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The Chill Quill: Beach Reads with a Body Count

Summer book season is officially here! Whether you’re basking on the beach, romping under the sun outdoors with friends, or hiding inside with the air conditioning, from murderous train rides to tragic retellings and summertime shenanigans, this month’s new releases are guaranteed to keep your pulse racing and skin burning.

Lindy RyanJune 17, 2025

Thrillers

“The Ghostwriter” Masterfully Blends Family Drama and Murder Mystery

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark is a dark crime thriller that centers on family, loyalty and love. The book asks how far one is willing to go to protect themselves, their family, and the secrets that lie buried in the past. Long-Buried Secrets In 1975, Ojai, CA, a family is…

Caleb ThomasJune 12, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Small Town and Young Woman Haunted by Ghost of the Past in Chilling Mystery

Author Lana Sabarwal has written a memorable debut novel, Maya, Dead and Dreaming, a compelling mystery featuring an intelligent and emotionally fraught protagonist and an intriguing plot where friendly faces hide secrets, motives and the identity of a killer. Maya Hickman’s death in 1938 was tragic, and the circumstances around…

Philip ZozzaroJune 10, 2025

BooksToScreen Listicles

8 Books of Survival and Sacrifice That Echo “The Last of Us”

Hey Kiddo. If the gruesome setting of The Last of Us left you reeling for more stories of survival, found family and the haunting beauty of decay, you're in the right place. Whether you're drawn to tales of fungal terror, dystopian futures or post-apocalyptic perseverance, this list includes books that…

BookTribMay 14, 2025

Thrillers

Belsky and Traymore Team Up for Twisted Psychological Thriller, “Swipe”

A brilliant and immersive matchup of two notable writers, Swipe takes readers into the world of app-based dating and on a hunt for a killer. In this literary thriller, the stakes are high as protagonists Sonya and Jake navigate lies, betrayal, false identities in search of justice, and with any…

Michael FerryMay 2, 2025

Fiction

A Blend of Romance and Mystery in Morbidly Funny Office Romp

What did I just read? Was it a love story? A murder mystery? An anti-love story? In summary, I’d have to say it was all of the above. Kate Posey’s Serial Killer Games grabs you with intrigue. There is a serial killer on the loose. People are being pushed from…

John Scott-MortonMay 1, 2025

Fiction Listicles

13 Horror Novels You Need On Your TBR

Here are 13 must-read horror books I decided to compile a list for all you horror lovers! This list has everything readers could want, from the spine-chilling and grotesque to the surreal and … cozy (yes, that’s actually a thing).

Katie BloomerApril 1, 2025

Fiction Thrillers

Secrets Threaten to Derail CIA Duo’s Quest for Vengeance

Krista Beggan’s debut novel A Life Saving Bullet starts off fast and never lets up. Six months after a young CIA officer dies during a clandestine operation, his best friend and sister, both CIA officers themselves, get assigned the mission of finding his killer. Hunting a ruthless criminal puts everything…

Anne Eliot FeldmanMarch 12, 2025

Fiction Thrillers

A Debut Author with “Killer Potential” Talks Writing Process and Getting Published

“I was once a famous murderess. I killed a wealthy family, Manson-style, and then I went on the run. But my thing wasn’t about starting a race war to reach the land of milk and honey or secretly wanting to be a Beatle. According to the news, I was just…

Neil NyrenFebruary 28, 2025

Fiction Miscellany

How Do Memories Shape Us? Author Explores Nature of Memory in Fiction

In Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel The Buried Giant, an entire society has literally lost its ability to remember. One such couple has muted memories of having had a son, of having once loved one another. But those memories seem to become more and more opaque every day. In a moment of…

Jon BassoffFebruary 19, 2025

Thrillers

Murder, Secrets and the Long Road Back in Snowy Legal Novel

“Nora Sheehan sits in a jail cell in Lodgepole, Colorado, surrounded by three cinderblock walls and the kind of steel bars she’s only seen on television, gray and cold. She’s thirteen, the woman she might become still a shadow even though she’s ready to discard her childhood. A longing for…

Neil NyrenJanuary 31, 2025

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Dive Into a Supernatural Conspiracy and Meet Deadly Creatures of Mythology

Twenty years ago, Logan’s father died tragically, with nobody as his witness except 9-year-old Logan. Of course, the authorities don’t believe Logan’s insistence that it was a mermaid that leaped from the water and dragged him under. So, living with a hazy memory, doubting his own mind and reality, Logan…

Megan BeauregardJanuary 24, 2025

BooksToScreen Listicles Thrillers

7 Survival, Betrayal and High Stakes Thrills That Hit Harder Than “Squid Game”

If the nail-biting suspense and psychological twists of the addictive Netflix show Squid Game, had you hooked, you're not alone. The show has captivated viewers with its high-stakes drama, exploration of human nature, moral dilemmas, and creative kills, leaving fans craving more stories that dive deep into the darkness of…

Monique SnymanJanuary 15, 2025

Recommended Thrillers

Cold War Continues in an International Game of Cat and Mouse

Readers of spy fiction may have wondered if the genre would melt away after the Cold War, but it turns out the secret world of espionage is timeless. All a good spy novel needs are a brave hero (or heroine) and some international skullduggery. With Moscow Nights Return, Book 1…

Joanna PoncavageJanuary 8, 2025

Fiction

Amnesia Made Her Forget a Decade — Now She Has a Second Chance at Love and Life

Australian author and journalist Emma Grey’s debut adult novel The Last Love Note alternately broke and uplifted hearts with its moving story about a grieving widow’s struggles to cope after the death of her barely middle-aged husband from early onset dementia while juggling a challenging career and raising their toddler.…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 3, 2025

Thrillers

In the Search for Lost Women, a Marshal Finds Herself

“Here she was. Day three. Standing in front of a rickety mobile home on a dusty reservation where she didn’t belong, working a job she didn’t want, sure she wasn’t ready to face a fuming mother convinced her daughter was missing.” In Laurie L. Dove’s Mask of the Deer Woman,…

Neil NyrenDecember 27, 2024

The Chill Quill: Beach Reads with a Body Count

Small Town and Young Woman Haunted by Ghost of the Past in Chilling Mystery

8 Books of Survival and Sacrifice That Echo “The Last of Us”

13 Horror Novels You Need On Your TBR

How Do Memories Shape Us? Author Explores Nature of Memory in Fiction

Dive Into a Supernatural Conspiracy and Meet Deadly Creatures of Mythology

7 Survival, Betrayal and High Stakes Thrills That Hit Harder Than “Squid Game”

Cold War Continues in an International Game of Cat and Mouse

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