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A Domestic Thriller with Gargoyles and Dumbwaiters

Riley Sager’s suspense novel Lock Every Door (Dutton) features Jules Larsen, a vulnerable, self-esteem-starved twenty-five-year-old. Since her beloved sister’s disappearance four years prior and her parents’ tragic deaths soon after, she has journeyed to Manhattan to pursue big-city dreams. Instead, at the novel’s opening, Jules finds herself without a job,…
Gisèle Lewis
June 20, 2019
Thrillers

Strong Winds of Change for Jon Land’s Texas Ranger

Think of Jon Land’s latest Caitlin Strong novel, Strong as Steel (Forge Books), as a tenth-anniversary special. As the author mentions in his final notes, Hollywood often talks about stories that are different but the same. Strong as Steel leans toward different for the Caitlin Strong franchise, but in every…
James R. Hannibal
April 23, 2019
Thrillers

An Inheritance Leads to Jealousy and Violence

Murder, stalking, secrets, wealth, power and prestige are all packed into Liv Constantine’s The Last Time I Saw You (Harper), an intoxicating and layered cat-and-mouse thriller that surprises with its ingenious twists and turns until the very end. Beloved Baltimore heiress and philanthropist Lily Michaels is dead - bludgeoned to…
Ann Lineberger
April 29, 2019
Thrillers

Better Watch Out: Killer Santa Takes Instead of Gives

Dennis McCort is a learned fellow. He’s a retired college German professor, literary translator, language buff, music expert, and author of several books, ranging from A Kafkaesque Memoir tracing his own experience in psychoanalysis to a comedy, The Man Who Loved Doughnuts. The description of one of his books says…
Jim Alkon
April 3, 2019
Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Heather Graham Pens a Bold Thriller

Bestselling author Heather Graham returns to her New York Confidential series with A Lethal Legacy (MIRA Books)—a thriller that involves a modern murder and a cocktail of historic mysteries ranging from the Knights Templar to the Ark of the Covenant and the Vikings in America, with a twist of alien…
J.H. Bogran
March 5, 2019
Thrillers

Coben’s Search for Runaway Daughter Exposes Dark World

It was the businessman’s eldest daughter, Paige, who he hadn’t seen in six months. He approaches her and begs her to come home, but she runs. That’s how New York Times bestselling thriller master Harlan Coben sets up his latest novel, Run Away (Grand Central Publishing). The story follows Simon…
Jim Alkon
March 14, 2019
Thrillers

Valentine’s Day Is Over–Bring On Jon Land’s Thrillers

Time to take a respite from the romance of the recent holiday with eight captivating thrillers, chosen by esteemed author Jon Land. Break out your heart-shaped chocolates and dive right into some highly anticipated reads--you'll be glad you gave any of these a shot! Seldom has a writer laid claim…
Jon Land
February 15, 2019
Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Killing, Comedy, and Country Music

Sophie Hannah’s not a stand-up comedienne… yet. But she gets to play the part in her newest thriller, The Next to Die (William Morrow Books). In it, comedienne Kim Tribbeck finds herself center-stage in a string of homicides that have an unusual twist—the murdered couples are all best friends. But…
K.L. Romo
February 20, 2019
Thrillers

Lisa Gardner Discloses All on New Thriller “Never Tell”

In the latest thriller of the Detective D.D. Warren series, Never Tell (Dutton), best-selling author Lisa Gardner peels back layer after layer of secrets to reveal a clever, determined murderer. Evie Carter, a pregnant high school math teacher, finds her husband shot dead in his home office. Instead of dialing 9-1-1, she picks up…
Gisèle Lewis
January 31, 2019
Thrillers

A Mystery and a Mind Unravel in “The Silent Patient”

Alex Michaelides grew up reading Agatha Christie “obsessively,” but she never wrote anything like this. The Silent Patient (Celadon Books) grips you immediately, but where it goes is completely unpredictable – and it takes you to dark corners of the human psyche you never knew existed. “I love him so totally,…
Neil Nyren
February 6, 2019
Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: FBI Agent Pendergast Partners Up

FBI Special Agent Pendergast is assigned to work with a new partner in Verses for the Dead (Grand Central), the latest thriller in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s hugely popular series. And, as fans of the famously rogue operative might expect, Pendergast finds that almost as challenging as the series of…
R.G. Belsky
January 8, 2019
Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Chatting with David Baldacci

According to bestselling author David Baldacci, when you’ve written as many books as he has—10 series, or a total of 30 books and counting; and another 12 stand-alone novels—there’s one way to keep his writing razor-sharp: “Start from Square One: create a new character, a new series—a new world.” With…
Josie Brown
December 12, 2018