Suspense Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Missing Persons Case Takes “One Step Too Far” Into the Wyoming Wilderness

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner is back with another gripping thriller featuring her newest amateur detective, Frankie Elkin. Greeted by starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist before its release, One Step Too Far (Random House) is the enthralling follow-up to last year’s Before She Disappeared (BookTrib's coverage). This time, Frankie is investigating the…

Mindy CarlsonJanuary 18, 2022

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In Glittering Berlin, Thrilling Obsessions Make Fiction and Reality Collide

The young woman speaking in Calla Henkel’s Other People’s Clothes (Doubleday) is Zoe Beech, an American art student who has fled to Berlin in 2008 for any number of reasons. She doesn’t know who she is and she hates the school she’s in now, which revolves around toxic masculinity: “In…

Neil NyrenJanuary 28, 2022

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A Police Transcriber Finds the Real Thing Too Close to Home

“This job is violent and graphic in nature. You’ll have to listen to accounts of things that are … traumatic … to say the least. It’s not for everyone.” “Good thing I’m not everyone.” In Hannah Morrissey’s Hello, Transcriber (Minotaur Books), Hazel Greenlee, 26, has just been hired as a…

Neil NyrenNovember 26, 2021

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Retired FBI Agent Must Call Upon His Past Expertise to Take Down “The Reunion Bomber”

That lack of tolerance and sympathy for another child’s problems has huge consequences in Bill Flynn’s harrowing novel The Reunion Bomber (Gatekeeper Press). Apparently, the seventh-grade class at Meyer Elementary School picked the wrong boy to bully and make fun of. Lyle Emery grows up feeling the full effects of…

Jim AlkonSeptember 27, 2021

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3 Unreliable Narrators, Mindblowing Ending for “The Girl on the Train” Follow-Up

"She was struck by the smell. Underneath the blood, all that blood, there was something else, something older, sweet and rank, like lilies left too long in the vase. The smell and the look of him, impossible to resist, his beautiful dead face, glassy eyes framed by long lashes, plump…

Naomi NairAugust 31, 2021

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Harlan Coben Mixes Art, Radical Politics, Vigilante Justice and Family Secrets in “Win”

Better yet, Google could just define it with the name “Windsor Horne Lockwood III.” Lockwood operates differently than most of the rest of us. He’s an almost-sociopathic son of privilege whose brains, brawn and wealth make him a one-percenter who pretty much does what he pleases. In Harlan Coben’s latest…

Dennis HetzelMarch 15, 2021

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Danger and Romance Collide on the Hunt for a Hidden Treasure

—∞— Abby Holland's treasure-hunting grandfather, King Farrell, is missing and presumed dead. Her inheritance comes with a choice: she can live out her boring life in Denver in the Victorian house he's willed to her, or sell it and use the proceeds to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine in…

Gevera Bert PiedmontJune 6, 2022

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Russians Seek Revenge on Defectors in Terrific Debut Thriller

“I felt my body heat increase as he recounted the tale of the Sempworth, aka Karchenko, case. Lots of loose threads, but all the same color.” Those memorable words come from Decktora Raines, the hero of The Poison Factory, as she seeks to weave enough of those threads together to…

Dennis HetzelJanuary 10, 2022

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Therapist Turns Analysis Inward As Jolting News Leads to Tragedy

For a man whose profession is based on listening to other people and helping them navigate through life’s biggest emotional issues, this was the kind of jolt that forced Dr. Paul Mason to turn his examination inward – and in a big way. TRAGEDY STRIKES In John R. Wallis’s suspense-filled…

Cristina LenociNovember 18, 2022

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A Reality Survival Show Becomes a Little Too Real in “Small Game”

Ashley wanted to be famous. That’s not an insult, it’s the truth … Kyle was an Eagle Scout, which meant a lot to him, although none of the others pretended to care … Bullfrog was a real anarchist type, old-school. The kind who wouldn’t call it anarchy, just country living…

Neil NyrenOctober 28, 2022

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These Books Have Surprises at Every Turn, Perhaps Even for the Author

Suspense author Betty Briggs is back with the final installment of The Stephanie Trilogy, Pressure Point, and this book does not disappoint with its thrilling plot, romantic twists and turns, equestrian trope and returning characters --- not to mention the hope of happy endings. In Pressure Point (Sunrise Selections), one woman must…

BookTribOctober 3, 2022

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BookTrib Giveaway: Dive Into a Dark, Gritty Supernatural Thriller Series

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BookTribMay 12, 2022

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Bill Flynn Discusses How Fighting Against Bullying Underscores His Books

In Bill Flynn’s historical fiction and thriller, The Reunion Bomber, Former FBI agent Ronan Ryan returns to Eastboro to attend the reunion of his high school class. A celebration with his basketball teammates and a pleasant encounter with his first love is interrupted by a violent act of vengeance. The…

Judy MorenoOctober 11, 2021

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Dennis Hetzel Talks Crafting and Conceptualizing a Thriller

Journalist Olivia Claven is just trying to get it together. Between her recent string of job losses, a pile of debt and the death of her fiancé, she’s been reduced to living with her parents and running a local news website. Then one day she gets a news tip that…

BookTribSeptember 13, 2021

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Liz Alterman Unveils a Mysterious and Riveting YA Novel

Picking someone up from the airport is always a drag, but sometimes it’s downright dangerous. He’ll Be Waiting (Willow River Press) by Liz Alterman tells of a spunky teenager who does a favor for her significant other by retrieving his traveling friend. Next thing she knows, she knows nothing; she’s…

BookTribJuly 6, 2021

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ITW Spotlight: J.D. Barker’s Fascinating Road to Success

In talking about his new novel, A Caller’s Game, (Hampton Creek Press) author J.D. Barker spent some time reflecting on his long and varied career. Some highlights include breaking in as a writer while working as a high-priced babysitter for rock stars, heading out unannounced to Stephen King’s house to…

Adam MeyerApril 29, 2021

ITW Spotlight: Missing Persons Case Takes “One Step Too Far” Into the Wyoming Wilderness

In Glittering Berlin, Thrilling Obsessions Make Fiction and Reality Collide

A Police Transcriber Finds the Real Thing Too Close to Home

Retired FBI Agent Must Call Upon His Past Expertise to Take Down “The Reunion Bomber”

3 Unreliable Narrators, Mindblowing Ending for “The Girl on the Train” Follow-Up

Harlan Coben Mixes Art, Radical Politics, Vigilante Justice and Family Secrets in “Win”

Danger and Romance Collide on the Hunt for a Hidden Treasure

Russians Seek Revenge on Defectors in Terrific Debut Thriller

A Reality Survival Show Becomes a Little Too Real in “Small Game”

These Books Have Surprises at Every Turn, Perhaps Even for the Author

BookTrib Giveaway: Dive Into a Dark, Gritty Supernatural Thriller Series

Bill Flynn Discusses How Fighting Against Bullying Underscores His Books

Dennis Hetzel Talks Crafting and Conceptualizing a Thriller

Liz Alterman Unveils a Mysterious and Riveting YA Novel

ITW Spotlight: J.D. Barker’s Fascinating Road to Success

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