Tana French’s immersive, thought-provoking The Hunter revels in the quiet moments, but knows true peace is elusive.
Tana French’s immersive, thought-provoking The Hunter revels in the quiet moments, but knows true peace is elusive.
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Speaking of formally impressive, Janice Hallett is back with another uniquely structured mystery. This time around, she’s combining the email format of her debut (The Appeal) with the audio transcriptions of her sophomore novel (The Twyford Code) to track the process of true crime author Amanda Bailey. Amanda is attempting to write the definite book on the Alperton Angels doomsday cult, and through the emails she sends and the interviews she conducts, it becomes clear that the case is not nearly as cut and dried as she first assumed.
Speaking of formally impressive, Janice Hallett is back with another uniquely structured mystery. This time around, she’s combining the email format of her debut (The Appeal) with the audio transcriptions of her sophomore novel (The Twyford Code) to track the process of true crime author Amanda Bailey. Amanda is attempting to write the definite book […]
You’ve never read anything like Stuart Turton’s post-apocalyptic mystery, the aptly titled The Last Murder at the End of the World.
You’ve never read anything like Stuart Turton’s post-apocalyptic mystery, the aptly titled The Last Murder at the End of the World.
Sulari Gentill’s follow-up to The Woman in the Library is an original and entertaining thriller that dives into the shadowy world of online conspiracy theorists.
Sulari Gentill’s follow-up to The Woman in the Library is an original and entertaining thriller that dives into the shadowy world of online conspiracy theorists.
Having written some of the most idiosyncratic and haunting classics of modern sci-fi (Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion), Dan Simmons has in recent years turned his attention to historical thrillers that may be more down to earth, but are no less chilling. Now, the author of The Terror and The Abominable will turn his attention to the high-pressure environment of America’s nuclear weapons program at the height of World War II. Paul Haber is a German physicist who was banished by the Nazis and lost his wife and child to the horrors of a concentration camp. But then a Nazi spy approaches Paul and asks him to turn traitor, as his family is actually alive.
Having written some of the most idiosyncratic and haunting classics of modern sci-fi (Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion), Dan Simmons has in recent years turned his attention to historical thrillers that may be more down to earth, but are no less chilling. Now, the author of The Terror and The Abominable will turn his attention […]
Gillian Flynn’s new mystery & suspense imprint got off to a great start last year with Scorched Grace, poet Margot Douaihy’s debut mystery starring a queer and very punk New Orleans nun named Sister Holiday. Delightfully, this sequel sees Sister Holiday teaming up with Magnolia Riveaux, the fire inspector assigned to Scorched Grace’s arson spree, to form a new detective agency. Their first case? Figuring out who murdered a priest, all while extreme rains threaten to flood the city.
Gillian Flynn’s new mystery & suspense imprint got off to a great start last year with Scorched Grace, poet Margot Douaihy’s debut mystery starring a queer and very punk New Orleans nun named Sister Holiday. Delightfully, this sequel sees Sister Holiday teaming up with Magnolia Riveaux, the fire inspector assigned to Scorched Grace’s arson spree, […]
It’s been five years since Flynn’s debut thriller, The Woman in the Window, was seemingly everywhere. In the time since, a sadly abysmal film adaptation was released and a scandalous New Yorker article investigated his past, but now a sophomore novel is finally in sight. Billed as “part Knives Out, part Agatha Christie,” End of Story centers on mystery novelist Sebastian Trapp, who invites Nicky Hunter, an expert on detective fiction, to his luxurious home to help draft his memoirs. But while there, Nicky becomes obsessed with solving the mysterious disappearance of Sebastian’s first wife and son.
It’s been five years since Flynn’s debut thriller, The Woman in the Window, was seemingly everywhere. In the time since, a sadly abysmal film adaptation was released and a scandalous New Yorker article investigated his past, but now a sophomore novel is finally in sight. Billed as “part Knives Out, part Agatha Christie,” End of […]
Beloved, critically acclaimed romance author Alyssa Cole made her thriller debut with 2020’s When No One Is Watching, and now she returns with another creative and suspenseful premise: Kenetria Nash has dissociative identity disorder and is a caretaker for a historic home on an isolated island. When a surprise visit from the members of the home’s trust ends in murder, Ken and her alternate personalities have to find the killer to clear their name.
Beloved, critically acclaimed romance author Alyssa Cole made her thriller debut with 2020’s When No One Is Watching, and now she returns with another creative and suspenseful premise: Kenetria Nash has dissociative identity disorder and is a caretaker for a historic home on an isolated island. When a surprise visit from the members of the […]
Think Jurassic Park, but with woolly mammoths. Megabestselling author Douglas Preston (he of Preston & Child fame) is setting his latest thriller in an exclusive resort in Colorado where prehistoric beasts roam free. Come for the mammoth, stay for the giant ground sloth.
Think Jurassic Park, but with woolly mammoths. Megabestselling author Douglas Preston (he of Preston & Child fame) is setting his latest thriller in an exclusive resort in Colorado where prehistoric beasts roam free. Come for the mammoth, stay for the giant ground sloth.
Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski heads to Kansas in Sara Paretsky’s Pay Dirt, where she gets wrapped up in the case of a missing college student and runs afoul of both the FBI and the local opioid dealers.
Chicago PI V.I. Warshawski heads to Kansas in Sara Paretsky’s Pay Dirt, where she gets wrapped up in the case of a missing college student and runs afoul of both the FBI and the local opioid dealers.
Louisa Luna crafts a boldly, unapologetically unlikable protagonist in Tell Me Who You Are—but is Dr. Caroline Strange also unreliable?
Louisa Luna crafts a boldly, unapologetically unlikable protagonist in Tell Me Who You Are—but is Dr. Caroline Strange also unreliable?
Frankie Elkin is author Lisa Gardner’s most recent creation, but she’s already well on her way to joining the ranks of Gardner’s other beloved sleuths like D.D. Warren, Pierce Quincy and Kimberly Quincy. An empathetic loner who searches for long-missing people, Frankie embarks on her most challenging case yet when she tries to crack a 12-year-old cold case presented to her by serial killer Kaylee Pierson. Pierson is going to be executed for her crimes in three weeks, but before she dies, she wants Frankie to try and find out what happened to her sister, Leilani.
Frankie Elkin is author Lisa Gardner’s most recent creation, but she’s already well on her way to joining the ranks of Gardner’s other beloved sleuths like D.D. Warren, Pierce Quincy and Kimberly Quincy. An empathetic loner who searches for long-missing people, Frankie embarks on her most challenging case yet when she tries to crack a […]
Ah, the allure of the prewar New York City apartment, an allure that has only grown stronger thanks to rage-inducing real estate prices. In Lisa Unger’s thriller, Rosie and Chad Lowen fall prey to a beautiful Big Apple building with murderous secrets beneath its floorboards, the latest of which is one of their neighbors mysteriously dying right after they move in.
Ah, the allure of the prewar New York City apartment, an allure that has only grown stronger thanks to rage-inducing real estate prices. In Lisa Unger’s thriller, Rosie and Chad Lowen fall prey to a beautiful Big Apple building with murderous secrets beneath its floorboards, the latest of which is one of their neighbors mysteriously […]
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