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Ryan Steck

Since launching The Real Book Spy (www.therealbookspy.com) in 2015, Ryan Steck has broken relevant industry news, written hundreds of book reviews, and conducted interviews with many of the genre’s top thriller authors on his way to becoming one of the most respected voices among thriller fans. A former sportswriter who transitioned into the publishing world in 2014, Steck worked as a book critic and reviewer for several other websites and media outlets before launching The Real Book Spy. Since then, he’s worked with a number of authors as a “book doctor,” has earned a loyal following of diehard readers and has become the go-to source for all things thriller.

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Ryan Steck

Thrillers

Chatting with C.J. Box on Upcoming Release “Wolf Pack”

This story originally appeared on The Real Book Spy.  Joe Pickett, America’s favorite game warden, is back in Wolf Pack (G.P. Putnam's Sons), the latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box. When a high-tech drone leads to the death of wildlife in Wyoming, a female game warden follows…
Ryan Steck
March 18, 2019
Thrillers

Robert B. Parker’s Blood Feud: Chatting with Mike Lupica

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. Replacing an icon can’t be easy, but you wouldn’t know…
Ryan Steck
November 30, 2018
Thrillers

One-Man Wrecking Ball Picks Up Vince Flynn Legacy

Kyle Mills opens his fourth Mitch Rapp thriller (since taking over the series following the passing of Vince Flynn in 2013) Red War (Atria) with Russian President Maxim Krupin standing in his Kremlin office looking down at the protestors filing into Red Square. The growing backlash and constant threat of being…
Ryan Steck
August 30, 2018
Thrillers

43 Thrillers: Everything You Need To Know For This Fall

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 Steck
August 1, 2018