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Reckoning with the Cost of Mercy

Some thrillers begin with a body. Time to Die: The Cost of Mercy by Glen Hellman begins with a reckoning, one that’s been building for years, waiting for the moment when past decisions finally come due. At first glance, the novel moves like a high-stakes international thriller. Greg Newsome —…

BookTribApril 14, 2026

Fiction Romance

In “The Art of Loving You,” Natasha Bishop Proves Love Can Bloom Through Grief

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Kristin KeatonApril 14, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Jane Harper’s “Last One Out” Is a Chilling Mystery Set In a Dying Town

Last One Out is a deliciously twisty, compelling and unputdownable thriller about a mother’s long search for answers about what happened to her son who suddenly went missing five years earlier on his 21st birthday.

R.G. BelskyApril 14, 2026

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Sometimes Digging for the Truth Can Be a Slippery Slope

What does it mean to make a choice when every option is constrained by circumstance — or controlled by someone else? Is gathering truth fundamentally different from manipulating it? In The Silver Fish, Connor Martin drops readers into a high-stakes world where these questions aren’t theoretical — they’re immediate, and…

BookTribApril 13, 2026

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Lyla Lane’s “The Best Little Motel in Texas” Is a Charming, Laugh-Out-Loud Mystery

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Linda HitchcockApril 13, 2026

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What to Read Next: April Selections

Hello Spring Readers! I think we can agree that there’s nothing better than grabbing a fresh new novel and heading out into the sunshine to relax and read. Whether it’s a Wild West historical fiction, a folklore story about a monster disguised as an old lady or a reimagining of…

Stephanie ElliotApril 10, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear Keeps You Guessing Until the Very End

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

José H. BogránApril 9, 2026

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Séances Versus Science: Eight Mysteries That Pit the Supernatural Against Reason

I grew up in a house built in 1884 that was prone to unexplained creaks, groans and even occasionally children’s laughter. The heavy, antique doorbell would sometimes ring out with its sonorous clang for no reason. Once, my mother heard footsteps in the foyer, but when she went to investigate,…

Erica WrightApril 2, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

In This Near-Future America, Freedom Is the First Casualty of Theocracy

Imagine America 20 years from now. How different is the U.S. in 2046? In James Chesterton’s dark speculative thriller Ashes of the Republic we see a future where our current political environment has laid the groundwork for an America that prioritizes surveillance and control over the preservation of freedoms. It’s…

Isabella DeJoyApril 1, 2026

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How True Is Your Family History?

Every family has stories — the ones they tell over holiday dinners and on road trips, the ones grandparents passed down to their littles, the ones couples who are getting serious reveal to each other. And yes, certainly, some of those stories are true. But families repeat the stories they…

Hank Phillippi RyanApril 1, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

A Stalker Who’s Desperate to Show She Is Not a Boring Asian Female

“This is just a mistake. I’m going to get all of this sorted out in no time. They just need to know that they made a mistake.” In Canwen Xu’s Boring Asian Female, Elizabeth Zhang has it all planned out. She’s maintained a 3.9 GPA at Columbia and picked all…

Neil NyrenMarch 27, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Wendy Walker’s Chilling Thriller Is Forged in the Brutal World of Elite Figure Skating

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Linda HitchcockMarch 27, 2026

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7 Horror Novels Fueled by Loss and Grief

Grief resists structure. It doesn’t behave the way we expect it to. It’s often described as a process, but that suggests a kind of order that rarely exists in reality. More than just sadness, it’s a messy tangle of yearning, anger, guilt, anxiety, arriving in waves that don’t follow rules…

BookTribMarch 26, 2026

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Kate Quinn’s Enchanting Ode to the Power of Libraries

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Linda HitchcockMarch 26, 2026

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When the Setting Is So Prominent, It’s Practically a Character

Some stories unfold in a place and time; others are shaped by it. In these ten novels, setting isn’t just a backdrop — it breathes, pulses and presses in on every choice the characters make. From sun-drenched vineyards and historic European streets to windswept rivers, quiet coastal towns and even…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationMarch 25, 2026

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The Greatest Art Heist in History—And the Secret It May Still Be Hiding

Among the many treasures of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, is a massive altarpiece painted by the Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck. Its many panels depict an array of biblical figures, saints, martyrs, soldiers, prophets, clergy, angels and other figures attending a pastoral scene at the center, where the…

BookTribMarch 25, 2026

Reckoning with the Cost of Mercy

Sometimes Digging for the Truth Can Be a Slippery Slope

Séances Versus Science: Eight Mysteries That Pit the Supernatural Against Reason

In This Near-Future America, Freedom Is the First Casualty of Theocracy

How True Is Your Family History?

The Greatest Art Heist in History—And the Secret It May Still Be Hiding

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