mystery

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

Spring is officially here and so are March books! Sadly, we’re getting warm days, then cold ones. Snowy mornings and sunny afternoons. But the end of winter is finally in sight, which is gearing us up for potential BBQs, beach days and leaving the house without a bulky parka on…

Rachel CarterMarch 20, 2017

Young Adult

The Top 10 January Books Keeping Us in Hibernation Mode

With the holidays behind us and the dark days of winter looming ahead, January is one of those months where we don’t particularly want to leave the house. Ever. Which is why it’s an excellent time to hunker down with that giant pile of novels you got for Christmas or…

Rachel CarterJanuary 11, 2017

Young Adult

What I learned from being dead: Amy Talkington’s LIV, FOREVER

Young adult fiction is always looking for the “next big thing.” Whether it’s vampires inspired by Twilight, or Hunger Games-style dystopian novels, teen readers often seem to take to specific genres in flocks. At times, this can make the shelves in bookstores look strangely identical, with dark fonts splashed across…

Rachel CarterMarch 22, 2014

Thrillers Young Adult

Cover Revealed for YA Mystery “Speak No Evil”

Says author Liana Gardner, “I always felt my characters come to me with their stories to tell, and I am the mere journalist whose job is to breathe life into them on the page. That could not be any truer than in the case of Speak No Evil" (Vesuvian Books/…

BookTribMay 17, 2019

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The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Nominations

The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! Recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction and publishing, the 2021 Strand Critics Awards are judged by a select group of book critics and journalists. This year’s judges include talent from NPR, USA Today, The…

BookTribJune 18, 2021

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Join the Rapid Pursuit of a Painting, a Killer and a Hint of Romance in “An Exhibit of Madness”

The intrepid Dulcinea Chambers, winsome director of the Maine Museum of Art, encounters the bright light of summer and the darkness of murder in the first installment of Kerry J. Charles’ Dulcie Chambers Museum Mysteries series, An Exhibit of Madness (Edmund+Octavia Publishing). Dr. Chambers, a Portland native, has just presided…

Claudia KeenanSeptember 10, 2021

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The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Winners!

The Strand Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Strand Critics Awards! The Strand is a leading source of the latest news on thrillers and mysteries and is a hotspot for all things related to the genre. It has published many exciting works from such giants as…

Judy MorenoOctober 6, 2021

Thrillers

Mysterious Mass Death in a Texas Border Town in “Strong From the Heart”

With Strong from the Heart (Forge), the eleventh book in the Caitlin Strong Texas Ranger series, author Jon Land offers readers a satisfying blend of suspense, action, mystery, and heart (as the title suggests). The plot strikes close to home for Caitlin early in the story when the son of…

James R. HannibalJuly 27, 2020

Thrillers

“The Girl From Widow Hills” Drowns in the Spotlight of Her Past and a Murder Investigation

Megan Miranda has followed up her 2019 Reese’s Book Club pick The Last House Guest with the highly anticipated The Girl from Widow Hills (Simon & Schuster). Twenty years ago, Arden Maynor was a child prone to sleepwalking. She disappears from her house in Widow Hills, KY, during a tremendous…

Ann LinebergerJune 24, 2020

Thrillers

Silicon Valley Tech CEO Joins FBI Murder Investigation in “Broken Genius”

How does a high-profile Silicon Valley tech CEO end up working a Midwest murder case as an FBI special agent? For Will Parker, it’s a long story that starts with a kidnapped college student and a failed business deal. He was young, good looking and on the top of his…

Paige VigliaroloJune 3, 2020

Thrillers

“Spychip Armageddon:” NOW May Be the End of the World

"Captivation from the initial capital letter in Chapter One to the final period. A fictional journey that begs the question, 'could this be real?' Ray Perkins has a visual way with words like no other.” — Wayne Warner, Nashville recording artist and author of Backstage Nashville —∞— “The Spychip protocol…

Chelsea CicconeJune 17, 2020

Thrillers

A Dead Rabbi and His Contentious Congregation in “Two Jews = Three Shuls”

Being the rabbi for a highbrow, highly opinionated congregation can be murder. Literally. Ask Rabbi Saul Levinson, religious leader and guiding light of Beth Torah Synagogue on the north shore of Long Island, NY. Ask him figuratively, that is. After all, he’s dead. In Two Jews = Three Shuls (Resource Publications)…

Jim AlkonJune 22, 2020

Thrillers

A Thriller Turned Upside Down in “Sister Dear”

The sibling rivalry story in Sister Dear (Mira) by Hannah Mary McKinnon is as old as Cain and Abel. The difference is that McKinnon throws a howitzer into the plot, turning this contemporary thriller unexpectedly inside out and upside down. Its title and cover sub-text, “She’d kill to be her,”…

Valerie Taylor, author of "What’s Not Said" and "What’s Not True"May 26, 2020

Thrillers

Serial Killers, Cults and Genetic Trackers! 8 May Thrillers to Keep You Up Late

You won’t find the esteemed Lincoln Rhyme anywhere in the pages of Jeffery Deaver’s The Goodbye Man (Putnam) but, once again, Colter Shaw proves supremely adept at driving the action that’s totally devoid of serial killers as well. That action finds the jaded and financially motivated Shaw this time tracking targets…

Jon LandMay 28, 2020

Thrillers

Checkmate! “Enemy Queen” Has This Lawyer and Professor in an Unlikely Mess

The two protagonists in Robert Steven Goldstein’s Enemy Queen (SparkPress) are reminiscent of those intelligent and respected pairs in entertainment who bumble their way through dubious decisions and actions. One can only imagine Enemy Queen was as much fun for Goldstein to write as it is for readers to read.…

Jim AlkonMay 12, 2020

Thrillers

Double Homicide vs Quirky PI Team in “Rigged”

A double homicide that catches even the local police by surprise. In Rigged (Oceanview), the fourth in the Jake Longly thriller series by D.P. Lyle, Tommy “Pancake” Jeffers, one of the sleuths at Longly Investigations, arrives in the quaint town of Fairhope, AL, to examine the finances involved in the…

Nikki ErlickMay 19, 2020

The Top 10 March Books for Those Sunny Spring Afternoons

The Top 10 January Books Keeping Us in Hibernation Mode

What I learned from being dead: Amy Talkington’s LIV, FOREVER

Cover Revealed for YA Mystery “Speak No Evil”

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Nominations

Join the Rapid Pursuit of a Painting, a Killer and a Hint of Romance in “An Exhibit of Madness”

The Strand Magazine Announces the 2021 Strand Critics Award Winners!

Mysterious Mass Death in a Texas Border Town in “Strong From the Heart”

“The Girl From Widow Hills” Drowns in the Spotlight of Her Past and a Murder Investigation

Silicon Valley Tech CEO Joins FBI Murder Investigation in “Broken Genius”

“Spychip Armageddon:” NOW May Be the End of the World

A Dead Rabbi and His Contentious Congregation in “Two Jews = Three Shuls”

A Thriller Turned Upside Down in “Sister Dear”

Serial Killers, Cults and Genetic Trackers! 8 May Thrillers to Keep You Up Late

Checkmate! “Enemy Queen” Has This Lawyer and Professor in an Unlikely Mess

Double Homicide vs Quirky PI Team in “Rigged”

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