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Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Logan Ramsay takes part in a raid on a secret genetics laboratory but finds nothing except a homemade explosive designed to shred his hazmat suit. He wakes up after the explosion and he feels no different, all of his tests come back normal. And that remains the case for a few weeks. But all of a sudden, his reflexes are better. His bones ache in a way he hasn't felt since he was going through growth spurts as a child. It seems that someone has given his body and his mind a bi
5 days ago
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The Dark Locket: Secrets of the Sanatorium by Chris Witt
Harold's girlfriend (and hopefully soon, fiance), Emily, disappears while doing research for her dissertation. He finds evidence that she was last at Lyaeus Sanatorium and he sets out to find her. But as he searches, he starts to uncover memories that he'd unknowingly buried and pieces of himself that he didn't know existed. Because this is not the first time Harold has been in Lyaeus, he spent his whole childhood inside its walls.
Dec 8
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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Jason Dessen takes a quick trip to see a friend celebrating a huge career milestone, promising his wife that he will be home soon and bearing ice cream for dessert. Then, the unthinkable happens. He's abducted, taken to the outskirts of the city, and knocked unconscious. He wakes up strapped to a gurney with someone who claims to know him asking him questions he does not understand. He begins to realize that this world is not his.
Dec 4
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The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
When the cops show up at Adam Morgan's door, arresting him while telling him that he was the last person to see his mistress alive before she was brutally murdered, Adam can think of only one person capable of taking on his case and proving his innocence: Sarah. His wife.
Nov 27
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What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
Twenty-two years ago, Naomi and her best friends Olivia and Cassidy lived through an unimaginable horror when Naomi was attacked and stabbed seventeen times while the girls played in the woods. Miraculously, Naomi survived the attack and they were able to lock her serial killer attacker in prison. When they get the call that the attacker has died in prison, Olivia asks for the three of them to get together again. To their surprise, Oliviia thinks the time has come to tell the
Nov 10
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Rabbits by Terry Miles
K has always been interested in The Game, but when billionaire Alan Scarpio approaches them and says they needs to find a way to fix The Game before the next iteration starts, K isn't quite sure where to start. Then Alan goes missing and The Game starts - K not having fixed a thing - and nothing is the way that it should be. Now K really needs to fix things.
Oct 20
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The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
A small, upstate New York community is shaken when a Bear Van Laar goes missing from his family's home and he is never found. Years later, the community comes back together again, this time to find Bear's sister Barbara, who has gone missing from the sleepaway camp on the family's property. Are the two disappearances related? Can they find Barbara before it's too late?
Sep 18
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Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
Newlyweds Sam and Annie move back to Sam's hometown to be close to his ailing mother and Sam opens his open private psychiatric practice. But when Sam speaks to his patients in his office, and there just happens to be a vent that allows their sessions to be overheard, and there is nothing else to do in the small town - you'd listen, wouldn't you?
Sep 4
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Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
When Zelu gets fired from her teaching job and has her most recent book rejected by yet another publisher, she's feeling lower than ever. That night, she finally lets loose with nothing left to lose and writes a novel that will take the world by storm.
Aug 14
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I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
When Bodie Kane is invited to teach a short class on podcasting at her high school alma mater, she asks her students to come to the first class with an idea for what they would like to report on. One of those students decides to investigate the murder of a student in the 90's, who happened to be Bodie's roommate junior year.
Jul 21
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Pike Island by Tony Wirt
When Krista's boss, the young and promising congressman from Minnesota Harrison Leonard, begins to receive strange and vaguely threatening postcards, Krista feels compelled to investigate and finds that the congressman hasn't been completely honest with her. But what does that mean for his career, or for hers?
Jul 14
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Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
When Beth's brother-in-law shoots the animal that is killing their sheep, she has no idea that it will usher in the reintroduction of her first love and foreshadow the catastrophe that awaits them all.
Jul 11
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Looking for Smoke by K A Cobell
When Samantha White Tail is found murdered, four of the people who last saw her band together to find out what happened.
Jul 7
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All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Isabelle Drake's son went missing exactly one year ago. Since then, she hasn't slept for more than a few minutes at a time. But she won't let that stop her from looking for her son. She is constantly trying to draw attention to his case, although it quickly went cold, but she's always said no to doing podcasts. Until now.
Jun 20
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Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Lucy's life is ruined (again) when a podcaster starts to investigate the murder of her best friend. The prime suspect is Lucy and she can't remember anything from that night, could she have murdered Savvy?
Jun 13
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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
After seeing each other for the first time in twenty years, can sisters Claire and Lydia put aside their differences for long enough to solve their sister's cold case.
May 5
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Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Daunis Fontaine is thrown into a high stakes investigation that leads her to unearth the secrets of her community and the people she loves.
May 2
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All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker I was craving a novel that would make me think, maybe a bit of a thriller, and I really hit...
Apr 18
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Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
When a girl goes missing, the cops question everyone who lives on her street and expose the secrets of everyone in this small community.
Apr 11
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The Truth About the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline
What starts as a plea from his perfect older brother takes twists that TJ never expected and throws his entire family into chaos.
Mar 21
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