S.A. Cosby’s BLACKTOP WASTELAND is a gritty, voice-driven thriller about a former getaway driver who thought he had escaped the criminal life who is pulled back in by race, poverty, and his own former life of crime. Like Ocean’s Eleven meets Drive (but with a mostly black cast of characters), BLACKTOP WASTELAND is a searing, […]
Tag: Crime
Thriller Thursday (4/2/20)
A cozy mystery set in Nashville’s real estate world + the search for a missing child opens the door to a whole new world of secrets = this thriller Thursday. DEAD IN THE DOORWAY: A House-Flipper Mystery by Diane Kelly Following DEAD AS A DOOR KNOCKER, Whitney Whitaker scores the perfect piece of real estate […]
Forthcoming #FridayReads: THE SHADOWS
Stranger Things meets Stephen King’s THE OUTSIDER as Alex North returns for another poignant and terrifying supernatural thriller, THE SHADOWS, in this week’s Forthcoming #FridayReads spotlight! Hopefully you all remember THE WHISPER MAN, which came out last year–it was a LibraryReads Pick and a departmental favorite. This is the author’s follow-up, another poignant and terrifying […]
Thriller Thursday (2/13/20)
A crime shared on social media + family lies and a 40-year-old cold case–welcome to #ThrillerThursday! THE ABSOLUTION by Yrsa Sigurdardottir “In Sigurdardóttir’s stellar third Children’s House thriller (after 2019’s THE RECKONING), Freyja, a frustrated child psychologist, joins forces with Huldar, a problem-ridden Reykjavík police detective, to try to catch a serial killer…This heart-wrenching story […]
Thriller Thursday (12/05/19)
A Victorian detective on the hunt for a missing Oxford academic + a factory mystery with murder and a bad-tempered donkey + Teddy Roosevelt’s near death assassination or accident? + a private investigator hired by the number one suspect + a thriller author on the run in Alaska + a gripping murder case in an […]
Happy #PubDay (10/15)
Horror, crime, and spooky woods + an abduction by Boko Haram + the next part of Bailey the dog’s journey + a young historian with a changed life path = this week’s #pubday party. SUICIDE WOODS: Stories by Benjamin Percy A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book for Fall 2019 + in Publishers Weekly‘s Fall 2019 […]
2019 CWA Dagger Awards Longlist
The CWA Dagger Awards Longlist includes TWO Macmillan titles! CWA Gold Dagger WHAT WE DID by Christobel Kent “Incisive character studies, seamless plotting, and a breathtaking final reveal make this a standout.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger THIRTEEN by Steve Cavanagh “A knockout legal thriller with a doozy of a twist.”–Booklist, starred […]
SAVE ME FROM DANGEROUS MEN is a Booklist Top 10 Crime Debut!
Our favorite (retired-but-not-quite) Booklis-ter, Bill Ott, put together the Year’s Best Crime Novels for 2019, and S.A. Lelchuk’s SAVE ME FROM DANGEROUS MEN made the Top 10 Debuts list! Nikki Griffin isn’t your typical private investigator. In her office above her bookstore’s shelves and stacks, where she luxuriates in books and the comfort they provide, […]
Thriller Thursday (9/27/18 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday to a couple of East-coast crimes: BUTTON MAN by Andrew Gross Also available in audio Gross’s new historical thriller brings to life the birth of organized crime in 1930s New York City from the tale of the three Rabinowitz brothers, who take very different paths. “A highly satisfying story of family loyalty, persistence, […]
Drop-In Alert: Stephanie Patrick Thrillers & Movie
#ThrillerThursday Bonus: we just added Mark Burnell’s Stephanie Patrick thriller series to our Fall 2018 & Winter 2019 season! Stephanie Patrick’s life was destroyed by the crash of flight NEO027. Her family was on board and there were no survivors. Devastated, her life spins out of control until she learns the crash was no accident. […]
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