Detective

Lit Picks: These 4 Reads Will Take Over Your Brain (And You Can Sample Them for Free!)

Some books demand your full attention from the very first line and we know where to find the best page-turners that were built to keep you guessing and leave you breathless! Even better? You can sample the first chapter of every single one of the following books by downloading your…

BookTribSeptember 29, 2025

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Eat the Rich? More Like “Kill the Rich”

The question is raised as two co-workers at Larrabee Yacht Company in the small community of Sandy Harbor, WA, contemplate killing their boss before he can mastermind a plan to shut down the facility, move operations to Mexico, eliminate the staff, and walk away with a fortune. That’s the storyline…

Jim AlkonAugust 24, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Kid Detectives Must Put Frustrations Aside to Solve a Challenging New Case

Calling all students of Maple Ridge Middle School, Mickie McKinney is back and better than ever! We have moved locations (shout out to our janitor for the hookup) and have expanded our staff. This way, no mystery will go left unsolved! We’re back with book two of the Mickie McKinney:…

Kelsey HallAugust 19, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

This Kid Detective Is on a Mission to Solve His Biggest Mystery Yet

There are middle-grade mystery classics like Harriet the Spy and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. There are the eternally reinvented teen sleuths Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. Then there are the modern kid detectives, like the quirky Baudelaire orphans from A Series of Unfortunate Events.…

Kelsey HallJuly 22, 2022

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 LewisJanuary 31, 2019

Thrillers

ICYMI: ‘Killing Jane’ Takes Jack the Ripper By the Throat

Murders mimicking the savagery of the most infamous serial killer of all time abound in Stacy Green’s mystery/thriller, Killing Jane, which remind us that violence can surface at any time and come from the most unlikely sources. What if Jack the Ripper was really Jane the Ripper? This new book…

Deb ZipfDecember 8, 2017

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Vicious Vigilante Leaves a Bloody Trail on His Quest to Stop Human Trafficking

In his debut novel, A Dangerous Man (Olympia Publishers), author J.L. Engel spotlights the atrocity of human trafficking as victims are avenged by a skilled and murderous vigilante determined to exact justice. The man nicknamed Ghost is exactly what his name implies: invisible. Some also know him as the “ultimate…

K.L. RomoMarch 16, 2022

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“Havana Brown” Offers a Rule-Breaking, Literal Cat-and-Mouse Mystery

Turns out they’re a rare breed with unusual chocolate-brown fur. It also turns out that the clues left by a certain feline owned by a serial killer whose methods are unusually sick — even by serial killer standards — can form the basis of an excellent procedural thriller. Havana Brown…

Dennis HetzelDecember 3, 2021

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Murder Isn’t the Only Thing That Makes a Monster in Nordic Noir Thriller

In Gareth Worthington’s latest novel, the thriller A Time for Monsters (Vesuvian Books), veteran Detective Arne Huakaas is a man beaten down by life. His 30 years on the police force in Oslo, Norway, have jaded his outlook beyond repair. His failure to identify the killer in a year-long investigation…

K.L. RomoOctober 14, 2021

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Shards of Artisan Glass Shatter a Devon Hamlet in “The Heron’s Cry”

Detective Matthew Venn of the North Devon Police Department reminds his staff, his suspects and his husband, Jonathan, of this noble bird in Ann Cleeves’ latest Two Rivers mystery, The Heron’s Cry (Macmillan). Matthew is revered by his team, Detective Sergeant Jen Rafferty and Detective Constable Ross May, as they…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 7, 2021

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“A Shepherd of Wolves” Depicts A Fictional Murder With Convincing Realism

In a small town in rural America, a quiet boy who likes to draw evolves into a tortured man with an irresistible urge to kill and maim, while another, bullied and abandoned, chooses to become a detective. Author R.J. King doesn’t try to explain why one child becomes a monster…

Sherri DaleyApril 20, 2021

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Fortune Favors “The Ruthless” in Latest Crime Thriller

David Putnam’s latest novel starts with an undercover cop and a fidgety meth addict in a stolen car, idling in the parking lot of a seedy bar. It only takes a few pages to introduce readers to at least two possible plotlines with the promise of more, and by the…

Sherri DaleyFebruary 2, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Murder Grips England in the Heart-Pounding Thriller “The Dentist”

For DS George Cross, every weekday starts with the same breakfast at the same diner. Then he rides his bike to work and methodically follows the same procedure for locking it up. From a standing Thursday night take-out dinner with his dad to an incessant need to lay out files…

Paige VigliaroloNovember 30, 2020

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

It is difficult to discuss Sea of Tranquility (Knopf), Emily St. John Mandel’s amazing sixth novel, without discussing the author. The two are so intertwined that it is impossible to determine where one ends and the other begins. In the opening pages, we are introduced to Edwin St. Andrew, the…

Jodé MillmanApril 19, 2022

Fiction

‘Deadpool’ Meets ‘Harry Potter’ in Upcoming Fantasy Noir, ‘Dead Jack’

The Tobias Literary Agency, Dreamstreet Entertainment and Lonetree Entertainment in partnership with James Aquilone have a great announcement for James Aquilone’s fans: they have optioned the film and television rights for Dead Jack and the Pandemonium Device. The upcoming "horror-fantasy noir" has been pitched as Deadpool meets Harry Potter, where "a…

Aisha K. StaggersOctober 27, 2017

Miscellany Podcasts Potpourri - Featured Thrillers

Writers, Ink Podcast: Writing For Your Readers with NYT Bestseller Kimberly McCreight

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, InkAugust 22, 2022

Lit Picks: These 4 Reads Will Take Over Your Brain (And You Can Sample Them for Free!)

Eat the Rich? More Like “Kill the Rich”

Kid Detectives Must Put Frustrations Aside to Solve a Challenging New Case

This Kid Detective Is on a Mission to Solve His Biggest Mystery Yet

Lisa Gardner Discloses All on New Thriller “Never Tell”

ICYMI: ‘Killing Jane’ Takes Jack the Ripper By the Throat

Vicious Vigilante Leaves a Bloody Trail on His Quest to Stop Human Trafficking

“Havana Brown” Offers a Rule-Breaking, Literal Cat-and-Mouse Mystery

Murder Isn’t the Only Thing That Makes a Monster in Nordic Noir Thriller

Shards of Artisan Glass Shatter a Devon Hamlet in “The Heron’s Cry”

Fortune Favors “The Ruthless” in Latest Crime Thriller

Murder Grips England in the Heart-Pounding Thriller “The Dentist”

Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

‘Deadpool’ Meets ‘Harry Potter’ in Upcoming Fantasy Noir, ‘Dead Jack’

Writers, Ink Podcast: Writing For Your Readers with NYT Bestseller Kimberly McCreight

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