Category: suspense
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October is a Great Month for Nordic Noir
Often I will put books on hold with the library and they all tend to come in at once – or in a very short time period. This is what is happening right now. I’ve had many items on hold for months which have started to arrive. First I got Phantom by Jo Nesbø. I…
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Gone Girl
By Gillian Flynn Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Crown Publishers, 2012 This book has had over eight hundred holds on it in my library system for the past couple of months. It is the must read of 2012. I think I first became aware of it through EarlyWord, but it wasn’t until I put…
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Promise Me Eternity
By Ian Fox Place: Publisher & Year: Amazon Digital Services, 2012 Genres: Suspense, mystery Format: Kindle Book (but I had a print version – no ereader) ASIN: B004KA9JDK Audience: Adult Print length: 370 pages (my manuscript was 137 pages) Setting: Medford, OR Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Dr. Simon Patterson wishes he could take a break…
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The Keeper of Lost Causes
By Jussi Adler-Olsen; translated by Lisa Hartford Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton, 2011 Genres: Mystery, police procedural, Scandinavian noir, suspense, thriller, crime thriller Series: Department Q; 1 ISBN: 9780525952480 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 396 Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide…
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Before I Go to Sleep
By S.J. Watson Place: Publisher & Year: Genres: Suspense, psychological suspense, mystery ISBN: 9780062060556 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 359 Setting: England – London area Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Christine Lucas suffers from a rare form of amnesia where she can build memories throughout the day, but then forgets everything she’s learned when she…
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Nickel Plated
By Aric Davis Place: Publisher & Year: Las Vegas, NV: AmazonEncore, c2010 Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction, suspense ISBN: 9781935597322 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 197 Setting: Grand Rapids, Michigan Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Nickel is a twelve year old child abuse survivor and foster child escapee. At the age of ten,…
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