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Literary Tale of Dark Forces, Genetic Manipulation and Culture Wars

These are just a few of the colorful characters and mirror plots populating Willard Thurston’s illustrated novel, Apsara. Like many of Thurston’s novels, Apsara defies ready summation. It’s a sprawling, interconnected web of hidden agendas, deceit, entrapment, alliances and sabotage, all amid a bevy of complex schemes that shift constantly…

Cynthia ConradNovember 28, 2022

Young Adult

Teen Searches for Life-Saving Reasons on Road Trip to NYC

Hope is one of the most powerful human forces. It’s the light we follow out of darkness, the promise of change just beyond the horizon that keeps us from abandoning our journey before we’ve reached our destination. Without hope, it’s difficult to imagine persevering through life’s many burdens. In her…

BookTribDecember 18, 2020

Young Adult

C.B. Lyall Continues a Magical YA Series With “The Veil of Corruption”

Hong Kong teenager Wilf just wants to be “A Normal” and play soccer; even though his magic keeps getting in the way. In fact, “He wanted to tell his best friend the truth. That he’d been to a Magical Realm full of witches and wizards, and that he had himself…

Judy MorenoMarch 23, 2021

Young Adult

Debut YA Author Tiffany D. Jackson Changes the Narrative of the Child Nobody Wants

Girls can’t be murderers. What can our society do with them? No girl can be sweet and soft with the blood of an innocent person on their hands. But Mary Addison challenged this norm at 9 years old when she was convicted of killing a baby. Allegedly (Katherine Tegan Books, January…

Shanel AdamsFebruary 23, 2017

Young Adult

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

Spring is officially here and so are March books! Sadly, we’re getting warm days, then cold ones. Snowy mornings and sunny afternoons. But the end of winter is finally in sight, which is gearing us up for potential BBQs, beach days and leaving the house without a bulky parka on…

Rachel CarterMarch 20, 2017

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The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Nominations

The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction and publishing, the 2021 Strand Critics Awards are judged by a select group of book critics and journalists. This year’s judges include talent from NPR, USA Today, The…

BookTribJune 18, 2021

Thrillers

“Viral:” The Pandemic Conceived Long Before Our Present Crisis

The world is facing a deadly new virus. Sound familiar? In this instance, I’m speaking of Kevin E. Ready's fiction, not fact; however, this particular story says a lot about the current state of the world. Ready's novel Viral (Saint Gaudens Press) chronicles the moves of various individuals across the…

Chelsea CicconeJune 4, 2020

Thrillers

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 Two Lila Bennetts:” Dual Plots, Killer Twist

Buckle your seat belt. All by itself, the title of this book, The Two Lila Bennetts (Lake Union Publishing), suggests we’re in for a ride twice as wild as the average thriller. Co-authors Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke deliver mightily on that expectation. Page by page, chapter by chapter, these…

Valerie Taylor, author of the "Venus Bixby Mystery" seriesJuly 23, 2019

Thrillers

Guilt and Innocence on Death Row in David Dow Thriller

For Rafael Zhettah, the chef and owner of an up-and-coming Houston restaurant, that day was when the police told him his wife of only two years had been murdered in their own home. The next worst day was when he found out he was the prime suspect. He had motive,…

Neil NyrenMarch 27, 2019

Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Perfect Drama For Moriarty Fans

Not That I Could Tell (St. Martin's Press) by Jessica Strawser examines life under the suburbia microscope. When a group of friends gather around a fire pit in one of their backyards, wine in hand, the conversation turns both dramatic and personal. A few days later, one of the women is…

Kate MorettiAugust 16, 2018

Thrillers

Interview with Stacy Green and Killing Jane (Video)

WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER HEARD ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER IS WRONG … A young woman is brutally murdered in Washington D.C., and the killer leaves behind a calling card connected to some of the most infamous murders in history. JACK THE RIPPER Rookie homicide investigator Erin Prince instinctively knows…

BookTribJanuary 31, 2017

Thrillers

Meet the 2015 debut ThrillerFest X authors

ThrillerFest 2015 is upon us and we couldn't be more excited to bring you the authors debuting at the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerFest X on July 7-11 in New York. Scroll down to discover the next big authors this summer and be sure to pick up one of the exciting…

BookTribJune 28, 2015

Thrillers

Trailblazing Author Mike Bond Answers One Question about ‘Assassins’

Mike Bond writes with an urgency few other authors have been able to maintain. Mailer was able to do it to some degree. Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson had their ears to the ground. But Mike Bond has assumed this mantle for the 21st century. His writings have covered the…

Matt GillickJanuary 26, 2017

Romance

From AuthorBuzz: A Dreamweaving Fantasy

This week's AuthorBuzz giveaway features the latest in the Eternal Guardians saga! Dear Reader: I’m so thrilled to be back writing new and exciting stories in my bestselling Eternal Guardians series! The past few years I have been under contract for other works that have kept me away from my…

AuthorBuzzApril 6, 2019

Romance

From AuthorBuzz: Love is More Than Skin Deep

This week's AuthorBuzz giveaway focuses on a steamy, inky, tattooed-all-over romance between two characters from the Montgomery Ink series. Dear Readers, I wasn’t ready to write this story, had never planned on Ryan or Abby getting books of their own. After Abby’s tragedy, readers wanted her to have a…

AuthorBuzzJanuary 15, 2019

Literary Tale of Dark Forces, Genetic Manipulation and Culture Wars

Teen Searches for Life-Saving Reasons on Road Trip to NYC

C.B. Lyall Continues a Magical YA Series With “The Veil of Corruption”

Debut YA Author Tiffany D. Jackson Changes the Narrative of the Child Nobody Wants

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Nominations

“Viral:” The Pandemic Conceived Long Before Our Present Crisis

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

“The Two Lila Bennetts:” Dual Plots, Killer Twist

Guilt and Innocence on Death Row in David Dow Thriller

Tall Poppy Review: Perfect Drama For Moriarty Fans

Interview with Stacy Green and Killing Jane (Video)

Meet the 2015 debut ThrillerFest X authors

Trailblazing Author Mike Bond Answers One Question about ‘Assassins’

From AuthorBuzz: A Dreamweaving Fantasy

From AuthorBuzz: Love is More Than Skin Deep

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