
The Killer’s Kid (Woodhall Press) is Adelene Ellenberg’s newest thriller and from page one it immerses the reader into the carefully cultivated power of one evil man and a small town’s efforts to make him accountable. The story’s tidy first sentence — “Clarisse Quinn was tucked neatly into her satin-lined…

Things that appear too simple never are — at least as far as top-notch thrillers go. While zipping through the pages of Janet Porter’s intriguing and intricate debut psychological thriller Free Rider (TKO Rogue), the clues into a series of gruesome murders were heading in a certain direction. There had…

Jim AlkonJanuary 4, 2023

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, InkMarch 20, 2023

Every month, AudioFile Magazine reviewers and editors select the best new audiobooks just for BookTrib’s readers. Get ready for the last beach days of the season, back-to-school preparation and cooler days ahead with these August picks! This story appears through BookTrib’s…

AudioFileSeptember 2, 2022

An anonymous 911 call leads to the discovery of a body on Pōhakuloa, a U.S. Army training base in Hilo, Hawai’i. The corpse is brutally mutilated in what looks to be a ritual sacrifice, tucked away in the underground passages left by ancient lava flow. Hilo Detective Koa Kāne is…

Cameron KimballJanuary 5, 2021

In partnership with Humble Bundle, today, legendary storyteller and bestselling author Stephen King is releasing his newest short story, “Red Screen,” as the first-ever Humble exclusive. With Humble exclusives, Humble partners with innovative content creators to provide exclusive content to support charities. Available now through September 16, the never-before-published story…

BookTribSeptember 9, 2021

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…

Writers, InkOctober 10, 2022

It’s a star-studded lineup of authors as Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Rachel Howzell Hall and Val McDermid headline this year’s nominees for the Strand Critics Awards from The Strand Magazine. Meanwhile, Sandra Brown and Nelson DeMille will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards, and Morgan Entrekin of Grove/Atlantic Inc. will receive the…

BookTribJune 29, 2022

In The Persuasion (Grand Central) — bestselling author Iris Johansen’s 26th book in her Eve Duncan “forensic sculptor” series — Eve’s daughter, Jane MacGuire, is the target of a dangerous sociopath who’s determined to have her for himself, and use her to lure her longtime love interest, Seth Caleb, into…

K.L. RomoJune 10, 2020

"Paretsky always makes the top of the list when people talk about female operatives.” —New York Times “Among today’s PIs, nobody comes close to Warshawski.” —Publishers Weekly Almost 30 years have passed since Sara Paretsky’s V. I. Warshawski burst onto the literary scene, quickly establishing herself as one of the…

Dawn IusMay 15, 2020