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A Woman’s Dark Past Catches Up With Her in Twisted Romance Thriller

Reading Laura Lippman is as addictively satisfying as crunching on potato chips from a freshly opened bag but without the salt or calories. She celebrated her 25th anniversary as a fiction writer in 2022 and each new publication should be heralded with fanfare. Her work is contemporary noir, bittersweet as…

Linda HitchcockJuly 24, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Attorney Falls Victim to the Client She Is Defending in Eerily Realistic Thriller

Her, Too (Harper) is the story of one woman’s relentless and dangerous quest for revenge. Success may get her disbarred or killed but Kelly McCann won’t falter. Former Philadelphia trial attorney and author Bonnie Kistler has written a wrenchingly realistic novel that may be emotionally jarring for some readers. This…

Linda HitchcockJuly 12, 2023

Listicles Thrillers

Dredging Up the Truth: 5 Water-Logged Crime and Suspense Novels

Can water wash away all crimes, or will clever detectives and sleuths be able to dredge up the truth once and for all? In these mystery novels, the water isn’t necessarily the killer — but it plays a major role in the crime. There’s something haunting about novels where a…

Megan BeauregardJune 15, 2023

Miscellany

“The Strand” Reveals Never-Before-Seen Story by James M. Cain

With film adaptations like Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity, and The Postman Always Rings Twice, James M. Cain has more adaptations than any of the original noir authors. But few people realize the man behind these stories has more work to be discovered. In 2012, The Strand released their first uncovered…

BookTribMay 31, 2023

Thrillers

Politics, Mafia Cross in James Comey Debut Novel

Almost everybody knows former FBI director James Comey, just not as an author aside from his memoir, A Higher Loyalty. That’s about to change, thanks to his sterling debut mystery Central Park West (Mysterious Press). Comey is no stranger to the courtroom, particularly the prosecutor’s table, so it’s no surprise…

Jon LandMay 29, 2023

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Political Intrigue and Deadly Secrets Arise During Scottish Election Fraud Investigation

Lies, deceit, politics, murder, election fraud. All this and more are what make up James McCrone’s latest crime-thriller, Bastard Verdict (Faithless Elector). A second referendum on Scottish Independence is looming when FBI Elections Specialist, Imogen Trager is called to action. With a sense that there was something amiss in 2014…

Abigail WhiteMay 18, 2023

Thrillers

A Spy’s Last Tour Does Not Go As Expected

I had no marketable skills, no human attachment worth the name, no life alternatives. All I had to do was gut out the remainder of my tour the way I’d managed to gut out all my tours – quietly, neither glaringly successful nor unsuccessful, a near-invisible piece of flotsam carried…

Neil NyrenApril 28, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Archeologist Aids in Solving 20-Year-Old Cold Case

The Last Remains (Mariner Books) will rightfully jump to the top of many mystery lovers' TBRN (to be read now!!) piles. It is purportedly the 16th and final book in Elly Griffith’s exciting and addictive series about Ruth Galloway, tenured college professor, forensic archeologist and crime solver who routinely aids…

Linda HitchcockApril 17, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Vengeful Ghosts Won’t Stay Buried in Action-Packed Crime Novel

In a new novel full of action, crime, heroism, and more, Joy Fortuna hooks readers with In the Shadows of Dusk, the first installment of the Max Rossi series. This novel is action-packed right from the start, as we are introduced to protagonist Max Rossi in the midst of a…

Abigail WhiteMarch 28, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Memoir from Vietnam Vet and Special Agent Explores War on Drugs and Terrorism

“We were expecting a knock at the door. When it came, my partner Matty and I gave the hotel room one last visual check. Everything seemed in place — my suitcase sat on the floor with the Amsterdam baggage tag clearly in view; my bogus Pan Am identification card lay…

Jim AlkonMarch 1, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Murder, Mayhem & Sex Cults in 19th Century True Crime Odyssey

Even if you’re no expert on American history, you will have your finger on its pulse while reading An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President’s Murder (Pegasus Crime). The third book by journalist Susan Wels, whose bestseller on the Titanic appeared in…

Claudia KeenanFebruary 6, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Unflinching Look at the Media’s Influence on American Justice System

The American justice system is under attack from the court of public opinion feeding off the media’s myths, misconceptions and outright falsehoods, according to acclaimed attorney and legal analyst, Anne Bremner, and psychiatrist Doug Bremner, in Justice in the Age of Judgment (Skyhorse Publishing). Falsified Cases, Misconstrued Facts & Pressure…

Peggy KurkowskiJanuary 27, 2023

Listicles Thrillers

Political Intrigue, Mind-Bending Nightmares and Moral Depravity in January Thrillers

Jon LandJanuary 19, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

A Māori Cop and Murders That Are All Too Personal

“If you want to achieve mental clarity, if you seek nothingness, become a Buddhist monk. For fuck sake don’t decide to be a career cop.” Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman knows this all too well. In Michael Bennett’s Better the Blood (Atlantic Monthly Press), Westerman, a Māori cop in Auckland,…

Neil NyrenJanuary 3, 2023

Fiction

Texas-Sized Cozy Mystery Mixes Coffee, Music and Murder

Coffee, music, and murder. Olivia Blacke's first book in the Record Shop Mysteries, Vinyl Resting Place (St. Martin’s), is a thrilling and lighthearted mystery that keeps you engrossed page after page. If you are looking for a cozy mystery to warm up your winter days, look no further! Join the…

Kelsey HallDecember 21, 2022

Listicles Listicles - Featured Nonfiction

Pulitzer Winner’s Top True Crime Books with Social Bent

Why do true crime stories resonate so deeply? What draws me as both reader and writer are the stories that explore our humanity in the face of inhumanity. That’s what I found working on The Forever Witness (Dutton), my new book about one of the most enduring murder mysteries of…

Edward HumesDecember 19, 2022

Dredging Up the Truth: 5 Water-Logged Crime and Suspense Novels

“The Strand” Reveals Never-Before-Seen Story by James M. Cain

Political Intrigue and Deadly Secrets Arise During Scottish Election Fraud Investigation

Vengeful Ghosts Won’t Stay Buried in Action-Packed Crime Novel

Memoir from Vietnam Vet and Special Agent Explores War on Drugs and Terrorism

Murder, Mayhem & Sex Cults in 19th Century True Crime Odyssey

Unflinching Look at the Media’s Influence on American Justice System

Political Intrigue, Mind-Bending Nightmares and Moral Depravity in January Thrillers

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