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Buried Secrets Endanger Woman and Send Her on the Run in Twisty Mystery

Setting someone up for murder is a complicated way to get revenge – no matter what the circumstances. But is that what’s happening in the second book of author MHR Geer’s Anne Wilson Thriller Series, entitled Abandoned? It’s an intricate plot that begins with a simple text: “Trouble. Can you…

Jim AlkonDecember 7, 2023

Podcasts Thrillers

Writers, Ink Podcast: Bestseller Caz Frear Explains Why She Submitted a Novel for Awards Before She Actually Wrote It

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and…

Writers, InkDecember 4, 2023

Thrillers

A Theater Critic in the Performance of Her Life – and Maybe Her Death

I know what happens when I involve myself. When I allow myself to feel without limit. Bad things. Dangerous things. In Alexis Soloski’s Here in the Dark (Flatiron), Vivian Parry is a former actress and now junior theater critic for a New York magazine. She has secrets in her past,…

Neil NyrenNovember 24, 2023

Thrillers

Tananarive Due Tackles History’s Horrors, Heroes and “Haints” in “The Reformatory”

Tananarive Due’s new novel, The Reformatory, had an auspicious publication date: October 31st. It’s long been said that the line between the living and the dead is at its thinnest on Halloween night—a belief fitting of her story, given the ghosts (or “haints”) she resurrects within its pages. A seven-plus…

John B. ValeriNovember 21, 2023

Fiction Recommended

AI Companion Used for Sinister Purposes in Novel for Fans of “Black Mirror” and “Klara and the Sun”

Is artificial intelligence so powerful that it can recapture the beauty and emotions of a lost loved one? Or is it so dangerous that it can paint a different picture about someone you thought you knew? Afterword (CLASH Books) by Nina Schuyler is a captivating new novel that explores the…

Madeline SuarezNovember 16, 2023

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Small-Town, Amateur Sheriff Treads Murky Waters in Dark Mystery

You know those mysteries that grab you and don't let go? I started reading All We Buried (Crooked Lane Books) by Elena Taylor just before bed one evening, thinking I would plan to finish it in a few days. I finished it at 2:45 a.m. because I couldn't stop reading…

Kate KeuneNovember 15, 2023

Miscellany Thrillers

Tess Gerritsen’s Neighborhood of Retired CIA Agents Inspires “The Spy Coast”

International bestselling author Tess Gerritsen didn’t intend to start a new series. In addition to penning a number of chilling standalone medical thrillers and novels of suspense, Gerritsen is the creator of 13 Rizzoli & Isles books, now an Apple TV streaming series. But sometimes a writer stumbles across an…

Dawn IusNovember 8, 2023

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Navigating the Labyrinth of Mystery: A Dialogue with Sam Boush

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

BookTribNovember 8, 2023

Miscellany Thrillers

Bestselling Author Jo Nesbo Answers The Call With New Horror Novel

Norwegian crime novelist Jo Nesbo is perhaps most well-known for his internationally bestselling 13-book Harry Hole detective series. But with his latest release he takes readers in a decidedly different direction. In The Night House, Nesbo delivers a deliciously twisted spin on a classic coming-of-age horror story about an unlikeable…

Dawn IusNovember 1, 2023

Author Discovery Zone

MHR Geer

MHR Geer was born in California but raised in the Midwest. After studying Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she started a bookkeeping business. MHR enjoys reading suspense and is always delighted with an unexpected twist. Assumed is her debut novel. She lives in Ventura, CA with her…

Cameron KimballOctober 30, 2023

Thrillers

Female FBI Agent Faces the Challenge of a Lifetime in International Thriller

The pilot pointed. “See that hole in the wall behind you?” Alex turned to look. “One of those bullets must have hit the transmission fluid line.” “How much time do we have?” “I need to set down now.” “Not an option. Do you know what’s in the van?” “Yes, ma’am.…

Neil NyrenOctober 30, 2023

Author Spotlight Fiction

Gothic Mystery Author Talks About Friendship, the Occult & Life in a Palace

In Ivan Obolensky’s award-winning American Gothic novel, Eye of the Moon, two estranged friends are reunited only to discover a gruesome mystery. Set in 1977 New York, Percy and Johnny reunite at the haunting estate of Rhinebeck where Johnny’s aunt Alice died reading an Egyptian Book of the Dead. Stumbling…

BookTribOctober 23, 2023

Audiobooks Recommended Thrillers

Murder Strikes at Yoga Class in Cozy Australian Mystery on Audio

The title of Susan Rogers and John Roosen’s exciting new novel and audiobook, Dead Man’s Pose, refers to what is known in the yoga world as Shavasana. It is a pose meant to relieve tension, not to kill you. Hence as the novel opens, Yoga Boronia studio owner and instructor…

Anne Eliot FeldmanOctober 18, 2023

Listicles Thrillers

5 Thrilling Novels Led by Badass Autistic Main Characters

There’s nothing that grabs the reader’s attention in a thriller more than a main character who is ready to save the day, whatever it takes. These kinds of characters appear in nearly every suspenseful novel, though. What we rarely see, though, are autistic characters in the genre. This is why…

BookTribOctober 17, 2023

Recommended Thrillers

Young Lawyer Faces Brutal Crime Boss and Vicious Opponents in International Thriller

Idealistic young lawyer Kit Chase has a comfortable life with her fiancé in New Zealand, but decides she wants to experience more excitement and adventure before she gets married. So she takes a temporary job with an international law firm in post-conflict Kosovo. There she finds more excitement and adventure…

R.G. BelskyOctober 12, 2023

Listicles Thrillers

8 Scarily Good Reads for Friday the 13th

It’s a special October for fans of horror, mystery, thriller and all things scary. Not only is it spooky season, with Halloween ending the month, but Friday the 13th is just around the corner. Looking for a way to spend the crisp autumn days between the two creepiest holidays of…

Megan BeauregardOctober 11, 2023

Buried Secrets Endanger Woman and Send Her on the Run in Twisty Mystery

Writers, Ink Podcast: Bestseller Caz Frear Explains Why She Submitted a Novel for Awards Before She Actually Wrote It

Tananarive Due Tackles History’s Horrors, Heroes and “Haints” in “The Reformatory”

AI Companion Used for Sinister Purposes in Novel for Fans of “Black Mirror” and “Klara and the Sun”

Small-Town, Amateur Sheriff Treads Murky Waters in Dark Mystery

Tess Gerritsen’s Neighborhood of Retired CIA Agents Inspires “The Spy Coast”

Books & Looks Podcast: Navigating the Labyrinth of Mystery: A Dialogue with Sam Boush

Bestselling Author Jo Nesbo Answers The Call With New Horror Novel

MHR Geer

Gothic Mystery Author Talks About Friendship, the Occult & Life in a Palace

Murder Strikes at Yoga Class in Cozy Australian Mystery on Audio

5 Thrilling Novels Led by Badass Autistic Main Characters

Young Lawyer Faces Brutal Crime Boss and Vicious Opponents in International Thriller

8 Scarily Good Reads for Friday the 13th

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