thrillers (fiction)

"Evie ventures into the Dark Sun Side to rescue her parents and discovers truths darker than she could have ever imagined"--Provided by publisher.

"Florence Darrow is a low-level publishing employee who believes that she's destined to be a famous writer. When she stumbles into a job as the assistant to the brilliant, enigmatic novelist known as Maud Dixon . . . it appears that the universe is finally providing Florence's big chance. The arrangement seems perfect. Maud Dixon (whose real name, Florence discovers, is Helen Wilcox) can be prickly, but she is full of pointed wisdom--not only on how to write, but also on how to live. Florence quickly falls under Helen's spell and eagerly accompanies her to Morocco, where Helen's new novel is set. . . . But when Florence wakes up in the hospital after a terrible car accident, with no memory of the previous night--and no sign of Helen--she's tempted to take a shortcut. Instead of hiding in Helen's shadow, why not upgrade into Helen's life? Not to mention her bestselling pseudonym"--OCLC.

"The farms of Hollow's End were blessed with miracle crops, especially the shimmering, iridescent wheat of Wren's family farm, but then the black mercury blight came, and the blight destroys everything: crops turned to silver-black sludge, animals sickened and blinded, even people; Wren believes she is responsible, and desperate to save Hollow's End she turns to her ex-boyfriend--but they find that there is a lot they do not know about their town and its miracle crops, and that their ancestors have a lot to answer for"--Provided by publisher.

High school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast to investigate a twenty-year-old unsolved murder in their hometown of Oreville, Washington, and after making a startling discovery, they accuse a potentially innocent man of murder on one of their episodes.

Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

"When seventeen-year-old Nora O'Malley, the daughter of a con artist, is taken hostage in a bank heist, every secret she is keeping close begins to unravel"--OCLC.

"Hunting was an important part of the heritage of Boone Mason's family. Boone hoped more than anything to add to their list of achievements with a remarkable story of his own, bagging the ghost buck for a record-breaking trophy. Will thirteen-year-old Boone Mason find the faith to believe he can make the shot? Or will he choose to believe the old man who taunted him in his dreams, telling him he didn't have what it takes to bring the buck down?"--Back cover.

"Twins Kent and Kyle set out on an adventure to discover the secrets of Scarface, the thunder chicken, and finally bag him, but they are also on a hidden treasure hunt with someone else willing to do anything it takes to claim the prize"--Provided by publisher.

To earn the last credit she needs to graduate, Lydia Chass teams up with foul-mouthed Bristal Jamison to transform her listener-friendly local history podcast into a hard-hitting, truth-telling expose as they investigate an unsolved murder from their small town's past.

"Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning ... past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them ... Their life-as she sees it-is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?"--Provided by publisher.