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Loved Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon”? Here’s 8 Western Novels to Keep You in the Saddle

Following the season one wrap-up of Netflix’s Ransom Canyon and the western aesthetic being more popular than ever, I rounded up eight books that harness the spirit of the cowboys and outlaws to keep your bookshelf buckin’. Whether you’re partial to reading a classic Louis L’Amour or you're looking for…

Natalie GarrisonMay 23, 2025

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The Love Affair That Nearly Tore Apart World War I-Era Britain

Robert Harris, best-selling author, television correspondent and journalist for the Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph has written Precipice, an exceptional work of historical fiction. It is a stunning, revelatory and utterly fascinating account of the secret largely epistolary love affair between Liberal Party Prime Minister H.H. (Henry Herbert) Asquith and…

Linda HitchcockOctober 9, 2024

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Uncover Dark Secrets in “The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby”

Ellery Lloyd has written a richly nuanced, densely layered literary mystery thriller The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby. The author’s name is a pseudonym for the English husband-and- wife writing team of Paul Vlitos and Colleen Lyons. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Greenwich and…

Linda HitchcockAugust 14, 2024

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Wuxia Triumphs: A Journey of Death, Betrayal, Triumph, and Loss

“Fred Yu has created an extraordinary world that taps into ancient, powerful archetypes. The lucky reader will journey into unexpected terrain.”— Jay Stern, producer of Rush Hour and Horrible Bosses “The Orchid Farmer’s Sacrifice is a riveting experience, an intense page-turner full of plot twists and intrigue.”— Kary Oberbrunner, author…

Wyatt SemenukMarch 17, 2022

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“Blame the Dead:” A Streetwise Cop Knocks Down Barriers in Pursuit of the Truth

"'We’ve got a waver,' Lieutenant Eddie Harkins said when he spotted the GI up ahead." So opens Ed Ruggero’s blistering thriller Blame the Dead (Forge). With that, it stakes a rightful claim as one of the best World War II-based stories in years. But little does Harkins know at that…

Jon LandMarch 5, 2020

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Spies, Lies, Goodbyes and the Quest For Blue

The color blue—one of the rarest colors on earth. It is the color of the sky and sea, of eternity, of divinity. And sometimes the color of death. A color which proved to be at the heart of the race for the most coveted porcelain in the world. In The…

K.L. RomoDecember 3, 2018

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Is it Suicide or “Murder in Old Bombay”?

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Murder-in-Old-Bombay.jpg Books are like time machines, transporting us to faraway places that stir our imagination. Murder in Old Bombay (Minotaur), the thrilling debut mystery from Nev March, is one such novel. It conjures the exotic fragrances of sandalwood, jasmine, and meats roasting at the local bazaars, images of women in…

Jodé MillmanNovember 10, 2020

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Martial Artist and Author, Fred Yu, Reveals His Secrets

Historical fiction is read for many reasons, chiefly among them is the escapism they allow. In author Fred Yu’s writing he does exactly that. “I want readers to put down my books at the very end and feel that they were transported to a world that no longer exists,” says…

Wyatt SemenukApril 4, 2022

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David Swinson Channels His Own Childhood Abroad in Thriller “City on the Edge”

Former DC detective turned crime-writer David Swinson departs from his previous novels with City on the Edge, but he brings a wealth of intimate knowledge about "the Paris of the Middle East" — aka Beirut, Lebanon — to this international thriller. "I've been wanting to write for a long time," said…

BookTribMay 24, 2021

historical thriller

Loved Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon”? Here’s 8 Western Novels to Keep You in the Saddle

The Love Affair That Nearly Tore Apart World War I-Era Britain

Wuxia Triumphs: A Journey of Death, Betrayal, Triumph, and Loss

“Blame the Dead:” A Streetwise Cop Knocks Down Barriers in Pursuit of the Truth

Spies, Lies, Goodbyes and the Quest For Blue

Is it Suicide or “Murder in Old Bombay”?

Martial Artist and Author, Fred Yu, Reveals His Secrets

David Swinson Channels His Own Childhood Abroad in Thriller “City on the Edge”

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