cults

James Rollins Takes Sigma Force to the Gates of Hell in “The Last Odyssey”

No, not the one created for cinema by George Lucas. James Rollins’ Sigma Force operatives have returned for a fifteenth time, and his latest novel, The Last Odyssey (William Morrow), delivers what thousands of fans have come to expect from one of the masters of the historical thriller genre. The…

Dennis HetzelMarch 24, 2020

Thrillers

“The Pain Colony:” Debut Author Scores with Medical Thriller

Shanon Hunt thought enough of this quote from George Eliot to put it at the top of her website: “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” A pharmaceutical industry executive for 15 years inspired by Eliot’s words, Hunt has parlayed a powerful gene-editing mechanism called…

Jim AlkonSeptember 26, 2019

Thrillers

Cults, Explosions and Disappearances in Karin Slaughter’s Latest

The sudden abduction of infectious disease specialist Michelle Spivey causes panic in Karin Slaughter’s latest, The Last Widow (William Morrow). Despite their best efforts, both local and federal law enforcement find very little answers. Then the local medical center explodes. Beloved characters Will Trent and Sara Linton are unknowingly brought…

Missi GwartneyAugust 19, 2019

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Dr. Shelley Kolton’s Memoir Uncovers All The Sides of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Successful doctor Shelley Kolton, MD, seems like she has it all — a thriving OB/GYN practice, three young daughters, an active love life. But there are dark sides to Kolton that she hides from the world. Dark sides that hide themselves even from her. Brain Storm: A Life in Pieces (FLR…

Nicole MaherAugust 13, 2021

Nonfiction

How Oxenberg Saved Her Daughter from Cult Clutches

Sometimes a book is ripped from the headlines. Sometimes it’s the other way around. Captive (Gallery Books), a blow-by-blow account of actress Catherine Oxenberg’s determination to save her daughter and bring down the Nxivm sex cult, reads like fiction. But you can’t make a story like this up. Oxenberg says Nxivm brainwashed…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 20, 2018

Fiction Young Adult

A Crime He Didn’t Commit – Or Did He: Clare’s New Series

Cassandra Clare, New York Times bestselling author of the fantastical YA Mortal Instruments series, has partnered with John W. Campbell Best New Writer award winner Wesley Chu in penning a new series. The installments of The Eldest Curses focus on two beloved characters, shadowhunter Alec Lightwood and warlock Magnus Bane,…

Rebecca ProulxApril 9, 2019

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

It’s All Up to the Universe in Connie di Marco’s Zodiac Mystery “The Madness of Mercury”

You’ve heard of the Age of Aquarius, right? Well this cozy mystery is about something more sinister: The Madness of Mercury (Midnight Ink). In this first book of the Zodiac Mystery series by Connie di Marco, featuring San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti, our protagonist finds herself in danger as her…

Sharon GeltnerAugust 26, 2021

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Max Tomlinson’s Latest Novel May Be a “Bad Scene” But It’s Good News for Thriller Fans

Book 3 in Max Tomlinson’s rapid-fire Colleen Hayes Mystery series, Bad Scene (Oceanview Publishing), can stand on its own feet, but that doesn’t mean that the characters don’t get knocked around. The prologue sets us in the Amazon Rainforest … and, apparently, in an alarming cult that Colleen’s daughter Pamela…

Judy MorenoAugust 3, 2021

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Series Opener “Graveslinger” a Ghoulishly Good Time

Demons and werewolves and ghouls, oh my! There’s plenty to keep your imagination busy in Graveslinger (B&N Press), the opening of a new series by writer and artist Darren Compton. Set in the Pacific Northwest, the story revolves around Fiya Pratt Diaz, a professional monster hunter (or a "glorified exterminator"…

Gevera Bert PiedmontJune 29, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Climate Crisis Takes Center Stage in “The Org,” a Thriller Fraught With Political Tension

The Org is set in the near future — a future of a global climate crisis, in which food, water and other resources are scarce, extreme weather is destructive, panic is on the rise and political tensions are becoming increasingly violent. When Org member and activist Marianne Wolfe is violently…

Daniela RamrasAugust 11, 2020

Fiction

“Nine Shiny Objects” Asks Big Questions With Broad Narrative Sweep

“Scrappy and smart, intently observed and often darkly funny, these people navigate lives where everyday struggle and pleasure ride precariously on a deep undercurrent of menace.” —Chelsey Johnson, author of Stray City "What Castleberry has written is not a novel about UFOs or cults or rock-and-roll but rather a literary…

Dennis HetzelJuly 2, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

Airborne Toxic Event Frontman Chronicles Dysfunctional Childhood in “Hollywood Park”

“A Gen-X This Boy’s Life. ... visceral urge to leave his background behind propels him to excel. ... In the end, Jollett shakes off the past to become the captain of his own soul. Hollywood Park is a triumph." ―O, The Oprah Magazine —∞— "A painstaking emotional accounting of a tortured youth…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 27, 2020

Fiction

“The Shape of Family” Offers an Inside Look at the Enticing Nature of Cult Life

What brings a person to join a cult? What conversations does she have with herself before she cuts ties with her old life and steps into what she believes is a world that promises acceptance, love, security and fresh vegetables? In The Shape of Family (William Morrow), Shilpi Somaya Gowda…

Sherri DaleyMarch 17, 2020

Fiction

Brimming With Political Tension, “The Sun Collective” Is an Eerily Relevant Supernatural Thriller

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_Baxter_TheSunCollective.jpg Like a skilled magician, Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief, messes with reality just enough to transport the reader into an ominous fog of "tomorrow-plus-today” — Baxter’s shorthand for interwoven timelines. In his supernatural thriller, The Sun Collective (Pantheon), a cultist new age movement has taken root in…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitNovember 17, 2020

Fiction

Review: Alexandra Kleeman’s Brilliant Debut “You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine”

Think of Alexandra Kleeman as an heir to Dave Eggers and Douglas Coupland, with a hefty dollop of Margaret Atwood thrown in. Her debut novel, You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine (Harper Collins; August 25, 2015), is a full-on postmodern satire bursting with biting commentary on women’s body…

Rebecca FosterAugust 25, 2015

Fiction Fiction - Featured Pop Culture

Stranger Than (Cult) Fiction: An Edge-of-Your-Seat Psychological Novel

My unhealthy obsession with cults, specifically about what makes them tick and why people often find themselves in one, had me grabbing for this book the moment it became available. While I tend to gravitate toward the non-fiction category of this niche genre, I’ve been known to dabble in well-written…

Monique SnymanSeptember 23, 2022

James Rollins Takes Sigma Force to the Gates of Hell in “The Last Odyssey”

“The Pain Colony:” Debut Author Scores with Medical Thriller

Cults, Explosions and Disappearances in Karin Slaughter’s Latest

Dr. Shelley Kolton’s Memoir Uncovers All The Sides of Dissociative Identity Disorder

How Oxenberg Saved Her Daughter from Cult Clutches

A Crime He Didn’t Commit – Or Did He: Clare’s New Series

It’s All Up to the Universe in Connie di Marco’s Zodiac Mystery “The Madness of Mercury”

Max Tomlinson’s Latest Novel May Be a “Bad Scene” But It’s Good News for Thriller Fans

Series Opener “Graveslinger” a Ghoulishly Good Time

Climate Crisis Takes Center Stage in “The Org,” a Thriller Fraught With Political Tension

“Nine Shiny Objects” Asks Big Questions With Broad Narrative Sweep

Airborne Toxic Event Frontman Chronicles Dysfunctional Childhood in “Hollywood Park”

“The Shape of Family” Offers an Inside Look at the Enticing Nature of Cult Life

Brimming With Political Tension, “The Sun Collective” Is an Eerily Relevant Supernatural Thriller

Review: Alexandra Kleeman’s Brilliant Debut “You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine”

Stranger Than (Cult) Fiction: An Edge-of-Your-Seat Psychological Novel

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