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Lit Picks: 6 Books that Redefine Suspense, Mystery & Thrillers

Mystery, suspense and thrillers unfold through tension and anticipation, not chaos or contrived shocks. True suspense emerges from uncertainty, discovery and the sense that something essential lies just beyond reach. The six books below demonstrate this with precision. Each constructs its world with deliberate pacing and psychological insight, delivering plots…
BookTrib
November 5, 2025
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Seasonal Affective Disorder, But Make It Literary

Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, marking the beginning of the dreaded dark winter months. Ready to embrace the lack of light with reads that are just as brutal as a 4 PM sunset? If you’re looking to curb seasonal affective disorder as much as one can, consider embracing the…
Cameron Kimball
October 29, 2025
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Murder Surfaces Where the Thames Runs Dark

English author Simon Toyne is not as well known on this side of the pond but deserves the full attention of any reader who devours taut, puzzling, edge-of-your-seat thrillers with complex plots. His recently published novel The Black Highway with the alternative title Dead Water is the third in a…
Linda Hitchcock
October 3, 2025
Thrillers

Unreliable Mothers: The New Face of the Domestic Thriller

When it comes to parenting, there has been this growing shift in the cultural expectations of motherhood. It isn’t always easy dealing with the pressures of society putting a spotlight on how we parent. There then develops this level of imposture syndrome, where you constantly feel like you are failing…
Courtney Psak
August 22, 2025
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8 Books that Prove History Is Never Neutral

Some scars don’t fade and some threats don’t disappear. They evolve, adapt and burrow into the cracks of modern life, waiting … These thrillers don’t just tell stories, but rather dig up what we thought was buried — ideologies dressed in new skin, Cold War ghosts whispering through modern politics,…
Monique Snyman
July 22, 2025
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The Chill Quill: Summer Reads That Will Chill You to the Bone

Summer’s thermostat may be soaring, but July’s new releases are here to bring the spine-tingling chill back to your beach chair. Whether you’re sneaking away for late-night reads or treating yourself to a poolside gasp, from dark academia to folk horror and multigenerational sagas, first-time collector’s editions to murderous and…
Lindy Ryan
July 14, 2025
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How Modern Research and Fiction Illuminate Family Legacy

Family legacy has long captivated our imagination, whether in the form of domestic thrillers like The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell; classic stage plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet; sweeping historical epics like Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex; or intimate personal narratives like Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. From hidden betrayals to whispered curses,…
Daco S Auffenorde
July 1, 2025