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Everybody Wants to Rule the World : A Novel. by Atkins, Ace.;
Elmore Leonard meets Robert Ludlum in a rollicking comedic thriller set in 1985, in which a suburban teen suspects his moms new boyfriend is the ultimate bad guy - a KGB agent.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Crime; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World [text (large print)] : A Novel. by Atkins, Ace.;
Elmore Leonard meets Robert Ludlum in a rollicking comedic thriller set in 1985, in which a suburban teen suspects his moms new boyfriend is the ultimate bad guy - a KGB agent.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Crime; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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Truth be told / by Ryan, Hank Phillippi,author.;
Investigating the story of a middle-class family evicted from their suburban home--and on other foreclosures--reporter Jane Ryland soon learns the truth behind a scheme where the players will stop at nothing, including murder, to keep their goal a secret.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Foreclosure; Women journalists;
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Home of the American circus / by Larkin, Allie,author.;
"After an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty-year-old Freya Arnalds bails on her lackluster life as bartender in Maine and returns to her suburban hometown of Somers, New York, to live in the house she inherited from her estranged parents. Despite attempts to lay low, Freya encounters childhood friends, familial enemies, and old flames--as well as her fifteen-year-old niece, Aubrey, who is secretly living in the derelict home. As they reconnect, Freya and Aubrey lean on each other, working to restore the house and come to terms with the devastating events that pulled them apart years ago. Set in the birthplace of the American circus, this deeply moving novel is an exploration of broken families, the weight of the past, and the complicated journey of finding home"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Dysfunctional families; Family secrets; Homecoming; Inheritance and succession; Nieces; Women;
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Wish you were gone / by Scott, Kieran,1974-author.;
"For fans of the Netflix hit series Dead to Me and bestselling domestic suspense fiction by Shari Lapena and Liane Moriarty, a novel set in suburban New Jersey about a dead husband with a serious alcohol problem, an angry, betrayed wife, and the family friends whose talent for keeping secrets might lead to everyone's undoing"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Alcoholism; Family violence; Husbands; Secrecy;
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Now let's dance / by Lambert, Karine,author.; Lambert, Karine.Eh bien dansons maintenant!English.; Bell, Anthea,translator.;
"Marguerite had been living a comfortable but dull existence in a suburban town with her straitlaced lawyer husband. When he dies, she realises that life has passed her by. Marcel had been in a loving relationship with Nora since they left Algeria sixty years before. Now that he has lost her, he has lost his way. Marguerite and Marcel live in two very different worlds - one rich, one poor. They never should have met. And yet their paths cross at a retreat, and a connection forms ... But will they manage to overcome the disapproval of their friends and families, as well as their own misgivings? Or have they left it too late to really follow their hearts' desires?"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Social classes; Widows; Widowers; Older people; Families;
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Murder in the family / by Hunter, Cara,author.;
It was a case that gripped the nation. In December 2003, Luke Ryder, the stepfather of acclaimed filmmaker Guy Howard (then aged 10), was found dead in the garden of their suburban family home. Luke Ryder's murder has never been solved. Guy Howard's mother and two half-sisters were in the house at the time of the murder-but all swear they saw nothing. Despite a high-profile police investigation and endless media attention, no suspect was ever charged. But some murder cases are simply too big to forget ... Now comes the sensational new streaming series Infamous, dedicated to investigating-and perhaps cracking-this famous cold case. The production team will re-examine testimony, re-interview witnesses, and once again scour the evidence. The family will speak. The key players will be reunited-on camera. The truth will come out. Are you ready to see it?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Evidence, Circumstantial; Live television programs; Murder; Stepchildren; Suspects (Criminal investigation); True crime television programs; Truthfulness and falsehood;
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The woman who lied : a novel / by Douglas, Claire(Journalist),author.;
"Emilia has a dream life. But someone knows the truth ... Emilia Ward lives in suburban London with her husband, their young son, and a teenager from her first marriage. Emilia is an ordinary mom - and she's also the bestselling author of the Miranda Moody detective novels. But when writing her tenth - and most difficult - book, life takes a disturbing an incident mimicking the plot of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just an unsettling coincidence, right? Until it happens again. And again. Then someone she knows dies in the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing. Why is someone doing this? What do they want? How could they possibly know what she's thinking - and writing? Is Emilia and her family next?"--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Copycat crimes; Murder; Novelists; Serial murderers; Truthfulness and falsehood; Women novelists;
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Safe : a novel / by Barnett, S. K.,1954-author.;
"A kidnapped girl returns home after twelve years away--but coming home may not be as easy as she thought in this roller coaster ride of lies, betrayal, and secrets that just might be the twistiest thriller you'll read all year. Jenny Kristal was six years old when she was snatched off the sidewalk from her quiet suburban neighborhood. Twelve years later, she's miraculously returned home after escaping her kidnappers--but as her parents and younger brother welcome her back, the questions begin to mount. Where has she been all these years? Why is she back now? And is home really the safest place for her ... or for any of them?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Kidnapping victims; Family secrets;
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Losing spring / by Andrews, V. C.(Virginia C.),author.;
"Caroline Brady is the daughter of a very conservative TSA agent and former military brat, Morgan Brady. Her mother Linsey Brady is a descendent of the Sutherland real estate family. Their organized, suburban life in Colonie, NY is rigorously regulated and leaves little room for deviation from the norm. When Linsey, Morgan, and Caroline attend the wake of their neighbor Mr. Gleeson, they meet his charming daughter Natalie "Nattie" Gleeson, who works for the American ambassador to France. Linsey and Nattie strike up a fast friendship as women of a similar age in very different places in their lives--Linsey a devoted mother and housewife, and Nattie an international diplomat living an independent and freewheeling life. Their friendship soon evolves into a romance, leading to the collapse of Linsey's marriage and her disinheritance from the Sutherland family fortune. In true V.C. Andrews fashion, a whirlwind of unexpected death, family estrangement, and a forbidden inheritance become Caroline's new reality as she struggles to navigate the loss of her mother, the mind-boggling wealth of the Sutherland family (who quickly lock her away from the world), and the loss of contact with her father following the divorce"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Gothic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Divorce; Families; Interpersonal relations; Scandals; Wealth;
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