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LITTLE BROTHER - Cory Doctorow (Y/A)

 

Marcus is only seventeen year old, but he figures he already knows how the system works - and how to work it.  Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked underworl, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's surveillance systems.  But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco.  In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Departmnet of Homeland Security and whisked way to a secret prison, where they're mercilessly interrogated for days.  When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist..

 

BAD THINGS - Michael Marshall

 

The new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Straw Men and The Intruders is a heart-stopping tale of secrets, lies and our culpability in our own misfortunes On a beautiful summer's afternoon four-year-old Scott Henderson walked out onto a jetty over a lake in Black Ridge, Washington State. He never came back. John Henderson's world ended that day, but three years later he's still alive. Living a life, of sorts. Getting by. Until one night he receives an email from a stranger who claims to know what happened to his little boy. Against his better judgement Henderson returns to Black Ridge, unleashing a terrifying sequence of events that threatens to destroy what remains of everything he once held dear. Bad things don't just happen to other people - they're waiting round the corner for you too. And when they start to make their way in through the cracks in your life, you won't know until it's far too late...

 

BLOOD RUNS COLD - Alex Barclay

# 1 new series, FBI Agent Ren Bryce.

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Submitted by Karen on Fri, 19/09/2008 - 07:15 pm