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Jon Land

Jon Land

Jon Land is the bestselling author over 25 novels. He graduated from Brown University in 1979 Phi Beta Kappa and Magna cum Laude and continues his association with Brown as an alumni advisor. Jon often bases his novels and scripts on extensive travel and research as well as a twenty-five year career in martial arts. He is an associate member of the US Special Forces and frequently volunteers in schools to help young people learn to enjoy the process of writing. Jon is the Vice-President of marketing of the International Thriller Writers (ITW) and is often asked to speak on topics regarding writing and research. In addition to writing suspense/thrillers, Jon is also a screenwriter with his first film credit in 2005. Jon works with many industry professionals and has garnered the respect and friendship of many author-colleagues. He loves storytelling in all its forms. Jon currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island and loves hearing from his readers and aspiring writers.

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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 Land
March 27, 2020
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8 February Thrillers to Fall in Love With

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s stellar Crooked River (Grand Central), the nineteenth to feature FBI special agent Aloysius Pendergast, shows why this is the best mystery series going today.  The premise is enough to make the likes of Jeffery Deaver and Thomas Harris blush: dozens of identical blue shoes are…
Jon Land
February 17, 2020
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Lee Child Knows What Makes a Hero

No one is better qualified to comment on the nature of the classical hero than Lee Child. After all, his Jack Reacher is not only the most popular series character in fiction today, but also an archetype of the mythic hero from times both long, and not so long, past.…
Jon Land
November 26, 2019
Thrillers

David Baldacci’s Latest and 7 Other New Thrillers for November

It seems like I’ve been reviewing a David Baldacci book every month lately, but it’s a labor of love. Baldacci excels at staging oft-employed plotlines in uniquely effective backdrops and his latest, A Minute to Midnight (Grand Central), is no exception. Series stalwart FBI agent Atlee Pine sets out to…
Jon Land
November 19, 2019
Thrillers

From Lawyers to Cowboys: Jon Land’s Top August Thrillers

Always to the rescue with the next best reads, Jon Land shares his favorite thrillers of August. https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Outfox-400x603.jpg Sandra Brown continues her string of remarkable hardcore thrillers with the canny and clever Outfox (Grand Central). This neo-noir crime story reads like modern-day James M. Cain. FBI agent Drex Easton has…
Jon Land
August 14, 2019
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Jon Land’s 8 Chilling Reads to Combat the July Heat

Tired of the July heat? These thrillers, expertly curated by Jon Land, are guaranteed to run a chill down your spine despite the season. David Baldacci switches gears to magnificent results in One Good Deed (Grand Central), fashioning a period piece which makes for a great historical thriller. That period…
Jon Land
July 24, 2019
Thrillers

A Summer of Suspense with Jon Land’s Picks

Brad Thor has penned an exquisitely tailored and brilliantly realized action tale in Backlash (Atria), which takes his longtime hero Scot Harvath to new heights... and depths. Indeed, the nineteenth novel to feature the stalwart ex-Navy SEAL used to being dumped into a meat grinder finds Harvath chewed up by…
Jon Land
June 17, 2019
Thrillers

Spring into Danger and Excitement (in Books)

Add some mystery and excitement to your spring with a curated list of bona fide thrillers from our expert on the subject, Jon Land. David Baldacci’s wondrously crafted Redemption (Grand Central) features the return of one of the most remarkable heroes in all of thriller fiction with Amos Decker, also…
Jon Land
May 20, 2019
Thrillers

It’s Raining Thrillers: Jon Land’s 7 April Picks

While you're resigned to stay indoors through the sporadic April showers, let an excellent thriller keep you company.  Jon Land has seven fantastic suggestions. I have no idea how Lisa Scottoline does it, turning out book after book that tugs at our heartstrings while pulling a rip cord to unleash…
Jon Land
April 18, 2019
Thrillers

Jon Land’s Top March Thriller Picks

Simon sat on a bench in Central Park and felt his heart shatter. So begins the brilliantly executed Run Away (Grand Central) which just might be the best book Harlan Coben has ever written. For such a master storyteller, that’s a high bar indeed but one Coben effortlessly crests by…
Jon Land
March 21, 2019

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