Thrillers

November’s Most Thrilling Reads

November arrives with a surge of adrenaline as this month’s Thrill List spans eras, continents and every shade of suspense. Whether you crave breakneck plotting, morally tangled protagonists or atmospheric mysteries that pull you in deep, these standout titles promise to keep you turning pages long into the winter nights.

Jon LandDecember 1, 2025

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Loved “All Her Fault”? These 5 Twisty Thrillers Will Keep You Up All Night

I have a confession to make. I watched All Her Fault before I read it. I was clearly the target demographic for Peacock’s newest thriller starring Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning, and after watching countless teasers and even seeing a bus in New York City wrapped corner to corner in…

Amy ImpellizeriDecember 1, 2025

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Rickstad’s Latest ‘Girls’ Novel is a Disturbingly Beautiful Masterpiece

Eric Rickstad's The Names of Dead Girls, the sequel to his 2014 book The Silent Girls, is a commanding, beautiful masterpiece and display is soon-to-be among his best work. 'Girls' is intense and gripping from the very first page, all the way to the last. In a small town in Vermont, Rachel Rath…

BookTribSeptember 21, 2017

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Hollywood ‘Whodunnits’ and More: Murder Mysteries Perfect for October

Now that we're finally into October, people are starting to wear scarves again, the leaves are starting to turn red and yellow, and pumpkin everything has made its usual revival, which is why we can't imagine a better time to curl up with a cup of your favorite hot drink…

BookTribOctober 6, 2017

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10 Thriller Classics Perfect for a November Night

This month a host of new thrillers will hit the big screen in time for the day-after-Thanksgiving movie going crowd. A few of these, including Roman J. Israel, Esq., starring Denzel Washington, are sure to become classics we will want to revisit over and over again. Until, these films are…

BookTribNovember 2, 2017

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The Return of Bailey Weggins: Author Kate White Talks About Her Latest Book, ‘Even If It Kills Her’

She started out as a writer for a major women's magazine, before becoming an amateur sleuth with a brief moment of work for a celebrity gossip publication, and then turned true crime journalist. But rather than being the tortured lead character who often thinks that the people she loves…

BookTribOctober 25, 2017

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‘Odd Child Out’: A BookTrib Conversation with Gilly MacMillan

The saying "art imitates life" rings true in particular for Gilly MacMillan's detective thriller, Odd Child Out. Her latest novel has the heavy matter of dealing with immigration and refugees, two subjects that are heavily featured in politics and the news across the globe on a daily basis. Yet, MacMillan takes these…

BookTribNovember 20, 2017

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A.J. Finn Takes the Classic Novel Noir to New Heights in His Debut, ‘The Woman in the Window’

When you've been as successful in the publishing world as A.J. Finn, you know a thing or two about what makes a really good book. With his debut novel The Woman in the Window, Finn has done just that: capturing the key element that makes psychological thrillers so captivating and mixing it perfectly…

BookTribJanuary 2, 2018

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Review: ‘Mister Tender’s Girl’ is a Dark Re-telling of Slender Man Case

Some books are creepy, and some get even creepier when you find out that they're based on a true story. Such is the case with Carter Wilson's Mister Tender's Girl, based on the Slender Man stabbing case. Slender Man, the supernatural character created as part of a internet meme, became an international…

BookTribFebruary 9, 2018

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Part Two: BookTrib Q&A with New York Times Best Selling Author Lisa Gardner

This is Part Two of our interview with Lisa Gardner. Click here to read Part One. New York Times best selling author Lisa Gardner's latest novel in the Detective D.D. Warren Series sees the return of not only D.D., but also Flora Dane, the victim-turned-vigilante from Gardner's previous bestselling novel, Find…

BookTribFebruary 13, 2018

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Review: ‘Look For Her’ Sees the Thrilling Return of Keene and Frohmann in a Brand New Mystery

Psychological thrillers are all the rage! These books, especially by our favorite writers in the genre, are staples on best sellers lists, raising the bar for the next author to thrill us even more. With the release of Look For Her, author Emily Winslow not only raises the bar, she kicks it…

BookTribFebruary 26, 2018

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New York Times Best Seller Laura Lippman is Back with ‘Sunburn’ an Intriguing and Provocative Literary Noir Novel

There's nothing quite like a thriller that embodies everything we love about the noir genre: the mind games, cat-and-mouse-like chases, forbidden desires, dark pasts and even darker secrets. Literary noir is in a whole realm of its own. The latest and most anticipated addition to the genre is Laura Lippman's Sunburn. …

BookTribFebruary 26, 2018

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ICYMI: BookTrib’s Exclusive with New York Times Best Selling Author Lisa Gardner

There's something great about reading the next book in a series - it's like an exciting new adventure with an old friend. You know all their secrets, passions and dreams; and, even though some time has passed since you were last together, when you open that book cover it's as…

BookTribFebruary 18, 2018

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Tara Isabella Burton’s Debut and Deadly Relationships

This year, we've seen a lot of books that seem to just raise the bar on what we can expect from literature in terms of mesmerizing plots, spellbinding characters and twists no one ever saw coming. But debut novel Social Creature, with its eye-catching cover that stops you in your tracks may…

BookTribJune 21, 2018

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Charlie Donlea’s Fictional Answer to Crime Docu-Dramas

Over the past few years, podcasts and television shows like Serial and Netflix's Making A Murderer have taken over the country, if not the world. Thousands of people tune in every day to find out what happened next in these real-life cases where the question of did they or didn't they pervades throughout the…

BookTribMay 31, 2018

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Emily Arsenault on Two Characters That Define Her Thriller

Emily Arsenault has a long career of writing some of the most engaging mystery, crime, and thriller books out there, and her latest book is no exception. The Last Thing I Told You (William Morrow), out in late July, introduces readers to two characters that will stay with you for a long time:…

BookTribJuly 26, 2018

November’s Most Thrilling Reads

Loved “All Her Fault”? These 5 Twisty Thrillers Will Keep You Up All Night

Rickstad’s Latest ‘Girls’ Novel is a Disturbingly Beautiful Masterpiece

Hollywood ‘Whodunnits’ and More: Murder Mysteries Perfect for October

10 Thriller Classics Perfect for a November Night

The Return of Bailey Weggins: Author Kate White Talks About Her Latest Book, ‘Even If It Kills Her’

‘Odd Child Out’: A BookTrib Conversation with Gilly MacMillan

A.J. Finn Takes the Classic Novel Noir to New Heights in His Debut, ‘The Woman in the Window’

Review: ‘Mister Tender’s Girl’ is a Dark Re-telling of Slender Man Case

Part Two: BookTrib Q&A with New York Times Best Selling Author Lisa Gardner

Review: ‘Look For Her’ Sees the Thrilling Return of Keene and Frohmann in a Brand New Mystery

New York Times Best Seller Laura Lippman is Back with ‘Sunburn’ an Intriguing and Provocative Literary Noir Novel

ICYMI: BookTrib’s Exclusive with New York Times Best Selling Author Lisa Gardner

Charlie Donlea’s Fictional Answer to Crime Docu-Dramas

Emily Arsenault on Two Characters That Define Her Thriller

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