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Mysterious Mass Death in a Texas Border Town in “Strong From the Heart”

With Strong from the Heart (Forge), the eleventh book in the Caitlin Strong Texas Ranger series, author Jon Land offers readers a satisfying blend of suspense, action, mystery, and heart (as the title suggests). The plot strikes close to home for Caitlin early in the story when the son of…

James R. HannibalJuly 27, 2020

Thrillers

“The Girl From Widow Hills” Drowns in the Spotlight of Her Past and a Murder Investigation

Megan Miranda has followed up her 2019 Reese’s Book Club pick The Last House Guest with the highly anticipated The Girl from Widow Hills (Simon & Schuster). Twenty years ago, Arden Maynor was a child prone to sleepwalking. She disappears from her house in Widow Hills, KY, during a tremendous…

Ann LinebergerJune 24, 2020

Thrillers

“The Girl Who Wasn’t There:” A Story of Redemption With Crime Noir Flare

Not everything is as it seems. At least that’s what author Vincent Zandri would have us believe in his latest thriller. With a plot that’s both daring and complex, The Girl Who Wasn’t There (Oceanview), will keep you guessing long after the initial disappearing act. Lake Placid may not be…

Krista BegganJune 30, 2020

Thrillers

A Dream Vacation Becomes a Nightmare in “The Lion’s Den”

In her debut novel, The Lion’s Den, Katherine St. John gives us a glimpse into the true meaning of the old adage, "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." And, if you can do that while on a yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean, all the better! Belle…

Krista BegganJune 30, 2020

Thrillers

“The Bright Lands” Harbor Dark Secrets About Missing Teen

Because comparisons to other A-list writers are often irresistible when describing a debut novel, here you go: It’s Bret Easton Ellis meets Stephen King, with setting by Buzz Bissinger. When pitching John Fram’s The Bright Lands (Hanover Square Press), perhaps the author’s agent described it along those lines when it…

Casey BarrettJuly 6, 2020

Thrillers

Silicon Valley Tech CEO Joins FBI Murder Investigation in “Broken Genius”

How does a high-profile Silicon Valley tech CEO end up working a Midwest murder case as an FBI special agent? For Will Parker, it’s a long story that starts with a kidnapped college student and a failed business deal. He was young, good looking and on the top of his…

Paige VigliaroloJune 3, 2020

Thrillers

“Spychip Armageddon:” NOW May Be the End of the World

"Captivation from the initial capital letter in Chapter One to the final period. A fictional journey that begs the question, 'could this be real?' Ray Perkins has a visual way with words like no other.” — Wayne Warner, Nashville recording artist and author of Backstage Nashville —∞— “The Spychip protocol…

Chelsea CicconeJune 17, 2020

Thrillers

A Thriller Turned Upside Down in “Sister Dear”

The sibling rivalry story in Sister Dear (Mira) by Hannah Mary McKinnon is as old as Cain and Abel. The difference is that McKinnon throws a howitzer into the plot, turning this contemporary thriller unexpectedly inside out and upside down. Its title and cover sub-text, “She’d kill to be her,”…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"May 26, 2020

Thrillers

Double Homicide vs Quirky PI Team in “Rigged”

A double homicide that catches even the local police by surprise. In Rigged (Oceanview), the fourth in the Jake Longly thriller series by D.P. Lyle, Tommy “Pancake” Jeffers, one of the sleuths at Longly Investigations, arrives in the quaint town of Fairhope, AL, to examine the finances involved in the…

Nikki ErlickMay 19, 2020

Thrillers

“Danger in Plain Sight:” This Unlikely Duo Makes a Formidable Team

As former bartender and smuggler Cash Logan tells it, a scorpion meets a frog on the bank of a stream and asks the frog to carry him across. The frog asks how does he know the scorpion won’t sting him. The scorpion explains that if he stings the frog, he…

Jim AlkonMay 5, 2020

Thrillers

TV Newswoman Pursues Elusive Serial Killer in “The Last Scoop”

Curiosity is the hallmark of any journalist – especially those old-school news hounds working major city metros, where sources are sacred and scoops are the Holy Grail. “Sometimes that curiosity takes you places you wouldn’t normally go,” says Clare Carlson, news director of a major New York TV station who…

Jim AlkonMay 5, 2020

Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Scott Turow on Writing, Practicing Law and “The Last Trial”

In bestselling author Scott Turow’s newest legal thriller, The Last Trial (Grand Central), which is the 11th book of his Kindle County series, Sandy Stern will try his last case. His stellar career as a brilliant defense attorney is almost over. Never again will he argue in front of a…

K.L. RomoMay 11, 2020

Thrillers

Detective Emerges From Retirement When Murder Comes to “Diver’s Paradise”

Former detective Roscoe “R” Conklin lives on Bonaire, a tropical island in the southern Caribbean. Now the owner of the YellowRock hotel resort, Conklin’s closest contact with law enforcement should be his police officer girlfriend, Arabella, but after his former partner, Bill Ryberg, and his wife Marybeth are found murdered…

Chelsea CicconeApril 8, 2020

Thrillers

Assassin’s Mobile Hit List Has Just Been Compromised in “Die Next”

It seems as if phones are mobile catalogs of our entire lives. They contain our banking information, the names and addresses of our friends and family and pictures of everything from our lovable furry animals to screenshots of that recipe we saw on Pinterest. If given access to yours, what…

Chelsea CicconeApril 14, 2020

Thrillers

“Without Sanction:” The Next Big Name in Military Thrillers Has Arrived

As a Flynn fan, I don’t say that lightly. Bentley’s novel, Without Sanction (Berkley), is a stunning debut that’s as good as military-political thrillers get. MASTER WRITER'S MEMORABLE STYLE LIVES ON Flynn, who died at age 47 from cancer in 2011, transcended the genre with great plots, fast-moving stories and,…

Dennis HetzelApril 20, 2020

Thrillers

6 Thrillers to Binge While Social Distancing from the World

Harlan Coben’s blistering and bracing The Boy from the Woods (Grand Central) is a hybrid mystery-thriller featuring a unique blend of concepts and themes. Starkly original, in fact. Our hero is Wilde, who as a boy was (almost) quite literally raised by wolves — at least, in the same wild…

Jon LandMarch 27, 2020

Mysterious Mass Death in a Texas Border Town in “Strong From the Heart”

“The Girl From Widow Hills” Drowns in the Spotlight of Her Past and a Murder Investigation

“The Girl Who Wasn’t There:” A Story of Redemption With Crime Noir Flare

A Dream Vacation Becomes a Nightmare in “The Lion’s Den”

“The Bright Lands” Harbor Dark Secrets About Missing Teen

Silicon Valley Tech CEO Joins FBI Murder Investigation in “Broken Genius”

“Spychip Armageddon:” NOW May Be the End of the World

A Thriller Turned Upside Down in “Sister Dear”

Double Homicide vs Quirky PI Team in “Rigged”

“Danger in Plain Sight:” This Unlikely Duo Makes a Formidable Team

TV Newswoman Pursues Elusive Serial Killer in “The Last Scoop”

ITW Spotlight: Scott Turow on Writing, Practicing Law and “The Last Trial”

Detective Emerges From Retirement When Murder Comes to “Diver’s Paradise”

Assassin’s Mobile Hit List Has Just Been Compromised in “Die Next”

“Without Sanction:” The Next Big Name in Military Thrillers Has Arrived

6 Thrillers to Binge While Social Distancing from the World

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