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Thrillers

The 10 Best Science Thrillers Ever Written: Jon Land’s Picks

So my latest Caitlin Strong thriller, Strong to the Bone, is heavily based in science, particularly bio-engineering, after clinical trials for a groundbreaking anti-rejection drug go horribly wrong. That results in bad guys, really bad guys, ending up in possession of what could be the ultimate weapon. So I got…
Jon Land
December 1, 2017
Miscellany

The 115 Best Books of All Time According to Reedsy

The folks over at Reedsy Discovery have compiled this incredible list and given us permission to share it with our readers. Check out their website to discover yet more books for your TBR list! —∞— The written word is a pillar of human civilization — it signals complex thinking, it’s…
Reedsy Discovery
June 12, 2020
MiscellanyPop Culture

“IT’S ALIVE:” 2 Frankenstein Books Celebrate Milestone

For 200 years, Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein has made its mark in both deep literary studies and its widely distributed commercial appeal in pop culture. We know many interpretations of Shelley's work through movies and TV shows, but these two collector's books, Vault of Frankenstein (becker&mayer!) and Rockport's Classics Reimagined Frankenstein (Quarto Knows) still…
Rebecca Proulx
October 31, 2018
Fiction

Notes and Texts From Bram Stoker Inspire “Dracula” Prequel

This story appears through BookTrib’s partnership with the International Thriller Writers. It first appeared in The Big Thrill.  While it may seem that the vampire novel has been drained of every conceivable drop of blood, the truth is, the Undead can rise and walk the earth, becoming more Undead than ever before—in…
Nancy Bilyeau
October 3, 2018