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BookTribSeptember 24, 2020
Who are you planning to bump off this summer? Oh, don’t look shocked. If it isn’t an in-law, blood relative, supervisor, cubicle mate, or politician, then it’s the barista who has never once acknowledged your daily presence in the coffee shop. (Could be your lack of tipping—just saying.) Before doing…
AudioFileAugust 8, 2019
I’m reporting from the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, New York City — Brooklyn, to be exact. I feel like I am in a terrifying Stephen King novel with no end. The streets are eerily deserted and spookily quiet. I have a view of the Brooklyn Bridge out my window…
Ellen QuintApril 27, 2020
As a kid, I was obsessed with Scooby-Doo. Well, who am I kidding? I don’t think my love for that snack-inhaling, mystery-solving dog will ever fade (and I’ve got a pair of well-loved Chuck Taylors with Scooby and the gang printed on the side to prove it). I always reveled…
Chelsea CicconeMay 11, 2021
After you read a book about a celebrity you might realize you’d never want to be a celebrity. If you read a book about fame you’d never want to be famous. Because, in books, what happens? The center of attention, the rockstar, the movie star, the influential publisher ... they…
Hank Phillippi RyanAugust 26, 2021
I can’t think of toxic mother-daughter relationships without hearing Joan Crawford screech about no wire hangers! Or remember the sinister Mrs. Coulter in Philip Pullman’s brilliant novel The Golden Compass, trying to lure her daughter Lyra into giving up the precious alethiometer. (And who was Cinderella’s real mother, anyway, who…
Hank Phillippi RyanSeptember 17, 2020
For generations, we’ve been told to stay away from the woods. The Brothers Grimm warned us about witches who lurk in the shadows, and the wolves waiting for their next victim. But there are other dangers to be found in the forest — monsters, ghosts, bloodthirsty cults, serial killers and…
Cameron KimballOctober 20, 2020
Summer is on the horizon — we can feel it! Spring is having some seventy-degree days here on the East Coast and that means that the beach is on our planner. Maybe not this month, but next month for sure. Day trips, weekend getaways, week-long relaxation fests; we are all…
Kate MorettiApril 1, 2021
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
Calling all mystery fans! This selection of novels features the darkest elements of the genre, including characters who mysteriously go missing. When bodies begin to vanish, these novels come to life. Rich with suspense, each of these books will have you fully embroiled in the twisting plot lines. Read on…
Gabby TorrentiNovember 23, 2020
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Autopsy-200x305.jpeg The holidays are all about time spent with family and friends. That makes Patricia Cornwell’s triumphant return of our old friend Kay Scarpetta in Autopsy (Morrow) all the more appropriate. Last seen in 2016’s Chaos, Scarpetta and her trusty coroner’s scalpel return to her original stomping grounds of Virginia…
Jon LandDecember 27, 2021
“All’s fair in love and war,” says a proverb so well-known that its origin is blurry and has long since passed. When you break it down, however, love isn’t fair at all, and in many circumstances, one does not get what one deserves. As for war? There’s nothing even remotely…
Judy MorenoDecember 28, 2021
When seasons change, there is a sense of magic in the air. November is the start of the traditional season of gratitude, fellowship, spirituality and hope. This month's women’s fiction storylines involve magic shops, fortune-telling, astrology, psychics, magical foods and mystical intrigue. With literary spells as enchanting as this, well,…
Women's Fiction Writers AssociationNovember 10, 2021
As we await the biggest (at least commercial) holiday of the year, take a breather to celebrate another holiday. And this one is timed perfectly, because you really are taking a perfectly-sized brief break to honor it: National Short Story Day! Speaking of timing, this sneaky little devil intentionally falls…
BookTribDecember 21, 2021
It feels deeply wrong to wish you “Happy” International Holocaust Remembrance Day. So I’ll wish you a safe, peaceful and loving one. On this day, January 27, the world gathers to remember abjectly horrifying events in the not-so-distant past, events that still haunt us today. That such evil was done…
Judy MorenoJanuary 27, 2022