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2020 in Hindsight: “A Diary of the Plague Year” Immortalizes a Year of Headlines

From the moment I opened the first pages of Elise Engler’s book, A Diary of the Plague Year (Metropolitan Books), I knew I was witnessing something very important in terms of chronicling our history. Both her artwork and her use of language offer testimony to the extraordinary events of 2020. Her…

Susan Shapiro BarashMarch 10, 2022

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Thriller Set in Contras Era Asks, “How Much Should a Man Sacrifice for His Country?”

It was during the pandemic that friends encouraged Tony Roth, entrepreneur and founder of a major eldercare business, to write the story he was destined to bring to life. And he did. 90 days later, and with more than 110,000 words and a number of fascinating characters, Trigger Point (Full…

BookTribMarch 1, 2022

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Jon Land Aces Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Series Yet Again With “Murder at the CDC”

Brimming with action and terrifying suspense, Murder at the CDC (Forge Books) takes a hard look at a divided nation and examines the consequences when rhetoric and lies spiral out of control. This 32nd installment of Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes series is the second penned by veteran thriller author Jon…

James R. HannibalFebruary 15, 2022

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Vaccine Held Hostage in Chilling Alternate History of COVID-19

In October 2019, in the city of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of China, virologist Zhou Zhihao is hard at work creating a new virus at the behest of her father, a well-connected doctor who works closely with the national health minister, Ma Xiaowei. An employee at the Wuhan Institute…

Peggy KurkowskiJanuary 14, 2022

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Human Motivation in an Epic Story of Love and Longing

The Plot: Beasts of Little Land by Juhea Kim, has us rewind to 1910 when Japan has annexed Korea. The Japanese Imperial Army has taken control of the Korean people and the resources of their country. People try to fight oppression from the Japanese invaders who confiscated their land and…

K.L. RomoJanuary 12, 2022

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More Than a Juicy Tell-All, “Penis Politics” Reveals the Realities of Being a Woman in the Newsroom

The wobbly balance of power between men and women has been the stuff of smoldering resentments and outright debate for millennia, all over the world, in cultures far-flung and in our own backyards. In her immensely readable memoir, Penis Politics (Sartoris Literary Group), journalist and political consultant Karen Hinton shares…

Sherri DaleyDecember 16, 2021

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This Time It’s Personal; The Gripping Sequel in a Climactic International Thriller Series

Duty calls to this moody detective, but how is he supposed to do his job when the world’s most elusive assassin has been hired to take him out on page one? In Otho Eskin’s fast-paced new thriller, Head Shot (Oceanview Publishing), Washington D.C.’s top homicide detective, Marko Zorn, gets an…

Kendall FarrisDecember 14, 2021

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“Indiana Jones” Meets “The Da Vinci Code” in This Spectacular Adventure Across Central America

Blending action, suspense and astonishing historical fact, The Curse of Cortés embarks on a fantastic, nail-biting adventure reminiscent of Indiana Jones or The Da Vinci Code. Author Guy Morris incorporates classic elements such as pirate ships and hidden treasure into a story of modern-day international intrigue, featuring drug runners, corrupt…

Michael FerryDecember 6, 2021

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Follett’s “Never” Shines With the Horrific Brilliance of a Nuclear Bomb

When I finished Ken Follett’s Never, I leaned back in my chair in silence and listened to my breathing for a few seconds. I needed to process and sort emotions after finishing a great story that had climaxed into one of the most powerful, abrupt and dramatic endings I’d ever…

Dennis HetzelNovember 9, 2021

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Military Thriller Posits Path to “Politically Correct” the Country’s Direction

How do you change the course of a nation run by an elite ruling class with complete control over government, media and much of the world’s affairs? The answer, according to Kurt M. DiClementi’s thriller, Politically Corrected (Good Shepherd Press), is simple: eliminate the tyrants and their complicit institutions and…

BookTribNovember 5, 2021

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Radical Fervor Extracts a Heavy Price in “The Zima Confession”

If you were a college student from the mid 1960s through the 1970s, you might know a bit about youthful passion and idealism. If you weren’t the person pushing radical ideas to fix a world that seemed terribly broken, perhaps you had friends who were true believers. Most young adults…

Dennis HetzelNovember 3, 2021

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Hillary Clinton Teams Up With Bestselling Author Louise Penny for Geopolitical Thriller “State of Terror”

In State of Terror (Simon & Schuster/St. Martin’s Press) by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny, the United States’ diplomacy has been left in ruin after four long years rocked by scandal, self-interest and stupidity. Sound familiar? As a result, the newly-minted Secretary of State Ellen Adams has her job…

Jodé MillmanOctober 26, 2021

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“Trump You”: Student Trumps Trump and Wins $25 Million Settlement!

“The story of Trump University is a gripping tale of ego and deceit, and it exposes the con man who became president. And no one can tell it better than Cohen.” — David Corn —∞— Silicon Valley businessman and entrepreneur Art Cohen wasn’t involved in national politics when he sued Donald…

Carole ClapsOctober 19, 2021

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Former CIA Analyst Integrates Espionage, Love and Betrayal in Gripping Thriller “Damascus Station”

He was midway through a cup of booza, an elastic Levantine ice cream, and nursing a bottle of water when the mind games started. He’d executed the tradecraft perfectly, he thought. Or had he? Had the woman buying ice cream been the same woman from the jewelry store? Had the…

Neil NyrenSeptember 24, 2021

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Larger-Than-Life Pilot Reaches New Heights in Comical Military Thriller “The Cassandra Event”

If you thought Dracula was an imaginary, coffin-sleeping, blood-sucking monster, think again! It is actually a top secret reconnaissance aircraft flown by the brave Lieutenant Commander SAS, whose features resemble a female Sasquash (with the “SAS” nickname to match). And that's not the only character larger than life in Robert…

BookTribSeptember 20, 2021

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A Post-Pandemic Murder Dredges Up Past Sins in “The Madness of Crowds”

Is it too soon to read a novel inspired by the pandemic experience? In Louise Penny’s latest novel, The Madness of Crowds (Minotaur Books), Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, and the residents of his cozy village of Three Pines, view the pandemic as a…

Jodé MillmanAugust 24, 2021

2020 in Hindsight: “A Diary of the Plague Year” Immortalizes a Year of Headlines

Thriller Set in Contras Era Asks, “How Much Should a Man Sacrifice for His Country?”

Jon Land Aces Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Series Yet Again With “Murder at the CDC”

Vaccine Held Hostage in Chilling Alternate History of COVID-19

Human Motivation in an Epic Story of Love and Longing

More Than a Juicy Tell-All, “Penis Politics” Reveals the Realities of Being a Woman in the Newsroom

This Time It’s Personal; The Gripping Sequel in a Climactic International Thriller Series

“Indiana Jones” Meets “The Da Vinci Code” in This Spectacular Adventure Across Central America

Follett’s “Never” Shines With the Horrific Brilliance of a Nuclear Bomb

Military Thriller Posits Path to “Politically Correct” the Country’s Direction

Radical Fervor Extracts a Heavy Price in “The Zima Confession”

Hillary Clinton Teams Up With Bestselling Author Louise Penny for Geopolitical Thriller “State of Terror”

“Trump You”: Student Trumps Trump and Wins $25 Million Settlement!

Former CIA Analyst Integrates Espionage, Love and Betrayal in Gripping Thriller “Damascus Station”

Larger-Than-Life Pilot Reaches New Heights in Comical Military Thriller “The Cassandra Event”

A Post-Pandemic Murder Dredges Up Past Sins in “The Madness of Crowds”

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