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Belief, Ideology and Power Collide in New Marko Zorn Thriller

There are thrillers that ask you to race through the pages, adrenaline pumping through your veins, and there are thrillers that invite you to look twice at every clue, every conversation and every seemingly insignificant detail because it all matters. Day of Wrath by Otho Eskin belongs primarily in the…

BookTribJuly 14, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Frozen Fear Meets Ancient Intelligence in “Icefall”

There's a moment early in Icefall where an Alaska state trooper pulls open the door of a stranded Amazon delivery van and finds the driver catatonic, frozen in place with Sinatra still playing softly on the radio. It's a small, eerie image, and it tells you everything about what this…

BookTribJuly 14, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

“Murder at the Hotel Orient” Checks Readers Into a Scandalous Whodunit

Alessandra Ranelli has written a most unusual locked-room mystery that succeeds in titillating and amusing the reader and possibly even enticing confirmed armchair travelers to book a flight for an exploration of old Vienna, although perhaps booking a more conventional hotel.

Linda HitchcockJuly 6, 2026

Listicles Thrillers

Thrillers You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer

Jon LandJune 29, 2026

Fiction

Your Father’s a Serial Killer. Now What Do You Do?

In V. A. Vazquez’s The Death Row Club, Nicola Fischer is a lower school art teacher, broke, jobless, and besieged by the press now that her father has been unmasked as the Ellicott Creek Ripper, and she herself has been accused of unwittingly luring girls into his car.

Neil NyrenJune 26, 2026

Listicles Thrillers

Secrets, Shadows and Strange Terrors: June Horror Releases

June’s darkest releases are steeped in secrets — buried beneath pristine neighborhoods, hidden inside crumbling estates, whispered through old folklore, and lurking at the edge of apocalypse. From gothic fairy tales and supernatural thrillers to uncanny tech nightmares and twisted retellings, this month’s lineup proves that the things we refuse…

Lindy RyanJune 24, 2026

Author Spotlight

Exploring Fate and Human Choice with John H. Thomas

In Echoes of the Gene, John H. Thomas blends high-stakes science fiction with deeply human questions about empathy, grief, fate and free will. At the heart of the novel is Emily Harper, a young woman whose extraordinary ability to experience the emotions of others forces her to navigate a world…

BookTribJune 16, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

The Silence Beneath Millbrook Falls

J. Mayberry's The Alpha Trace is an atmospheric and structurally inventive thriller that makes you uneasy about the world.

BookTribJune 10, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Thrilling Story, Exceptional Narration

What would happen if science discovered that death was not a mystery but a certainty — fixed, encoded and knowable down to the second? That is the premise at the heart of The Terminal Gene, John H. Thomas's techno-conspiracy thriller set in a near-future Boston. The answer Thomas delivers is…

BookTribJune 8, 2026

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

Doug Preston’s “Paradox” Leads a Stellar Lineup of Thrillers

Jon LandMay 30, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Mindfulness Meets Murder in Crime Thriller Debut

Karsten Dusse’s debut novel Murder Mindfully, translated from the German by Florian Duijsens, is a jet-black satirical comedy so zany this reviewer nearly fell out of bed guffawing while gulping it down in one evening. The author lampoons the wellness industry, unscrupulous criminal defense lawyers, and ultra-competitive parents of pre-schoolers,…

Linda HitchcockMay 29, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Leah Rowan’s Brilliant Twist on an Iconic Classic

Her name is Marion. Actually, it isn’t, but never mind. You know the type: young, blonde, and pretty enough. The first girl to die in the slasher films. But not this time.

Neil NyrenMay 29, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Anthony Horowitz Blends Murder and Movie Chaos in “A Deadly Episode”

A Deadly Episode is the sixth installment in the clever and endlessly engrossing metafictional universe Hawthorne and Horowitz series.

Linda HitchcockMay 28, 2026

Author Spotlight

James Chesterton on the Slow Collapse of Democracy

James Chesterton’s Ashes of the Republic is a chilling political thriller that fuses technological dystopia with spiritual symbolism, exploring how power reshapes democracy, morality and personal identity in an age of corporate surveillance and authoritarian drift. Set against the beauty of Sedona’s red deserts, the novel follows characters trapped between…

BookTribMay 27, 2026

Fiction Hidden Gems Thrillers

A Breakup Turns Into a Nightmare of Manipulation and Control

Some thrillers begin with a crime scene. Dawn Before Darkness begins with a woman trying to end a relationship without angering the man on the other end of the phone. That choice — careful, almost ordinary — tells readers exactly what kind of danger Liz Lazarus is interested in. Not…

BookTribMay 26, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

A Mother and Daughter Reconcile to Solve a Mystery in “The Last Mandarin”

Bestselling author Louise Penny joins forces with Mellissa Fung, a documentary producer and non-fiction writer, to pen The Last Mandarin, a political thriller centered on contemporary American and Chinese politics. Columbia University School of Journalism graduate and food blogger, Alice Li, and her world respected Chinese mother Vivien are meeting…

Jodé MillmanMay 20, 2026

Belief, Ideology and Power Collide in New Marko Zorn Thriller

Thrillers You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer

Secrets, Shadows and Strange Terrors: June Horror Releases

Exploring Fate and Human Choice with John H. Thomas

The Silence Beneath Millbrook Falls

Thrilling Story, Exceptional Narration

Doug Preston’s “Paradox” Leads a Stellar Lineup of Thrillers

James Chesterton on the Slow Collapse of Democracy

A Breakup Turns Into a Nightmare of Manipulation and Control

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