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One of us is lying
One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app.Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose? Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them.
Borderline - Liza Marklund
In the newest thriller from #1 internationally bestselling author Liza Marklund, dubbed the "Queen of Scandinavian Crime Fiction," Annika Bengtzon tracks an unknown adversary through a web of lies and violence--bringing her face-to-face with a terrifying enemy. Annika Bengtzon is back at Kvllspressen's Stockholm offices after three years as the newspaper's Washington, DC correspondent. One afternoon, a young woman is found dead behind a nursery school in a Stockholm suburb. She is the fourth victim with the same characteristics: a young mother, stabbed from behind. In the editorial offices of Kvllspressen they sense a serial killer, but Annika dismisses it as a wild fantasy. Meanwhile, her husband Thomas is attending an international conference in Nairobi, Kenya. During a reconnaissance trip to the Somali border the entire delegation of seven European envoys is kidnapped. As the murder spree in Stockholm continues, Annika is dragged into a violent hostage situation that shakes both Europe and East Africa. When their unreasonable demands are rejected, the kidnappers begin to execute the hostages, one by one.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Count Dracula sleeps in a lordly tomb in the vaults beneath his desolate castle. His stony eyes are open. His cheeks have the flush of life beneath their pallor. On his lips - a mocking, sensuous smile and scarlet-fresh blood. He has been dead for centuries, yet he may never die... Here begins the story of an evil ages old and forever new. It is the story of those who feed a diabolic craving into the veins of their victims, into the men and women from whose blood they draw their only sustenance. It is a novel of peculiar power, of hypnotic fascination. The reader is warned that he who enters Castle Dracula may not escape its baleful spell, even when he closes this book.
Exit Music by Ian Rankin
It's late in the fall in Edinburgh and late in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he is simply trying to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, a new case lands on his desk: a dissident Russian poet has been murdered in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. Rebus discovers that an elite delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, looking to expand its interests. And as Rebus's investigation gains ground, someone brutally assaults a local gangster with whom he has a long history.Has Rebus overstepped his bounds for the last time? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, controversial career, will Rebus even make it that far?
John Grisham
A perfect murderA faceless witnessA lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he’s only thirteen years oldMeet Theodore BooneIn the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boone thinks he’s one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman, court clerk—and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great trial lawyer, of a life in the courtroom.But Theo finds himself in court much sooner than expected. Because he knows so much—maybe too much—he is suddenly dragged into the middle of a sensational murder trial. A cold-blooded killer is about to go free, and only Theo knows the truth.The stakes are high, but Theo won’t stop until justice is served.Brimming with the intrigue and suspense that made John Grisham a #1 international bestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer will keep readers guessing and pages turning.
PULSE BY FELIX FRANCIS
WITH THE STAKES SO HIGH, RACING CAN BE A DEADLY BUSINESS Chris Rankin is a doctor, a specialist in Emergency Medicine at Cheltenham Hospital, but a doctor who also has health problems. A smartly dressed man has been found unconscious at the local racecourse and is rushed to the hospital, where he subsequently dies. But who is he? Where does he come from? He had no form of identification on him, and no one claims the body. Doctor Rankin is intrigued by the nameless dead man, obsessed even, and starts asking questions. However, someone doesn't want the questions answered and will go to any lengths to prevent it, including attempting murder. But no one else believes that someone tried to kill Chris, leaving the doctor no option but to discover who the nameless man is and why he died, preferably before following him into an early grave. The Francis brand of thrillers are bigger and bolder for a new generation! Praise for Felix Francis's novels: 'The Francis flair is clear for all to see' Daily Mail 'From winning post to top of the bestseller list, time after time' Sunday Times 'The master of suspense and intrigue' Country Life 'A tremendous read' Woman's Own
The Night Stalker Chris Carter
Manai, kad esi saugi... Bet ar tikrai?Į Los Andželo apygardos morgą atvežamas neatpažintos moters kūnas. Mirties priežastis — neaiški. Nesimato jokių prievartos žymių, išskyrus tai, kad užsiūta intymi vieta. Bet patologą labiausiai pribloškia, kai jis pamato, kad žudikas kažką paliko moters viduje. Kažką tokio šiurpaus, kad Los Andželo policijos departamento Žmogžudysčių skyriaus detektyvas Robertas Hanteris skubiai atšaukiamas nuo visų darbų imtis šios bylos.Po kelių dienų randamas dar vienas kūnas. Kaip ir pirmoji auka, ši moteris irgi užsiūta; taip pat ir jos kūne kažkas palikta; kažkas taip išmoninga, kaip ir groteskiška... Ir tai dar ne pabaiga.Kai tirdamas žmogžudystes susiduria su dingusio asmens byla, su kuria dirba detektyvė Vitnė Majers, Hanteris ima įtarti, kad žudikas galbūt įkalinęs dar kelias moteris. Netrukus Robertas pasijunta ir pats tapęs taikiniu, kurį medžioja žudikas, toks pasibaisėtinas, kokio detektyvas negalėjo nė įsivaizduoti, grobuonis, kurio praeitis dengia siaubingą paslaptį ir kuris nė neketina sustoti...
The Nemesis Program By Scott Mariani
THE EXPLOSIVE, THRILLING NEW BEN HOPE ADVENTURE FROM THE TOP 10 BESTSELLING AUTHORA BRUTAL MURDERWhile secretly researching the bizarre discoveries of Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla many years earlier, physicist Claudine Pommier becomes the victim of a remorseless and cruel murderer who breaks into her Parisian apartment. Is he just a serial killer, or is there more to her death than the Paris cops believe?A SCIENTIST ON THE RUNMaverick American biologist Dr Roberta Ryder receives a mysterious letter from her friend Claudine and travels to Paris to see her, only to learn of her shocking death. Before she knows it, Roberta becomes the target of ruthless men with a deadly agenda that only the letter can unmask. She’s alone and vulnerable. But she knows someone – the only someone – who can help her.A PLOT TO KILL MILLIONSBen Hope, ex-SAS soldier and Roberta’s old flame, now trying to retire to a life of peace with his fiancée Brooke, suddenly finds his life turned upside down by Roberta’s sudden arrival in England. She needs his help; he can’t turn her down. In a frantic race to Paris and halfway around the world, Ben and Roberta battle to uncover the mystery of Claudine’s research, with the killers just half a step behind. In the process they uncover a global conspiracy that will claim the lives of millions of people… unless Ben can stop it.BEN HOPE is one of the most celebrated action adventure heroes in British fiction and Scott Mariani is the author of numerous bestsellers. Join the ever-growing legion of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to the new Ben Hope thriller begins…
Mystery books
Since his first appearance in Beeton’s Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created.Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero—a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime!Volume II begins with The Hound of the Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written.The Valley of Fear matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty.In addition, the loyal Dr. Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes’s feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the thrilling The Adventure of the Red Circle and the twelve baffling adventures from The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.Conan Doyle’s incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of all time.
The Housemaid's Secret
It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything....That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe.Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go....
Reading Books and Novels
"Sharp, brilliantly plotted, and totally engrossing."--KAREN M. MCMANUS, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying "A crafty, dark, and disturbing story."--KATHLEEN GLASGOW, New York Times bestselling author of Girl In Pieces"A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars."--RILEY SAGER, bestselling author of Final GirlsA Goodreads Best Young Adult Book of the Year NomineeFrom the author of The Darkest Corners and Little Monsters comes an all-new edge-of-your-seat thriller set in upstate New York about an eerie sequence of seemingly unrelated events that leaves five cheerleaders dead.There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook.First there was the car accident--two girls dead after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know his reasons. Monica's sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. No one wanted to be reminded of the girls they'd lost.That was five years ago. Now the faculty and students at Sunnybrook High want to remember the lost cheerleaders. But for Monica, it's not that easy. She just wants to forget.Only, Monica's world is starting to unravel. There are the letters in her stepdad's desk, an unearthed, years-old cell phone, a strange new friend at school. . . . Whatever happened five years ago isn't over. Some people in town know more than they're saying. And somehow, Monica is at the center of it all.There are no more cheerleaders in Sunnybrook, but that doesn't mean anyone else is safe.More Praise for Kara Thomas:"Gripping from start to finish . . . with twists that left me shocked."--VICTORIA AVEYARD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen"You'll be up all night tearing through the pages."--BUSTLE"This deliciously deceptive thriller...is a must-have."--SLJ
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"The Leaving" by Tara Altebrando is a gripping and haunting YA thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. In the small town of Wick, six children mysteriously disappear without a trace, only to return eleven years later with no memory of where they've been or what happened to them. As the characters grapple with their lost memories and the secrets buried in their pasts, they are drawn deeper into a web of lies and deception that threatens to consume them.Altebrando deftly examines the impact of trauma on the human psyche, as the characters struggle to piece together the fragments of their lost memories and confront the darkness lurking within themselves. "The Leaving" is a riveting psychological thriller that will leave you breathless until the final page.
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"Finlay Donovan Is Killing It" by Elle Cosimano is a delightful and hilarious romp through the world of mistaken identity and amateur sleuthing. When struggling single mom and aspiring crime writer Finlay Donovan is mistaken for a contract killer, her life takes an unexpected and uproarious turn. As she stumbles her way through a series of increasingly absurd situations, readers will find themselves rooting for her every step of the way. "Finlay Donovan Is Killing It" is a must-read for fans of cozy mysteries and dark comedies alike.
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"Nothing More to Tell" by Karen M. McManus is a gripping YA mystery that keeps readers guessing until the very end. Set in the small town of Echo Ridge, the story follows the aftermath of a tragic accident that shakes the community to its core. "Nothing More to Tell" is a must-read for fans of YA mystery and suspense.
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"Playing Nice" by JP Delaney is a riveting psychological thriller that delves into the complexities of parenthood, identity, and the lengths people will go to protect their loved ones. In this gripping tale, Pete Riley discovers that his two-year-old son was switched at birth with the child of a wealthy family, setting off a chain of events that threatens to unravel his life. Pete's desperate quest for the truth is both heart-wrenching and relatable, as he navigates the murky waters of legal battles and ethical quandaries.
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"Two Can Keep a Secret" by Karen M. McManus is a captivating YA thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. Set in the small town of Echo Ridge, where secrets run deep and disappearances haunt the past, the novel follows the intertwined lives of Ellery and Malcolm as they uncover the truth behind a series of chilling crimes. The dual perspectives of Ellery and Malcolm provide insight into the complexities of small-town life and the dark secrets that lie beneath its surface.Ellery is a relatable protagonist with a sharp wit and a keen eye for detail, while Malcolm is a charming and enigmatic love interest with secrets of his own. Together, they navigate the treacherous landscape of Echo Ridge, uncovering shocking truths and facing danger at every turn.
