R.G. Belsky

Debut Novel Tackles Hard Questions About Criminal Justice

What if violent criminals could somehow be forced to feel the same pain, misery and heartache they have caused their victims — and that this knowledge was then utilized by cutting-edge technology to convince them to seek their own redemption and abandon a life of crime? That’s the stunningly unique…

R.G. BelskyJune 30, 2026

Nonfiction

David Sedaris at His Funniest and Most Heartfelt Yet

The Land and Its People by David Sedaris is such a delight to read — compelling, insightful, funny and powerful at many moments too in its message.

R.G. BelskyMay 26, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Jane Harper’s “Last One Out” Is a Chilling Mystery Set In a Dying Town

Last One Out is a deliciously twisty, compelling and unputdownable thriller about a mother’s long search for answers about what happened to her son who suddenly went missing five years earlier on his 21st birthday.

R.G. BelskyApril 14, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

When Revenge Collides with Duty in “Missing Sister”

Missing Sister is a heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller that gets off to an explosive start right from the opening pages when a rookie woman police officer discovers that the victim in her first murder case investigation is a man she has long blamed for her sister’s death.

R.G. BelskyMarch 3, 2026

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Behind the Perfect Porches, Something Deadly Lurks in “All the Little Houses”

This is the first May Cobb book I’ve read, but it sure won’t be the last - I’m hooked! Cobb has received tremendous acclaim for her deliciously twisty best-selling domestic thrillers in the past such as The Hunting Wives which also went on to be a hit TV series on…

R.G. BelskyJanuary 20, 2026

Recommended Thrillers

A Heart-Pounding Tale of Courage, Compassion, and the Cost of Care

It’s always a treat as a reader to find a book that delivers a powerful social message as well as tells a good story, and that’s exactly what we get in Under Their Watch — Charlie Ketchey’s compelling and moving novel about the challenges facing a pair of dedicated child-care…

R.G. BelskySeptember 4, 2025

Thrillers

Karin Slaughter Delivers Twists and Tension in a Small Town Full of Big Secrets

Karin Slaughter has achieved tremendous acclaim and popularity with her Grant County series, her Will Trent series and a string of best-selling standalone thriller novels. So it’s no surprise that her latest book — We Are All Guilty Here, the first in a new series set in a small Georgia…

R.G. BelskyAugust 12, 2025

Thrillers

Disaster Looms Closer Than You Think in Chilling National Park Thriller

Cold Burn is the second book in A.J Landau’s National Parks Thriller series and — after finishing it — I’m rushing to read the first one. Wow! This is one action-packed, page-turning and yet sophisticated thriller where the stakes couldn’t be higher — no less than the future of the…

R.G. BelskyMay 2, 2025

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Mark Greaney Delivers Relentless Action in Latest Gray Man Thriller

I’ve read a lot of the Mark Greaney “Gray Man” books, and I’ve interviewed Greaney about them a few times too. Great writer, great series. So it’s no surprise at all that Midnight Black — the latest in the Gray Man series — is one heckuva terrific page-turning, heart-pounding, action-filled…

R.G. BelskyMarch 11, 2025

Nonfiction

Thrilling Chronicle of U.S. Attorney’s Career Battling Murderers, Drug Lords & More

If you like John Grisham-like thrillers and legal TV shows and movies, you’re going to love Justice Never Rests: A U.S, Attorney’s Battle Against Murders, Drug Lords, Mob Kingpins & Cults. It’s full of the same kind of crime stories except for one big difference. Everything in this book is…

R.G. BelskyMarch 5, 2025

Recommended Thrillers

Political Technothriller Splices America’s Past and Present Together

Going Dark is a riveting thriller about saving America from destruction by powerful foreign forces — both today and during the Revolutionary War at the beginning of our nation’s history. Yes, there are two distinctly different timeline stories in this book: one set in present day when a frightening new…

R.G. BelskyNovember 12, 2024

Recommended

Dead Man’s Quest to Stop an Ancient Relic from Triggering Global Chaos

The main character in Artifact gets killed off in the very first chapter of the book. Well, sort of … You see, Tray and Carey Lennox are identical twins. Shortly after Carey frantically calls Tray to say he’s in danger and needs help, Tray finds Carey shot to death in…

R.G. BelskyNovember 12, 2024

Recommended

Twisted Secrets and Deadly Deceptions That’ll Keep Readers Guessing

This is the third book by Bonnie Traymore that I have reviewed, and they just keep getting better. There’s no question in my mind that Traymore should be getting recognized as a prominent new voice in mystery fiction. Like her earlier books, The Bluff is a deliciously twisted tale about…

R.G. BelskyOctober 7, 2024

Recommended Thrillers

Screenwriter’s Fast-Moving Thriller Novel Is Downright Cinematic

A troubled, depressed man who is having disturbing dreams goes to a therapist seeking answers. But, when he and the therapist begin to explore his life for clues, the horrors from his past suddenly come alive as a real-life nightmare that puts him and his loved ones in grave danger.…

R.G. BelskyJuly 24, 2024

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Fiction Thrillers

Doomsday Clock Is Set in Explosive Political Thriller

Mike Bond’s Crude: Ukraine, Oil and Nuclear War begins with a terrifying shark attack on a diver in the South China Sea where he battles for his life while trying to accomplish his goal: setting an explosive charge under a huge gas and oil platform. It’s an exciting, heart-stopping scene,…

R.G. BelskyJuly 16, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Boyhood Coming-of-Age Inspired by Polio-Stricken 1950s America

A Polio Story: Davy Crockett, Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Devil’s Disease is a poignant, coming-of-age tale — inspired by true events — about what it was like for a little boy growing up in America during the 1950s. Yes, there were coonskin caps, Elvis Presley, I Love Lucy and…

R.G. BelskyJune 12, 2024

R.G. Belsky

Debut Novel Tackles Hard Questions About Criminal Justice

A Heart-Pounding Tale of Courage, Compassion, and the Cost of Care

Political Technothriller Splices America’s Past and Present Together

Dead Man’s Quest to Stop an Ancient Relic from Triggering Global Chaos

Twisted Secrets and Deadly Deceptions That’ll Keep Readers Guessing

Screenwriter’s Fast-Moving Thriller Novel Is Downright Cinematic

Boyhood Coming-of-Age Inspired by Polio-Stricken 1950s America

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