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Adventure, Spy stories, Suspense and
Thrillers
Adventure.
Garland, Alex.
The beach. 1997. 3v.
The Beach is a legend among young travellers in
Asia. In this earthly paradise, it is rumoured, a
select community lives in blissful innocence.
When Richard flies to Thailand he learns of the
mysterious beach from a man who subsequently
commits suicide. Teaming up with a young
French couple, they set off to find it.
Psychological
Barker, Nicola.
Darkmans 2007. 13v.
'Darkmans' is a very modern book, set in Ashford
(a ridiculously modern town), about two very oldfashioned subjects: love and jealousy. It's also a
book about invasion, obsession, displacement
and possession, about comedy, art, prescription
drugs and chiropody. And the main character?
The past, which creeps up on the present and
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whispers something quite dark - quite
unspeakable - into its ear.
Grossman, Lev.
Codex. 2002. 3v.
Edward Wozny, a hot-shot young banker, is sent
to help one of his firm's most important and
mysterious clients. When asked to un-crate and
organise a personal library of rare books,
Edward's indignation turns to intrigue as he
realises that among the volumes there may be
hidden a unique medieval codex, a treasure kept
sealed away for many years and for many
reasons. Edward's intrigue becomes an
obsession that only deepens as friends draw him
into a peculiar and addictive computer game, as
mystifying parallels between the game's virtual
reality and the legend of the codex emerge...
Guterson, David
The other. 2008. 3v.
Seattle, 1972: two teenage boys from very
different backgrounds begin an extraordinary
friendship. As they grow older Neil follows the
American dream, but the eccentric, fiercely
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intelligent John William drops out of college and
moves deep into the woods. John William enlists
Neil to help him disappear completely, drawing
his oldest friend into a web of secrets and deceit
and tragedy.
Harris, Joanne.
The lollipop shoes. 2008. 5v. Psychological
fiction.
Seeking refuge and anonymity in the cobbled
streets of Montmartre, Yanne and her daughters,
Rosette and Annie, live peacefully, if not happily,
above their little chocolate shop. Nothing unusual
marks them out; no red sachets hang by the door.
The wind has stopped - at least for a while. Then
into their lives blows Zozie de l'Alba, the lady with
the lollipop shoes, and everything begins to
change...But this new friendship is not what it
seems. Ruthless, devious and seductive, Zozie
de l'Alba has plans of her own - plans that will
shake their world to pieces.
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Lawson, Mary.
The other side of the bridge. 2007. 3v.
Arthur and Jake are brothers, yet worlds apart.
Arthur is older, shy, dutiful, and set to inherit his
father's farm. Jake is younger and reckless, a
dangerous man to know. When Laura arrives in
their 1930s rural community, am already uneasy
relationship is driven to breaking point.
Picoult, Jodi.
Nineteen minutes. 2008. 6v.
Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town
where nothing ever happens - until a student
enters the local high school with an arsenal of
guns and starts shooting, changing the lives of
everyone inside and out. The daughter of the
judge sitting on the case should be the state's
best witness - but with her boyfriend dead and her
childhood friend charged with murder, she's
struggling to remember what happened in front of
her own eyes.
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Thriller
Ambler, Eric
Cause for alarm. 2009. 3v.
On the day that Nicholas Marlow proposed
marriage to his girlfriend Claire, he lost his job at
the Barnton Heath Engineering Company. Marlow
is forced to accept a post in Milan for Spartacus
Machine Tools. But no sooner has he arrived in
Italy than things start to go wrong. Marlow knows
that his predecessor had been killed under the
wheels of a car but now he has been given a
mysterious note which claims Ferning was
murdered.
Ambler, Eric
The mask of Dimitrios. 2009. 3v.
It was in Istanbul that Charles Latimer first heard
the name Dimitrios Makropoulous, but finding out
who this really was might easily cost Charles his
life.
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Andrews, V C
Twisted roots. 2004. 3v.
Hannah Eaton, Willow De Beers' teenage
daughter, lives a charmed life in wealthy Palm
Beach, Florida, but inside she is miserable and
lonely. Her new boyfriend, sexy guitar player
Heyden Reynolds, has a troubled family of his
own. Together, Heyden and Hannah decide to run
away to New Orleans, where they stumble onto a
rundown old farmhouse and a woman who is
convinced Hannah is her long-lost daughter.
Andrews, Virginia
Willow. 2003. 4v.
De Beers series; book 1. After discovering deep
family secrets in her adoptive father's diary,
Willow leaves her North Carolina college and sets
out in search of her birth family amid the ritzy
glamour of Palm Beach. But as she spirals into a
passionate love affair with young lawyer Thatcher
Eaton and becomes intoxicated with the lifestyles
of the rich and famous, the dark truth about her
birth family threatens her fabulous new life.
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Archer, Jeffrey.
A prisoner of birth. 2008. 6v.
Danny and Spencer were born on different sides
of the track. One evening the end up celebrating
in the same wine bar where Spencer Craig is also
celebrating - his 30th birthday, along with a select
group of university chums. An hour later, one of
them is arrested for murder, while the other ends
up as the Prosecution's chief witness in an Old
Bailey trial.
Banks, Iain.
Complicity. 1994. 2v.
Cameron Colley is a journalist on an Edinburgh
paper, on the brink of uncovering the grandfather
of all conspiracies; but while he's researching a
series of bizarre past deaths, the police are
investigating some that are still going on and
Cameron, complicit as he seems to be, may be
able to help them with their enquiries. Contains
language that some readers may find offensive.
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Boyd, William
Restless. 2007. 3v.
Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old
Russian émigré living in Paris. As war breaks out
she is recruited for the British Secret Service by
Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and
under his tutelage she learns to become the
perfect spy, to mask her emotions and to trust
nobody. Now years later she must complete one
final assignment and this time she needs her
daughter Ruth's help.
Brown, Dan
Angels and demons. 2001. 5v.
Robert Langdon; book 1. Harvard symbologist
Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the
legendary secret society, the Illuminati is alive,
well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist
Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes
plucked out and the society's ancient symbol
branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy
source known to man, has disappeared only to be
hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the
eve of the election of a new pope.
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Brown, Dan.
The Da Vinci code. 2004. 2v.
Harvard Professor Robert Langton, visiting Paris,
is called in when the curator of the Louvre is
murdered. Alongside the body is a series of
baffling ciphers. Langton and a gifted French
cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, are amazed to find a
trail that leads to the works of Da Vinci - and
beyond.
Brown, Dan
The lost symbol. 2009. 5v.
Robert Langdon; book 3. Set over a breathtaking
12 hour time span, the book's narrative takes the
reader on an exhilarating journey through an
unexpected landscape as Professor of
Symbology, Robert Langdon, is once again called
into action.
Buchan, John
The thirty nine steps. 2004. 2v.
Richard Hannay gets caught up in a situation of
extreme danger. Before he knows what is
happening he is the obvious suspect for a murder
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committed in his own flat, and has to go on the
run to his native Scotland.
Clancy, Tom
Red rabbit. 2003. 7v.
Jack Ryan; book 3. Long before he was
President, before he fought terrorist attacks,
before a submarine named Red October made its
perilous way across the Atlantic, Jack Ryan was
temporarily living in England while researching a
book. He came to the attention of the CIA's
Deputy Director, Vice Admiral James Greer and
Sir Basil Charleston of the SIS. When Greer
asked him if he wanted to come aboard as a
freelance analyst, Jack was quick to accept. One
of his first assignments turns up an amazing tale:
Top Soviet officials were planning to assassinate
the Pope, John Paul II.
Coben, Harlan.
Hold tight. 2008. 4v.
Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they'd become
the type of parents who spy on their kids. But their
sixteen-year-old son Adam has been unusually
distant lately, and after the suicide of his
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classmate Spencer Hill, they can't help but worry.
They install a sophisticated spy program on
Adam's computer, and within days they are jolted
by a message from an unknown correspondent
addressed to their son: "Just stay quiet and all
safe." When Adam goes missing, it soon
becomes clear that something deep and sinister
has infected their community.
Coben, Harlan.
Promise me. 2007. 4v.
At 2.17 a.m. Myron Bolitar's mobile phone rings.
It's Aimee Biel, a frightened teenager who has
called the one adult who had promised to help her
if she ever got into trouble. Stumbling from his
Manhattan bed, he races down to pick up her up
from a cold street corner and take her back to
safety. But against his better judgment she
persuades him to drop her at an unknown
address in the suburbs. This is a mistake that he
lives to regret, for Aimee Biel's final wave from a
darkened porch turns out to be the last time
anyone will see her.
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Deaver, Jeffery.
The bodies left behind. 2008. 4v.
Kathryn Dance; book 1. A spring night in a small
town in Wisconsin. A call to police emergency
from a distant lake house is cut short. A phone
glitch or something more sinister? Off-duty
deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her family's dinner
table and drives up to the deserted lake to find
out. And stumbles onto the scene of a murder.
Before she can call for backup, she finds herself
the next potential victim. Deprived of her phone,
weapon and car, Brynn flees, along with the only
survivor of the crime.
Ellory, R. J.
A quiet belief in angels. 2007. 5v.
1939. In the small, rural community of Augusta
Falls, twelve-year-old Joseph Vaughan hears of
the brutal assault and murder of a young girl, the
first in a series of killings that will blight the
community over the next decade. Joseph and his
friends are determined to protect Augusta Falls
against the evil in their midst and form The
Guardians. But the murderer evades them and
they watch helplessly as one child after another is
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taken. Fifty years later, Joseph must confront the
nightmare that has overshadowed his entire life.
Ellroy, James
The black dahlia. 1993. 4v.
L A Quartet; book 1. Los Angeles, 10th January
1947: a beautiful young woman walked into the
night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later,
her tortured body was found drained of blood and
cut in half. The newspapers called her 'The black
dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the
investigation that takes them to the core of the
dead girl's twisted life.
Forbes, Colin
Rhinoceros. 2001. 4v.
Tweed and Co; book 18. Tweed, Paula Grey and
Bob Newman are on the trail of five heads of state
who are conspiring to cause massive civil unrest
throughout the Western world. Tweed knows the
identity of four of the ringleaders - but who is the
fifth?
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Francis, Dick.
Even money. 2009. 4v.
When a grey-haired man steps forward from the
crowd claiming to be his father, Ned's life is
thrown into far deeper turmoil. He'd been told
since he was a baby that his parents had died in a
car crash. Barely an hour later his newly found
father is stabbed by an unknown assailant in the
Ascot car park. Blood oozing from his abdomen,
he warns Ned: 'Be very careful'. But of whom? Of
what? Ned finds himself in a race to solve his
father's riddles, a race where coming second
could cost him more than even money, it could
cost him his life.
Francis, Dick
Second wind. 2007. 3v.
When meteorologist Peter Stuart is offered a
Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small
plane, he learns more secrets from the flight than
windspeeds.
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Francis, Dick.
Under orders. 2006. 3v.
Sid Halley former champion jockey turned sleuth
knows the perils of racing only too well. But in his
day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line
with three pistol rounds in the chest which is
exactly how he finds Huw Walker, who only a
couple of races earlier had won the coveted
Triumph Hurdle. Shortly before the horrific
discovery, Halley had been called by Lord
Enstone to make enquiries into why his horses
were on a permanent losing streak. Is there a
dangerous game being played by trainers and
jockeys? Are they fixing races? Is doping
involved? All of these things are a possibility and
it's up to Halley to come up with the answer as he
is drawn ever deeper into the darker side of the
racing world.
Frayn, Michael.
Spies. 2007. 2v.
In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen
live there is little evidence of World War II, but the
two friends suspect that the inhabitants of the
Close are not what they seem. As Keith informs
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his trusting friend, the whole district is riddled with
secret passages and underground laboratories.
French, Nicci.
Killing me softly. 2000. 2v.
Alice Loudon seems to have everything: close
friends, a loving boyfriend, a successful career.
Then one day she meets a stranger while
crossing the street and - impulsively, immediately
- abandons her old, safe life for a passionate
affair. Adam Tallis, heroic survivor of a disastrous
mountaineering expedition, takes her into a world
of risk and transgression, but love and sexual
obsession overwhelm her until they threaten
everything: her safety, her sanity, and finally, her
life.
Gerritsen, Tess
The bone garden. 2008. 4v.
Newly divorced Julia Hamill is digging in her back
garden when she uncovers a human skull. So
begins a story that dates back to the 1830s.
Impoverished medical student, Norris Marshall, is
forced to procure corpses in order to further his
studies in human anatomy. It's a gruesome
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livelihood that will bring him into contact with a
terrifying serial killer.
Golding, William.
Lord of the flies. 2001. 2v.
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only
survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on a
beach and wait to be rescued. By day they
inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark
blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted
by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys'
delicate order fades, so their childish fears are
transformed into something more primitive, and
their behaviour starts to take on a murderous,
savage significance.
Grisham, John.
The associate. 2009. 4v.
Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal
students of his generation: he's good looking, has
a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of
him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret
that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and,
possibly, his entire life. One night that secret
catches up with him in the form of some bad men
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in a dark alley - they have a deeply compromising
video of the incident that haunts him. The men
make it clear to Kyle that he no longer owns his
own future - that he must do as they tell him, or
the video will be made public knowledge, with all
the unpleasant consequences.
Grisham, John.
The broker. 2005. 3v.
In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing
President grants a controversial last minute
pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington
power broker who has spent the last six years
hidden away in a federal prison.
Grisham, John.
The testament. 2007. 3v.
Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the
richest men in the United States. He is also
eccentric, confined to a wheelchair, and looking
for a way to die. His heirs are circling like vultures.
Their lives are forever altered by the startling
secret of The Testament.
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Hamilton, Patrick and Priestley, J.B.
Hangover Square: a story of darkest Earl's
Court. 2001. 3v.
London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls
Court, George
Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation
with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and
hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift
in hell, until something goes click in his head and
he realizes that he must kill her.
Koontz, Dean R
The darkest evening of the year. 2008. 3v.
Amy Redwing recklessly risks everything in her
chosen field of dog rescue, when she confronts a
violent drunk in order to rescue Nickie, a beautiful
golden retriever. Riding shotgun nervously is her
friend and lover, Brian, an architect who would
marry her if only she were not so committed to
these crazy heroics! But everything is due to
change in the Redwing household. Someone is
trying to destroy Amy.
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Koontz, Dean R.
Your heart belongs to me. 2009. 3v.
At 34, Ryan Perry never expected to find himself
on a waiting list for a heart transplant, with time
running out. So when miraculously he receives a
new heart and the transplant is a success, he
thinks his troubles are over. A year later, he has
never felt so good. But then he starts to get
mysterious gifts from an unknown person. He has
the feeling he is being watched. 100,000 dollars
mysteriously vanishes from his bank account,
donated to the cardiology department of the local
hospital. And then comes a terrifying
threat.
Larsson, Stieg.
The girl who played with fire. 2009. 7v.
Millennium trilogy; book 2. Two Millennium
journalists about to expose the truth about sex
trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and
Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history
of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes
her an official danger to society - but no-one can
find her. Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium,
does not believe the police. Using all his
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magazine staff and resources to prove Salander's
innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible
past, spent in criminally corrupt institutions.
MacLean, Alistair.
Where eagles dare. 2004. 3v.
One winter night, seven men and a woman are
parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime
Germany. Their objective: an apparently
inaccessible castle, headquarters of the Gestapo.
Their mission: to rescue a crashed American
general before the Nazi interrogators can force
him to reveal secret D-Day plans.
McDermid, Val.
The fever of the bone. 2009. 4v.
Tony Hill; book 6. Meet Tony Hill's most twisted
adversary - a killer with a shopping list of victims,
a killer unmoved by youth and innocence, a killer
driven by the most perverted of desires. The
murder and mutilation of teenager Jennifer
Maidment is horrific enough on its own. But it's
not long before Tony realises it's just the start of a
brutal and ruthless campaign that's targeting an
apparently unconnected group of young people.
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Struggling with the newly-awakened ghosts of his
own past and desperate for distraction in his
work, Tony battles to find the answers that will
give him personal and professional satisfaction in
his most testing investigation yet.
Mcnab, Andy.
Deep black. 2005. 3v.
Nick Stone's future has never looked as bleak.
The only person he's ever loved is dead. The only
people who might give him a reason not to join
her have turned their backs. Until a chance
encounter with a man he saved ten years ago
appears to throw him a lifeline. But on the streets
of Baghdad, a simple quest becomes a journey to
the heart of a chilling conspiracy. Too late, he
realizes that he is being used as bait - to lure into
the open a man he believes can offer some
salvation, but whom the darker forces of the West
will stop at nothing to destroy.
Mcnab, Andy.
Recoil. 2007. 4v.
Recuperating in Switzerland after a job that cost
the life of one of his closest friends, ex-deniable
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operator Nick Stone is looking for a quiet life. But
when his private life starts to disintegrate, Nick is
reluctantly forced back into action. The trail leads
him to Africa and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, where it isn't long before his dark past
comes knocking on his door.
Puzo, Mario.
The Godfather. 2009. 5v.
The godfather; book 1. The godfather is an
American Mafia leader who stops at nothing to
gain and hold power, on the surface a friendly,
reasonable man, but in fact a despot and ruthless
gang
leader.
Seymour, Gerald.
Timebomb. 2008. 5v.
What should have been routine arrest turns into a
bloody shout-out near Geneva that leaves four
terrorists and for policeman dead, and Richter on
the run from a murder change closer to home , an
old tramp is viciously murdered on the Isle of
Sheppey. Then a surveillance operation in
Stuttgart goes badly wrong when that the police
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are closing in. As Richter looks for some
connection between these widely separated
events, he discovers a plot intended to devastate
the City of London and leave thousands dead. As
the tension mounts, Richter Finds Himself pitted
against both a vicious and highly experienced
professional terrorist and a ruthless gang of
international criminals. But the identity of the
mastermind comes as a shock to everyone.
Slaughter, Karin.
Genesis. 2009. 5v.
Three and a half years ago former Grant County
medical examiner
Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her
tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor in
Atlantis Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her
life together. But when a severely
wounded young woman is brought in to the
emergency room, she finds herself drawn back
into a world of violence and terror.
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Smith, Tom Rob.
Child 44. 2008. 4v.
2008 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Winner.
MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions
the Party Line. But suddenly his confidence that
everything he does serves a great good is
shaken. He is forced to watch a man he knows to
be innocent be brutally tortured. And then he is
told to arrest his own wife. He faces a stark
choice: his wife or his life.
Vine, Barbara
A fatal inversion. 2009. 4v.
In the long hot summer of 1976 a group of young
people are camping in Wyvis Hall; Adam, Rufus,
Shiva, Vivian and Zosie scavenge, steal and sell
the family heirlooms to live. Ten years later the
bodies of a woman and child are discovered in
the Hall's animal cemetery.
Vine, Barbara
The chimney sweeper's boy. 2009. 4v.
The obituaries for Gerald Candless, who died of a
heart attack, were respectful. He had been an
admired and popular writer. His sudden death
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was a loss to literature as well as to his family and
friends. But embarking on his memoirs, his
daughter Sarah uncovers some alarming truths.
At some point in his life her father had changed
his identity.
Spy stories
Faulks, Sebastian.
Devil may care. 2008. 3v.
Dr Julius Gorner is a name that will become
seared into James Bond's consciousness. The
name of a man who knows no master but his own
power-crazed ego, whose wealth is exceeded
only by his greed and who will stop at nothing
until he has destroyed the very heart of Britain.
He will need all her help in a life-and-death
struggle with his most dangerous adversary yet a man who would dance with the Devil himself.
Contains swear words Contains violence.
Fleming, Ian.
Casino Royale. 2007. 2v.
At the casino in Deauville, Bond's game is
baccarat, for stakes that run into millions of
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francs. But away from the discreet salons, it's 007
versus one of Russia's most powerful and
ruthless agents.
Fleming, Ian.
Dr. No. 2002. v3.
M called this case a soft option. Bond can't quite
agree. The tropical island is luxurious, the
seductive Honey Rider is beautiful and willing. But
they are both part of the empire of Dr No. His
obsession is power, and his gifts are pain-shaped.
Suspense fiction
French, Nicci.
Secret smile. 2004. 4v.
You meet a man -you have an affair - You finish it
and you think it's over - you're dead wrong - it's
only just beginning...
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