Thrillers

Between Myth and Memory: The Beautiful Brutality of “Salt Bones”

Inspired by the myth of Persephone and Demeter, Salt Bones by award-winning poet and author Jennifer Givhan is a mystery thriller set in the fictional border town of El Valle. The novel follows Malamar “Mal” Veracruz and her two daughters as they navigate a community haunted by Mexican folklore and…

Natalia KavaleJuly 22, 2025

Thrillers

Piazza’s #Tradwife Murder Mystery Gives New Meaning to “Domestic” Thriller

Jo Piazza’s Everyone Is Lying to You may be labeled a mystery, but at its core, it’s a piercing piece of women’s fiction. It explores womanhood in its many raw, relatable layers — friendship, motherhood, ambition, grief, betrayal — with a clarity that feels deeply personal. The main characters, best…

Pejuola RansomeJuly 16, 2025

Thrillers

Gripping Domestic Thriller from Author of “The Couple Next Door”

I had never read a book by Shari Lapena, so I didn’t know she was a “master” of domestic thrillers. While I read She Didn’t See It Coming, that’s exactly what I was in the middle of: a masterfully written domestic thriller. By page 22, I was taut with stress.…

Deirdre PippinsJuly 15, 2025

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From Cyber Cabals to Tuscan Secrets — July’s Thrillers Go All In

Featuring Brad Thor, Lisa Scottoline, Megan Abbott and more, Jon Land returns with a pulse-pounding roundup of thrillers that dig deep into power plays, hidden agendas, and psychological unraveling. This month’s Thrill List is not for the faint of heart.

Jon LandJune 30, 2025

Thrillers

Rickstad’s Latest Psych Thriller Follows Paranormal Hunt for Lab-Grown Madman

Remote: The Five is a pulse-pounding thriller (and second instalment in the Remote series) by New York Times bestselling author Eric Rickstad. This story pits an FBI agent and his team against a formidable serial killer whose unique abilities allow him to see and outwit their every move. FBI special…

Natalia KavaleJuly 9, 2025

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Jo Piazza Talks Womanhood and Influencer Culture in New Thriller, “Everyone Is Lying to You”

There is something about an ideal summer read that justifies bingeing. If you are in search of such a book — the one you can’t put down and can’t get out of your head — Everyone Is Lying to You, the latest thriller by Jo Piazza (The Sicilian Inheritance, We…

Susan Shapiro BarashJuly 9, 2025

Thrillers

From Luxury to Terror: Ruth Ware Returns With a Riveting Sequel

Bestselling author Ruth Ware returns in the thrilling sequel to The Woman in Cabin 10 in The Woman in Suite 11. Laura “Lo” Blacklock is itching to return to work as a reporter. Her youngest child is three, and it’s time to start writing again. But she has no prospects…

Jodé MillmanJuly 8, 2025

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What Lurks Beyond: 6 Entrancing and Horrific Tales of Otherworldly Foes

I often think about this one episode of the 1998 TV series Charmed, “Once Upon a Time” (2000), in which the Halliwell sisters must protect a young girl who is being stalked by dark, mythical creatures that lurk in the “in-betweens,” points of time and space at which two worlds…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 22, 2022

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Beware the Darkness You May Uncover in These 7 Secret Societies

Humanity has been fascinated with the idea of a secret society for centuries. From the Knights Templar of old to the mysterious Illuminati — we simply can’t look away. These organizations are inextricably linked to fantasies of power and prestige, enough so that we can’t help but crave a wax-sealed…

BookTribSeptember 27, 2022

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

Killers, Secrets and Crimes from King, Baldacci and Turow

Jon LandNovember 3, 2022

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Latest Maxx King Thriller Is a Gripping Mix of the Geopolitical and Extraterrestrial

In Falling Angels, the third book in the Maxx King Thriller series, John H. Thomas pushes his high-octane storytelling to its most ambitious scale yet. The action opens in the chaos of Operation Anaconda, where elite operative Maxx King is betrayed, wounded and left for dead in the mountains of…

BookTribJuly 1, 2025

Thrillers

A Hunt for Treasure — and the World Hangs in the Balance

A single eggshell-colored glove moved through the Unity module … Spinning like a ballerina, the glove impacted a padded wall, sending it twirling on its axis through a swarm of floating orb-like marbles and into the Harmony module — the heart of the ISS. The burgundy-colored spheres stretched and blobbed.…

Neil NyrenJune 27, 2025

Thrillers

“The House on Buzzards Bay” Is a Haunting Dream You Can’t Shake Off

There are books that unfold like puzzles, others that claw at your ribs — and then there’s The House on Buzzards Bay, which reads like a dream you’re not quite sure you’ve woken up from. A noir that hums with unease and foggy edges, Dwyer Murphy’s latest isn’t just a…

Lydia LefevreJune 23, 2025

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From Action to Suspense, These Thrillers Are the Best of the Best

Each year, the International Thriller Writers (ITW) organization honors excellence in thriller writing through the prestigious ITW Thriller Awards. Presented during ThrillerFest, an annual gathering of authors, fans and industry professionals, the awards spotlight the best the genre has to offer across a range of categories. Now in its twentieth…

BookTribJune 23, 2025

Thrillers

A New Cozy Classic: Detective Aunty Serves Wit, Wisdom and Justice

Uzma Jalaluddin, a second-generation Canadian of Indian immigrant parents, intimately knows the Toronto South Asian community and is a devotee of Jane Austen, both of which serve as inspiration for her carefully crafted works of fiction. She is a proven talent with success in several fields, including as a high…

Linda HitchcockJune 26, 2025

Thrillers

Mental Patient? Time Traveler? She Better Find Out Fast

“Death is louder than I thought it would be. I could have predicted the blinding white light … But the roar. No one mentioned the roar.” When the narrator of Melissa Pace’s The Once and Future Me opens her eyes after what she assumes is her death, she finds she…

Neil NyrenJune 25, 2025

Between Myth and Memory: The Beautiful Brutality of “Salt Bones”

From Cyber Cabals to Tuscan Secrets — July’s Thrillers Go All In

Jo Piazza Talks Womanhood and Influencer Culture in New Thriller, “Everyone Is Lying to You”

What Lurks Beyond: 6 Entrancing and Horrific Tales of Otherworldly Foes

Beware the Darkness You May Uncover in These 7 Secret Societies

Killers, Secrets and Crimes from King, Baldacci and Turow

Latest Maxx King Thriller Is a Gripping Mix of the Geopolitical and Extraterrestrial

From Action to Suspense, These Thrillers Are the Best of the Best

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