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The Girls in the Background: Why I Write About the Footnotes of Fame

I can still picture her. Long auburn hair, extremely 90s black velvet hat. The kind of raspy voice that indicates coolness. Her name was Chloe. She was the requisite friend of the band on Poison’s Behind the Music, and she changed the trajectory of my life. Chloe was my first…

Amy RossiAugust 21, 2025

Thrillers

Jo Piazza Talks Womanhood and Influencer Culture in New Thriller, “Everyone Is Lying to You”

There is something about an ideal summer read that justifies bingeing. If you are in search of such a book — the one you can’t put down and can’t get out of your head — Everyone Is Lying to You, the latest thriller by Jo Piazza (The Sicilian Inheritance, We…

Susan Shapiro BarashJuly 9, 2025

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ITW Spotlight: The Suspense Is on Pointe in Megan Abbott’s Slow-Burn Thriller “The Turnout”

"Fans of Black Swan and The Red Shoes are bound to be obsessed." — Refinery29 —∞— When Megan Abbott saw The Nutcracker for the first time, she was enthralled. “Such magic and mystery,” she says, “and a young girl at the center. It was thrilling.” Though Abbott only took two years of beginning ballet…

Karen HuggAugust 10, 2021

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Terror-Filled Novel “The Sanatorium” Offers Thrills and Chills at a Luxurious Winter Resort

"It's The Shining but with a full house." — People —∞— Sarah Pearse’s debut, The Sanatorium (Pamela Dorman Books), is a page-turning thriller with complex characters and an unforgettable setting. The novel opens on a dark, snowy night with a masked figure and a missing person, and the pace doesn’t let up…

Mary Helen SheriffMarch 16, 2021

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Father’s Murderous Mementos Haunt Psychologist as Suspected Copycat Emerges

I thought I knew what monsters were. monsters didn’t hide in the woods; they weren’t shadows in the trees or invisible things lurking in darkened corners. No, the real monsters moved in plain sight. The speaker in Stacy Willingham’s A Flicker in the Dark (Minotaur Books) is Chloe Davis. She…

Neil NyrenDecember 31, 2021

Thrillers

A Past That Won’t Stay Buried: The Unforgettable Thrills of “Forget Me Not”

One of the best pleasures about reading is that you naturally just come across stories that are simply unforgettable. Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham is an unforgettable novel that intertwines forbidden love, grief navigation, and crime in this coming-of-age atmospheric thriller. The Past Resurfaces in a Gripping Family Thriller…

Ashley IveyAugust 25, 2025

Thrillers

An Old Crime Stirs Up New Passions and Fresh Blood

The truth is, everyone knew who killed Caitlin – everyone knew back then, too. It was a massive crime in a tiny village, and about two hundred of the most powerful residents were standing about ten yards away when it happened. Twenty years ago, in the elite, idyllic, history-laden Hudson…

Neil NyrenAugust 29, 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

Fiction

Family Dynamics and the Surprising Truth Between Twins in Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister”

The Good Sister (St. Martin's Press) by Sally Hepworth is entertaining, captivating and addictive. I love her storytelling, atypical characters and the tricky twists and turns which are always surprising in the end. Rose and Fern are sisters: Rose is the responsible one, married with a white picket fence and…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 3, 2021

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Thrillers

Mental Patient? Time Traveler? She Better Find Out Fast

“Death is louder than I thought it would be. I could have predicted the blinding white light … But the roar. No one mentioned the roar.” When the narrator of Melissa Pace’s The Once and Future Me opens her eyes after what she assumes is her death, she finds she…

Neil NyrenJuly 25, 2025

Thrillers

Between Myth and Memory: The Beautiful Brutality of “Salt Bones”

Inspired by the myth of Persephone and Demeter, Salt Bones by award-winning poet and author Jennifer Givhan is a mystery thriller set in the fictional border town of El Valle. The novel follows Malamar “Mal” Veracruz and her two daughters as they navigate a community haunted by Mexican folklore and…

Natalia KavaleJuly 22, 2025

Review of Everyone Is Lying to You by Jo Piazza

Thrillers

Piazza’s #Tradwife Murder Mystery Gives New Meaning to “Domestic” Thriller

Jo Piazza’s Everyone Is Lying to You may be labeled a mystery, but at its core, it’s a piercing piece of women’s fiction. It explores womanhood in its many raw, relatable layers — friendship, motherhood, ambition, grief, betrayal — with a clarity that feels deeply personal. The main characters, best…

Pejuola RansomeJuly 16, 2025

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Thrillers

Gripping Domestic Thriller from Author of “The Couple Next Door”

I had never read a book by Shari Lapena, so I didn’t know she was a “master” of domestic thrillers. While I read She Didn’t See It Coming, that’s exactly what I was in the middle of: a masterfully written domestic thriller. By page 22, I was taut with stress.…

Deirdre PippinsJuly 15, 2025

Thrillers

Rickstad’s Latest Psych Thriller Follows Paranormal Hunt for Lab-Grown Madman

Remote: The Five is a pulse-pounding thriller (and second instalment in the Remote series) by New York Times bestselling author Eric Rickstad. This story pits an FBI agent and his team against a formidable serial killer whose unique abilities allow him to see and outwit their every move. FBI special…

Natalia KavaleJuly 9, 2025

Thrillers

From Luxury to Terror: Ruth Ware Returns With a Riveting Sequel

Bestselling author Ruth Ware returns in the thrilling sequel to The Woman in Cabin 10 in The Woman in Suite 11. Laura “Lo” Blacklock is itching to return to work as a reporter. Her youngest child is three, and it’s time to start writing again. But she has no prospects…

Jodé MillmanJuly 8, 2025

Dying to Meet You Blends Gothic Intrigue and Modern Suspense in a Page-Turning Thriller

After achieving remarkable success with contemporary romance novels, including 24 that landed on the USA Today bestseller lists, Sarina Bowen turned her considerable talent for crafting riveting tales to writing suspense thrillers. Her 2024 debut in this genre, The Five Year Lie, garnered well-earned praise with a plot concerning invasion…

Linda HitchcockJune 27, 2025

Psychological Thrillers

The Girls in the Background: Why I Write About the Footnotes of Fame

Jo Piazza Talks Womanhood and Influencer Culture in New Thriller, “Everyone Is Lying to You”

ITW Spotlight: The Suspense Is on Pointe in Megan Abbott’s Slow-Burn Thriller “The Turnout”

Terror-Filled Novel “The Sanatorium” Offers Thrills and Chills at a Luxurious Winter Resort

Father’s Murderous Mementos Haunt Psychologist as Suspected Copycat Emerges

Family Dynamics and the Surprising Truth Between Twins in Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister”

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