Thrillers

A Newly Sold Home Hides a Dark Past in Catherine Ryan Howard’s “Buyer Beware”

Would you buy a haunted house? Some people might, while others would get back in their cars and race off at the first spooky sound. Sometimes people will buy a house for its historical significance, like a castle or manor that dates back several centuries. There is also a rule…

José H. BogránAugust 11, 2026

Fiction Miscellany Thrillers

Why the Late ’90s Are Such a Perfect Fiction Setting

It's true. Millennials and Gen Xers love nostalgia. There's a reason so many of us keep mining that time period of our childhood in the 1980s and ‘90s for fiction. Nostalgia isn't just about reliving our carefree past when our knees were stronger, our skin was firmer, and our hair…

Leslye PenelopeAugust 11, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Riley Sager’s “The Unknown” Is His Creepiest Thriller Yet

I was already a huge fan of Riley Sager before The Unknown. I’ve read all of his previous best-selling thrillers and even got the opportunity to interview him once. So I was pretty sure right from the start this would be a good book. I just didn’t know it was…

R.G. BelskyAugust 5, 2026

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

Scottoline (and Daughter!) Head Up This Month’s Best Thrillers

Jon LandJuly 31, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

How Do You Hide From the Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done?

Her memories of that night are never the same. They are both little girls, Unnur and her friend Freyja, alone on a black-sand Icelandic beach, the waves clutching at them. In one memory, Freyja ignores her pleas and walks into the sea. In another, Unnur yanks Freyja’s head underwater until…

Neil NyrenJuly 31, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

“Murder by Design” Delivers a Brilliant New Detective Duo

Murder By Design launches prolific #1 best-selling author, screenwriter and television producer Lee Goldberg’s latest quirky thriller/mystery series with the introduction of insurance investigator/detective Edison Bixby and his narrator-sidekick struggling actor and writer Wally Nash. The dialogue sizzles while delivering hilarity alongside a sensational murder cleverly disguised as an unfortunate…

Linda HitchcockJuly 30, 2026

Listicles Thrillers

Creepy Beach Reads for July

July’s newest releases lean into the strange, the sinister and the wildly entertaining. Whether it’s haunted homes, supernatural road trips, snowbound slashers or stories where fiction turns deadly, this month’s spookiest releases prove that the most unforgettable summer vacations are the ones you might not survive.

Lindy RyanJuly 24, 2026

Fiction Hidden Gems Thrillers

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

Fiction Thrillers

“The Fine Art of Lying” Is a Sophisticated Thriller of Art and Deception

Alexandra Andrews’ much-lauded 2021 debut novel Who is Maud Dixon, published in twenty-eight languages, continues to impress. Acid-honed superb writing and a surprising plot have justified the skyscraper-high expectations for her second novel, The Fine Art of Lying. The two words “VENETIAN RED” spelled out in capital letters in the…

Linda HitchcockJuly 24, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Belief, Ideology and Power Collide in New Marko Zorn Thriller

There are thrillers that ask you to race through the pages, adrenaline pumping through your veins, and there are thrillers that invite you to look twice at every clue, every conversation and every seemingly insignificant detail because it all matters. Day of Wrath by Otho Eskin belongs primarily in the…

BookTribJuly 14, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Bioethics and AI Collide in “Echoes of the Gene”

Echoes of the Gene, the second installment in John H. Thomas's Chronos Files series, is a tightly wound techno-conspiracy thriller that expands its predecessor's world but never loses pace. Picking up the fallout from The Terminal Gene, this book plunges back into a shadow war between the Chronos organization, the…

BookTribJuly 17, 2026

Fiction Miscellany Thrillers

The Day the Person You Love Comes Home Different

Your spouse survives the accident. Everyone tells you how lucky you are. They're right. But the person who comes home isn't quite the person who left. Their memory is fractured. Their personality has shifted. Conversations that once flowed effortlessly now require patience. They may not remember the moments that shaped…

Dan UseltonJuly 22, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Frozen Fear Meets Ancient Intelligence in “Icefall”

There's a moment early in Icefall where an Alaska state trooper pulls open the door of a stranded Amazon delivery van and finds the driver catatonic, frozen in place with Sinatra still playing softly on the radio. It's a small, eerie image, and it tells you everything about what this…

BookTribJuly 14, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

“Murder at the Hotel Orient” Checks Readers Into a Scandalous Whodunit

Alessandra Ranelli has written a most unusual locked-room mystery that succeeds in titillating and amusing the reader and possibly even enticing confirmed armchair travelers to book a flight for an exploration of old Vienna, although perhaps booking a more conventional hotel.

Linda HitchcockJuly 6, 2026

Listicles Thrillers

Secrets, Shadows and Strange Terrors: June Horror Releases

June’s darkest releases are steeped in secrets — buried beneath pristine neighborhoods, hidden inside crumbling estates, whispered through old folklore, and lurking at the edge of apocalypse. From gothic fairy tales and supernatural thrillers to uncanny tech nightmares and twisted retellings, this month’s lineup proves that the things we refuse…

Lindy RyanJune 24, 2026

Listicles Thrillers

Thrillers You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer

Jon LandJune 29, 2026

A Newly Sold Home Hides a Dark Past in Catherine Ryan Howard’s “Buyer Beware”

Why the Late ’90s Are Such a Perfect Fiction Setting

Scottoline (and Daughter!) Head Up This Month’s Best Thrillers

Creepy Beach Reads for July

Graham Brown Delivers a High-Seas Thrill Ride

Belief, Ideology and Power Collide in New Marko Zorn Thriller

Bioethics and AI Collide in “Echoes of the Gene”

The Day the Person You Love Comes Home Different

Secrets, Shadows and Strange Terrors: June Horror Releases

Thrillers You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer

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