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• The Quiet Tenant

  Michallon, Clémence,

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  For fans of true crime, this unique debut will keep your heart pounding until the last minute. This propulsive novel features the perspective of three women: a woman trapped in a serial killer's shed for years, his besotted current target, and his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• That Others May Live

  Driscoll, Sara,

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  For dog lovers and fans of K-9 rescue units, this suspenseful read follows FBI agent Meg and her four-legged companion as they get to work hunting for survivors in a collapsed 12-story building. Part of a series, and can be read as a standalone.

• No Country for Old Men

  McCarthy, Cormac

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  The gruesome and action-packed opening scene introduces readers into the world of a dangerous and psychopathic murderer at the American frontier. McCarthy's style and pacing is critically acclaimed, and you can pair this with the equally laudable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Who Have Never Known Men

  Harpman, Jacqueline

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  An unnamed woman narrates her monotonous and strange life—trapped in an underground bunker as long as she can remember, along with women who pass along their stories of the outside world. The reader and the narrator long for answers concerning the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Battle Royale

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  Takami, Kshun

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  Originally rejected for publication due to its ghoulish content. Perhaps you're familiar with the Hunger Games and Lord of the Flies, if not Battle Royale. Set in a dystopic future, a fascist government forces a classroom of Japanese teens to battle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Can I Help You

  Sims, Laura

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  She killed her patients as a nurse, and now she's starting over again with a new identity as your friendly local public library worker! Things are going smoothly for the murderer until a new reference librarian starts to do some digging after…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• As Night Falls

  Milchman, Jenny

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  A couple, their daughter, and a beloved and loyal aging dog, living in a remote house in upstate New York, find themselves held captive at gunpoint by two sadistic escaped prisoners. The twists and effective use of present and past storylines make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  Camp Mirror Lake features a slasher survivor experience, in which guests are enlisted in a survival game that pays homage to the camp's history of being used as a horror movie set. However, the actress who plays the "Final Girl" gets more and more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lost Hills

  Goldberg, Lee, 1962-

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  Aside from being an edge-of-the-seat exploration of corruption and crime in an iconic depiction of Los Angeles, readers will cheer the dynamic of the overachieving rookie detective and her partner, a grizzled old-timer who's waiting it out till…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Paris Apartment

  a Novel

  Foley, Lucy (Novelist)

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  Immerse yourself in the heat of a Parisian summer and a dilapidated luxury apartment that's seen better days. Foley is a master of suspense and shows her skill in this story of a sister investigating the disappearance of her half brother, with no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Drift

  a Novel

  Tudor, C. J.,

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  A survival thriller in a snowstorm, with more than a hint of apocalyptic pandemic to boot. Three points of view help readers put the puzzle together, including that of a former detective who wakes up stranded 1,000 feet off the ground in a cable car…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Younger Wife

  Hepworth, Sally,

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  This domestic thriller starts with a shocking event at a wedding where every member of a family (and all their toxic relationships) are called into question. The slow emergence of everyone's self-sabotaging behaviors makes the sudden and shocking…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Thing in the Snow

  A Novel

  Adams, Sean

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  A hybrid psychological thriller and satire that takes place in a cold, unnamed northern research center which has all but closed. Explore feelings of isolation and workplace politics as an unnamed object in the snow takes on monumental significance…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Annihilation

  VanderMeer, Jeff

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  Inspired by Florida's coast! Four unnamed professionals who are experts in different sciences set out on an expedition to Area X, a quarantined zone that defies the laws of nature and eludes human understanding. First in a series, and adapted into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• High-Rise

  A Novel

  Ballard, J. G.

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  JG Ballard's unsettling and bizarre story of a luxury high-rise's residents engaging in class war and degenerating into primitive archetypes is like a concrete jungle version of Lord of the Flies. From the first sentence, when a doctor contemplates…Read moreRead more of this annotation