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Jonathan Kellerman (2006) Gone. In Kellerman's 20th Alex Delaware novel, the Los Angeles psychologist looks into the murder of Michaela Brand, an aspiring actress. Joining forces with LAPD detective Milo Sturgis, he investigates an unconventional acting school and the eccentric women who runs it. More people related to the school turn up missing and dead. The bizarre truth is more horrifying than anyone thought.
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Yasmina Khadra (2007) The Attack. Dr. Amin Jafaari, a surgeon in a Tel Aviv hospital, who also happens to be an Israeli-Arab, has been saving innocent victims of a devastating suicide attack. Exhausted, he returns home to his wife Sihem - but she has disappered. Several hours later he finds out that Sihem is suspected of being the suicide bomber.
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Yasmina Khadra (2005) Double Blank. A dark tale about a leading Algerian intellectual, who has criticized the military regime. When the book seems to have triggered a series of murders, Inspector Llob investigates the trail of corpses that seems to lead to a gang of religious fundamentalists. But the story gets more complicated when gang members also turn up dead. A gory thriller by someone who knows contemporary Algerian politics first hand.
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Yasmina Khadra (2007) The Attack. A serious, shocking book set in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Amin Jaafari, a well-respected and hard-working surgeon at a busy Tel Aviv hospital gets between the fronts of this bitter conflict. His world falls appart when he begins to suspect that his wife is behind a suicide bombing that killed 19 people including children in Tel Aviv. Yasmina Khadra is the pen name of Mohammed Moulessehoul, an Algerian exile.
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Stephen King (2006) Cell. A Novel. In this technophobic horror thriller cell phones are used to turn millions of unsuspecting humans into zombie-like killing machines. The blood is drenching the pages in this goriest, most horrific novel. If you like end-of-civilized-society stories, this is for you.
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Pavel Kohout (2000) The Widow Killer: A Novel. In 1945, someone is murdering and mutilating the widows of war heroes in Prague, which is occupied by the German Nazi Regime. Pavel Kohout's novel tells the story of two cops: the young, idealistic Czech, Morava, and the Gestapo officer, Buback, who has a secret agenda. History lesson, packaged into suspenseful thriller.
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Watchers. (2003) Dean Koontz Genetic manipulation has created two extraordinary animals: one is a dog, named Einstein, the other is a murderous hybrid called "The Outsider." They are hunted down by the government and a professional killer. The plot developments occasionally seem a bit forced.
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