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The Silence of the Lambs

Thrillers

The Boy in the Floor, the Whisper at the Window

One of the quotes for Alex North’s The Whisper Man (Celadon) calls it a “seamless blend of Harlan Coben, Stephen King, and Thomas Harris.” I’d say that’s just about right. Novelist Tom Kennedy and his seven-year-old son Jake are both still grieving the death of the boy’s mother, Rebecca. Everything…
Neil Nyren
July 29, 2019
Fiction

Notes and Texts From Bram Stoker Inspire “Dracula” Prequel

This story appears through BookTrib’s partnership with the International Thriller Writers. It first appeared in The Big Thrill.  While it may seem that the vampire novel has been drained of every conceivable drop of blood, the truth is, the Undead can rise and walk the earth, becoming more Undead than ever before—in…
Nancy Bilyeau
October 3, 2018
Fiction

Diagnosing Literary Characters, One Murderer at a Time

Murder is contextual. Meaning, the action of killing by itself tells us nothing about underlying motivation. A murder in war, for example, has an entirely different motive than a serial killer’s compulsive, methodical kills. It’s apples and oranges, really: both fruit on the outside, but very different on the inside.…
BookTrib Guest Author
September 9, 2016