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Mystery Girl
David Gordon
An overstuffed novel is both thriller and social critique.
Japantown
Barry Lancet
A thriller written with an insider’s knowledge of Japan.
Visitation Street: A Novel
By Ivy Pochoda
The author defies conventions of genre fiction in this story about life in a blue-collar Brooklyn community following the tragic loss of a teenage resident.
A Treacherous Paradise
Henning Mankell
In this novel translated from Swedish, a young woman at the turn of the century bravely makes a new life for herself in Portuguese East Africa
The Warriors
Tom Young
In this fourth military-action thriller by a U.S. Air Force pilot, a shipment of heroin by a Serbian war criminal rekindles sectarian strife in the Balkans.
The Shining Girls
Lauren Beukes
A woman pursues the serial killer who tried to end her life — a killer who can also travel through time.
Norwegian by Night
Derek B. Miller
An old New Yorker living in Norway flees with his neighbor’s son to protect him from danger.
The First Rule of Swimming
Courtney Angela Brkic
The yearning for and promise of refuge are symbolized by a fictional Croatian island in this novel about two devoted sisters, survivors who learn that the first rule of swimming is to stay afloat.
