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Cover Reveal for “Baby X”, A Propulsive New Thriller for Fans of “Gattaca” and “Black Mirror”

When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder — or the craziest stalker — in an upcoming propulsive thriller. With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s new Baby X, the cover of which…

BookTribSeptember 6, 2023

Author Discovery Zone

Tony Sclama

Tony (Anthony) Sclama is a retired physician with degrees in Biology and Human Physiology from Georgetown University, Medicine from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Business/Healthcare Management from Johns Hopkins University. A Rhode Island native, his medical career spanned thirty-two years and included a full-time practice of Urologic Surgery…

Cameron KimballAugust 31, 2023

Miscellany Thrillers

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Returns, Karin Smirnoff Breathes New Life Into Series

Stieg Larsson’s death in 2004 left a near impossible hole to fill for fans of Swedish crime fiction — his renowned Millennium saga, kicking off with the bestselling novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, had quickly become a pop culture phenomenon, and the book’s legendary Gothic punk hacker Lisbeth…

Dawn IusAugust 31, 2023

Listicles

7 Supernatural Thrillers Perfect for Those Dark and Stormy Nights

With the promise of crisp fall nights drawing nearer, the need to find a good book to curl up with has never felt so crucial. And what genre fits this darkening, spooky season better than those chilling thrillers with a supernatural twist? Here are seven hair-raising, edge-of-your-seat supernatural thrillers that…

BookTribAugust 30, 2023

Author Spotlight

Dangerous Secrets Hit Close to Home in Domestic Psychological Thriller

Building on the success of tense mysteries like Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, author Bonnie Traymore’s latest psychological thriller, The Stepfamily, hits unsettling close to home. After marrying handsome widower Peter over a decade ago and settling down in Silicon Valley, Laura’s living the life she always wanted. But when a…

BookTribAugust 28, 2023

Fiction

Three Generations of Women Unite to Find a Killer

Lana Rubicon lay sprawled on the dark slate floor of her kitchen, wondering how she got there. Her interest was not philosophical. She didn’t want to know how she’d arrived on this planet or which of her Greek ancestors had blessed her with wrinkle-proof skin. She wanted to know why…

Neil NyrenAugust 25, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Thrilling Novel of Scuba Diver’s Search for Closure in Belly of a Whale

How far would you go to gain closure? I’m willing to bet it wouldn’t compare to the length Jay Gardiner goes in Daniel Kraus’ new thriller, Whalefall (MTV Books). Jay is 17 and his father Mitt passed some time ago. Due to rocky circumstances, at the time of his death…

C RunyonAugust 15, 2023

Thrillers

Author Who Inspired Fox’s “Bones” Launches Novel of Sun, Sand and Murder

THE BONE HACKER—Kathy Reichs’s latest in the best-selling series featuring famed forensic anthropologist Temperance (Tempe) Brennan—has an unusual opening line for a thriller: a lyric from Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man. But it all makes perfect sense very quickly in this fast-moving story which starts with the mysterious death in Quebec…

R.G. BelskyAugust 9, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Adventure, Betrayal & Supernatural Twists in High Concept Suspense Thriller

J. Luke Bennecke’s newest thriller, Echo From a Bayou, opens with a first line to rival that of any other book: “Never had I seen so many angry trees in one place.” Riding a gondola up to the summit of Mammoth Mountain, California, John Bastian tries to blow off steam on…

Michael FerryAugust 8, 2023

Thrillers

A Murder He Didn’t Commit – A Conspiracy He Couldn’t Imagine

I’m trying to piece together what my father was doing before he died – who he was seeing, what he was working on. I need to know who killed him. I have to prove it wasn’t me or Sami. In Megan Davis’s The Messenger, a young Parisian named Alex Giraud…

Neil NyrenJuly 28, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

A Woman’s Dark Past Catches Up With Her in Twisted Romance Thriller

Reading Laura Lippman is as addictively satisfying as crunching on potato chips from a freshly opened bag but without the salt or calories. She celebrated her 25th anniversary as a fiction writer in 2022 and each new publication should be heralded with fanfare. Her work is contemporary noir, bittersweet as…

Linda HitchcockJuly 24, 2023

Miscellany Thrillers

Hero’s Journey Into a Family’s Twisted Secrets

In her new novel, Her Father’s Daughter, author Patricia Dunn skillfully weaves together domestic suspense, a desperate police investigation, a love affair and a serial killer on the loose. Dunn’s latest novel makes for a raw, edgy and hard-hitting hero’s journey into a family’s twisted secrets, perfect for fans of…

BookTribJuly 18, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Cinephiles Meet Sorcerers in Horror Set in 90s Mexico

Horror fans have cause for celebration; Silvia Moreno-Garcia's latest endeavor, Silver Nitrate (Del Rey), offers plenty of supernatural fun. Echoing classic B films, in just a little over 300 pages Garcia has skillfully imagined a world of real movie magic. Once upon a time, B horror films were produced with…

C RunyonJuly 18, 2023

Podcasts Thrillers

Writers, Ink Podcast: Josh Haven Provides Many Reasons NOT to Go to Russia (and Why Those Reasons Make a Great Thriller)

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, InkJuly 17, 2023

Listicles Romance

Five of This Summer’s Hottest Beach Reads

Looking for a great book to check out while you relax in the warm summer sun? From romance to suspense, we have five recommendations you're sure to enjoy.

Wyatt SemenukJuly 17, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Attorney Falls Victim to the Client She Is Defending in Eerily Realistic Thriller

Her, Too (Harper) is the story of one woman’s relentless and dangerous quest for revenge. Success may get her disbarred or killed but Kelly McCann won’t falter. Former Philadelphia trial attorney and author Bonnie Kistler has written a wrenchingly realistic novel that may be emotionally jarring for some readers. This…

Linda HitchcockJuly 12, 2023

Cover Reveal for “Baby X”, A Propulsive New Thriller for Fans of “Gattaca” and “Black Mirror”

Tony Sclama

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Returns, Karin Smirnoff Breathes New Life Into Series

7 Supernatural Thrillers Perfect for Those Dark and Stormy Nights

Dangerous Secrets Hit Close to Home in Domestic Psychological Thriller

Hero’s Journey Into a Family’s Twisted Secrets

Writers, Ink Podcast: Josh Haven Provides Many Reasons NOT to Go to Russia (and Why Those Reasons Make a Great Thriller)

Five of This Summer’s Hottest Beach Reads

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