Once a thriving attraction, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Margot. The three played there as girls until the day that their games uncovered something dark and twisted in the motel's past, something that ruined their friendship forever. Now adult, Piper and Margot lives are upended when Piper receives a panicked call from Margot, with news of a horrific crime for which Amy stands accused. As Margot and Piper investigate, a cleverly woven plot unfolds—revealing the story of Sylvie and Rose, two other sisters who lived at the motel during the 1950s. Each believed the other to be something truly monstrous, but only one carries the secret that would haunt generations to come. (Publisher Summary)
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
What would you do if you found buried treasure? Thirteen-year-old Peter asks himself this very question when he finds an old trunk buried under a tree. His family has fallen on hard times. Aside from a relatively small amount of money in the chest, there are over 100 handwritten notebooks. Peter realizes that they were penned by John Rothstein, a renowned novelist who was murdered long before Peter was born by an obsessed fan Named Morris Bellamy. He's in prison for a different crime, and about to be paroled. Now the protagonists King introduced in Mr. Mercedes—Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson—are charged with protecting Peter and his family from Bellamy. (Library Journal Reviews)
Radiant Angel by Nelson DeMille
When Vasily Petrov, a colonel in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service posing as a diplomat with the Russian U.N. Mission, mysteriously disappears from a Russian oligarch's party in Southampton, it's up to Corey to track him down. What are the Russians up to and why? Is there a possible nuclear threat, a so-called radiant angel? Will Corey find Petrov and put a stop to whatever he has planned before it's too late? Or will Corey finally be outrun and outsmarted, with America facing the prospect of a crippling attack unlike anything it's ever seen before? (Publisher Summary)
The Forgotten Room by Lincoln Child
Jeremy Logan, the "enigmalogist" who has starred in three previous novels, is asked to look into the apparent suicide of a noted researcher who worked at America's oldest think tank. Logan soon discovers evidence that the man didn't kill himself, including a mysterious, boarded-up room that the dead man apparently went to great lengths to conceal. Although Logan is known professionally as an investigator of the supernatural, the story here is more of a scientific mystery, with a decades-old think-tank project apparently linked to strange goings-on in the present day. (Booklist Reviews)
I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter
Hunter propels readers back in time to the horrific Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper. Written in the first-person perspectives of "Jack" himself, an unwary prostitute, and an up-and-coming newspaper journalist, this absolutely riveting account of the killings, the hysteria, and an insider's attempt to expose the Ripper brings a fresh eye to an old and well-examined unsolved mystery. Not for the weak-stomached, this killer's view of serial murders is the stuff of nightmares. (Booklist Reviews)
Jack of Spades by Joyce Carol Oates
Where is the line between genius and madness?
A model family man and good citizen of his upscale New Jersey town, Andrew J. Rush has sold millions of copies worldwide of his 28 tastefully elegant mysteries. You'd think he wouldn't be caught dead reading the dark and lurid series penned by the pseudonymous Jack of Spades. But in fact he is the Jack of Spades, and when he's accused of plagiarism, upright Andrew starts thinking more like nasty Jack. (Library Journal Reviews)
Truth or Die by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
When his journalist girlfriend's latest scoop leads to a violent confrontation,Trevor's newly peaceful life is shattered. Chasing Claire's leads, Trevor unearths evidence of a shocking secret that-if it actually exists-every government and terrorist organization around the world would do anything to possess. Suddenly it's up to Trevor, along with a teenage genius who gives new meaning to the phrase "too smart for his own good," to make sure that secret doesn't fall into the wrong hands. But Trevor is about to discover that good and evil can look a lot alike, and nothing is ever black and white: not even the truth. (Publisher Summary)
The Ghost Network by Catie Disabato
Victims in Chicago are little more than statistics for the rest of the country. When famous, ostentatious pop star Molly Metropolis, or "Metro," goes missing, however, the world takes notice. Journalist Cyrus Archer finds links between Molly's disappearance and that of another young woman, Caitlin Taer, and subsequently vanishes himself. He sends all of his journals, interviews, and research to former student Catie Disabato who then continues Archer's. Disabato includes footnotes to detail her own opinions as she polishes and produces Archer's complete research. Betrayal, lust, violence, and conspiracy enshroud the disappearances, but will the question be answered: Where is Molly Metropolis? (Library Journal Reviews)
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