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“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. Unsolved: True Crime Stories With a Few Loose Strings — Novel Suspects Book Thefts at…

BookTribJuly 24, 2020

Thrillers

“The Girl Who Wasn’t There:” A Story of Redemption With Crime Noir Flare

Not everything is as it seems. At least that’s what author Vincent Zandri would have us believe in his latest thriller. With a plot that’s both daring and complex, The Girl Who Wasn’t There (Oceanview), will keep you guessing long after the initial disappearing act. Lake Placid may not be…

Krista BegganJune 30, 2020

Miscellany

Ronan Farrow’s Media War, Hillary Clinton’s Alternate, Fictive Universe in “Rodham” and More

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. Ah, so many books, so much time. David Daley Writes About Politics, Elections and Fighting…

BookTribMay 22, 2020

Thrillers

Assassin’s Mobile Hit List Has Just Been Compromised in “Die Next”

It seems as if phones are mobile catalogs of our entire lives. They contain our banking information, the names and addresses of our friends and family and pictures of everything from our lovable furry animals to screenshots of that recipe we saw on Pinterest. If given access to yours, what…

Chelsea CicconeApril 14, 2020

Thrillers

Pullen Recounts Backstories of Famous Thriller Writers for CrimeReads

“Every writer’s story is different,” says bestselling thriller novelist Rick Pullen. “Lee Child’s path was easy and fast, but it has a great backstory. Steve Berry was turned down 86 times before becoming a New York Times bestselling author.” The editors at CrimeReads.com, captivated by Pullen’s tales and observations of…

BookTribMarch 27, 2020

Thrillers

“The Heartless” Delivers a Police Thriller with Deeper Surprises

If you come to The Heartless (Oceanview) expecting a solid, fast-moving police thriller, you’ll be satisfied. But you’ll also discover much more. David Putnam’s seventh novel about the world of Los Angeles County officer Bruno Johnson involves a hunt for escaped convicts through the meanest streets of Los Angeles. The…

Dennis HetzelFebruary 12, 2020

Thrillers

Haunted Heroine Rushes “Toward the Light” in Debut Thriller

There’s nothing quite like discovering a new, exotic city through the pages of a thriller. Through fast-paced fiction, the sights and sounds and smells of a place come through in technicolor. A city feels so much more, well, thrilling. It beats any guidebook. Bonnar Spring’s beautifully executed first novel Toward…

Casey BarrettJanuary 16, 2020

Children's Books

Trevor Noah’s Memoir Adapted for Young Readers

Host of the "The Daily Show," Trevor Noah, has become a household name, revered for his quick wit and insightful comedy on current affairs. Until the publication of his memoir, much less commonly known was Noah's perilous childhood in South Africa. His own birth as a child of mixed races…

Rebecca ProulxApril 12, 2019

Fiction

The Victorian Murder That Kicked Off a Literature Trend

Claire Harman’s Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London (Knopf) begins with the murder of Lord William Russell, which took place in Victorian London in May of 1840. Outrage and fascination with the grisly murder was widespread, as Lord William’s throat was so deeply severed he was…

Daniel ModlinMarch 28, 2019

Book Club Network Thrillers

“Beautiful Bad:” Psych. Thriller Meets Romance

When you think of psychological thrillers, you think of a mystery, dark and menacing—or at least damaged—characters, and maybe a death. Annie Ward's Beautiful Bad (Park Row) has it all, but even more than that, it has a paradox between these popular thriller aspects and a love story, expertly constructed from the first…

Y. M. NelsonFebruary 12, 2019

Book Club Network Nonfiction

Susan Orlean Exposes Importance of Local Libraries

We know that today, libraries do not just house books, but they provide so much more to their community. In April 1986 a suspicious fire started at the Los Angeles Public Library and destroyed over 400,000 books and countless irreplaceable historical materials. Some of the lost relics included a cherished…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 26, 2018

Miscellany Pop Culture

46 Books You Need To Add To Your Holiday Wish List

If you’re trying to fill your holiday wish list with amazing titles, look no further! Roxanne Coady recently hosted a live event with Penguin Random House publishing powerhouses Michael Kindness, Jennifer Black and author, Matthew Dicks. The event, which took place at the Mandell JCC in Hartford, Connecticut, was titled “Buzz About…

Just The Right Book PodcastNovember 9, 2018

Thrillers

The Elderly Female Antihero We Never Knew We Needed

Maud an 88-year-old introverted Swedish woman, seems so innocuous and frail....but of course maybe that's the perfect cover for getting away with murder. In Helene Tursten's An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good (Soho Press), the resources normal senior citizens rely on for rehabilitation quickly turn to tools of…

Rebecca ProulxNovember 7, 2018

Thrillers

“Sunrise Highway:” Fresh Approach in Serial Killer Thriller

First of all, as is the case in Peter Blauner’s Sunrise Highway (Macmillan), you cut back and forth in time, between... October 2012. As Hurricane Sandy hits New York City, a man in Rockaway, Brooklyn, hearing pounding on his front door, goes to the peephole. He sees a young woman,…

Jim ParryNovember 7, 2018

Thrillers

Opium and Identity: 19th Century Woman Battles Crime

Port Townsend, Washington, 1887. An ex-Pinkerton agent named Alma Rosales is hunting for opium stolen from her employer, criminal boss Delphine Beaumond, one of the most dangerous women in the Northwest. Also on the hunt is a dockworker named Jack Camp, a rough brawler with his own plans for the…

Neil NyrenNovember 7, 2018

Thrillers

Longmire Lives: Continuing Craig Johnson’s Saga

Never underestimate the power of a long, tall cowboy with a big hat and a big heart. Depth of Winter (Viking Books), the 14th book in Craig Johnson’s Longmire series debuted at No. 5 on the New York Times Bestseller list, attesting to the popularity of crime novels set in remote, fictional…

Joanna PoncavageSeptember 28, 2018

“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

“The Girl Who Wasn’t There:” A Story of Redemption With Crime Noir Flare

Ronan Farrow’s Media War, Hillary Clinton’s Alternate, Fictive Universe in “Rodham” and More

Assassin’s Mobile Hit List Has Just Been Compromised in “Die Next”

Pullen Recounts Backstories of Famous Thriller Writers for CrimeReads

“The Heartless” Delivers a Police Thriller with Deeper Surprises

Haunted Heroine Rushes “Toward the Light” in Debut Thriller

Trevor Noah’s Memoir Adapted for Young Readers

The Victorian Murder That Kicked Off a Literature Trend

“Beautiful Bad:” Psych. Thriller Meets Romance

Susan Orlean Exposes Importance of Local Libraries

46 Books You Need To Add To Your Holiday Wish List

The Elderly Female Antihero We Never Knew We Needed

“Sunrise Highway:” Fresh Approach in Serial Killer Thriller

Opium and Identity: 19th Century Woman Battles Crime

Longmire Lives: Continuing Craig Johnson’s Saga

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