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Detective Team Unveils Mystery in 1930s Chicago

Michelle Cox suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s. Perhaps that is why she writes about the period so adeptly. Chicago is the setting for her award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series, engaging plots that charm us with modern-minded characters enmeshed in a world full of social expectations,…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJune 12, 2019

Fiction Thrillers

Cozy Mystery Conundrum: When Everyone Wants Him Dead, How Will She Determine the True Killer?

An eccentric artist come to teach a master class turns out to be a master a** when he manages to insult each one of his students and disturb those closest to him. He may be an artistic genius, but is he really worth the hassle? Someone doesn’t think so and…

Emily LaSitaNovember 16, 2021

Author Spotlight Nonfiction

John Russell on Psychic Awakening and Mind-Blowing Mystery

John Russell has been a highly regarded professional psychic for almost 50 years and has worked with thousands of clients in over 30 countries. As a paranormal investigator, he has physically experienced over 1,000 paranormal manifestations. A Knock in the Attic: True Ghost Stories & Other Spine-Chilling Paranormal Adventures is his…

BookTribMay 10, 2021

Thrillers

“A Child Lost” in 1930s Chicago Grips Professional Sleuthing Family

Michelle Cox's Henrietta and Inspector Howard series is a delightful mix of historical fiction and intrigue with a bit of saucy lovemaking tossed in. In A Child Lost (She Writes Press), the fifth book, she adds spooky. Right away, we get swept into the story. We meet little Anna, the…

Sherri DaleyMarch 23, 2020

Riveting, Realistic WWII-Era Mystery Featuring a Yankee in Great Britain

The title Proud Sorrows (Soho Crime), the 18th book in the WWII Billy Boyle mystery series by author James R. Benn, is taken from William Shakespeare’s history play, King John, Act 3, Scene 1: “I will instruct my sorrows to be proud, for grief is proud and makes his owner…

Linda HitchcockOctober 25, 2023

Fiction

Mystery, History and the Radio City Rockettes Combine in New Novel

A singular timeline with a thriller vibe is a slight change from previous novels, but Fiona Davis upped her game with these added elements of excitement along with her special touches we know and love. Centering around a NYC landmark, in this case Radio City Music Hall, in the 1950s, The…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 28, 2023

Join a Paranormal Hunt for a Vanished Town in Snowy Thriller

The opening quote of Abandon reads: “In the West, the past is very close. In many places, it still believes it's the present. - John Masters” Similar to real life, in Blake Crouch's western thriller, the present parallels the past. Mothers are haunted by lost children. Fathers attempt to reconcile…

C RunyonJanuary 16, 2023

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Travel Through Time in this YA Sci-Fi by a 16-Year Old Author

After barely surviving a perilous journey through time, Wren Derecho has defeated her evil future self and thinks she has destroyed the corrupted time orb. But the present that she knows and loves hasn’t remained unscathed. What originally appear to be small, unusual changes give way to reality-collapsing tears in…

ValkyrieSeptember 13, 2022

BooksToScreen Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Man Goes Face-to-Face with the Dead to Save a Life in This Haunting Western Mystery

Craig Johnson consistently, intelligently and with customary dry humor, melds literary fiction with western crime fiction as Sheriff Walt Longmire rides the Wyoming High Plains range in the pickup truck he calls “Silver Bullet," delivering justice. Hell and Back (Viking), his 18th novel in the Longmire series, opens with a…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 7, 2022

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Beach Reads: Which One is Your State’s Favorite?

INTRODUCING SHANECO'S "THE MOST POPULAR BEACH READ IN EVERY U.S. STATE" If you’re looking for a recommendation for one of your final beach reads of the summer, I’d like to share with you a study created by ShaneCo, a jewelry company that also features lifestyle information, including important book titles. …

Mckenzie TozanAugust 26, 2022

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A Lesson in Fear From Someone Who Knows

In Alaina Urquhart’s The Butcher and the Wren (Zando), a man named Jeremy knows all of that very well. A second-year medical student at Tulane University, his interests in experimentation go way beyond anything he’s been taught in class. His father’s advice echoes in his mind: “You want to learn…

Neil NyrenAugust 26, 2022

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5 Books for the Lazy, Hazy Dog Days of Summer

This month we celebrate Women’s Fiction stories of lazy, hazy summer days spent at the beach, listening to roaring sea waves or boating across the placid or mysterious waters of a lake. Lots of things can happen during the dog days of summer when the heat hits record temperatures. Water…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationAugust 24, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

“All Good People Here” is a Murder Mystery for True Crime Fans

Calling all Crime Junkies! If you haven’t heard the latest buzz, the rumors are true. Our favorite true crime podcaster, the incredible Ashley Flowers, has made her explosive debut as an author with her first (but hopefully not her last) novel, All Good People Here (Bantam). It is a tale…

Gabby DavisAugust 19, 2022

Fiction Thrillers

Old Rivals Threaten Gamache in Louise Penny’s Latest, Soon a Prime Original Series

In Louise Penny’s new mystery, World of Curiosities (Minotaur), the past and present of Québec Sûreté Chief Inspector Armand Gamache once again collide in the idyllic village of Three Pines. But this time, in its most deadly form possible. Siblings with a Shady Past It is spring, and as the…

Jodé MillmanNovember 29, 2022

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Don Winslow’s New Crime Novel Burns Down the House

As with many violent tales, it all started with a woman. The same holds true for City on Fire (William Morrow) by Don Winslow. Danny Ryan knew the minute he saw the gorgeous woman that she would be trouble. But he didn't know that the lives of his family and friends…

K.L. RomoAugust 15, 2022

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Switching Genres: From History to Mystery

Summer reading is always great, whether it takes place in the sunroom, the backyard or at the beach. I recently had a very mild bout with COVID and took advantage of some rest and relaxation with my nose in a book. If you are interested in reading about old New…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 12, 2022

Detective Team Unveils Mystery in 1930s Chicago

Cozy Mystery Conundrum: When Everyone Wants Him Dead, How Will She Determine the True Killer?

John Russell on Psychic Awakening and Mind-Blowing Mystery

“A Child Lost” in 1930s Chicago Grips Professional Sleuthing Family

Travel Through Time in this YA Sci-Fi by a 16-Year Old Author

A Man Goes Face-to-Face with the Dead to Save a Life in This Haunting Western Mystery

Beach Reads: Which One is Your State’s Favorite?

A Lesson in Fear From Someone Who Knows

5 Books for the Lazy, Hazy Dog Days of Summer

“All Good People Here” is a Murder Mystery for True Crime Fans

Don Winslow’s New Crime Novel Burns Down the House

Switching Genres: From History to Mystery

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