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The riveting story of a woman who has lost her short term memory and wakes up every morning scared because she doesn't recognize the man in bed with her. Not to worry, it's her husband. Or is it? Fiction. 360 pages.

A chilling collection of real cases where unsuspecting victims suffered violent crimes--at the hands of a spouse, lover, family member, or helpful stranger. Nonfiction. 433 pages.

In this fast paced urban fantasy series set in New York, Clary Fray is suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, and is drawn in to this dark world. Young Adult Fiction. 485 pages. Available as ebook

"This historical fiction tells the riveting tale of a British fighter plane that crashes in 1943 in Nazi-occupied France. A story of friendship of two women, a pilot and a secret agent spy, who find themselves in enemy territory." Young Adult Fiction. 339 pages.

Honey’s job as an ATF agent falls apart after blowing the whistle on the wrong people, then she catches her husband with another woman and flips out. She’s now a blackjack dealer in Vegas about to pull off the crime of the century! Fiction. 223 pages.

James Bernard Jr., a.k.a. Dutch, has become the most dangerous criminal in New Jersey, with both the protection and respect of the Mafia. District Attorney Anthony Jacobs is determined to take Dutch and his crew down. An urban lit classic. Fiction. 242 pages.

A London commuter train is the setting for a missing person story with an an unreliable narrator. Prepare for twists and turns in this fun, creepy, best selling thriller. Fiction. 316 pages. Available as ebook

On their fifth anniversary, Nick's clever and beautiful wife Amy disappears. Is he the killer? Find out in this fast-paced, devilishly dark and ingeniously plotted, best selling thriller Fiction. 419 pages. Available as ebook

When the pilot of a small, two-person plane has a heart attack and dies, Brian has to crash land in the forest of a Canadian wilderness. How can he survive with only a hatchet? Young Adult Fiction. 189 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

America's bestselling true-crime writer, Ann Rule, tells the story of the investigation and trial of Liysa Northon, who was convicted for killing her husband in 2000 along a pristine Oregon river. A riveting story of seduction, betrayal, and murder. Nonfiction. 447 pages.

This action thriller is set In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting youth against one another. First part of a trilogy that includes Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Young Adult Fiction. 374 pages. Available as ebook Catching Fire and Mockingjay also available as ebooks.

Truman Capote’s masterpiece is the intensively researched narrative of the lives of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and of the two men, Richard Eugene Hickock and Perry Edward Smith, who brutally murdered them. A True Crime classic. Nonfiction. 343 pages.

Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved cases, Emmy Dockery has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher. More murders are reported by the day--and they're all inexplicable. No motives, no murder weapons, no suspects. Could one person really be responsible for these unthinkable crimes? Fiction. 422 pages.

After being interrogated by Homeland Security following a terrorist attack on San Francisco, Marcus is released into what is now a police state and uses his expertise in computer hacking to set things right. A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion. Young Adult Fiction. 429 pages.

There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry; Don't snitch; Get revenge. Will takes his dead brother Shawn's gun, and gets in the elevator on the 7th floor. As the elevator stops on each floor, someone connected to Shawn gets on. Someone already dead. Dead by teenage gun violence. And each has something to share with Will. Young adult fiction. 306 pages.

An edge-of-your-seat thriller about an astronaut stranded on Mars. Mark Watney draws on his ingenuity, his engineering skills, and a dogged refusal to quit as he confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Fiction. 369 pages. Available as ebook

Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas’ twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country’s most notorious serial killers and criminals. This book is the basis of a Netflix original series. Nonfiction. 375 pages.

In October 1972, a plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes. Not immediately rescued, the team turns to cannabilism to survive. Nonfiction. 291 pages.

Riveting courtroom drama. 16 year old Steven Harmon is on trial as an accomplice to murder. An emotionally compelling story about living in our times, especially for young African American males. Young Adult Fiction. 281 pages.

In this alternate world, teenage girls and women now have immense physical power-- they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And everything changes. Described as "fast paced, thrilling, and even funny." Fiction. 386 pages

Drafted against her will to serve the regime of Vladimir Putin as an intelligence seductress, Dominika Egorova engages in a charged effort of deception and tradecraft with first-tour CIA officer Nathaniel Nash before a forbidden attraction threatens their careers. Fiction. 434 pages.

Based on a true story, The Revenant is a tale of obsession, the human will stretched to its limits, and the lengths one man will go for retribution. One of the greatest tales of the nineteenth century West. Fiction. 262 pages. Available as audiobook

"The #1 ""New York Times""-bestselling true crime writer tells the chilling tale of how she came to learn that Ted Bundy, her close friend and colleague at a Seattle crisis hotline, was in fact a savage serial killer. Nonfiction. 548 pages.

This fast-paced, suspenseful mystery is a riveting read. A 13-year-old boy witnesses a brutal murder and, for his safety, is sent away to be part of a teenage delinquents’ survival program in the Montana wilderness. Unfortunately the killers, two brothers who are as evil as they come, are on his trail and slaughtering everyone who gets in their way. A breathtaking thriller. Fiction. 392 pages.

Mattie Ross is fourteen years of age when a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150. She leaves home with Marshal Rooster Cogburn to avenge her father's blood. Fiction. 235 pages. Available as ebook

In May of 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean Lt. Louis Zamperini is captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance. Zamperini answered desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor. Adult Nonfiction. 473 pages.

Alec Avery is a teacher, a respectable Black man giving back to his community with his drug dealing days long behind him. But then Breanne Phillips, formerly one of his faithful customers, shows up dragging a 16-year old hoodlum, who she says is his son. Fiction. 326 pages.

A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, the Yellow Birds is the unforgettable story of two soldiers trying to stay alive. Fiction. 226 pages.