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Tall Poppy Review: Loyalties Shift in “Garden of Lies”

In 1943, as the prologue of Garden of Lies (Open Road Media) opens, a young woman named Sylvie succumbs to her first stirrings of true passion—with the handyman, Nikos, instead of her rich, older husband. She soon discovers she’s pregnant. Sylvie prays that the baby is her husband’s, but when the…
Kathryn Craft
December 13, 2018
Thrillers

Ancient Truths, Modern Evil, in Hearts of the Missing

The spirit of Tony Hillerman hovers over every page of Carol Potenza’s debut novel Hearts of the Missing (Minotaur), so it’s no surprise that, when still unpublished, it won the 2017 Hillerman Prize for the best first mystery set in the Southwest. Hillerman’s spirit is far from the only ghost that…
Neil Nyren
December 4, 2018
MiscellanyPop Culture

Author Buzz Giveaway: Spice Up Holiday Shopping

This week's Author Buzz giveaway features quite the mix of genres to save some money and start holiday shopping with a spring. A hot romance and a story that will pull at your heartstrings, a murder mystery with recipes and a heart-pounding adventure with links to the ancient past. Don't miss…
AuthorBuzz
December 3, 2018
Thrillers

“Manuscript for Murder:” The Cozy Thriller

With Manuscript for Murder (Berkley), the second installment of the long-running Murder She Wrote series penned by Jon Land, the author pushes the series into new territory, blurring the boundary between cozy mysteries and thrillers. Or perhaps he is forming a new genre: the cozy thriller. Land took the mantle of…
James R. Hannibal
November 6, 2018
Romance

Author Buzz Giveaway: Romance, Mystery, and Fantasy

This week's Author Buzz giveaway features a mixed bag of genres including mystery, romance and fantasy! For more information on any of these great books you could win for free, read what the authors have to say. Want more BookTrib? Sign up NOW for news and giveaways! Dear Reader, It’s been six…
AuthorBuzz
September 29, 2018
Fiction

“The Fallen Architect:” An Old-Fashioned Mystery

In The Fallen Architect, Charles Belfoure (House of Thieves and The Paris Architect, Sourcebooks Landmark) throws readers into a murder mystery enveloped in the electrifying world of variety theater in turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. Although the son of a humble stonemason, Douglas Layton became a rising star in the Royal Institute…
K.L. Romo
September 26, 2018
The Tiger in the HouseFiction

Tall Poppy Review: “The Tiger in the House”

The Tiger in the House (Kensington Publishing) by Jacqueline Sheehan introduces Delia Lamont, who is wrapping up the last month of work at Portland, Maine’s child services agency. She’s ready to open a seaside bakery with her younger sister and start a quieter life. But first, she has one last case…
Orly Konig
September 20, 2018
Fiction

Unwinding “The Labyrinth of the Spirits”

Stories have no beginning and no end, only doors through which we may enter them. Internationally acclaimed author Carlos Ruiz Zafón has presented us with many dark and dazzling doors in his Cemetery of Forgotten Books series. In the grand finale of this saga, The Labyrinth of the Spirits (Harper) Ruiz Zafón deftly…
Rebecca Proulx
September 20, 2018
Thrillers

Stuart Turton’s Intricate Plot Bends Minds and Genres

This may very well be the twistiest, most intricate crime novel you’ll read this year. A tall order, I know, given the competition, but trust me on this. The author, Stuart Turton, calls it “an Agatha Christie mystery in a Groundhog Day loop, with a bit of Quantum Leap.” Others have…
Neil Nyren
September 18, 2018
Miscellany

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Suspenseful Stories

An intriguing mystery, a heart-thumping thriller, and a thought-provoking novel are all excellent selections for this week's AuthorBuzz giveaway.   Dear Reader, Tanzanite. This rare blue-violet gemstone piqued my curiosity and inspired the second Alex Graham thriller, Blue Fire. A daring act reveals an incredible secret deep in a Brazilian…
AuthorBuzz
August 30, 2018
Miscellany

From Shore to Fiction: “Beneath the Lighthouse”

Julieanne Lynch is the author of Beneath the Lighthouse, an eerie story on ghosts and family tragedy. Today we have the pleasure of learning about her creative process and the inspiration behind her chilling story. But first, here is a taste of her story: Sixteen-year-old Jamie McGuiness’s sister is dead. Sinking into…
Julieanne Lynch
August 22, 2018
Miscellany

AuthorBuzz Giveaways: Recovery, Mystery, and Luxury

Dear reader, Dear reader, In writing Gilded Summers, I wanted to peel back all the opulence and magnificence of the mansions of Newport, and those who lived in them, to reveal the hedonism and bigotry that resided in them as well. Through the life of Pearl, one of the ‘set’,…
AuthorBuzz
July 16, 2018