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A True Crime Writer Finds More Than She Bargained For

“That’s the thing you have to understand. The years we spent there. You can leave Coram House, but you can’t leave it behind. Not all of it. The worst of it you carry with you. It becomes part of you. And sometimes I worry you pass it on.” Coram House…

Neil NyrenMarch 28, 2025

Tess Gerritsen Unleashes A Chilling Small-Town Mystery In “The Summer Guests”

Purity, Maine, is nothing like its name. It is a summer tourist destination divided into the wealthy and the working-class, seasonal residents and townies, and their secrets. It is also a place where CIA agents retire, seeking the peace and quiet of a remote, pastoral lifestyle. In The Summer Guests…

Jodé MillmanMarch 17, 2025

Thrillers

Uncover Dark Secrets in Chilling Crime Novel

“When everything was drenched in sleep, Ava knew it was time. She eased out of bed, and when her feet touched the floor she became still … The trick at night was to banish all thoughts and let instincts govern. She must be stealthy and quick: the Small Hours were…

Neil NyrenOctober 25, 2024

Thrillers

Bestselling Author of “The Girl on the Train” Provides Ample Twists, Turns, and Tides in Latest Thriller

In her latest addictive novel, The Blue Hour, Paula Hawkins immediately captures her readers' attention through deception, beautiful art, and complicated characters. While this recipe is Hawkins’ bread and butter, we see a new side to her storytelling that we have not seen in the past. When art curator James…

Lydia LefevreOctober 2, 2024

BooksToScreen Listicles

Craving More “Yellowjackets”? Read These 8 Horrifying Novels

When a plane crashes in 1996, a girls’ soccer team is stranded in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. With only their team, their remaining belongings and anything they can scavenge or build, they fight for survival. How many months or years will they be stranded for? One thing is…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 12, 2025

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Terrorism & Tech Industry Collide in Hollywood Screenwriter’s Cinematic Spy Thriller

Nine Minutes Eleven Seconds explodes off the page with cinematic action and a clever, tech-terror driven plot. L.V. Pederson’s immersive thriller features a diabolical mastermind with connections to the attacks on the twin towers, and an unsuspecting heroine who must find the strength to overcome personal trauma and help stop…

Michael FerryJanuary 28, 2025

Thrillers

“Shell Games” Thrills with Twists, Secrets, and Second Chances

Bonnie Kistler brings forth her formidable credentials as a seasoned trial attorney with success in federal and several state courts along with a Bryn Mawr College undergraduate magma cum laude Honors in English Literature degree to the creation of her ingenious dark psychological thrillers. Her taut writing, intricate plotting, hairpin…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 13, 2025

Listicles Thrillers

The Chill Quill: Witches, Hauntings, and Dark Thrills That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

It’s a brand-new year, and the Chill Quill is back! Each month we’re bringing you reading recommendations from the spooky side to keep you shivering all through the year with a selection of hot off the press thrillers, horrors, mysteries, and dark fantasies from well-known and emerging authors. Grab a…

Lindy RyanJanuary 29, 2025

Recommended Thrillers

Judas Iscariot’s Second Chance: A Hero’s Redemption in a Dark and Dangerous London

You’ve no doubt heard of the infamous Judas Iscariot — and his well-known betrayal — but you’ve never seen him in this light before. In the first of Martin Davey’s exciting The Black Museum series, Judas is, well … miraculously, the hero. Judas the Hero follows Detective Inspector Judas Iscariot…

Katie BloomerNovember 26, 2024

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Twisted Secrets and Deadly Deceptions That’ll Keep Readers Guessing

This is the third book by Bonnie Traymore that I have reviewed, and they just keep getting better. There’s no question in my mind that Traymore should be getting recognized as a prominent new voice in mystery fiction. Like her earlier books, The Bluff is a deliciously twisted tale about…

R.G. BelskyOctober 7, 2024

Recommended Thrillers

Screenwriter’s Fast-Moving Thriller Novel Is Downright Cinematic

A troubled, depressed man who is having disturbing dreams goes to a therapist seeking answers. But, when he and the therapist begin to explore his life for clues, the horrors from his past suddenly come alive as a real-life nightmare that puts him and his loved ones in grave danger.…

R.G. BelskyJuly 24, 2024

Thrillers

A Girl Disappears. The Aftershocks Do Not.

“People don’t just disappear. Of course they don’t. They take up too much space in the world. They are pounds of flesh, gallons of blood. Teeth, bones, fingernails. It all has to go somewhere.” In Sarah Sawyer’s The Undercurrent, it is 2011, but it might as well be 1987. That…

Neil NyrenSeptember 27, 2024

Fiction

Richard Osman Delivers Laughs and Twists with a New Wacky Crime-Fighting Trio

Whenever Richard Osman releases a murder mystery, readers know they are in for a clever, good time. In We Solve Murders, (Pamela Dorman Books), Osman creates a wacky trio on the run from a Russian oligarch and a stream of anonymous assassins. When the bullets fly, Osman keeps his readers guessing…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 17, 2024

Miscellany Pop Culture

Is Manifesting Real or 21st-Century Snake Oil?

Manifesting …. is it real or is it a sham? Does it actually work? Or is it twenty-first century snake oil? In case you’ve been living under a rock, let me explain the concept of manifesting. Manifesting is the idea that if you really want something, you can have it.…

Sandra BlockSeptember 4, 2024

Thrillers

True Crime Meets Fiction in a Riveting Mystery That Will Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat

You’re invited to The Bachelorette Party, Sandra Block’s newest thrill-ride, where fact and fiction collide in a startling fashion, and nothing is quite as it seems. Alex is a true crime devotee researching the infamous 666 serial killer. She has the perfect life: a dream internship on a popular cable…

Nicole BaartSeptember 6, 2024

Thrillers

It’s Cotton Malone vs. the Knights of Malta

No one sells over 20 million books without understanding how to hook a reader. Over the past 17 years, and now with his 18th novel, The Malta Exchange (Minotaur Books), Steve Berry has mastered the art of page-turning. That elusive art is really the lifeblood of publishing. It’s a simple…

Casey BarrettMarch 15, 2019

A True Crime Writer Finds More Than She Bargained For

Craving More “Yellowjackets”? Read These 8 Horrifying Novels

Terrorism & Tech Industry Collide in Hollywood Screenwriter’s Cinematic Spy Thriller

The Chill Quill: Witches, Hauntings, and Dark Thrills That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

Judas Iscariot’s Second Chance: A Hero’s Redemption in a Dark and Dangerous London

Twisted Secrets and Deadly Deceptions That’ll Keep Readers Guessing

Screenwriter’s Fast-Moving Thriller Novel Is Downright Cinematic

Is Manifesting Real or 21st-Century Snake Oil?

It’s Cotton Malone vs. the Knights of Malta

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