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The following books are available at the Transylvania County Library. The book synopses are from Goodreads.

Our columnist recommends six new thrillers.

Luke Dumas is the author of the novel A HISTORY OF FEAR and THE PALEONTOLOGIST. His nonfiction has appeared in Literary Hub, Hobart, Last Exit, Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature, and more. He received his master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh and is a graduate of the University of Chicago. 

Curator of paleontology Dr. Simon Nealy never expected to return to his Pennsylvania hometown, let alone the Hawthorne Museum of Natural History. He was just a boy when his six-year-old sister, Morgan, was abducted from the museum under his watch. After a recent breakup and the death of the aunt who raised him, Simon feels drawn back to the place where Morgan vanished. But from the moment he arrives, things aren’t what he expected. The Hawthorne is a crumbling ruin and plummeting toward financ...

From true crime commentary to uncomfortable tales of suburban intrigue, these are the thriller books that you need to read this Fall.