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Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight

Each week we explore in depth the work of suspense/thriller authors. While many of you know authors like John Grisham, James Patterson and David Baldacci, the goal is to take readers behind the work of authors whose work you may be less familiar with. We'll explore their new books --- and their past ones, known in the industry as the backlist. The goal is that you, like us, will meet new authors and read books that you previously may have missed.

William Landay, author of Defending Jacob

Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than 20 years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His 14-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.

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Raymond Khoury, author of The Devil's Elixir

The heroes of Raymond Khoury's Templar novels are back, and this time they find themselves in the jungles of Central America searching for a drug that could shake the foundations of Western Civilization. FBI agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend, archaeologist Tess Chaykin, find themsevles navigating twists and turns as they battle a number of nefarious characters in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

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Chevy Stevens, author of Never Knowing

All her life, Sara Gallagher has wondered about her birth parents. As an adopted child with two sisters who were born naturally to her parents, Sara did not have an ideal home life. The question of why she was given up for adoption has always haunted her.

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Gregg Hurwitz, author of You're Next

Mike Wingate, abandoned by his father at four and raised in foster care, is finally living the life he always dreamed of --- he's happily married with a precocious 8-year-old daughter, and his construction company is about to finish a "green" housing development that will secure a solid future for them all.

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Joseph Finder, author of Buried Secrets: A Nick Heller Novel

Joseph Finder introduced Nick Heller, a "private spy" who finds out things powerful people want to keep hidden, to widespread acclaim from the critics and wild enthusiasm from the readers, in the bestselling novel VANISHED.

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Robert Dugoni, author of Murder One

A year after the devastating murder of his wife, attorney David Sloane has returned to Seattle after three months in Mexico.

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Kevin O'Brien, author of Disturbed

The houses in Willow Tree Court are sleek and modern --- the kind designed to harbor happy families and laughing children. No one would guess the secrets that lurk beyond the neat lawns and beautiful facades.

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Gregg Olsen, author of Closer Than Blood

The first time was easy. No one ever suspected the victim had been murdered. The crime long buried, the dark passions guiding the killer's hand are still alive.

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Max Allan Collins, author of You Can’t Stop Me

Small-town sheriff J.C. Harrow made headlines when he apprehended a would-be presidential assassin --- only to come home that night and find his wife and son brutally murdered.

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Max Allan Collins, author of No One Will Hear You

The first video arrives by email. An unidentifed man. A naked woman. Her scream caught in a freeze-frame.

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