Spotlight on New Mystery and Thrillers

Posted on June 30, 2013 by nobles

Check out some of the new mystery and thriller DVDs and books at the library.

DVDs

Homeland Season 2: When a new and potentially devastating terrorist threat emerges,  Brody and Carrie’s lives become intertwined once again and they resume their delicate dance of suspicion,  deceit and desire.

Fiction

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel’s suicide.  Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling.

A Delicate Truth by John le Carre: Three years after a supposedly successful anti-terrorist mission, the foreign office minister’s personal secretary must choose between his conscience and duty when new information about the mission comes to light.

The Andalucian Friend by Alexander Soderberg: Sophie Brinkmann—nurse, widow, single mother—is unwittingly caught in the middle of a deadly turf war between rival crime rings.

Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda: The disappearance of two girls from Red Hook, Brooklyn reverberates through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents.

To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman: Police investigate a high school shooting where one girl is dead and two are injured.

Joyland by Stephen King: In a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny for the summer and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder.

Young Adult and Middle School Fiction

Prep School Confidential by Kara Taylor: When her boarding school roommate’s body is found in the woods behind the school, Anne becomes determined to uncover the truth no matter how many rules she has to break to do it.

Forgive Me Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick: On the day Leonard has decided to kill his best friend and then himself,  he must first say goodbye to the four people who matter most to him.

Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas: When Anna’s friend, Elise,  is found dead during a spring break trip to Aruba,  she discovers harsh revelations about her friendships, the slippery nature of truth, and the ache of young love.

Defriended by Ruth Baron: Jason has met the perfect girl online,  but according to multiple newspapers, Lacey died a year earlier.

Happy reading! Ms.