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Dennis Lehane, James Rollins, Laura Lippman, Neal Stephenson, NPR, thriller

NPR’s Top Killer Thrillers

9780688163167 "The NPR audience nominated some 600 novels to our "Killer Thrillers" poll and cast more than 17,000 ballots. The final roster of winners is a diverse one to say the least, ranging in style and period from Dracula to The Da Vinci Code, Presumed Innocent to Pet Sematary. What these top 100 titles share, however, is that all of them are fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure.”

Props to HarperCollins authors Dennis Lehane, James Rollins, Laura Lippman, and Neal Stephenson who made it into the top 100!

#18 MYSTIC RIVER by Dennis Lehane
#32 GONE BABY GONE by Dennis Lehane
#35 SUBTERRANEAN by James Rollins
#38 SHUTTER ISLAND by Dennis Lehane
#70 WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman
#79 CRYPTONOMICON by Neal Stephenson

Check out the full list here!

-Virginia

J.A. Jance, Publishers Weekly, Queen of the Night, thriller

Queen of the Night

9780061239243_0_Cover Publishers Weekly just gave J.A. Jance's latest, Queen of the Night, a starred review!  Check it out below:

Queen of the Night
J.A. Jance, Morrow, $25.99 (368p) ISBN 978-006-123924-3
Dedicated to the late Tony Hillerman, Jance's brilliant fourth suspense novel featuring former homicide detective Brandon Walker and his wife, novelist Diana Ladd (after Day of the Dead), spans some 50 years, from a murder in 1959 in San Diego to a rash of killings in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Tucson, Ariz., in 2009. Interwoven with these crimes are legends of the Tohono O'odham Indians (aka the Desert People) and the lives of such contemporary Native people as Lani Walker, Brandon and Diana's adopted daughter. Jance's masterful handling of a complex cast of characters makes it easy for the reader to appreciate the intricate web of relationships that bind them across generations. The title refers to the night-blooming Cereus, a desert plant that blooms once a year and is of great symbolic importance to the Tohono. Jance, perhaps best known for her J.P. Beaumont series (Fire and Ice, etc.), has crafted a mystery that Hillerman would be proud of and that her fans will love. 7-city author tour. (July)

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