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Author
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
15 year old Yasmin is a social misfit who doesn't fit in anywhere; not with her widow mother and her boyfriend, or at school. She only takes comfort in food and fantasies of becoming friends with Alice, a popular girl who incidentally dislikes her.Things start happening when a sinister looking man shows up at school one day, watching Alice; he may be kinder then he appears, he certainly is nice enough to Yasmin anyways. But then Alice disappears......
2) Abattoir
Author
Language
English
Description
A young reporter happens upon a series of gruesome murders tied to real estate mysteries, where entire rooms have been dismantled and pulled from their foundations. The fact that those rooms were the exact settings for heinous tragedies sets her and hardboiled cop on a search for the unimaginable. The stakes go up when it suddenly becomes very personal in this stylized and increasingly horrifying modern-noir.
3) ElemenTory
Author
Language
English
Description
A young couple's world is shattered when their child goes missing in broad daylight. Shortly after, another child disappears mysteriously from school. When the parents get little help from the police and their kid's teachers, they band with the other couple to take matters into their own hands, taking control of the school in their search for answers about their missing children.
4) Liberty
Author
Language
English
Description
A young park guide holds 6 people captive, treating them as caged animals, to deliver his chilling message of freedom. Liberty is a powerful, deeply human thriller that goes beyond the animal cause and stands against all forms of injustice.
8) Borrowed
Author
Language
English
Description
David, a middle-aged painter, breaks his willful isolation to do a portrait of a very special guest: young, edgy and openly gay Justin; but the date takes an unexpected turn when David decides to "borrow" Justin against his will.
10) The New Wife
Author
Language
English
Description
Ruby Asher is a widow who seduces and murders wealthy politician Nicholas Landon. His vengeful daughter soon hatches a scheme to bring Ruby to justice before she can strike again.
Author
Language
English
Description
An unsuccessful day trader is desperate when he loses his family's savings. Drawing from the teachings of a self-help guru, he finds that he can manifest his inner voice in the form of a younger version of his wife. With her help, he turns his luck around and is able to build a fortune, but soon discovers that she may have a much darker agenda and will take everything from him, even his life.
15) Seeds of Death
Author
Language
Français
Description
The rumor of a plague epidemic is spreading through Paris. A body bearing all the symptoms of the terrible scourge is discovered. Commissaire Adamsberg is put in charge of the investigation.
18) The Center
Author
Language
English
Description
A young man becomes entangled by the radical agenda of a self-help group, only to discover the horrific truth that they are a cult bent on controlling it's members.
19) Chariot
Author
Language
English
Description
Seven strangers wake aboard a passenger jet, with no idea how they got there or where they are headed. CHARIOT is a twisty, claustrophobic thriller with eerie parallels to today's news headlines. Starring Anthony Montgomery ("Star Trek: Enterprise").
20) Killer Cover Up
Author
Language
English
Description
All-star soccer player Jenna Sims and her mom Sally are ready for a new start when they move to a new, sunny beach town. Jenna joins her new school's soccer team in the hopes of making new friends and keeping her college scholarship, but things soon turn dangerous when she is framed for murder after discovering the cover-up of a player's death. Can she find who the real culprit is before the real murderer gets to her?
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