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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

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Cracking the Code: K.D. Alden’s Thrilling Tale of America’s First Female Cryptologist

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a 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 reviews…

Blaine DesantisJune 12, 2024

Listicles Thrillers

5 Werewolf Mysteries to Read Under the Next Full Moon

You’ve heard the age-old dilemma — vampires or werewolves? In this list, we’re choosing werewolves all the way. These supernatural beings have been mythologized for centuries and are a staple in modern fiction, found in everything from romance to horror. The compelling creatures balance between human and animal, transforming at…

Megan BeauregardMay 30, 2024

Thrillers

James Comey Crafts a Christie-Style Mystery at Hedge Fund in “Westport”

Unless you’ve completely avoided political news since 2016 – yeah, I know it’s tempting – you’ve likely heard of James Comey, the former FBI director fired by President Donald Trump in 2017 for reasons that remain open to debate. Since then, Comey has found fresh pursuits, including that of thriller-mystery…

Dennis HetzelMay 23, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Literary Crime Fiction Meets Magical Realism on Gritty Streets of Greece

In Her Own Devices (Guernica Editions) by Geoffrey Dutton, readers are transported to the bustling streets of Piraeus, Greece, where danger lurks in the shadows, and redemption is something of which people only dream. The plot centers around Swiss ex-pat Anna Burmeister, haunted by a tumultuous past of activism, who…

Wyatt SemenukMay 21, 2024

Recommended Thrillers

Supernatural Intrigue Meets Real-World Grit in the Heart of Philadelphia

“… I can tell you that I have memories from as far back as Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, Rome, and so on. The memories are vague and unclear, making it difficult to create a timeline. I have memories of my kind being worshiped as gods at some ancient times…

Monique SnymanMay 16, 2024

Fiction

Fourth Novel in Elly Griffiths’ Unofficial “Cozy Crime” Series Is A Delightful Continuation

Putting a new Elly Griffiths novel in the hands of a super fan is like giving a chocoholic a Willy Wonka golden ticket — as this powerhouse author never falters or disappoints. While the Ruth Galloway series is on hiatus, The Last Word gifts readers with the return of both DI…

Linda HitchcockMay 6, 2024

Thrillers

Chinese Veteran Turns Detective in 1920s London

What do you get when you combine two multi-talented creative minds that collaborate on an imaginative new series? This clever one is probably the best homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic pairing of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Elementary, my dear reader, it is the hottest must-read murder…

Linda HitchcockApril 29, 2024

Fiction Thrillers

David Baldacci’s “Calamity of Souls” is a Racially-Charged 60s Courtroom Drama

It took New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci more than a decade to write what may be his best, and most personal, story to date — and as someone who has sold more than 150 million copies of his novels worldwide in 45 languages over the span of his…

Dawn IusApril 16, 2024

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

Books & Looks Podcast: Cracking the Code: K.D. Alden’s Thrilling Tale of America’s First Female Cryptologist

5 Werewolf Mysteries to Read Under the Next Full Moon

Literary Crime Fiction Meets Magical Realism on Gritty Streets of Greece

Supernatural Intrigue Meets Real-World Grit in the Heart of Philadelphia

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