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Lee Child, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen Among Top 6 October Thrillers

It's almost the end of October, and what better way to celebrate Spooky Season than some thriller recommendations by Jon Land! Read on, if you dare. Then, make sure to tell BookTrib below which books you plan to try next. Tess Gerritsen plows new ground in The Shape of Night…

Jon LandOctober 21, 2019

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DeMille’s Latest Tracks Down “The Deserter” in Deadly Territory

But three years ago, while stationed with a small team at a remote combat outpost in Afghanistan, Delta Force Captain Kyle Mercer simply walked away. Two years and nine months ago came a hostage video of Mercer – sunken cheeks, hollowed eyes – kneeling in the dirt in front of…

Jim ParryOctober 22, 2019

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A Bloodied Quill Sparks Mystery in John Sandford’s “Bloody Genius”

When you’ve published 52 novels over the course of 30 years, one’s pre-fiction career might seem a bit irrelevant. In the case of John Sandford, it bears repeating. Before he turned to writing mysteries at a prolific pace and selling millions, he was a journalist, and a very good one…

Casey BarrettOctober 1, 2019

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“A Shadow Falls,” But This Detective Doesn’t Let Blindness Stop Her

Member of an elite team that tracks Germany’s most dangerous criminals, she is astride team member Leon Keyes, fully dressed, in a hotel suite, about to have sex. Suddenly, they are attacked by several men. For Jenny, no problem. Catapulting herself straight up, Jenny breaks one man’s jaw with a…

Jim ParryOctober 9, 2019

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One on One With Patricia Cornwell: Scarpetta, Forensics, Cybercrime and More

Patricia Cornwell transformed the mystery genre with her Kay Scarpetta series, which made its debut in 1990 with Postmortem and set off a frenzy of enthusiasm for learning the details of forensics. Since then, she’s sold some 100 million books. After working as a journalist, Cornwell had taken a job…

Nancy BilyeauOctober 4, 2019

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ITW Spotlight: “The Remaking” Tracks a Ghost Story Through the Ages

When Clay McLeod Chapman and Quirk Books Editorial Director Jhanteigh Kupihea were brainstorming ideas for Chapman’s latest novel—a cerebral horror tale about a ghost story haunted by the very ghosts at its narrative core—they decided to anchor the story in an actual urban legend rather than start from scratch. “We…

International Thriller WritersOctober 10, 2019

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One Weekend Changes Everything for Three Women in “Martyred”

“Eliza always thought of Camille when she saw blood. … Back then the sight of it made her nauseous and terrified. Now, years later, watching blood drip down her right pointer finger, she was annoyed, and slightly turned on.” The opening paragraph of Alisha Perkins’ latest novel, Martyred (Eliezer Tristan),…

Tori ClaytonOctober 10, 2019

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September Thrillers Take Readers from the Frontier to the Middle East

It's that time again! Thriller author Jon Land has you covered with the best thriller books of September. Crime novels don’t get much better than Lorenzo Carcaterra’s streetwise Tin Badges (Ballantine). The tin badges of the title refer to retired detectives called back into service to investigate cases well suited…

Jon LandSeptember 24, 2019

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When the Ghost that Haunts Your House is Handsome… and Deadly

What happens when you blend romance and the supernatural into a compelling psychological thriller? You get Tess Gerritsen’s most recent book, The Shape of Night (Ballantine). With gothic elements and a modern ghost story, Gerritsen's newest is a unique twist on the traditional suspense novel that will hook romance and…

Amy SchockSeptember 30, 2019

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Stephen King’s “The Institute:” A Timely (and Timeless) Horror

Monstrous acts require monstrous rationalizations. Like, say, the fate of the world is at stake. For that, the most rational of all reasons, would you be willing to sacrifice a couple thousand children? Would you be willing to kidnap them; kill their parents; subject them to all manner of abusive…

Casey BarrettSeptember 9, 2019

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A Chilling Tale of Murder and Secrets in P.J. Tracy’s Latest

Maybe you’re sweating through the last-gasp heat wave of summer. As perspiration slides down your nose, you feel stickier than a Hershey bar in tropical sun. Your air conditioning is busted, so you sit on your porch as an ineffective fan mainly swirls the rancid, steamy air in a different…

Dennis HetzelSeptember 5, 2019

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Act of Kindness Spirals into Citywide Mob Warfare in New Lee Child Novel

In Lee Child’s latest Jack Reacher novel, Blue Moon (Random House), the wandering action hero is riding a Greyhound bus when he suspects that a young thug plans to prey on an elderly gentleman whose pocket bulges with an envelope of money. Concerned, Reacher rescues the man from his attacker,…

Gisèle LewisOctober 29, 2019

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Rookie Detective Risks It All When He Suspects His Boss of Murder

A rookie detective stares at his well-respected police captain, convinced that the man has murdered four people. What follows is a dizzying and exhilarating chase that challenges everything the detective thought he knew about his friends and, ultimately, himself. Fine Points Malice and Payback (Patchwork) completely engrosses the reader in…

Lee PelletierAugust 8, 2019

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From Lawyers to Cowboys: Jon Land’s Top August Thrillers

Always to the rescue with the next best reads, Jon Land shares his favorite thrillers of August. https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Outfox-400x603.jpg Sandra Brown continues her string of remarkable hardcore thrillers with the canny and clever Outfox (Grand Central). This neo-noir crime story reads like modern-day James M. Cain. FBI agent Drex Easton has…

Jon LandAugust 14, 2019

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Tall Poppy Review: Thriller Fans Will Be Legally Fond of “The Murder List”

When I tried to think through the twisty, spiraling plot of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest thriller The Murder List (Forge Books), I couldn’t figure it out. As soon as I thought I had the answer and knew what was going on, it would slither away as new facts surfaced. Rachel…

Cathy LambAugust 29, 2019

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ITW Spotlight: Author Kat Martin Talks “The Deception”

In partnership with The Big Thrill, here is an exciting interview with author Kat Martin on her new book. With more than 60 romance and romantic suspense titles in print in 20 countries—17 million copies in all—over the course of her 30-year career, Kat Martin is a powerhouse. Her latest,…

International Thriller WritersSeptember 5, 2019

Lee Child, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen Among Top 6 October Thrillers

DeMille’s Latest Tracks Down “The Deserter” in Deadly Territory

A Bloodied Quill Sparks Mystery in John Sandford’s “Bloody Genius”

“A Shadow Falls,” But This Detective Doesn’t Let Blindness Stop Her

One on One With Patricia Cornwell: Scarpetta, Forensics, Cybercrime and More

ITW Spotlight: “The Remaking” Tracks a Ghost Story Through the Ages

One Weekend Changes Everything for Three Women in “Martyred”

September Thrillers Take Readers from the Frontier to the Middle East

When the Ghost that Haunts Your House is Handsome… and Deadly

Stephen King’s “The Institute:” A Timely (and Timeless) Horror

A Chilling Tale of Murder and Secrets in P.J. Tracy’s Latest

Act of Kindness Spirals into Citywide Mob Warfare in New Lee Child Novel

Rookie Detective Risks It All When He Suspects His Boss of Murder

From Lawyers to Cowboys: Jon Land’s Top August Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Thriller Fans Will Be Legally Fond of “The Murder List”

ITW Spotlight: Author Kat Martin Talks “The Deception”

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