Psychological Thrillers

5 Thrillers Brimming with Family Secrets

There’s something terrifying about a stranger in a thriller. A mysterious figure with unknown motives and capabilities poses a serious threat to unsuspecting victims. But what about someone who isn’t a stranger, who you’ve grown up with, shared meals with, or revealed your darkest desires to? Can you really trust…

Megan BeauregardMay 13, 2024

Podcasts Thrillers

Books & Looks Podcast: Jaclyn Goldis on “The Main Character” and “Murder on the Orient Express”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary 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…

Blaine DesantisJuly 31, 2024

Thrillers

The Perfect Day – Until She Saw the Stranger at the Wedding

“The trouble with lies is that one begets another. They multiply like rats, one stacked on the other, until, before you know it, it’s rats all the way down.” Annie and Mark met on the 5:38 train to London Bridge. As they would discover, both had traumas in their past.…

Neil NyrenJuly 26, 2024

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Thrillers

Robyn Harding Talks Fame, “The Haters” and One-Star Book Reviews

You don’t need to be an author to understand the sting of a bad review — whether you’re an artist, a business owner, or simply someone taking yourself out of your comfort zone, we live in a society quick to critique, oftentimes behind the anonymity of a keyboard. And occasionally,…

Dawn IusJuly 15, 2024

Fiction Thrillers

One Woman’s Carefully Constructed Life Crumbles in “Saving Grace”

What if you realized that your whole life had been a lie orchestrated by those you trust the most? D.M. Barr asks this very question in her new book, Saving Grace (Black Rose Writing). The answer is made clear in this psychological thriller you won’t be able to put down. …

Jane HandaOctober 15, 2020

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Award-Winning Journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan Divulges the Dangers of Life in the Spotlight

"A mesmerizing thrill ride." — Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author — ∞ — Hank Phillippi Ryan has long lived in a double spotlight: that of an award-winning, bestselling author and that of an Emmy-award-winning Boston TV journalist. While she’s written many novels with protagonists in the journalism trade, her latest…

K.L. RomoNovember 11, 2021

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Executing the Wrong Man Will Not Calm a Mother’s Guilt in “The Necklace”

The bar is crowded as the local band plays and dancers two-step across the floor. Susan Lentigo looks around the room and spots familiar faces: Her best friend, Terri. Her mother, Lenore, drinking a little too much as usual. The new man in town everyone thinks she should date. And…

Joanna PoncavageSeptember 7, 2021

The Vixen Amber Halloway by Carol LaHines

Thrillers

Thriller Centers Female Rage and the Ultimate Revenge

The Vixen Amber Halloway by Carol LaHines is the newest addition in the female-rage literary thriller genre. This story is told from Ophelia’s perspective as she slowly descends into madness and is imprisoned for a crime that involves her ex-husband and the woman she believes to be the downfall of…

Kelsey HallJune 21, 2024

Fiction Thrillers

Gorgeous Grifters Spell Catastrophe in Psychological Thriller

Sun Damage (Harper Paperbacks) written by British journalist, editor and novelist Sabine Durrant, grabs the reader from the first page and doesn’t let go until, nearly breathless, you reach the final sentence. It’s a masterful sun-drenched combination of suspenseful psychological thriller and caper story set in a small village near…

Linda HitchcockJuly 26, 2023

Thrillers

“The Silent Patient” Author Turns to Murder Mystery on Greek Island

It’s well known that Alex Michaelides loves Agatha Christie. In fact, many people say that his writing mirrors her style. But in his third novel, The Fury, it becomes clear that his style is all his own. He is the master of the twist, but catches you in his web…

Lydia LefevreJanuary 16, 2024

Fiction Thrillers

Two Women Search for Justice – It’s Not What They Expect

I was on fire. I’d never felt this sort of rage before, the kind that blinds, the kind that was sinking itself into my skin, over and over and over. The speaker in Sara Koffi’s While We Were Burning (G.P. Putnam's Sons) is Elizabeth Smith, and her life is falling…

Neil NyrenMarch 29, 2024

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Man Gains Power to See the Future in Grounded Dark Fantasy Novel

As a devout reader of fantasy and dark fiction, one of my most common criticisms of the genres is that they are rife with tropes. While tropes are not inherently negative, as using a proven formula is a logical path to success, overuse can often lead to burnout. Tropes can…

Wyatt SemenukJanuary 18, 2023

Thrillers

Psychological Mystery Brings the House Down When Reality TV Turns Deadly

Sarah Strohmeyer does it again! She is among the few authors who can successfully spin a convincing yet laugh out loud, fast-paced, who-dun-it thriller. We Love to Entertain (Harper) spoofs the round-the-clock HGTV reality television programs devoted to all aspects of real estate, interior design, home renovation, landscaping and Do-It-Yourself…

Linda HitchcockMay 4, 2023

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Actress With Daddy Issues Seeks a New Hollywood Beginning in “Ruby Falls”

“Imaginative, unique, spine-tingling, and just the right amount of eerie, Ruby Falls is what a reader wants a psychological thriller to be.” — Sandra Brown, NYT bestselling author —∞— "Secrets abound in this bang of a book, a haunting tale sure to give readers chills. A stunner with some serious…

Jodé MillmanMay 4, 2021

Thrillers

C.J. Tudor’s Snowy Alaskan Thriller Breathes New Life Into Vampire Fiction

For someone who loves literature with a bit of bite, C.J. Tudor’s The Gathering (Ballantine Books) not only surprised me with its genre-bending ways, intricate storytelling, and characterization but also made me fall in love with vampire fiction again! Reinvigorating the vampire genre, steering away from the romanticized depictions that…

Monique SnymanMay 24, 2024

Thrillers

A “Survivor-Like” Reality-TV Show Tests a Couple’s Love and Lives in “One Perfect Couple”

In Ruth Ware’s latest psychological thriller, One Perfect Couple (Scout Press) Lyla’s life and career are at a crossroads. Her postdoctoral contract in virology at a London University is expiring and her relationship with Nico, an aspiring actor, is stagnating. When Nico is offered the chance to participate in a…

Jodé MillmanMay 21, 2024

5 Thrillers Brimming with Family Secrets

Books & Looks Podcast: Jaclyn Goldis on “The Main Character” and “Murder on the Orient Express”

One Woman’s Carefully Constructed Life Crumbles in “Saving Grace”

Award-Winning Journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan Divulges the Dangers of Life in the Spotlight

Executing the Wrong Man Will Not Calm a Mother’s Guilt in “The Necklace”

Man Gains Power to See the Future in Grounded Dark Fantasy Novel

Actress With Daddy Issues Seeks a New Hollywood Beginning in “Ruby Falls”

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