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THRILLER AND SUSPENSE

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. The murder of a world-famous physicist raises ​ fear that the Illuminati are operating again after centuries of silence, and religion professor is called in to assist with the case.

The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer. An ex-agent on the run from her former ​ employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.

Gone Too Long by Lori Roy. Seven years after a girl with unusual skills goes ​ missing amid a Klan uprising in Georgia, an estranged daughter confronts community secrets when she discovers a child in her father's basement.

Little Lovely Things by Maureen Joyce Connolly. Feeling ill and being forced to ​ seek out a gas station bathroom, Claire emerges to discover her car and her two daughters are gone.

The Night Child by Anna Quinn. Nora Brown teaches high school English and lives ​ a quiet life in Seattle with her husband and six-year-old daughter. But one November day, moments after dismissing her class, a girl's face appears above the students' desks and terror rushes through Nora's body. Twenty-four hours later, while on Thanksgiving vacation, the face appears again. Shaken and unsteady, Nora meets with neurologists and eventually, a psychiatrist. As the story progresses, a terrible secret is discovered--a secret that pushes Nora toward an even deeper psychological breakdown.

The Perfect Fraud by Ellen LaCorte. Two women with dangerous respective ​ secrets are thrown together by a chance meeting that plunges both of their realities into chaos, placing the life of a sick child at risk.

Run Away by . After discovering his drug-addicted daughter Paige, ​ who he has not seen in six months, panhandling in Central Park, Simon follows her into a dark and dangerous world he never knew existed that puts his family and his life on the line.

The Secret Life of Souls by Jack Ketchum. An Australian cattle dog named Caity ​ must loyally protect her friend, Delia, a beautiful and talented child actress, after she falls victim to a freak accident that wreaks havoc on the entire family, who depend on her for their upscale lifestyle.

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell. Struggling to put her life back together a ​ decade after her beloved teen daughter's disappearance, a divorced woman bonds with a charming single father whose young child eerily resembles the woman's own lost daughter and who compels a wrenching search for answers.

Under My Skin by Lisa Unger. Emerging from grief a year after her beloved ​ husband's unsolved murder, a haunted widow has nightmares and blackouts before realizing she is trapped in a surreal game of cat and mouse.

The Wife and the Widow by Christian White. On an eerie island town in the middle ​ of winter, two women join forces to uncover the secret life of one’s dead husband and the guilt of the other’s.

Wildland by Rebecca Hodge. Struggling to choose between fighting and ​ surrendering to cancer in the aftermath of her husband’s death, a woman risks her life to rescue two children stranded in the middle of a deadly wildfire.