Susan is the Mystery Book Group volunteer coordinator and the new Eagle Harbor Reader's Circle coordinator. She is well-versed in many different genres, specifically mystery, thriller, suspense, classic literature, and modern fiction books. If you are interested in learning more about our store book groups, visit:
Mystery Book Group or
Eagle Harbor Reader's Circle.
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ISBN-13: 9781468300505
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Published: Overlook Press, 11/2012
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ISBN-13: 9781451686326
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Published: Scribner, 6/2012
Maggie Silver, a rising star in a high powered Southern California PR firm, must play spin doctor for a senator, the father of a high school chum. The senator’s young female aide has been found strangled and it is up to Maggie to prevent a possible scandal that could kill the senator’s run for vice president. This is another highly suspenseful and thoroughly enjoyable read from Hamilton, whose acclaimed Eve Diamond series established her as a master of LA Noir. Her characters and story, drawing on conflicts of class and identity and the less than glamorous side of Southern California, are timely and compelling.
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ISBN-13: 9780062015716
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 5/2012
Trying to help a young woman in distress, WWI nurse and accidental sleuth Bess Crawford is pulled into a family conflict involving infidelity, illegitimacy, and murder. She returns to France to search for an orphan, believed to be the illegitimate daughter of a British soldier whose wife she found huddled on her London doorstep. She soon finds that no good deed really does go unpunished. Third in the Bess Crawford series, this is an intelligent, thoughtful, and highly entertaining mystery set among the struggles of WWI Britain and France. Todd has done it again with this great read!
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ISBN-13: 9780547737409
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Published: Mariner Books, 6/2012
This engrossing mystery takes place shortly after the end of WWI, when veteran Laurence Bertram is contacted by the sister of a school chum, who has apparently committed suicide. Ostensibly a victim of post traumatic stress, Captain John Emmett escaped from a sanatorium outside London and was found dead of a bullet wound in the nearby woods. Laurence agrees to help Mary piece together the circumstances of Emmet’s demise and sets off to interview the beneficiaries of Emmett’s estate. The truth is not always what it seems, and a complex series of events leads Laurence confront the horrors of his war experiences, as well as possible murders
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ISBN-13: 9781451665321
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 8/2012
Released to coincide with the movie version of Savages, this is another rollercoaster thriller. Set against the lush backdrop of Laguna Beach, it depicts the ferocious SoCal drug trade and shows the reader how Ben, Chon, and O came to be the darkly engrossing twenty-somethings of Savages. Caught between crooked cops, a publicity-seeking DEA agent, and the Mexican drug cartels, these characters become modern-day versions of Bonnie and Clyde as they fight to escape the crossfire. Friends over family is the clear choice for the trio in this adrenaline-infused collision of generations. ~ Recommended by Susan
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ISBN-13: 9780307588364
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Published: Crown, 6/2012
What a page turner! When Amy Dunne disappears without a trace on her fifth wedding anniversary, her husband Nick becomes the prime suspect. This seemingly typical story, told in alternating chapters by husband and wife, is anything but typical. In a series of breakneck twists and turns, the real truth about Nick’s and Amy’s marriage is revealed against a backdrop of media frenzy. It’s a new twist on an old question, “How well does anyone really know his/her spouse?” This is an ingeniously plotted thriller that grips you from beginning to end. ~ Recommended by Susan
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ISBN-13: 9780525952480
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Published: Dutton Adult, 8/2011
In the first of Adler-Olsen’s wildly popular thriller/mysteries to be translated into English, Detective Carl Morck and his assistant Assad tackle the cold case of the disappearance of a Health Minister from a ferry en route to Germany. Lovers of Stieg Larsson will devour the adventures of Morck and Assad and be eager to see more of Adler-Olsen’s books translated. ~ Recommended by Susan
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ISBN-13: 9781616201432
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 6/2012
Based on two discrete factual events, this mystery weaves the history of a remote North Carolina barrier island. Parker spins a yarn of slavery, treason, terror, passion and greed. A thoroughly captivating story, full of action, hilarity and heartbreak. Recommended by Susan
