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Halloween Thrills from the Chill Quill

This Halloween belongs to the ladies! October’s horror lineup is a wicked celebration of vengeful ghosts, murderous sisters, monstrous mothers, final girls and women with secrets worth killing for. From sapphic gothic romance and feminist body horror to blood-soaked slashers and sinister folklore, these thirteen devilishly good reads are all…

Lindy RyanOctober 29, 2026

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A Detective Fights to Uncover Buried Truths in Robyn Gigl’s “All We Hide”

Robyn Gigl is a practicing lawyer named in 2020 by The New Jersey Law Journal as one of the “Top Women in Law," whose acclaimed award-winning debut novel, By Way of Sorrow (2021), launched a groundbreaking series of four legal thrillers featuring transgender attorney Erin McCabe. Her current novel, All…

Linda HitchcockNovember 2, 2026

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A Mother’s Warning, a Mysterious Stranger and Monsters in the Houston Skyline

Losing her grandmother is painful enough. Calling the police on her own mother the night of the wake makes Emma King’s grief considerably more complicated. In The Line of Tepes, E.A. Williams introduces a woman whose family troubles lead her into a supernatural world she never knew existed. Emma’s mother…

BookTribOctober 30, 2026

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Jon LandOctober 30, 2026

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A Mother Plots Her Escape from a Picture-Perfect Marriage

When her daughter’s fiancé says he wants a marriage just like hers, Sterling Richardson can hardly tell him how appalling she finds the prospect. She has spent years making her family look this happy. Apparently, she’s done that a little too well. In Zelly Ruskin’s domestic suspense novel One of…

BookTribOctober 20, 2026

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The Killer Has Been Executed, but the Case Isn’t Closed

Executing a serial killer ought to close the case for good. But that was before Sheriff Parker Chord receives a package containing a human eye. The delivery arrives just after Eddie Ray Calhoone is put to death for seven murders committed by the Blood Smile Killer, known as Grin. Accompanying…

BookTribOctober 23, 2026

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Till Death Do Us Part Takes a Turn in Carol Goodman’s “Our Marriage Is Murder”

Prolific award-winning author and college professor Carol Goodman has written novels in multiple genres under several pseudonyms, which exhibit her ability to craft well-plotted, finely honed works that consistently entertain, amuse or thrill. Her current book is charmingly dedicated to her husband, poet Lee Slonimsky, with the following: “To Lee,…

Linda HitchcockOctober 26, 2026

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David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s Highly-Anticipated Sequel “Wisdom Corner” Pairs Crime Fiction With Gritty Realism

David Heska Wanbli Weiden, college professor and member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, recipient of multiple fellowships and residencies, rang all the bells with his award-winning debut novel Winter Counts. Wisdom Corner is his much anticipated follow-up featuring protagonist Virgil Wounded Horse. In the first book of this impactful series…

Linda HitchcockOctober 15, 2026

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A Mastermind Meets His Match

Diane Vitullo learned a great deal from her uncle Trevor Hawthorne. He taught her to recognize deception and anticipate an opponent’s next move. Those lessons have served her well as an NSA agent. They become considerably harder to apply when the person she needs to outwit is Trevor himself, especially…

BookTribOctober 2, 2026

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Graham Brown Delivers a High-Seas Thrill Ride

Clive Cussler books are synonymous with adventure, mostly at sea, but they are the epitome of thrilling stories well told. Cold Fire is the 22nd adventure of the NUMA Files series — yes, 22 books! Can you believe that? — Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala open at the climax of…

José H. BogránJuly 27, 2026

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Jon LandSeptember 30, 2026

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The Tragic Fates of Two Teenage Girls Unravel Dark, Hidden Secrets in “The Dying Light”

Detective Inspector Matthew Venn returns for a third case in bestselling author Ann Cleeves’ latest mystery, The Dying Light. Eager to celebrate the end of their high school exams, teenage Hannah Armstrong and Lottie Cauldwell set out for Hannah’s family’s luxurious holiday home, The Tide House, along the Devon shore…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 29, 2026

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A Bodyguard’s Death Sparks a Madcap Murder Mystery in “We Chase Shadows”

It is not easy to start a detective agency from scratch. Especially one that specializes only in solving murders. In We Chase Shadows, the hilarious sequel to bestselling author Richard Osman’s We Solve Murders, crime fiction writer Rosie D’Antonio teams up with ex-cop Steve and his daughter-in-law and former bodyguard…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 25, 2026

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You’re in Luck: Lindy Ryan Shares Her Top 13 Horror Reads for Fall

As we ramp into spooky season, September delivers an embracement of riches for horror readers — so many, in fact, this columnist has worked hard to whittle this month’s spookiest reads to a Lucky Thirteen. From haunted houses and monstrous appetites to murderous sisters, final girls and things that refuse…

Lindy RyanSeptember 28, 2026

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Nigerian Author’s Debut Is a Gothic Tale in a Wholly New Setting

“One child doesn’t make it out of this story alive. Perhaps it’s the wrong one. I think everyone else might have wondered the same thing at some point.” A destitute young woman with a deeply troubled past. A brooding, enigmatic stranger who offers to marry her. A large house on…

Neil NyrenSeptember 25, 2026

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“Succession” Hits the Las Vegas Strip as This Family Dynasty Faces the Mob

The Kings of Vegas is the fourth work of fiction co-written by Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman, authors of the highly praised 2013 novel Freud’s Mistress — and its roots are personal. When Karen Mack’s grandfather, Nate Mack, moved to Las Vegas in 1929 at the beginning of the Great…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 21, 2026

Halloween Thrills from the Chill Quill

A Detective Fights to Uncover Buried Truths in Robyn Gigl’s “All We Hide”

A Mother’s Warning, a Mysterious Stranger and Monsters in the Houston Skyline

Stephen King Leads October’s Thrill List

A Mother Plots Her Escape from a Picture-Perfect Marriage

The Killer Has Been Executed, but the Case Isn’t Closed

A Mastermind Meets His Match

Graham Brown Delivers a High-Seas Thrill Ride

Jon Land’s Latest Thrill List Includes Big Names and Killer Reads

You’re in Luck: Lindy Ryan Shares Her Top 13 Horror Reads for Fall

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