suspense fiction

Having come into unexpected money due to a generous aunt's will, Wendy Thornton's dream of buying The Ashes, a house and property out in the country she thinks could become her family dream home, given enough love and work. However, as she moves in with her young family and begins working on renovating it, Wendy begins to uncover The Ashes' dark past, and its secrets threaten to turn her dream home into a nightmare.

Jack Ryan's son and his two cousins are recruited by Hendley Associates, an organization that tracks terrorists and destroys their plans and capabilities.

When psychologist Joe O'Loughlin investigates a woman who committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, despite the fact that she was afraid of heights, he becomes obsessed with discovering who she was talking to on her cell phone just before she jumped. What he finds out, however, will pit him against a cold and calculating killer.

Nordic language linguistics expert Valerie Chesterfield is still reeling from the death of her climate scientist brother Andy, when she accepts a call from Andy's research partner Wyatt to assist him with an improbable case. Wyatt's found a girl trapped in ice, who thaws out alive and appears to be from an ancient culture. As Valerie tries to communicate with the girl, she makes an unexplained connection with her and must uncover the truth of Wyatt's research to help her.

After solving the murder case together, Ravi Singh helped Pip create a podcast that soon went viral, but they both swear off sleuthing. When Jamie Reynolds goes missing on the sixth anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh, however, Pip feels it's too big of a coincidence to ignore. With the spotlight on her, can she still follow the clues and uncover even more sinister depths to her hometown?.

"On a classified mission to help the Israeli Defense Forces stop a Syrian and Hezbollah invasion to seize the Golan Heights, Ranger sniper Vick Harwood and his spotter go deep undercover. Operating with limited support from the American and Israeli governments, Vick is out on the edge. Alessandra Cavezza, Director of Operations in Syria for the Italian UN Commission for Refugees, is moving families out of an embattled neighborhood. The nearly vacant suburb has been a haven for anti-Assad forces, ISIS militants, and Russian private military contractors. As she crawls into the basement of a home to help find a young girl's doll, she finds a secret room that has detailed descriptions of unthinkable attacks on the United States, and falls into the hands of a madman: Jasar Tankian, Lebanese mastermind behind the plots"--Provided by publisher.

Book three in the hilarious action comedy chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Ralph Lazar! For Dash Candoo, every day is SUSPICIOUS! Dash Candoo is used to really strange, mysterious things happening at his school. But now, really, really, really strange and mysterious things are happening. Dash starts to wonder what's going on when mysterious tire marks and strange sounds start coming from Moremi Forest, next to Swedhump Elementary. When he and his friend Rob go to investigate, they can't work out what's going on. All they know is... they're being watched. Soon the weirdness spreads to Swedhump. Trails of leaves appear between classrooms. A teacher acts even more strangely than normal. Even bed-jumping class doesn't feel entirely safe. What's causing all the fuss?.

Four women--Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie--were recruited by an organization called the Museum during World War II to hunt down and assassinate Nazis. After the war, they moved on to other high-caliber criminals. Now they are in their sixties and enjoying a retirement cruise to the Caribbean when they are targeted by one of their own. The women must rely on their skills and each other to survive.

"Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can't recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery, tin--and each year Adam's wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn't randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn't want them to live happily ever after"--Provided by publisher.

When Mario finds prom queen Mirabelle dead on the side of the road, his life will never be the same. He becomes the police's prime suspect, but it soon becomes clear that several other people had the means and motive enough to kill Mirabelle. As Mario tries to clear his name, he discovers some shocking secrets about the prom queen.