Thrillers

Laura Dave Delivers Another Unputdownable Thriller

The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave brings the reader on a journey of twist and turns as the main characters race across the globe to end the decades long threat to their safety. The first book in the series, The Last Thing He Told Me, hooked me…

Kristin KeatonJanuary 6, 2026

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“Bad Baby” Launches a High-Octane New Thriller Series

Bad Baby is the first book of a thrilling new series by author Stephen Martin. It opens when the brothers John and Merlin Cooper were in their teens living in a farm in Florida when they receive the news about their father’s death. This happened in the year 2001, specifically,…

José H. BogránJanuary 8, 2026

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A Locked Room Is Not Always a Locked Room

Do you remember when you first read The Speckled Band? The Sherlock short story by Arthur Conan Doyle where a soon-to-be-wed daughter is mysteriously killed in a creepy mansion where no one could possibly have entered her locked room? And then, guess what, ANOTHER soon-to-be-wed daughter has to sleep in…

Hank Phillippi RyanAugust 4, 2022

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The Chill Quill: 2025 Favorites

As the nights grow colder and the year winds down, I’m revisiting some of my favorite reads from this year’s New Releases. From ghost-soaked hotels to cursed legacies, witchy teens to viral monsters and even a nefarious cheesecake murder, these were the books that stuck with me long after the…

Lindy RyanDecember 17, 2025

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Prophetic Dreams, Ruthless Power and a Threat Only Faith Can Stop

In The Dark Birth of the Secret Council, Tracy Cavelli takes the reader on a journey with Trisha as she attempts to make sense of God’s messages to her in her dreams while evil forces are building a secret council. Two storylines — good and evil — Trisha, a writer…

BookTribDecember 9, 2025

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5 Unputdownable Espionage Books That Will Grip You From Page One

Whether you love the razor-edge tension of undercover missions or the moral complexity of intelligence work, WWII remains one of the richest eras for spy fiction — a time when information was deadlier than bullets, loyalties shifted like quicksand and the line between hero and traitor was just one coded…

BookTribDecember 9, 2025

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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

A Locked Room Is Not Always a Locked Room

The Chill Quill: 2025 Favorites

Prophetic Dreams, Ruthless Power and a Threat Only Faith Can Stop

5 Unputdownable Espionage Books That Will Grip You From Page One

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

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