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“The Partnership Protocol” is Anything But the Usual Protocol

Peace on earth. We’ve all heard it talked about, promoted and wished for. Some of us have maybe even taken a step towards it at one time or another. Maybe we’ve donated to the poor or attended a protest against violence or injustice, but real, full-scale world peace? Is that…

Paige VigliaroloMay 26, 2021

Fiction

“Second Place” is a Captivating Narrative Unlike Anything Else

Rachel Cusk earned critical renown with her “Outline” series, three books that strip bare traditional narrative formats and train the spotlight on minor characters, eliding the narrator’s identity and making her a mere conduit. Cusk’s newest novel, Second Place (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), performs an about-face from this approach, sinking…

Jessica McEnteeMay 7, 2021

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Labyrinth of Lies, Secrets and Apprehension in “The Other Mrs.”

“There’s something off about the house,” begins Mary Kubica’s spine-chilling The Other Mrs. (Park Row Books). Maybe there’s something off about the novel, too, because it’s unnervingly difficult to put down. Kubica’s meticulous writing draws the reader into a labyrinth of lies, secrets and apprehension, with a more than a…

Judy MorenoFebruary 18, 2020

Fiction

Welcome to the “Fashion Jungle:” a Chat with Rachel Van Dyken

A terrain where snakes and jaguars are disguised as amicable faces with hidden agendas. This geographical location is known as the concrete jungle, or as author Rachel Van Dyken calls it, “Fashion Jungle.” In the midst of the predator vs. prey environment are four girls with the ultimate career: modeling.…

Maria KonstasJanuary 28, 2020

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…

Sandra BlockJuly 26, 2018

Fiction

Strange World, Faithful Friends — and Monsters Await “Beneath the Ruins”

It’s getting dark. Residents of Arkdale soon will shelter for long weeks behind their town’s locked gates until the weak sun begins to shine again. Even in the light time of year, only the brave — or foolhardy — venture out to explore the nearby ruins of an unknown civilization,…

Joanna PoncavageJuly 19, 2021

Fiction

Naomi Watts Intensifies this Family Drama in ‘The Book of Henry’

It’s rare that a movie trailer can surprise us these days. We’re so used to hearing that music swell and watching the main conflict unfold that it almost feels like we could write our own at this point. Which makes the trailer for the upcoming film, The Book of Henry, stand out…

Rachel CarterJune 16, 2017

Fiction

Forgery, Felonies and the World of Fine Art Combine in This Exhilarating Thriller

In her newest thriller, Fake (Harper), author Erica Katz delves into the fine art world of priceless paintings, premier art galleries, felony fraud and a painter desperately trying to find her place. The Plot: Twenty-six-year-old Emma Caan learned from her professor at Yale that her paintings were unexceptional — technically superior…

K.L. RomoMarch 30, 2022

Fiction

“An Anonymous Girl” is Gripping, Can’t-Put-Down Suspense

An Anonymous Girl (St. Martin's Press), the second suspense novel from the writing team of Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks, is the story of a young New York make-up artist who lies her way into a psychological study on ethics and morality. What could go wrong? Jessica Farris needs money…

Joanna PoncavageJanuary 14, 2019

Fiction

Video: Missed It? Interview with Robert Dugoni and the Tracy Crosswhite Series

Detective Tracy Crosswhite has a skill, and a soft spot, for tackling unsolved crimes. Having lost her own sister to murder at a young age, Tracy has dedicated her career to bringing justice and closure to the families and friends of victims of crime. So when Jenny, a former police…

BookTribMay 17, 2016

Fiction

Interview with Dale Wiley and Southern Gothic (Video)

Aspiring author Meredith Harper owns the hottest bookstore in Savannah. Michael Black is her favorite writer—long thought dead—until he mysteriously approaches Meredith with a new manuscript, and a most unusual offer. Meredith can keep the manuscript to herself, or publish it under her own name. Her decision results in a…

BookTribFebruary 2, 2017

Fiction

Interview with Walt Gragg, Author of ‘The Red Line’

Walt Gragg, author of the new military thriller 'The Red Line,' spent some time with us chatting about his book, the possibility of a miniseries and how he developed and created characters readers love. Watch the interview below!

BookTribOctober 5, 2017

Fiction

K.J. Howe on Researching the Scary World of Kidnapping for Her Latest Release, The Freedom Broker

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content, starting with this article written by K.J. Howe! If you’re looking for edge-of-your-seat thrills, we recommend checking out The Freedom Broker. The first in a new series from K.J. Howe, this novel follows kidnap negotiator Thea Paris as she attempts to…

BookishFebruary 15, 2017

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A Bullet Misses at the Third Meeting of Thursday Murder Club

For those who are new to The Thursday Murder Club (Pamela Dorman Books) by Richard Osman, it is a lovely group of retirees that get together every week to sus out a cold case murder. The third book in this series, The Bullet That Missed, takes us on another whirlwind…

Lydia LefevreSeptember 23, 2022

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Silas House’s Resonant Fiction Set in Climate Destroyed Future

Lark Ascending (Algonquin) is the long-awaited seventh novel by master storyteller Silas House. His prose is finely crafted, carefully honed, thought and emotion provoking and as lyrical as a haunting Celtic elegy. He is, in short, one of the most important writers in the English language today. Mississippi has its…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 26, 2022

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10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

Dark academia lurks on the underside of academia — with a focus on the illicit, the murderous and the obsessive. When students become wildly fixated on their studies, they careen into forbidden territory, uncovering secrets that become the subject of the novel. This subgenre's appeal is not unlike the pull…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 23, 2022

“The Partnership Protocol” is Anything But the Usual Protocol

“Second Place” is a Captivating Narrative Unlike Anything Else

Labyrinth of Lies, Secrets and Apprehension in “The Other Mrs.”

Welcome to the “Fashion Jungle:” a Chat with Rachel Van Dyken

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

Strange World, Faithful Friends — and Monsters Await “Beneath the Ruins”

Naomi Watts Intensifies this Family Drama in ‘The Book of Henry’

Forgery, Felonies and the World of Fine Art Combine in This Exhilarating Thriller

“An Anonymous Girl” is Gripping, Can’t-Put-Down Suspense

Video: Missed It? Interview with Robert Dugoni and the Tracy Crosswhite Series

Interview with Dale Wiley and Southern Gothic (Video)

Interview with Walt Gragg, Author of ‘The Red Line’

K.J. Howe on Researching the Scary World of Kidnapping for Her Latest Release, The Freedom Broker

A Bullet Misses at the Third Meeting of Thursday Murder Club

Silas House’s Resonant Fiction Set in Climate Destroyed Future

10 Dark Academia Reads to Obsess Over this Autumn

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