If the thriller genre had its own Mount Rushmore, which four authors would be on it? With BookTrib.com celebrating its landmark 20th year, what better time to create a fictitious landmark of our own to salute four masters of the genre? After much discussion on social media and heated debate…
BookTribMay 15, 2024
These five gripping horror audiobooks will keep listeners on the edges of their seats and haunt their thoughts long after the final chapter. Seeing author Christopher Paolini’s recent sci-fi title on a list of horror audiobooks might seem strange, but the audio production’s addition of sound effects combined with Jennifer…
Alex RicheyOctober 31, 2023
BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and…
Writers, InkAugust 28, 2023
A NEW DEFINITION FOR A DARK RETELLING Stephen King reflected before writing Fairy Tale (Scribner), asking himself what would make him happy to write, and this was it: “As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a vast deserted city — deserted but…
Mckenzie TozanSeptember 16, 2022
The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! The Strand is a leading source of the latest news on thrillers and mysteries and is a hotspot for all things related to the genre. It has published many exciting works from such giants as…
Judy MorenoOctober 6, 2021
The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction and publishing, the 2021 Strand Critics Awards are judged by a select group of book critics and journalists. This year’s judges include talent from NPR, USA Today, The…
BookTribJune 18, 2021
Monstrous acts require monstrous rationalizations. Like, say, the fate of the world is at stake. For that, the most rational of all reasons, would you be willing to sacrifice a couple thousand children? Would you be willing to kidnap them; kill their parents; subject them to all manner of abusive…
Casey BarrettSeptember 9, 2019
In an era when many believe the attention span of readers is at an all-time low, New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles embraces the “epic tome.” He has no choice; that’s pretty much how his books come out these days, whether he plans for it or not. Last year, when…
Dawn IusApril 2, 2019
Iconic anti-hero Jack Reacher has made thriller writer Lee Child an internationally renowned author. In Past Tense (Delacorte Press)—the latest novel in this New York Times bestselling series—a turn in the road takes Child’s avenging loner to his long-deceased father’s hometown, where the ghosts of his past aren’t necessarily dead and buried.…
Josie BrownNovember 5, 2018
As a reviewer and insider, Ryan Steck has been called "the Godfather of the thriller genre.” In this first contributed piece to BookTrib, Ryan names every thriller hitting the bookshelves this fall that genre aficionados should know about. Visit Ryan at www.therealbookspy.com. With half of this summer’s biggest titles already in bookstores,…
Ryan SteckAugust 1, 2018
Last year, there was one book at the top of everyone's must-read list: Riley Sager's Final Girls, which was so good, Stephen King himself called it "The first great thriller of 2017." If that's not proof enough that Sager knows his way around the thriller, then just know that his follow up…
Rachel Fogle De SouzaJuly 3, 2018
Jeremy Finley is a hard-nosed professional. As the chief investigative reporter for the NBC-affiliated television station in Nashville, he’s spent more than 15 years exposing corruption, financial abuse, and criminal activity, and won some of the highest honors in journalism, including multiple Emmys, Edward R. Murrow awards, and IRE (Investigative…
Neil NyrenJune 4, 2018
So my latest Caitlin Strong thriller, Strong to the Bone, is heavily based in science, particularly bio-engineering, after clinical trials for a groundbreaking anti-rejection drug go horribly wrong. That results in bad guys, really bad guys, ending up in possession of what could be the ultimate weapon. So I got…
Jon LandDecember 1, 2017
This month a host of new thrillers will hit the big screen in time for the day-after-Thanksgiving movie going crowd. A few of these, including Roman J. Israel, Esq., starring Denzel Washington, are sure to become classics we will want to revisit over and over again. Until, these films are…
Rachel Fogle De SouzaNovember 2, 2017