thrillers (fiction)

"Martial arts expert and trained bodyguard Connor Reeves battles to protect the US president's daughter, Alicia, from mortal danger...even if it means putting his own life at risk"--Provided by publisher.

Connor is posted to a luxury yacht, protecting twin daughters of an Australian media-mogul, when pirates attack the yacht.

"When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween chief of police John Rafferty suspects it may be linked to the triple homicide twenty-five years earlier involving three descendants of the Salem Witch Trial victims"--OCLC.

"Rylee tracks a serial killer in Portland, Oregon doing what she does best - lying, reinventing, and plotting vengeance for the victims of the brutal killer that has college students at Portland State University terrified. At the same time, she grapples with a betrayal so shocking that it sends her reeling, testing her as she's never been tested before. Is there anyone she can trust?"--Amazon.

"Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive, a beautiful wife, two healthy boys, and a big house in a wealthy suburb. And he's the perfect husband: breadwinner, protector, provider. That's why he's planned a romantic weekend for his wife Mia at their lake house, just the two of them. And he's promised today will be the best day ever. But as Paul and Mia drive out of the city and towards the countryside, a spike of tension begins to wedge itself between them and doubts start to arise"--Dust jacket flap.

"Leah Mills lives a life of a fugitive, kept on the run by one terrible day from her past. It is a lonely life, without a social life or friends until, longing for a connection, she meets Julian. For the first time she dares to believe she can live a normal life. Then, on the twentieth anniversary of that day, she receives a card. Someone knows the truth about what happened. Someone who won't stop until they've destroyed the life Leah has created."--Back cover.

"Eight-year-old Edgar Fini remembers nothing of the accident people still whisper about. He only knows that his father is gone, his mother has a limp, and his grandmother believes in ghosts. When Edgar meets a man with his own tragic story, the boy begins a journey into a secret wilderness where nothing is clear: not even the line between the living and the dead. In order to save her son, Lucy has no choice but to confront the demons of her past."--Amazon.com.

After Philip receives Rachel, a distant cousin, in Cornwall following the death of her husband, he falls under the influence of her charm and seeks an unconventional way out when he believes she may have poisoned his uncle.

"Seven teenagers who suffer from debilitating insomnia agree to take part in an experimental new procedure to cure it because they think it can't get any worse. But they couldn't be more wrong. When the lab equipment malfunctions, the patients are plunged into a terrifying dreamworld where their worst nightmares have come to life-and they have no memory of how they got there. Hunted by monsters from their darkest imaginations and tormented by secrets they'd rather keep buried, these seven strangers will be forced to band together to face their biggest fears. And if they can't find a way to defeat their dreams, they will never wake up."--Amazon.

"A psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception"--Provided by publisher.