Featuring authors like Harlan Coben, Sandra Brown and Tess Gerritsen, Jon Land shares the best thrillers of the past month in the latest edition of The Thrill List.
Jon LandMarch 31, 2025
Author and community activist Marcie R. Rendon has been involved in the theater arts for longer than she has been a novelist and now can’t write fast enough to satisfy readers of her compelling crime fiction. This reviewer read her first three “Cash Blackbear” thrillers in two weeks and became…
Linda HitchcockApril 11, 2025
“That’s the thing you have to understand. The years we spent there. You can leave Coram House, but you can’t leave it behind. Not all of it. The worst of it you carry with you. It becomes part of you. And sometimes I worry you pass it on.” Coram House…
Neil NyrenMarch 28, 2025
Does karma really exist, or is it just an excuse we use to explain the cruel twists of fate? In Karma Never Sleeps, R. John Dingle thrusts readers into a chilling exploration of buried secrets, murder and revenge in the seemingly charming New England town of Kendalton. When two members…
Natalia KavaleApril 14, 2025
Alice Henderson — wildlife researcher, eco-warrior and author of heart-in-your-throat suspense-filled thrillers — has just published The Vanishing Kind, the fourth in her Alex Carter series. Protagonist Alex must be like the proverbial cat with nine lives with several already spent from narrow escapes at the hands of serial killers…
Linda HitchcockMarch 25, 2025
Three days ago, been sitting quietly in a bar, and here he was caught up in international intrigue, murder, and a plot from a science fiction novel. Thunderbird Rising, the first in John H. Thomas’s new Maxx King thriller series, is an action-packed alternate history that will blow readers away.…
Katie BloomerMarch 25, 2025
Featuring authors like James Rollins and Gregg Hurwitz, Jon Land shares the best thrillers of the past month in the latest edition of The Thrill List.
Jon LandMarch 6, 2025
The past shapes who we become. So when something dark happens to us, in our town, or in our family, we carry it into our futures. For the protagonists of these five novels, a history of injustice compels them to dedicate their lives to righting wrongs. Whether a loved one…
Megan BeauregardMarch 7, 2025
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
Krista Beggan’s debut novel A Life Saving Bullet starts off fast and never lets up. Six months after a young CIA officer dies during a clandestine operation, his best friend and sister, both CIA officers themselves, get assigned the mission of finding his killer. Hunting a ruthless criminal puts everything…
Anne Eliot FeldmanMarch 12, 2025
Saint of the Narrows Street will shoot an arrow through your heart as you may likely weep for the plight of the primary characters. They are Risa Franzone, her younger sister Giulia and their loyal friend Christopher “Chooch” Gardini who are at the center of a morass that threatens their…
Linda HitchcockMarch 5, 2025
“I was once a famous murderess. I killed a wealthy family, Manson-style, and then I went on the run. But my thing wasn’t about starting a race war to reach the land of milk and honey or secretly wanting to be a Beatle. According to the news, I was just…
Neil NyrenFebruary 28, 2025
The fate of America sits in the crosshairs as Russia unleashes its most ambitious plan yet to deceive, distract, and sow chaos. But no Russian machinations have yet survived a run-in with Dan Reilly, international hotel executive and part-time CIA spy, as Fuller and Grossman reveal in the fourth installment of…
Peggy KurkowskiFebruary 25, 2025
Craig Johnson has given his serial readers, rabid fans who, like me, hang on every word and eagerly await his annual Christmas short story, the best stocking stuffer of the season, Tooth and Claw, a fast-paced action-packed thriller of a novella. New readers can get hooked with this literate gem! …
Linda HitchcockDecember 9, 2024
Christopher Michael's Tomb of the Black Pharaoh is a gripping tale that blends cosmic horror, historical intrigue, and psychological suspense, centering on a protagonist whose curiosity propels him into the dangerous realm of forbidden knowledge. Beginning with the discovery of ancient relics in a dusty attic, his journey quickly spirals…
Monique SnymanDecember 18, 2024
Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…
Blaine DesantisFebruary 26, 2025