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Stephanie Jo Harris

Stephanie Harris is the author of psychological thrillers, and she has a special affection for all things disturbing and uncomfortable. A life-long Midwesterner and a licensed professional counselor, she spends her free time writing, day dreaming, and pursuing atypical conversation. Read BookTrib's reviews of Stephanie's books, The…

Terry McKytonNovember 12, 2022

Laurie Petrou

LAURIE PETROU is an associate professor at the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University in Toronto. Her first book, a collection of short stories titled Between, was a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book. She was the inaugural winner of the Half the World Global Literati Award in 2016 for her unpublished…

Terry McKytonNovember 12, 2022

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ITW Spotlight: 50 Shades of Apocalyptic Thriller With David Yoon

"Very few post-apocalyptic novels have the literary qualities of this one. ... Like all the best authors in the genre, David Yoon is willing to ask what ‘the End of the World’ really means — and provide the reader with a thoughtful, heartfelt answer." —San Francisco Chronicle —∞— Imagine waking…

Guy BergstromJune 7, 2022

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Danger and Romance Collide on the Hunt for a Hidden Treasure

—∞— Abby Holland's treasure-hunting grandfather, King Farrell, is missing and presumed dead. Her inheritance comes with a choice: she can live out her boring life in Denver in the Victorian house he's willed to her, or sell it and use the proceeds to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine in…

Gevera Bert PiedmontJune 6, 2022

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When Murder Rears Its Head, A Group of Boys’ Coming of Age Becomes a Whole Lot More Complicated in “King Harvest”

In sultry summer of 1975 on the Kansas plains, a rowdy bunch known locally as “the boys” skirt the fine line of felonious law by harvesting wild hemp to sell on the illegal market. Better known as marijuana, the hemp grows thick across three counties and tempts the adventurous spirit…

Peggy KurkowskiMay 31, 2022

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A Hated Judge, an Unending Suspect List and a Small Town Full of Secrets

Think of all the times people have described a book to you by saying it starts off slowly but you’ll get into it. Frankly, that never cut it for me. Author Katherine Burnette subconsciously must have been listening. That’s because before you’ve left the first two pages of her legal…

Jim AlkonMay 26, 2022

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“A Time to Forget in East Berlin” Shows That Love Knows No Bounds, Not Even Those of a Nation Divided

“A cerebral, fast-paced thriller.” —Kirkus Reviews —∞— A Time to Forget in East Berlin is the second in C.G. Fewston’s award-winning “A Time To” trilogy. It is as rich in history and geography as the first, A Time to Love in Tehran, which was set in pre-revolutionary Iran. Fewston does…

Sherri DaleyMay 23, 2022

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Immerse Yourself in India’s Colorful Contradictions With Romantic Thriller “Mrs. Varman”

India is a country of juxtapositions: abject poverty neighboring the well-to-do, garbage spoiling on city streets and fragrant foods on restaurant tables, harsh sunlight burning the air outside dusky rooms with thick embroidered curtains. Sanjeeta Behera brings all this to her readers in Mrs. Varman, offering a complicated backdrop to…

Sherri DaleyMay 19, 2022

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“How Lucky” Police Have an Eyewitness to a Woman’s Abduction — If Only They Believed Him

Books don’t come with a “sell by” date, yet it sometimes seems that once the initial flurry of publicity heralding a debut passes, it is easy to overlook even a rare find. The temptation to grab a current bestseller may be too easy to resist, and you might miss some…

Linda HitchcockMay 11, 2022

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Solve a Series of Murders in the Desolate New Mexico Desert in “Ghost of the Gray”

Junior Fish and Wildlife Project Manager Becca Olsen is desperate to save her wolves, her relationship and her job in the desolate New Mexico desert, but something is horribly wrong in the quiet wilderness. When the perky voice of the dimpled desk jockey fails to assure ranchers that their cattle…

Wyatt SemenukMay 5, 2022

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Priest, Bride, Haunted Hacienda Sweep Readers Into Spellbinding 19th-Century Mexico

The speaker in Isabel Cañas’ remarkable blend of suspense, horror, romance and supernatural gothic, The Hacienda (Berkley), is Beatriz, 20, the new bride of a rich Mexican landowner named Don Rodolfo. The year is 1823, shortly after the bloody Mexican War of Independence, and Beatriz’s family had the misfortune of…

Neil NyrenApril 29, 2022

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Scaling the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Two Hikers’ Paths Collide in a Desperate Bid for Freedom

Leave No Trace by Tim Mulholland bills itself as a mystery thriller revolving around a seasoned backpacker who, in the middle of the Sierra Nevada mountains, stumbles upon a woman who, of all things and of all places, has fled kidnappers who have held her captive. But as much as…

Jim AlkonApril 25, 2022

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Passion, Patience and Penance in Hollywood

In her debut novel, Deception: A Hollywood Mystery (Bublish) — the first in the Rosemaria Baker Hollywood Mystery series — author and actress Britt Lind takes readers into the devouring vortex that is Hollywood. Josh Sibley is not your average LA transplant. Yes, he’s a talented singer and songwriter looking…

K.L. RomoApril 20, 2022

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Confront a Family’s Bloody Past in “To Kill a Ghost”

In J. Warren Weaver’s novel To Kill a Ghost, a tragic death threatens to expose family secrets buried for decades. The blood of a murdered man stains the steps of his front porch, and unless his grandson can find out who is behind the killing, the rest of the family…

Michael FerryApril 13, 2022

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Forgery, Felonies and the World of Fine Art Combine in This Exhilarating Thriller

In her newest thriller, Fake (Harper), author Erica Katz delves into the fine art world of priceless paintings, premier art galleries, felony fraud and a painter desperately trying to find her place. The Plot: Twenty-six-year-old Emma Caan learned from her professor at Yale that her paintings were unexceptional — technically superior…

K.L. RomoMarch 30, 2022

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Don’t Call Her a Sociopath: Emmy-Nominated Screenwriter on Her Very Reasonable Murderess

One murder every ten years seemed extremely reasonable. We all encounter bad people all the time. Backstabbing coworkers. Assholes who litter. Fathers who hit. Mothers who neglect. People who run puppy mills. And on and on. But I was not in the business of killing off every jerk who crossed…

Neil NyrenMarch 25, 2022

Stephanie Jo Harris

Laurie Petrou

ITW Spotlight: 50 Shades of Apocalyptic Thriller With David Yoon

Danger and Romance Collide on the Hunt for a Hidden Treasure

When Murder Rears Its Head, A Group of Boys’ Coming of Age Becomes a Whole Lot More Complicated in “King Harvest”

A Hated Judge, an Unending Suspect List and a Small Town Full of Secrets

“A Time to Forget in East Berlin” Shows That Love Knows No Bounds, Not Even Those of a Nation Divided

Immerse Yourself in India’s Colorful Contradictions With Romantic Thriller “Mrs. Varman”

“How Lucky” Police Have an Eyewitness to a Woman’s Abduction — If Only They Believed Him

Solve a Series of Murders in the Desolate New Mexico Desert in “Ghost of the Gray”

Priest, Bride, Haunted Hacienda Sweep Readers Into Spellbinding 19th-Century Mexico

Scaling the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Two Hikers’ Paths Collide in a Desperate Bid for Freedom

Passion, Patience and Penance in Hollywood

Confront a Family’s Bloody Past in “To Kill a Ghost”

Forgery, Felonies and the World of Fine Art Combine in This Exhilarating Thriller

Don’t Call Her a Sociopath: Emmy-Nominated Screenwriter on Her Very Reasonable Murderess

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