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VPL - Books Just For You - Fantasy, Thrillers, and Mysteries

This list is designed for readers who loved: Gone Girl, The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, Harry Potter, the Weight of Blood, and the Magicians.

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  • Debut novelist Erin Morgenstern tells an engrossing tale of a fierce competition between two young magicians. Considered "one of the best books ever read" by an editor at the Guardian.
    Book, 2011Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c2011.
  • In a fantasy-world New York where everything is controlled by magic energies that are fading away for mysterious reasons, a rare magician with unmatched powers and unique awareness of what is happening resolves to destroy the system she unwillingly…
    Book, 2017London : Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2017]
  • In the wake of her husband’s suicide, Nora Hamilton begins to uncover inconsistencies in his past. Her investigations reveal more than she anticipated – some big secrets in her husband’s former workplace, the local police department.
    Book, 2013New York : Ballantine Books, ©2013.
  • Zacharias Wythe, ex-slave and newly anointed Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers of Britain, meets Prunella Gentleman, an orphan and extraordinary natural magician. Together, Zacharias and Prunella will save a Britain in magical decline.…
    Book, 2015New York : ACE Books, 2015.
  • Danish author, publisher, editor and entrepreneur, Jussi Adler-Olsen writes espionage thrillers and police procedural novels. His writing is fast-paced and compelling with imaginative plots. For fans of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
    Book, 2012New York : Dutton, 2012.
  • This intriguing first book of Pierce's Numair Chronicles, was one of this year's highly anticipated fantasy books. Although aimed at a teen audience, this novel will also appeal to readers who enjoy beautiful prose and well-developed fantasy.
    Book, 2018New York : Random House, [2018]
  • After her mother disappears and is presumed dead, Olive begins to sense that she might still be alive. The mystery deepens when investigations reveal that everything might not be what it appears to be. For fans of psychological suspense fiction.
    Book, 2017New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2017]