This thriller Thursday spotlights a single mother-turned-hitwoman, Charles Lenox’s next adventure, an injured hiker in the hidden town of Rockton, Eve Dallas looking into a fatal lovers’ quarrel, and an up-and-coming singing sensation found murdered in a motel. FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT by Elle Cosimano A LibraryReads pick! “A suburban Virginia divorcée struggles with […]
Tag: Mystery/Thriller

Thriller Thursday (11/19/20)
We’re solving mysteries in today’s thriller Thursday round-up, with one woman tracking a monster and searching for treasures, an English native undercover in San Francisco, a former FBI agent with a surprising murder, and a collection of novellas all centered around one mystery in a Japanese police station. THE SILVER SHOOTER: A Rose Gallagher Mystery […]

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2020
Publishers Weekly‘s Best Books of 2020 are here, and 24 Macmillan titles made the list! Top 10 THE ADDRESS BOOK: A Hidden History of Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre MaskTHE DRAGONS, THE GIANT, THE WOMEN: A Memoir by Wayétu MooreTHE LAST GREAT ROAD BUM by Héctor TobarA SAINT FROM TEXAS by Edmund White […]

PW Summer Books 2020
Publishers Weekly picked the Summer 2020 books that should be on your radar: Staff PicksARTIFACT by Arlene HeymanFLYAWAY by Kathleen JenningsTHE LAST GREAT ROAD BUM by Héctor TobarTHE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CARTOONIST by Adrian TomineONE STEP AHEAD: Mastering the Art and Science of Negotiation by David SallyTHE PARIS HOURS by Alex GeorgeTHE VAPORS: A […]

Goodreads Choice Award Winners 2019
A huge congrats to Macmillan’s 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards winners! THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (winner, Mystery & Thriller) NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo (winner, Fantasy) RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston (winner, Romance AND Debut) […]

Thriller Thursday (11/14/19)
A deadly secret document in 1882 London + a homicide detective questioning her past and future = today’s Thriller Thursday! LETHAL PURSUIT: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel by Will Thomas “He weaves in history—London especially comes alive—without it seeming like clumps of a school lesson and gives just enough background so that new readers aren’t […]

Thriller Thursday (10/03/19)
It’s a Thriller Thursday that’s not to miss with an alternate universe thriller, a Christmas tale with a detective + a puppy, and beers + murders. EMPIRE OF LIES by Raymond Khoury “Superior and plausible worldbuilding matches an ingeniously imaginative conceit. This ranks as a classic of the genre.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review DACHSHUND THROUGH THE […]

Thriller Thursday (9/12/19)
WWII conspiracies meet a #MeToo thriller in today’s Thriller Thursday! THE FIFTH COLUMN by Andrew Gross “Gross has created a thriller that works like a piece of fine machinery. Everything makes a point, there are no wasted moments, no striving for literature. Just a straight-ahead thriller, and a very good one.”–Booklist 29 SECONDS by T. […]

NYPL Mystery/Thriller Book Buzz (6/6/19)
For all you non-NYPL librarians, here are the titles we presented at their Mystery/Thriller Book Buzz this morning! 29 SECONDS | T. M. Logan | 9/10/19 | 9781250182296 ANYTHING FOR YOU | Saul Black | 11/5/19 | 9781250199911 A BETTER MAN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | Louise Penny | 8/27/19 | 9781250066213 THE BITTERROOTS […]