Eruption is a novel by the late Michael Crichton and James Patterson. The action opens in 2016, when a class field trip to Hawaii’s Hilo Botanical Gardens is disrupted by the sudden appearance of deadly black stains on the park’s banyan trees.
Nine years later, Hilo makes headlines again: MaunaLoa,anactivevolcano inside the park, is days away from an eruption that could unleashmorelavathanithas in a century.
In addition to endangering nearby communities, the lava is likely to reach a cache of secret materials the U.S. military is storing on the Big Island, which could lead to the release of toxic waste—likely the same stuff that killed Hilo’s trees. The U.S. government assembles a team of experts to avert disaster, led by Mark Rivers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and geologist John MacGregor, who heads the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Together, they race against the clock to divert the lava flow in hopes of saving life on Earth.
The Teacher is a story by Freida McFadden. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. Allisasitshouldbe.Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center. But Eve knows there is far more to these ugly rumors than meets the eye.
Addie can’t be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that’s what everyone says. But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet.
A Mystery Fiction book series called ACryintheDark by Denise Grover Swank is another book on the list. With the ink barely dry on her new identity, Carly Moore just wants to disappear…but fate has other plans.
Broken down car, next to nothing in her bank account, Carly is stuck in a Smoky Mountain town that time has forgotten. Drum, Tennessee is riddled with secrets and outsiders are eyed with distrust.
Still, it isn’t until she witnesses a cold-blooded murder in a darkened parking lot, that she realizes she’s escaped one nightmare, only to land in another.
As the clock ticks down and more bodies pile up, Carly doesn’t know who to trust. If she doesn’t stop the killers, they just might stop her…permanently.