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Thrillers

In the Search for Lost Women, a Marshal Finds Herself

“Here she was. Day three. Standing in front of a rickety mobile home on a dusty reservation where she didn’t belong, working a job she didn’t want, sure she wasn’t ready to face a fuming mother convinced her daughter was missing.” In Laurie L. Dove’s Mask of the Deer Woman,…

Neil NyrenDecember 27, 2024

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Listicles Miscellany Thrillers

Sample 12 Mystery, Thriller and Suspense Books in the Latest Lit Picks

Do you want to play detective, uncover hidden secrets, and meet unforgettable characters? If you’re looking for your next fill of suspense, but aren’t quite ready to commit to a new book, have no fear. Our Winter/Holiday edition of Lit Picks has just what you need — the chance to…

BookTribDecember 12, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: An Isle of Wight Christmas Whodunit With Novelist Mary Grand

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisDecember 11, 2024

Thrillers

Longmire Faces Deadly Alaskan Tundra in Latest From Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson has given his serial readers, rabid fans who, like me, hang on every word and eagerly await his annual Christmas short story, the best stocking stuffer of the season, Tooth and Claw, a fast-paced action-packed thriller of a novella. New readers can get hooked with this literate gem! …

Linda HitchcockDecember 9, 2024

Listicles Thrillers

Risky Business: 7 Corporate Crime Thrillers

How far would you go to keep your job? To ensure your company’s financial success? To be the best in your industry? And can you really trust your coworkers, your boss, or the people you do business with? These thrillers are set in the world of business, and the companies…

Megan BeauregardNovember 14, 2024

Fiction

New Elly Griffiths Collection Filled With Bite-Sized Spooky Holiday Stories

Trick or treat, who needs candy or sugary popcorn balls when Elly Griffiths’ latest book The Man in Black: And Other Stories is now available in the USA? It is well suited for holiday gift-giving as several stories are comprised of somewhat spooky Christmas tales. This award-winning, best-selling author has…

Linda HitchcockNovember 4, 2024

Thrillers

In New Louise Penny, Gamache Must Foil an Eco-Terrorisim Plot With International Implications

Each time bestselling author Louise Penny releases a new installment in her Three Pines Series, it is an exciting event. Readers cannot wait to be wrapped into the warmth of the cozy, hidden village with its unique residents guided by Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of the Sûreté du Québec. Over…

Jodé MillmanOctober 28, 2024

Thrillers

Uncover Dark Secrets in Chilling Crime Novel

“When everything was drenched in sleep, Ava knew it was time. She eased out of bed, and when her feet touched the floor she became still … The trick at night was to banish all thoughts and let instincts govern. She must be stealthy and quick: the Small Hours were…

Neil NyrenOctober 25, 2024

Fiction

Latest in Mystery Series Tackles Human Rights and Deadly Crimes

The Whitewashed Tombs is the fourth book featuring Private Investigator Emma Djan in this “sunshine noir” mystery series so named for its basis in coastal equatorial Ghana by Ghanaian American author, Howard University College of Medicine graduate, and retired physician Kwei Quartey. For 20 years during his successful career in…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 19, 2024

Fiction Listicles

6 New Whodunit Mysteries for Kate Atkinson Fans

Lightning flashes, you hear a scream, and when the lights come on, someone is dead. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect. Was it the maid, in the library with the revolver? Full-cast murder mysteries are timeless favorites. From classic books like Murder on the Orient Express and The Mystery of Edwin…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 18, 2024

Author Spotlight Thrillers

Drawing on Experience to Craft a Heart-Pounding International Thriller

Spirited young lawyer Kit Chase, eager for adventure before she settles into marriage in New Zealand, takes a three-month job with an international law team in Kosovo. It’s only a year after the war between Kosovo rebels and forces of the Serbian/Yugoslavian government, and things are anything but stable. Amongst…

BookTribSeptember 4, 2024

The Queen City Detective Agency by Snowden Wright

Fiction

Uncover a Criminal Conspiracy in New Southern Noir

Author Snowden Wright is a native son of small-town Meridian, Mississippi, familiarly known as Queen City for its “golden age” in the years between 1890-1930 when it was the largest city in the state and a center for railroads and manufacturing. In an interview from May 10, 2023 with the…

Linda HitchcockAugust 12, 2024

Miscellany

S.A Cosby, Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane Among Strand Critics Awards Nominees

Quarterly crime-fiction and mystery magazine The Strand has announced its 2023 list of nominees for the annual Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Authors S.A Cosby, Laura Lippman, and Dennis Lehane headline this year’s nominees for the Best Novel Award, while Jonathan Karp of Simon & Schuster receives the Publisher of the…

BookTribJuly 17, 2024

Fiction

Unravel the Gripping Mystery of “The Paris Widow” by Kimberly Belle

Kimberley Belle has written a masterful, highly original fast-paced thriller The Paris Widow that keeps the reader guessing until the final chapter. Art thieves, dodgy antique dealers, smugglers, assassins, the FBI Art Crime Team and Interpol all co-mingle, becoming enmeshed in what was to be the dream vacation of a…

Linda HitchcockJuly 2, 2024

Recommended Thrillers

Crime Novel Exposes Dark Conspiracy and Human Trafficking

Retired DEA agent and ex-Marine Ian Martin runs a private security and investigation agency in California. When his current assignment and a fateful encounter lead him to uncover a conspiracy of secrets, he’s in for a series of unexpected surprises. Dark Traffic, the second crime thriller in the series by…

BookTribJune 25, 2024

The Vixen Amber Halloway by Carol LaHines

Thrillers

Thriller Centers Female Rage and the Ultimate Revenge

The Vixen Amber Halloway by Carol LaHines is the newest addition in the female-rage literary thriller genre. This story is told from Ophelia’s perspective as she slowly descends into madness and is imprisoned for a crime that involves her ex-husband and the woman she believes to be the downfall of…

Kelsey HallJune 21, 2024

Sample 12 Mystery, Thriller and Suspense Books in the Latest Lit Picks

Books & Looks Podcast: An Isle of Wight Christmas Whodunit With Novelist Mary Grand

Risky Business: 7 Corporate Crime Thrillers

6 New Whodunit Mysteries for Kate Atkinson Fans

Drawing on Experience to Craft a Heart-Pounding International Thriller

S.A Cosby, Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane Among Strand Critics Awards Nominees

Crime Novel Exposes Dark Conspiracy and Human Trafficking

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