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Drug Money Turns Deadly in “Killer Deal”

In Killer Deal (Gordon Productions, LLC), the second book in Karen S. Gordon's Gold and Courage series, Gordon spins a tale of secret manipulation and murderous revenge in the middle of the West Texas desert. When Vance Courage a former not-so-upright police-detective-turned-attorney, and video producer Lauren Gold buy a West…
K.L. Romo
January 14, 2020
Thrillers

“Agency” Delivers Dystopian Dilemmas; Full Attention Required

Since the dawn of the genre, science fiction writers have played with notions of reality, alternate universes, technology’s impact and the puzzles of time travel. Today, human technology has advanced to the point that these questions seem less speculative and more urgent, especially the militarization of technology and artificial intelligence.…
Dennis Hetzel
January 16, 2020
Thrillers

Third Episode of BookTube with James Patterson

Today YouTube Originals launched episode three of its critically acclaimed book club, BookTube. The new episode features an in-depth conversation with best-selling author James Patterson, where he discusses Criss Cross and his new Ali Cross series with a group of YouTube creators and BookTubers. Additionally, today, YouTube Originals is releasing…
BookTrib
December 20, 2019
Thrillers

BookTrib’s Top 10 Thrillers of 2019

2019's crop of thrillers had us on the edge of our seats on a few dozen occasions, but for the sake of brevity and to save some room on your TBR for 2020's upcoming attractions, we've compiled the top ten. Whether reading more mysteries is one of your New Year's…
Jeff Daugherty
December 23, 2019
Thrillers

David Baldacci’s Latest and 7 Other New Thrillers for November

It seems like I’ve been reviewing a David Baldacci book every month lately, but it’s a labor of love. Baldacci excels at staging oft-employed plotlines in uniquely effective backdrops and his latest, A Minute to Midnight (Grand Central), is no exception. Series stalwart FBI agent Atlee Pine sets out to…
Jon Land
November 19, 2019
Thrillers

High Crimes in High Society in Shepard’s “Reputation”

In some murder mysteries, we struggle to figure out who the killer is because everybody’s alibi seems so darn plausible — we keep looking for holes. But in Sara Shepard’s newest novel Reputation (Dutton), nobody’s story rings true.  Even Kit, the character who pretty much launches the whole plot, begins…
Sherri Daley
December 2, 2019
Thrillers

Tatiana Returns in Martin Cruz Smith’s Latest Arkady Renko Installment

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Siberian-Dilemma-Martin-Cruz-Smith.jpg I want to go to Siberia. Words I never thought I’d write. That is the power of a first-rate crime novel. It immerses you in its surroundings with visceral immediacy. It makes you want to see for yourself. Perhaps more than any other genre, crime fiction is often defined…
Casey Barrett
November 1, 2019
Thrillers

Sicarios, Sagebrush and Sheriffs in “This Side of Night”

In This Side of Night (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), J. Todd Scott wraps a Drug Enforcement Agency procedural around a modernized Western, then rolls it in a batter of action-thriller and twenty-first century shootouts. Scott uses the extensive knowledge gained from his twenty-year position as a DEA agent in the Southwest…
K.L. Romo
October 21, 2019