Murder Mystery

The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

"A mystery Mrs. Christie would have approved of.” — Jane Simons, The Dog Eared Book, Palmyra, NY —∞— Bridget Kelly would prefer to stay in London to complete her nursing training and aid the injured, but her matron has other plans for her. As World War II rages, children are…

Amanda GardnerOctober 12, 2021

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3 Unreliable Narrators, Mindblowing Ending for “The Girl on the Train” Follow-Up

"She was struck by the smell. Underneath the blood, all that blood, there was something else, something older, sweet and rank, like lilies left too long in the vase. The smell and the look of him, impossible to resist, his beautiful dead face, glassy eyes framed by long lashes, plump…

Naomi NairAugust 31, 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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Join the Pursuit of a Globe-Hopping Serial Killer in David Temple’s “The Impostor”

In author David Temple’s newest police procedural, The Impostor (82 Mercer Publishing), book two in his series featuring Hollywood Detective Pat Norelli, the search for a serial killer becomes a global hunt for a man Norelli no longer recognizes but vows to take down. Dubbed “The Poser” because he poses…

K.L. RomoJuly 1, 2021

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A Brutal Murder and Black Market Deals in the Electrifying Thriller “Death of a Messenger”

An anonymous 911 call leads to the discovery of a body on Pōhakuloa, a U.S. Army training base in Hilo, Hawai’i. The corpse is brutally mutilated in what looks to be a ritual sacrifice, tucked away in the underground passages left by ancient lava flow. Hilo Detective Koa Kāne is…

Cameron KimballJanuary 5, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Unsolved Murder Shakes Midwest Town, and Its Secrets Prove Corrosive

"Nicole Baart dazzles once more in this haunting family saga about the danger of uncovering hard truths ... Expertly plotted." — Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, authors of How To Save a Life — ∞ — "Suspenseful, beautifully rendered. Everything We Didn’t Say is Baart at her best." — Heather…

Sandra BlockNovember 18, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: A Perfect Blend of Murder Mystery and Family Drama

"Readers who enjoy Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies) won't be able to put this novel down." — Booklist —∞— "Atmospheric, tense, and authentic to the core, Not My Boy will catch you in its thrall." — Sonja Yoerg, author of Stories We Never Told —∞— When Hannah moves into the…

Nicole BaartJanuary 7, 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 Thrillers

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

Fiction Miscellany Thrillers

The True Story Behind “Black Diamond Fall”

To write a successful novel, I have to dip my pen into autobiography; and if I don’t, I lose my way. This makes it difficult when I am writing fiction about a crime. It means weaving a tight narrative comprised of an act of violence and the mystery surrounding that…

Joseph OlshanSeptember 4, 2018

Book Club Network Thrillers

Lining Up Suspects for the Disappearing Perfect Wife

I started reading Such a Perfect Wife (Harper) late on a Sunday night, and boy was that a bad idea. The end of each chapter left cliffhanger after cliffhanger until I was losing sleep from racing through the book. Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White is the murder mystery…

Meagan FoyMay 7, 2019

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “The Tiger in the House”

The Tiger in the House (Kensington Publishing) by Jacqueline Sheehan introduces Delia Lamont, who is wrapping up the last month of work at Portland, Maine’s child services agency. She’s ready to open a seaside bakery with her younger sister and start a quieter life. But first, she has one last case…

Orly KonigSeptember 20, 2018

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A Bullet Misses at the Third Meeting of Thursday Murder Club

For those who are new to The Thursday Murder Club (Pamela Dorman Books) by Richard Osman, it is a lovely group of retirees that get together every week to sus out a cold case murder. The third book in this series, The Bullet That Missed, takes us on another whirlwind…

Lydia LefevreSeptember 23, 2022

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10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

Dark academia lurks on the underside of academia — with a focus on the illicit, the murderous and the obsessive. When students become wildly fixated on their studies, they careen into forbidden territory, uncovering secrets that become the subject of the novel. This subgenre's appeal is not unlike the pull…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 23, 2022

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In Adrienne Young’s Latest, an Unsolved Murder Comes Back to Haunt This Pacific Northwest Town

Spells for Forgetting (Delacorte Press) is not only a great read in and of itself, but it just so happens to be the perfect literary transition into the tail end of the calendar year. Everything about the novel exudes a bracing chill that’s, ironically, the coziest and warmest thing to…

Judy MorenoOctober 3, 2022

Fiction Listicles Romance Thrillers

5 Pulse-Pounding Romantic Suspense Series

Picture a book that makes your heart race, sweat bead on your forehead, and keeps you from falling asleep. Did you picture a thriller or a romance? The two genres complement each other particularly well, despite being seen as opposites. Romantic suspense novels have a compelling mixture of love, lust,…

BookTribNovember 9, 2022

The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

3 Unreliable Narrators, Mindblowing Ending for “The Girl on the Train” Follow-Up

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

Join the Pursuit of a Globe-Hopping Serial Killer in David Temple’s “The Impostor”

A Brutal Murder and Black Market Deals in the Electrifying Thriller “Death of a Messenger”

Tall Poppy Review: Unsolved Murder Shakes Midwest Town, and Its Secrets Prove Corrosive

Tall Poppy Review: A Perfect Blend of Murder Mystery and Family Drama

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

Is it Suicide or “Murder in Old Bombay”?

The True Story Behind “Black Diamond Fall”

Lining Up Suspects for the Disappearing Perfect Wife

Tall Poppy Review: “The Tiger in the House”

A Bullet Misses at the Third Meeting of Thursday Murder Club

10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

In Adrienne Young’s Latest, an Unsolved Murder Comes Back to Haunt This Pacific Northwest Town

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