Thriller Thursday (6/15/23)

This week’s Thriller Thursday brings four new gripping recommendations–from a murder at sea, an assassination of a presidential candidate, hushed private investigations, to the intrigue of blood politics–these are titles you don’t want to miss!

THE SPANISH DIPLOMAT’S SECRET BY NEV MARCH

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“In summer 1894, Anglo Indian Jim Agnihotri, a former British army captain now with Boston’s Dupree Detective Agency, and wife Diana, a Parsi Zoroastrian woman originally from Bombay (now Mumbai), are heading to England for a holiday aboard an ocean liner. Alas, a passenger winds up murdered, and guess who the captain asks to solve the crime before the ship docks?” – Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

THE GOLDEN GATE BY AMY CHUA

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“Tiger mom/Yale law professor Chua enters the mystery arena with a tale set in 1944 Berkeley, CA, as Homicide Detective Al Sullivan puzzles over the assassination of a former presidential candidate at the Claremont Hotel. The case is quickly linked to the death 10 years earlier of seven-year-old Iris Stafford, who belonged to the uber-wealthy Bainbridge clan, and Sullivan finds himself waltzing uncomfortably with the remaining Bainbridge heiresses—and Madame Chiang Kai-shek—to find the murderer.” – Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

DEAD ON TARGET BY M.C. BEATON & R.W. GREEN

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A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner with an arrow in his chest and trousers round his ankles. Agatha, convinced of foul play, is shocked when Detective Chief Inspector Wilkes eventually agrees…with her as his prime murder suspect. Determined to clear her name and find the real killer, Agatha launches her own investigation, quickly becoming involved with a family at war, an unscrupulous gangster, and a killer who is determined to make her the next victim…

DEVIL MAKES THREE BY BEN FOUNTAIN

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“With the harsh military dictatorship and international embargo that followed the wrenching 1991 deposition of Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, U.S. expat Matt Amaker finds his scuba business failing. He and classy best friend Alix Variel begin excavating shipwrecks, but then Alix’s sister uncovers an arms-trafficking ring masked as a U.S. government humanitarian aid office.” – Library Journal Pre-Pub Alert

THE SPANISH DIPLOMAT’S SECRET by Nev March; 9781250855060; 9/12/23
THE GOLDEN GATE by Amy Chua; 9781250903600; 9/19/23
DEAD ON TARGET by M.C. Beaton & R.W. Green; 9781250898647; 9/19/23
DEVIL MAKES THREE by Ben Fountain; 9781250776518; 9/26/23