suspense fiction

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suspense fiction

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2021
"Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company does with the data they collect, he's fired...then black-balled across Silicon Valley. With time on his hands and revenge on his mind, Max and his longtime friend (and secretly the love of his life) Akiko, decide to get even by rebooting the internet. After all, in order to fix things, sometimes you have to break them. But when Max and Akiko join forces with a reclusive tech baron, they learn that breaking things can have unintended--and catastrophic--consequences"--.

The cardinal of the Kremlin

(Mystery)
The Soviet Union and United States Star Wars race escalates, Colonel Mikkail Filtov, America's agent in the Kremlin, is about to be betrayed, and only Jack Ryan can save Filtov--and world peace.

Alert

(Mystery)
New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing the9ir best to scare them, badly. Why? After two crippling high-tech attacks, the entire city is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, has to catch the shadowy criminals who claim responsibility -- but they're as good at concealing their identities as they are at wreaking havoc. When a shocking murder in broad daylight points to killers both skilled and cold-blooded, Bennett begins to suspect that these mysterious events are just the prelude to the biggest threat of all. Soon he's racing against the clock, and against the most destructive enemy he's faced yet, to save his beloved New York-- before it's lights-out for the city that never sleeps. -- Puiblisher's description.

Burn

(Mystery)
2015
"At last, Detective Michael Bennett and his family are coming home to New York City. Thanks to Bennett, the ruthless crime lord whose vengeful mission forced the Bennett family into hiding has been brought down for good. Back in the city that never sleeps, Bennett takes over a chaotic Outreach Squad in Harlem, where he receives an unusual call: a man claims to have seen a group of well-dressed men holding a bizarre party in a condemned building. With no clear crime or evidence, Bennett dismisses the report. But when a charred body is found in that very same building, he is forced to take the demented caller seriously--and is drawn into an underground criminal world of terrifying depravity"--Provided by publisher.

I, Michael Bennett

(Mystery)
2013
Detective Michael Bennett takes his family to upstate New York in an effort to escape a lawless crime wave erupting in Manhattan only to find themselves immersed in another nightmare, one that endangers his relationship with his wife.

Worst Case

(Mystery)
2013
Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a killer targeting not only the children of New York's wealthiest families--but the entire city of New York.

The perfect family

"A sharp, smart, and compulsively readable new novel from the #1 international bestselling author of The Party about a picture-perfect family--all hiding dark secrets--whose lives are upended by a dangerously escalating series of pranks"--.

Cul-de-sac

a novel
2021
"A shooting lays bare the secrets harbored by five families in a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac"--Provided by publisher.

Nine perfect strangers

Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can't even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be.

The boy in the photo

A mother's worst nightmare: her child being stolen-and what happens when he returns.

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