of his adult life--a life that changed course years before, the moment he resuscitated a drowning man. Jeff reveals that after that traumatic, galvanizing morning on the beach, he was compelled to learn more about the man whose life he had saved, convinced that their fates were now entwined. But are we...
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"On the surface, Annie Powers's life in a wealthy Floridian suburb is happy and idyllic. Her husband Gray, loves her fiercely; together they dote on their beautiful young daughter, Victory. But the bubble surrounding Annie is pierced when she senses that the demons from an ugly past are gaining on her quickly, triggering frightening -- and unwanted -- memories of someone she used to be. A lifetime ago Annie was Ophelia March, a young girl who fled...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In The Last Time I Saw You, Liv Constantine takes the lightning pace of The Last Mrs. Parrish and raises the stakes, creating an exquisitely tension-filled and absorbing tale of psychological suspense in which innocent lives-and one woman's sanity-hang in the balance.
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Inviting all of the people in his building to a housewarming party, underachiever Stuart unintentionally triggers a lifestyle clash; while a beautiful Asian woman across the street emerges from her flat and unleashes chaos that deeply worries Stuart's parents.
35) The Orphan Choir
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Louise Beeston is haunted... Louise has no reason left to stay in the city. She can't see her son, Joseph, who is away at boarding school where he performs in a prestigious boys' choir. And her troublesome neighbor has begun blasting choral music all hours of the night. And to make matters worse, she's the only one who can hear it. Hoping to find some peace, Louise convinces her husband, David, to buy them a country house in an idyllic, sun-dappled...
36) The breakdown
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
If you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside--the woman who was killed. She's been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It's a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she'd broken her promise not to take...
37) The neighbor
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In a taut psychological thriller filled with breathtaking twists, Joseph Souza explores the tangle of betrayal and deception between two neighboring couples, and asks how well we can really know others-or ourselves. It all seems so promising at the start . . .When Leah and her husband, Clay, move from Seattle to Maine, she envisions a vibrant new neighborhood packed with families-playmates for her twins, new friends she can confide in and bond with....
38) Her one mistake
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
What should have been a fun-filled, carefree day takes a tragic turn for the worse for one mother when her best friend's child goes missing in this suspenseful, compulsively readable, and darkly twisted psychological thriller.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
To everyone who knows her now, Zoe Maisey - child genius, musical sensation - is perfect. Yet several years ago, Zoe caused the death of three teenagers. She served her time, and now she's free. Her story begins with her giving the performance of her life. By midnight, her mother is dead. The Perfect Girl is an intricate exploration into the mind of a teenager burdened by brilliance, and a past that she cannot leave behind.
40) You let me in
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Cassandra Tipp is dead...or is she? After all, the notorious recluse and eccentric bestselling novelist has always been prone to flights of fancy-everyone in town remembers the shocking events leading up to Cassie's infamous trial (she may have been acquitted, but the insanity defense only stretches so far). Cassandra Tipp has left behind no body-just her massive fortune, and one final manuscript. Then again, there are enough bodies in her past-her...
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