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Baldacci’s Latest Combines International Intrigue and Complex Revenge Plot

Walter Nash, working undercover for the FBI as Dillion Hope, returns in the latest installment of David Baldacci’s riveting Hope Rises, the second book of a series. In the previous number-one bestseller, Nash Falls, unfounded murder accusations forced Nash to go underground and reinvent himself to protect his wife and…

Jodé MillmanApril 14, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Reckoning with the Cost of Mercy

Some thrillers begin with a body. Time to Die: The Cost of Mercy by Glen Hellman begins with a reckoning, one that’s been building for years, waiting for the moment when past decisions finally come due. At first glance, the novel moves like a high-stakes international thriller. Greg Newsome —…

BookTribApril 14, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Jane Harper’s “Last One Out” Is a Chilling Mystery Set In a Dying Town

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

R.G. BelskyApril 14, 2026

Fiction Hidden Gems Thrillers

Sometimes Digging for the Truth Can Be a Slippery Slope

What does it mean to make a choice when every option is constrained by circumstance — or controlled by someone else? Is gathering truth fundamentally different from manipulating it? In The Silver Fish, Connor Martin drops readers into a high-stakes world where these questions aren’t theoretical — they’re immediate, and…

BookTribApril 13, 2026

Author Spotlight

Time Is Running Out as Jim De La Vega Talks “Gone in Three Seconds”

Jim De La Vega brings a lifetime of urgency, loss and real-world experience to Gone in Three Seconds, the explosive first installment in his Mind Hunter series. Drawing on his background as a TV news reporter and his encounters with some of the world’s most dangerous minds, De La Vega…

BookTribApril 10, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear Keeps You Guessing Until the Very End

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

José H. BogránApril 9, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Frances Crawford’s Bold, Brilliant Crime Debut

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Linda HitchcockApril 6, 2026

Fiction Hidden Gems Thrillers

When the Clock Hits Zero, Everything Changes

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

BookTribApril 3, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

In This Near-Future America, Freedom Is the First Casualty of Theocracy

Imagine America 20 years from now. How different is the U.S. in 2046? In James Chesterton’s dark speculative thriller Ashes of the Republic we see a future where our current political environment has laid the groundwork for an America that prioritizes surveillance and control over the preservation of freedoms. It’s…

Isabella DeJoyApril 1, 2026

Listicles Thrillers

Sandra Brown Leads A Thriller Lineup That Delivers

Jon LandMarch 30, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

A Stalker Who’s Desperate to Show She Is Not a Boring Asian Female

“This is just a mistake. I’m going to get all of this sorted out in no time. They just need to know that they made a mistake.” In Canwen Xu’s Boring Asian Female, Elizabeth Zhang has it all planned out. She’s maintained a 3.9 GPA at Columbia and picked all…

Neil NyrenMarch 27, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

The Greatest Art Heist in History—And the Secret It May Still Be Hiding

Among the many treasures of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, is a massive altarpiece painted by the Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck. Its many panels depict an array of biblical figures, saints, martyrs, soldiers, prophets, clergy, angels and other figures attending a pastoral scene at the center, where the…

BookTribMarch 25, 2026

Miscellany

The Psychology of Writing a Serial Killer

To write convincingly from the perspective of a serial killer, you have to spend time inside a mindset most people instinctively avoid. That discomfort reveals things about how people justify their actions. When I began writing Memoirs of a Serial Killer, shock value wasn’t the goal. I wasn’t interested in…

Dan UseltonMarch 23, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

The Cost of Secrets in Ren DeStefano’s Twisting Spy Thriller

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Natalia KavaleMarch 10, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

A Town of Secrets Faces the Tempest in Rachel Hawkins’ “The Storm”

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Linda HitchcockMarch 9, 2026