Book Buzz
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October 2023: Creeping It Real
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Spy Thrillers
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The League of Night and Fog: Mortalis series, book 3 by David Morrell. Mystery involving the CIA, the Vatican, and World War II war criminals. (DB 26549)
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American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson. Set during the 1980s Cold War, a young black FBI agent is recruited for a mission in West Africa. (DB 94000 / BR 23108)
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Alias Emma by Ava Glass. New British secret agent on her first mission must travel across London without being detected by Russian surveillance. (DB 110058 / BR 24599)
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The Matchmaker: A Spy in Berlin by Paul Vidich. Cold War spy story set in West Berlin, where an American woman must confront the truth behind her German husband's mysterious disappearance. (DB 110730 / BR 24583)
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The Crook Factory by Dan Simmons. Fictionalized account of Ernest Hemmingway's World War II counterespionage ring. (DB 51978)
Once Upon a Crime
Crime Thrillers
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Her Name is Knight: Nena Knight, book 1 by Yasmin Angoe. Black, female elite assassin reevaluates her mission. (DB 106439)
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The Beautiful Dead by Belinda Bauer. Television crime reporter becomes an unwitting accomplice to a serial killer. (DB 87497 / BR 21939)
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Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton. The sole survivor of a hot-air balloon crash witnesses a murder and must not be caught by the murderer. (DB 89077 / BR 22084)
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Good Girl, Bad Girl: Cyrus Haven, book 1 Michael Robotham. Forensic psychologist attempts to sort out the identities of two female victims of different crimes. (DB 97741 / BR 23008)
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Figure Eight: Northern Lakes series, book 1 by Jeff Nania. Law enforcement officer returns to the Northern Wisconsin town where he grew up only to find trouble waiting for him. (DBC 15503)
Deja-Boo: Books to Lift Your 'Spirits'
Spooky Thrillers
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Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw. A group of thrill-seeking Japanese friends are brought back together to celebrate a wedding, but their festivities spiral into a nightmare. (DB 105453)
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Piñata by Leopoldo Gout. Latina mother and daughters travel to Mexico to oversee an architecture renovation, but something malevolent and unexplainable follows them home to New York. (DB 114540)
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A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher. A woman returns to the North Carolina home of her youth to visit her mother only to discover spooky changes. (DB 114719)
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The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo. Daughter of a genteel, yet bankrupt, Malay family is married off to the dead son of a prosperous family and must journey through the Chinese afterlife to uncover family secrets. (DB 77227)
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The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner. Nineteenth century, acclaimed spiritualist conjures the spirits of murder victims to discover the identities of their killers. (DB 113571 / BR 24859 In Progress)
These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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