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ITW Spotlight: Killing, Comedy, and Country Music

Sophie Hannah’s not a stand-up comedienne… yet. But she gets to play the part in her newest thriller, The Next to Die (William Morrow Books). In it, comedienne Kim Tribbeck finds herself center-stage in a string of homicides that have an unusual twist—the murdered couples are all best friends. But…
K.L. Romo
February 20, 2019
Thrillers

Valentine’s Day Is Over–Bring On Jon Land’s Thrillers

Time to take a respite from the romance of the recent holiday with eight captivating thrillers, chosen by esteemed author Jon Land. Break out your heart-shaped chocolates and dive right into some highly anticipated reads--you'll be glad you gave any of these a shot! Seldom has a writer laid claim…
Jon Land
February 15, 2019
Thrillers

Drugs, Secrets, and Disappearances in “The Woman Inside”

The Woman Inside (Dutton) by E.G. Scott is a story of marriage, prescription drugs, money and secrets. Lots of secrets. At first, you think you’ve got all you need to know about the main characters—their motivations, thoughts, emotions—to deduce the final outcome based on these scatterings sprinkled throughout this well-crafted…
Janice Lombardo
February 6, 2019
Thrillers

A Mystery and a Mind Unravel in “The Silent Patient”

Alex Michaelides grew up reading Agatha Christie “obsessively,” but she never wrote anything like this. The Silent Patient (Celadon Books) grips you immediately, but where it goes is completely unpredictable – and it takes you to dark corners of the human psyche you never knew existed. “I love him so totally,…
Neil Nyren
February 6, 2019
Thrillers

Lisa Gardner Discloses All on New Thriller “Never Tell”

In the latest thriller of the Detective D.D. Warren series, Never Tell (Dutton), best-selling author Lisa Gardner peels back layer after layer of secrets to reveal a clever, determined murderer. Evie Carter, a pregnant high school math teacher, finds her husband shot dead in his home office. Instead of dialing 9-1-1, she picks up…
Gisèle Lewis
January 31, 2019
Thrillers

Finder’s Lastest Thriller with a Compromised Judge

For those of us who try to live our lives in a judgment-free zone, what are we to make of Joseph Finder’s latest thriller, Judgment (Dutton)? Should we judge Juliana Brody for not wanting to stay cooped up in her hotel room after nailing a speech at a legal conference?…
Jim Alkon
January 28, 2019
Thrillers

Jon Land’s Chilling January Thrillers Volume II

January has held so many twisting thriller titles, Jon Land decided to split his top monthly reviews into two action-packed parts. Courtroom drama, black-ops teams and more in this final featured installment for January suspense. Fiona Barton adds international spice and flare to the tried and true formula that made…
Jon Land
January 24, 2019
Thrillers

Marty Weiss: A High-Stakes Financial Thriller

Who are “they”?  “They” are Flamingo Enterprises of Grand Cayman Island.  And in Flamingo Coast (Rare Bird Books), the new thriller by Martin Jay Weiss, they are harboring Max Culpepper, a criminal hedge fund manager who – out on bail in Manhattan, awaiting trial – has escaped.  Escaped and is…
Jim Parry
January 10, 2019
Thrillers

Thrillers That Will Kick Off Your Year With a Bang

It seems that some talented writers have already assured us that 2019 is off to an explosive start. So many fantastically thrilling books have come out this month that Jon Land's featured picks will be split into two parts. The true harrowing plot to take out one of America's iconic…
Jon Land
January 9, 2019
Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: FBI Agent Pendergast Partners Up

FBI Special Agent Pendergast is assigned to work with a new partner in Verses for the Dead (Grand Central), the latest thriller in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s hugely popular series. And, as fans of the famously rogue operative might expect, Pendergast finds that almost as challenging as the series of…
R.G. Belsky
January 8, 2019
FictionThrillers

Tall Poppy Review: “Every Single Secret” Faces Lies

In the emotional psychological thriller Every Single Secret (Lake Union Publishing), Emily Carpenter takes us through Daphne Amos' shocking discovery that all she thought to be truth was not.  Daphne thought she'd found love with her fiancé, Heath. But their precarious relationship that is built on secrets teeters when Heath begins…
Tif Marcelo
December 20, 2018
Thrillers

“The Second Son:” Stalking for the Truth

That quote surfaced twice for me recently. The first was in The Second Son (Rare Bird Books) by Martin Jay Weiss, In this technological thriller, the CFO of a Silicon Valley startup, whose product is designed to stalk people, says it to one of the co-founders, Ethan. Young entrepreneurs Ethan and…
Jim Alkon
December 18, 2018