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The survivors / by Harper, Jane(Jane Elizabeth),author.;
"Coming home dredges up deeply buried secrets ... Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home. Kieran's parents are struggling in a town where fortunes are forged by the sea. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn. When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. A sunken wreck, a missing girl, and questions that have never washed away"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Community life; Community life; Country life; Families; Homecoming; Life change events; Missing persons; Murder; Secrecy; Truthfulness and falsehood;

The dictator's wife / by Berry, Freya,1991-author.;
"The beautiful, enigmatic wife of a feared dictator stands trial for her late husband's crimes against the people. The world will finally know the truth. But whose?"--Publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Political fiction.; Novels.; Abuse of administrative power; Dictators; Spouses of heads of state; Trials (Political crimes and offenses); Truthfulness and falsehood; Widows; Wives; Women;

Grave danger / by Grippando, James,1958-author.;
After fleeing from Iran to Miami with her daughter, Jack Swyteck's new client is accused of kidnapping by her husband. Jack not only must plan a winning defense but, to stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, he must build a case under international law to prove that returning the child would put her at risk. But everything in this case isn't what it seems, as Jack discovers that his client is really the child's aunt, and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran's morality police. What role did the father play in his wife's death, and why is Jack's wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, being pressured by her bosses to persuade Jack to drop the case? Plunging into an investigation unlike any other, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and what their interest is. As politics threaten to derail the case and compromise the best interests of the child, Jack and Andie find themselves on opposite sides--with their marriage hanging in the balance. For their relationship to survive, the couple must navigate a treacherous web of deceit that extends from a Miami courthouse to the highest echelons of Washington, DC, and spells grave danger at every turn.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Novels.; Swyteck, Jack (Fictitious character); Criminal defense lawyers; Deception; Families; Kidnapping; Lawyers; Married people; Truthfulness and falsehood;

Grave danger [text (large print)] / by Grippando, James,1958-author.;
After fleeing from Iran to Miami with her daughter, Jack Swyteck's new client is accused of kidnapping by her husband. Jack not only must plan a winning defense but, to stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, he must build a case under international law to prove that returning the child would put her at risk. But everything in this case isn't what it seems, as Jack discovers that his client is really the child's aunt, and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran's morality police. What role did the father play in his wife's death, and why is Jack's wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, being pressured by her bosses to persuade Jack to drop the case? Plunging into an investigation unlike any other, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and what their interest is. As politics threaten to derail the case and compromise the best interests of the child, Jack and Andie find themselves on opposite sides--with their marriage hanging in the balance. For their relationship to survive, the couple must navigate a treacherous web of deceit that extends from a Miami courthouse to the highest echelons of Washington, DC, and spells grave danger at every turn.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Legal fiction (Literature); Novels.; Swyteck, Jack (Fictitious character); Criminal defense lawyers; Deception; Families; Kidnapping; Lawyers; Married people; Truthfulness and falsehood;

Le garçon qui criait au loup / by Mackinnon, Mairi.; Gladu, France,1957-; Gordon, Mike.; Gordon, Carl,1972-;
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Subjects: Mensonge; Loup; Bergers; Farces et attrapes; Fables.; Truthfulness and falsehood; Wolves; Shepherds; Practical jokes; Fables.;
© c2010., Éditions Scholastic,

The lost hours / by Lewis, Susan,1956-author.;
Golden couple Annie and David Crayce have it all. A loving marriage, three beautiful children and a thriving family business. Life couldn't be better. Until the unthinkable happens ... A perfect crime? A piece of damning DNA evidence has arisen, placing David as the prime suspect of a murder committed twenty years ago. Annie is sure her David is innocent. As the police investigate the cold case, so does Annie. Trawling through her old diaries, she begins desperately looking for answers. But it all comes down to a few lost hours she cannot solve.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Belief and doubt; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Interpersonal relations; Life change events; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Murder; Secrecy; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Truthfulness and falsehood;

This is why we lied / by Slaughter, Karin,1971-author.;
"For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it's the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night. Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone on the mountain. But as Will and Sara investigate the McAlpine family and the other guests, they realize that everyone here is lying ... Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves. It soon becomes clear that normal rules don't apply at McAlpine Lodge, and Will and Sara are going to have to watch their step at every turn. Trapped on the resort, they must untangle a decades-old web of secrets to discover what happened to Mercy. And with the killer poised to strike again, the trip of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Linton, Sara (Fictitious character); Trent, Will (Fictitious character); Georgia Bureau of Investigation; Government investigators; Medical examiners (Law); Mountain resorts; Murder; Resorts; Secrecy; Truthfulness and falsehood;

Someone is always watching / by Armstrong, Kelley,author.;
"Blythe and her friends--Gabrielle, and brother and sister Tucker and Tanya--have always been a tight friend group, attending a local high school and falling in and out of love with each other. But an act of violence has caused a rift between Blythe and Tucker ... and unexpected bursts of aggression and disturbing nightmares have started to become more frequent in their lives. The strange happenings culminate in a shocking event at school: Gabrielle is found covered in blood in front of their deceased principal, with no memory of what happened. Cracks in their friendship, as well as in their own memories, start appearing, threatening to expose long-forgotten secrets which could change the group's lives forever. How can Blythe and her friends trust each other when they can't even trust their own memories?"--012+.Grades 7-9.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; High school students; Interpersonal relations; Memory; Nightmares; Secrecy; Teenagers; Truthfulness and falsehood; Friendship; High school students; Honesty; Interpersonal relations; Memory; Nightmares; Secrets; Teenagers;

#panic / by Jennings, Luke,author.;
Jaleesa, Kai, Ilya and Dani are online best friends, and superfans of the hit TV show City Of Night. Fantasizing about the show in their chatroom, they find an escape from their troubled small-town lives. Everything changes when Chloe, make-up artist to the show's star Alice Temple, enters the chat. When Chloe tells them Alice is in danger, the four resolve to save her, and make their way to California. But fantasy is quickly overtaken by reality. Alice's troubles, they discover, will shine the spotlight on all of them. And not in a good way. On the run across the American South with one of the most famous actresses in the world, the fans must evade the police, the Russian mafia and the Legion, an absurd but terrifying new far-right movement. Can they keep running for long enough to uncover the truth about Alice, and discover themselves in the process?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Actors; Best friends; Fans (Persons); Friendship; Rescues; Russians; Self-realization; Social media; Television actors and actresses; Truthfulness and falsehood; White supremacy movements; Young adults;

The scammer / by Jackson, Tiffany D.,author.;
"Out from under her overprotective parents, Jordyn is ready to kill it in prelaw at a prestigious, historically Black university in Washington DC. When her new roommate's brother is released from prison, the last thing Jordyn expects is to come home and find the ex-convict on their dorm room sofa. But Devonte needs a place to stay while he gets back on his feet -- and how could she say no to one of her new best friends? Devonte is older, as charming as he is intelligent, pushing every student he meets to make better choices about their young lives. But Jordyn senses something sinister beneath his friendly advice and growing group of followers. When one of Jordyn's roommates goes missing, she must enlist the help of the university's lone white student to uncover the mystery -- or become trapped at the center of a web of lies more tangled than she can imagine"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Ex-convicts; Honesty; Manipulative behavior; Missing persons; Roommates; Truthfulness and falsehood; Universities and colleges, Black; Ex-convicts; Manipulative behavior; Missing persons; Roommates; Universities and colleges, Black;

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