Thrillers

Twisty Tales for Chilly Nights: Suspense with a Mythic Edge

Cooler nights call for twisty tales — the kind that blur the edges of reality and myth to make suspense feel haunted by something older than fear. These suspense novels aren’t full-blown fantasy, but they’re laced with folklore, haunted by history and steeped in mythic echoes that make you glad…

Janyre TrompOctober 9, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

Lit Picks: These 4 Reads Will Take Over Your Brain (And You Can Sample Them for Free!)

Some books demand your full attention from the very first line and we know where to find the best page-turners that were built to keep you guessing and leave you breathless! Even better? You can sample the first chapter of every single one of the following books by downloading your…

BookTribSeptember 29, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

The Thrill List: Your Passport to Pure Adrenaline

Jon Land’s The Thrill List delivers September’s smartest, most suspenseful reads: from cunning spies and wartime intrigue to twisted psychological thrillers and chilling horror. Every page packs a punch, every story lingers. This is where the best of the genre comes to play.

Jon LandSeptember 30, 2025

Thrillers

Ann Cleeves Talks the Return of Fan Favorite Detective Jimmy Perez in “The Killing Stones”

In The Killing Stones, bestselling crime novelist Ann Cleeves heralds in the return of a fan favorite, Detective Jimmy Perez of the Shetland Series. Jimmy and his partner, Willow, have relocated from the Shetland Islands to Orkney, near where he grew up in Fair Isle, Scotland. Surrounded by his…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 30, 2025

Thrillers

Murder Surfaces Where the Thames Runs Dark

English author Simon Toyne is not as well known on this side of the pond but deserves the full attention of any reader who devours taut, puzzling, edge-of-your-seat thrillers with complex plots. His recently published novel The Black Highway with the alternative title Dead Water is the third in a…

Linda HitchcockOctober 3, 2025

Thrillers

Chandler’s “Nightmare” Sees the Light After Decades in the Shadows

In the history of American noir, Raymond Chandler looms like a figure caught in a shaft of streetlight — sharp suit, sharper sentences and even sharper wit. In his novels, the creator of hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe gives us dark, seedy cityscapes full of corruption, vice and wisecracking loners whose…

BookTribSeptember 27, 2025

Thrillers

A Native American Southern Gothic That Lingers

“The intruders enter as quiet as light. They come through the windows, the doors. Slipping in easily, as if their girl left this house open for them. They have been here before …” In Carson Faust’s If the Dead Belong Here, it is 1996, in the town of Jordan, Wisconsin,…

Neil NyrenSeptember 26, 2025

Fiction Thrillers

The Strand Unveils New Works by the Queen of Crime and the Father of Noir

The Strand Magazine has just released its latest issue, packed with reviews, articles and stories for the mystery aficionado. Following on the heels of last quarter’s issue, which debuted a previously unpublished story by Louisa May Alcott, number 61 includes new pieces by two masters of the genre, Agatha Christie…

Cynthia ConradOctober 5, 2020

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Strand Unearths Shirley Jackson’s Lost Short Story “Adventure on a Bad Night”

As the story goes, Andrew Gulli, Managing Editor at The Strand Magazine, was in the midst of research when he came across a work of Shirley Jackson’s that he had never read. Curious, he reached out to her agent and, lo and behold, discovered that the 3,000-word short story had…

Judy MorenoDecember 17, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

Holly Black Is Back With Dark, Thrilling Final Installment Of Charlatan Duology

“There'd always been something wrong with Charlie Hall. Crooked from the day she was born. Never met a bad decision she wasn't willing to double down on.” — Holly Black, Book of Night Holly Black returns to modern adult fantasy with the final installment of the Charlatan Duology, Thief of…

Kiersten BjorkSeptember 23, 2025

Miscellany Thrillers

The Comfort of Chaos: Why Cozy Mysteries Matter in a Violent World

How cozies deliver justice, community, and warmth amidst a backdrop of murder, especially during turbulent times. I grew up in Northwestern Indiana and lived three blocks from a branch library. My best friend and I spent a great deal of time in that small neighborhood library. When I was…

Valerie BurnsAugust 6, 2025

Thrillers

Sizzling Thrillers and Chilling Reads to Last All Month Long

Things are starting to heat up with some of the summer's most thrilling reads — from tropical mystery romps and gritty crime noir to timely true crime and prophetic sci-fi, there's plenty for everyone to enjoy.

Jon LandJuly 30, 2025

Thrillers

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

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Holly Black’s Adult Debut, “Book of Night,” Introduces a World of Irresistible Shadow Magic

Holly Black, author of the highly acclaimed Folk of the Air trilogy, has always been edgy — in a whimsical way — but with her latest release, Book of Night (Tor Books), she embraces a grim, nightmare-fueled setting. And this new darkness suits her. Book of Night centers around Charlie…

Emma LongMay 2, 2022

Book Club Network Fiction Thrillers

“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Get Out” in “The Other Black Girl”

In The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris (Atria), 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers loves her New York City publishing job. She has longed to become an editor at Wagner Books ever since reading their groundbreaking bestseller Burning Heart when she was a teenager. Nella’s dream has come true,…

Jodé MillmanJune 2, 2021

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ITW Spotlight: The Suspense Is on Pointe in Megan Abbott’s Slow-Burn Thriller “The Turnout”

"Fans of Black Swan and The Red Shoes are bound to be obsessed." — Refinery29 —∞— When Megan Abbott saw The Nutcracker for the first time, she was enthralled. “Such magic and mystery,” she says, “and a young girl at the center. It was thrilling.” Though Abbott only took two years of beginning ballet…

Karen HuggAugust 10, 2021

Twisty Tales for Chilly Nights: Suspense with a Mythic Edge

Lit Picks: These 4 Reads Will Take Over Your Brain (And You Can Sample Them for Free!)

The Thrill List: Your Passport to Pure Adrenaline

Chandler’s “Nightmare” Sees the Light After Decades in the Shadows

The Strand Unveils New Works by the Queen of Crime and the Father of Noir

Strand Unearths Shirley Jackson’s Lost Short Story “Adventure on a Bad Night”

The Comfort of Chaos: Why Cozy Mysteries Matter in a Violent World

Sizzling Thrillers and Chilling Reads to Last All Month Long

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

Holly Black’s Adult Debut, “Book of Night,” Introduces a World of Irresistible Shadow Magic

“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Get Out” in “The Other Black Girl”

ITW Spotlight: The Suspense Is on Pointe in Megan Abbott’s Slow-Burn Thriller “The Turnout”

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