Journalism

Thrillers

The Return of Bailey Weggins: Author Kate White Talks About Her Latest Book, ‘Even If It Kills Her’

She started out as a writer for a major women's magazine, before becoming an amateur sleuth with a brief moment of work for a celebrity gossip publication, and then turned true crime journalist. But rather than being the tortured lead character who often thinks that the people she loves…

BookTribOctober 25, 2017

Listicles Thrillers

Where Investigative Journalists Are the Protagonists in Political Thrillers

It’s a profession synonymous with pursuing the truth, no matter the peril those answers may be hidden within. A vocation where its practitioners follow leads to reveal vast conspiracies, government cover-ups and deadly gambles for power. With such high stakes and adrenaline-pumping action, it’s no wonder some political thriller authors…

Cameron KimballFebruary 17, 2025

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Uncovering the Corruption, Investigating USC’s Scandals with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Paul Pringle

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisMarch 29, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Nostalgic Look at Stars of Eras Past in Journalist’s Anthology

There’s little doubt that 94-year-old journalist and author Jack Hawn has a sentimental longing and wistful affection for the past, typically for periods and places with happy personal associations. It’s called nostalgia. And in a distinguished career in which there was plenty (his editor at the Los Angeles Times dubbed…

BookTribAugust 16, 2024

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Investigative Accounts of Real Life Murder and Mayhem

I enjoyed the telling of the opioid crisis and the Sackler family by Patrick Radden Keefe in Empire of Pain, (even after watching Dopesick on TV) as his attention to detail and inclusion of facts creates a vivid setting and action-packed story. First made aware of this upcoming collection from Sarah…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 29, 2022

Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Morphing Truth and Appearances

Trust Me (Forge Books) by Hank Phillippi Ryan has already garnered so much praise (i.e. Booklist starred review, Book Bub Top Summer Thriller, Popsugar Top Summer Thriller, CrimeReads Most Anticipated Thriller, New York Post Best Thriller of the Summer) that any further accolades seem almost superfluous. But, please indulge me, as I add…

Sandra BlockAugust 23, 2018

Nonfiction

The Horrifying and Inspiring Story of the Parkland Kids

The event rocked the nation, but then again, it didn't. Mass shootings have become so commonplace that each new attack is labeled a tragedy but then lawmakers shrug their shoulders and move on to something else. I have seen this pattern up close: I'm from Newtown, CT and was in…

Meagan FoyFebruary 14, 2019

Fiction

Michael Connelly on His Journey to Novel and Television Fame

Michael Connelly is best known for his Harry Bosh detective novels and his Lincoln Lawyer series. He has also written several stand alone novels, produced television shows based on his work, appeared as himself in television dramas and Clint Eastwood even turned one of his novels into a movie! “I…

Rick PullenOctober 2, 2017

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

An Exclusive Interview With Karen Hinton, Hot-Button Author of “Penis Politics”

More than simply a memoir or a coming-of-age story, and more than even both together, Karen Hinton’s Penis Politics (Sartoris Literary Group) is a call to action and a call to arms. In the era of #MeToo and on the heels of Andrew Cuomo’s disgraced exit from the governing sphere,…

BookTribDecember 1, 2021

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

BREAKING NEWS: Books With Reporters as Main Characters

Having a journalist as the main character is good news and bad news. The good news is that it solves one of the trickiest problems in crime fiction writing: if your character is not in law enforcement of some kind (or at least a private detective) and they come across…

Hank Phillippi RyanJuly 29, 2021

Podcasts

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Vanessa Grigoriadis Explores the Sexual Revolution in Newest Novel

BookTrib.com recently added Writer’s Bone as a new feature. Daniel Ford and Sean Tuohy have been bringing us podcasts of discussions they have with writers about the craft of writing and what motivates them to tell a good story. We hope you enjoy this series as much as we do. In Episode 227…

Daniel FordOctober 9, 2017