New Books 8/19/19
Suspense awaits you on this week’s shelf. Secrets from the past can be very dangerous whether they come to light through a blackmailer who has hacked your computer or whether you find yourself in a team-building excercise involving an escape room from which there is no escape.
America’s Reluctant Prince: The Life of John Kennedy Jr. by Steven Gillon
A leading historian who was also a close friend of John F. Kennedy, Jr., offers a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon.
American Carnage by Tim Alberta
The Politico Magazine chief political correspondent reveals how a decade of cultural upheaval, populist outrage and ideological warfare made the GOP vulnerable to a hostile takeover by an unlikely presidential candidate.
Chances Are by Richard Russo
One beautiful September day, three 66-year-old men convene on Martha’s Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college, and must puzzle out a lingering mystery from the summer of 1971.
Conviction by Denise Mina
An upper-class Edinburgh housewife who enjoys listening to the sordid details of true-crime podcasts has her world turned upside down when a new podcast turns out to have connections to her own dark past.
Dark Age by Pierce Brown
Outlawed by the Republic he founded, Darrow wages a destructive war on Mars; while heir-in-exile Lysander struggles to overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families.
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
When four ruthlessly ambitious high-flyers working in the lucrative world of Wall Street finance are ordered to participate in a corporate team-building exercise that requires them to escape from a locked elevator, dark secrets of their team begin to be laid bare.
Game of Snipers by Stephen Hunter
Obsessively tracking a sniper with skills that match his own, Bob Lee Swagger teams up with the Mossad, the FBI, and local law enforcement to identify the killer’s next target.
Labyrinth by Catherine Coulter
While Lacey Sherlock searches for the missing CIA analyst involved in her recent car crash, Special Agent Griffin Hammersmith is targeted by a sheriff whose son has been implicated in the murders of three girls.
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
When her loved ones are put in danger by a blackmailer who threatens to expose dangerous secrets, a devoted family woman struggles to keep the upper hand in an escalating war of betrayal.
The Russian by Ben Coes
When criminals from the former Soviet Union establish a vicious underworld in the U.S., former Navy SEAL and CIA agent Rob Tacoma conducts a top-secret mission to neutralize the mob boss behind the murder of a CIA Special Ops leader.
Smokescreen by Iris Johansen
Racing to Africa when a village is attacked by guerilla forces, Eve Duncan begins to suspect a deeper plot before finding herself stranded in the jungle of an unstable country.
Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
In a quiet suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses—and into the owners’ computers—and causing a stir by learning and sharing the residents secrets.
The Tale Teller by Anne Hillerman
Investigating the disappearance of a priceless Navajo artifact, retired Tribal Police detective Joe Leaphorn receives a sinister warning at the same time a leading suspect dies under mysterious circumstances.
True Believer by Jack Carr
A reluctant tool of the United States government, Reece travels the globe, targeting terrorist leaders and unraveling a geopolitical conspiracy that exposes a traitorous CIA officer and uncovers a sinister assassination plot with worldwide repercussions.
