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Ann Cleeves Talks the Return of Fan Favorite Detective Jimmy Perez in “The Killing Stones”

In The Killing Stones, bestselling crime novelist Ann Cleeves heralds in the return of a fan favorite, Detective Jimmy Perez of the Shetland Series. Jimmy and his partner, Willow, have relocated from the Shetland Islands to Orkney, near where he grew up in Fair Isle, Scotland. Surrounded by his…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 30, 2025

Thrillers

Karin Slaughter Delivers Twists and Tension in a Small Town Full of Big Secrets

Karin Slaughter has achieved tremendous acclaim and popularity with her Grant County series, her Will Trent series and a string of best-selling standalone thriller novels. So it’s no surprise that her latest book — We Are All Guilty Here, the first in a new series set in a small Georgia…

R.G. BelskyAugust 12, 2025

Thrillers

Pledge to Protect Orphaned Teen Brings Danger to the 6:20 Man in New Baldacci

Trouble always seems to find Travis Devine, former Army Captain and Wall Street trader, and now a member of a stealth sub-group of Homeland Security. In To Die For (Grand Central Publishing) the third installment of David Baldacci’s 6:20 Man series, trouble comes in a small package. Devine is assigned…

Jodé MillmanNovember 12, 2024

Fiction

New Elly Griffiths Collection Filled With Bite-Sized Spooky Holiday Stories

Trick or treat, who needs candy or sugary popcorn balls when Elly Griffiths’ latest book The Man in Black: And Other Stories is now available in the USA? It is well suited for holiday gift-giving as several stories are comprised of somewhat spooky Christmas tales. This award-winning, best-selling author has…

Linda HitchcockNovember 4, 2024

Thrillers

Dead Body and Runaway Teen Stump DCI Vera Stanhope in Ann Cleeves’ Latest

In Ann Cleeves’ latest mystery, The Dark Wives, DCI Vera Stanhope is never far from her past in the North Umberland patch she serves and calls home. When the precinct notifies Vera about a dead body found outside the Rosebank care home for troubled teens, it brings back disturbing memories…

Jodé MillmanAugust 26, 2024

Podcasts Thrillers

Books & Looks Podcast: Deadly Plots and Corporate Greed: Inside Otho Eskin’s “Firetrap”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews…

Blaine DesantisFebruary 21, 2024

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Latest Bruno Johnson Thriller Sets Him on the Trail of Kidnapped Child

Here’s what we learn in the first 10 pages of David Putnam’s The Sinister (Oceanview), the latest in his thriller series featuring ex-cop, ex-con Bruno Johnson: Johnson and his wife have been hiding out in a fancy Los Angeles hotel for about two months and have racked up a bill in…

BookTribFebruary 22, 2022

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Paradise Turns into a Nightmare for Kao Kāne in “Treachery Times Two”

In his latest Koa Kāne mystery, the fourth book in the series, Treachery Times Two (Oceanview Publishing), author Robert McCaw takes his hero on a riveting action-packed thrill ride in this multifaceted police procedural. The novel starts off with a bang as Hawaii experiences some seismic activity due to an…

Monique SnymanJanuary 4, 2022

Listicles Thrillers

This Month’s Best Thrillers, Featuring Baldacci, Preston and Rod Serling

Jon LandMay 14, 2024

Fiction

Fourth Novel in Elly Griffiths’ Unofficial “Cozy Crime” Series Is A Delightful Continuation

Putting a new Elly Griffiths novel in the hands of a super fan is like giving a chocoholic a Willy Wonka golden ticket — as this powerhouse author never falters or disappoints. While the Ruth Galloway series is on hiatus, The Last Word gifts readers with the return of both DI…

Linda HitchcockMay 6, 2024

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Murky Disappearance Strikes Close to Home in Nail-Biting Mystery

The Empty Kayak (Level Best Books) by Jodé Millman follows the relentless investigation of a missing person case on the Hudson River that exposes closely guarded secrets and social media malice, and threatens to leave a young girl without a father. Detective Ebony Jones is called to the scene of…

Michael FerryMay 30, 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

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

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

Whisk Yourself Away to Scenic Scottish Village in Beguiling Crime Novel

Poor Hamish MacBeth. In “Death of a Spy” (Grand Central), the 39th Hamish MacBeth murder mystery from MC Beaton and RW Green, his neighbors still view him as an outsider in his patch in the Scottish Highlands, Lochdubh. His community views him as a lazy copper, and he craves to…

Jodé MillmanFebruary 12, 2024

Police Procedurals

Books & Looks Podcast: Deadly Plots and Corporate Greed: Inside Otho Eskin’s “Firetrap”

Latest Bruno Johnson Thriller Sets Him on the Trail of Kidnapped Child

Paradise Turns into a Nightmare for Kao Kāne in “Treachery Times Two”

This Month’s Best Thrillers, Featuring Baldacci, Preston and Rod Serling

Murky Disappearance Strikes Close to Home in Nail-Biting Mystery

Don Winslow on Writing, Success & Bowing Out With Grace

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

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