Murder Thrillers

Fiction

Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N’ Roll Collide in Compulsively Addictive Crime Novel

The Last Verse is a tour de force second novel written by author Caroline Frost whose debut novel Shadows of Pecan Hollow (2022) set in East Texas won the Crook’s Corner Literary Prize and was nominated for additional awards. It is not hard to predict readers will welcome more from…

Linda HitchcockApril 17, 2024

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Brutal Murder Reveals Dark Secrets in Idyllic College Town

Esteemed Ivy League college president Dr. Amos Loeb is an Auschwitz survivor, a renowned scholar, a heroic humanitarian, a man beloved for “his simple kindness”— an unlikely target for assassination, one would think. Or is he? Surely this is a case of mistaken identity or a robbery gone wrong, right?…

Dawn IusJune 13, 2023

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Small-Town, Amateur Sheriff Treads Murky Waters in Dark Mystery

You know those mysteries that grab you and don't let go? I started reading All We Buried (Crooked Lane Books) by Elena Taylor just before bed one evening, thinking I would plan to finish it in a few days. I finished it at 2:45 a.m. because I couldn't stop reading…

Kate KeuneNovember 15, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

David Baldacci’s “Calamity of Souls” is a Racially-Charged 60s Courtroom Drama

It took New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci more than a decade to write what may be his best, and most personal, story to date — and as someone who has sold more than 150 million copies of his novels worldwide in 45 languages over the span of his…

Dawn IusApril 16, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Anthony Horowitz Takes Bad Neighbors to Murderous Levels in “Close to Death”

You’re born with relatives, you choose your friends — but your neighbors? For better or worse, they simply turn up. And chances are, you’ve had a few undesirables living next door once or twice in your life. In Close to Death, Anthony Horowitz’s fifth book in his groundbreaking Detective Hawthorne…

Dawn IusApril 12, 2024

Listicles Thrillers

Forensic Investigations, Murders Through History and Twisted Psychological Thrillers

Jon LandApril 10, 2024

Thrillers

FBI Agent Nikki Cassidy Faces Twisted Killer and Hometown Secrets in Crime Series

“My kid sister was murdered fifteen years ago. Now the killer has struck again. And this time, I’m going to take my revenge…” R.G. Belsky, creator of the Clare Carlson mystery series featuring a tough, strong-willed investigative journalist, has given readers another strong female protagonist in the person of FBI…

BookTribApril 2, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Don Winslow on Writing, Success & Bowing Out With Grace

“Bittersweet.” As a man who has spent more than 30 years stringing together award-winning words, Don Winslow is understandably brief — and emotional — as he shares his thoughts about the ending of his impressive writing career. “I’m content with my decision,” he says, in an exclusive interview with BookTrib.…

Dawn IusApril 2, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Hank Phillippi Ryan on Fixing Fact Through Fiction in “One Wrong Word”

Guess what I heard? But—you have to promise not to tell. Is there any one of us who wouldn't lean closer and listen to the person who asked us that? Especially if the question was whispered, hushed, delivered with a sense of drama? “Guess what I heard?” means there's a…

Hank Phillippi RyanApril 1, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Dangerous Rescue and a Killer on Death Row in Lisa Gardner’s Remote Island Thriller

Lisa Gardner was on a remote island three hours by plane off the coast of Hawaii, surrounded by giant cannibal coconut crabs and dripping wet from the unrelenting humidity when she knew this nightmarish, and yet somehow magical, paradise would inspire the setting for Still See You Everywhere, the third…

Dawn IusMarch 29, 2024

Fiction

“Last Seen in Havana” Explores Cuban American Mother’s Disappearance

What happens when you mix a starry-eyed blond, blue-eyed teenage surfer girl wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt with a strikingly handsome genuine Cuban revolutionary soldier nearly twice her age who is one of Fidel Castro’s right-hand men? Hint: this is not a romance novel despite their “meet cute”. I heartily…

Linda HitchcockMarch 28, 2024

Thrillers

Dark Noir Meets Road Trip Adventure in Visceral, Explosive Translation of Argentinian Novel

My Favorite Scar (Soho Crime) is the English language translation of a book titled Ámbar by rising star author and coordinator for the Center of Crime Fiction at the Buenos Aires National Library of Argentina Nicolás Ferraro. This novel was his second work of fiction translated by Mallory Craig-Kuhn. It…

Linda HitchcockFebruary 13, 2024

Listicles Thrillers

Crime Fiction Releases to Look Forward to This Year

Thriller writer E.A. Aymar recommends new and upcoming 2024 crime fiction releases you won't want to miss! Amid the constant chaos and uncertainty of publishing – layoffs, AI-generated work, feverish book bans – I feel oddly optimistic to be a writer nowadays. Publishing, of course, always seems to be on…

E.A. AymarFebruary 6, 2024

Unnatural Death by Author Patricia Cornwell

Miscellany Thrillers

Patricia Cornwell’s 27th Scarpetta Novel Features Another “Unnatural Death”

Bigfoot didn’t do it. Patricia Cornwell — who, as the author of 40 books that have sold more than 120 million copies around the world, has left her own indelible mark — offers that disclaimer without hesitation. If it seems like an odd admission, it’s not. As her newest novel,…

John B. ValeriJanuary 23, 2024

James Patterson and Brian Sitts - Holmes Marple & Poe

Miscellany Thrillers

James Patterson on “Holmes, Marple & Poe,” Writing and Adapting Books to Screen

James Patterson wants to clear up a myth. Contrary to popular belief, he is involved in every book bearing his well-known name — heavily. In fact, at any one time, Patterson — who currently holds the world record for the number of #1 New York Times bestsellers by a single…

Dawn IusJanuary 3, 2024

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Rookie Detective Finds Herself Facing Racist Partner and Deranged Madman

When Things Fall Apart injects new life into the modern crime thriller with a hero like we’ve never seen before, and a deranged killer without equal. Rookie police detective Kit Hanover tracks down leads in her first homicide case, hampered by racial prejudice and misogyny from within her own department.…

Michael FerryDecember 20, 2023

Brutal Murder Reveals Dark Secrets in Idyllic College Town

Small-Town, Amateur Sheriff Treads Murky Waters in Dark Mystery

Anthony Horowitz Takes Bad Neighbors to Murderous Levels in “Close to Death”

Forensic Investigations, Murders Through History and Twisted Psychological Thrillers

Don Winslow on Writing, Success & Bowing Out With Grace

Hank Phillippi Ryan on Fixing Fact Through Fiction in “One Wrong Word”

Dangerous Rescue and a Killer on Death Row in Lisa Gardner’s Remote Island Thriller

Crime Fiction Releases to Look Forward to This Year

Patricia Cornwell’s 27th Scarpetta Novel Features Another “Unnatural Death”

James Patterson on “Holmes, Marple & Poe,” Writing and Adapting Books to Screen

Rookie Detective Finds Herself Facing Racist Partner and Deranged Madman

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