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Three fires / by Mina, Denise,author.;
Reimaging the "Bonfire of the Vanities" through a series of fires lit throughout Florence at the end of the fifteenth century, this modern take on a fascinating historical story follows Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar who, railing against the viceand avarice of the ruling Medici family, was instrumental in their removal from power.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498; Bonfires; Clergy;

Another kind of Eden [sound recording] / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.; Patton, Will,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Will Patton.A "tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Authors; Cults; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Nineteen sixties; Railroad trains;

The lost girls of Paris / by Jenoff, Pam,author.;
"A ... story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Lost and found possessions; Women spies;

The wicked unseen / by Griffis, Gigi,author.;
"In 1996, sixteen-year-old Audre is having trouble fitting into her new town, where everyone seems to believe there's a secret Satanic cult doing rituals in the woods. But when the pastor's daughter-- and Audre's crush-- goes missing, she starts to wonder if the town's obsession with evil isn't covering up something far worse"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Good and evil; Kidnapping; Lesbians; Good and evil; Kidnapping; Lesbians;

Max in the land of lies : a tale of World War II / by Gidwitz, Adam.;
Includes bibliographical references.Max Bretzfeld has become a British spy and is returning to Germany with two missions: to infiltrate the Funkhaus, the center of Nazi radio and propaganda; and to find his parents.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Fantasy fiction.; Spies; Jews; Spirits; World War, 1939-1945;

Clive Cussler The heist / by Du Brul, Jack B.,author.; Cussler, Clive,creator.; Dahlquist, Roland,illustrator.;
"Detective Isaac Bell faces an attack on the Federal Reserve in this all-new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Bell, Isaac (Fictitious character); Bank robberies; Criminal investigation; Private investigators; World War, 1914-1918;

The Wonder : a novel / by Donoghue, Emma,1969-author.;
Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, 'The Wonder' - inspired by numerous cases of 'fasting girls' between the sixteenth century and the twentieth - is a psychological thriller about a child's murder. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense and love, this book is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body and soul.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Historical fiction.; Fasting; Murder;

W. E. B. Griffin The devil's weapons / by Kirsanow, Peter N.,author.; Griffin, W. E. B.,creator.;
"Dick Canidy and the agents of the OSS scour war torn Poland looking for a rocket scientist who holds the secrets to the Nazis most dangerous weapon in this new entry in W.E.B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling Men at War series"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; United States. Office of Strategic Services; Nazis; Scientists; Spies; World War, 1939-1945;

Ash dark as night / by Phillips, Gary,1955-author.;
In this second installment of the 'Harry Ingram' mystery series, fearless photographer and occasional private eye Harry Ingram takes on a missing persons case while at a professional crossroads after one of his photos puts him on the LAPD's radar.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Murder; Photojournalists;

A gambling man [sound recording] / by Baldacci, David,author.; Ballerini, Edoardo,1970-narrator.; Pressley, Brittany,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Edoardo Ballerini and Brittany Pressley.WWII veteran Aloysius Archer is fresh out of prison and heads to California, where there's money to be made if you're hard-working, lucky, a criminal, or all three.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Extortion; Murder; Private investigators;