From the bone-chilling, blood-curdling, trick-or-treat ready halls of Macmillan comes a round-up of some ghoulishly delightful horror treats from the past year. Grab your favorite candy and curl up with your black cat while reading these spooktacular books. THE WHISPER MAN by Alex North A Publishers Weekly Best Book of Summer 2019 + two starred […]
Tag: psychological thriller
Thriller Thursday (7/25/19)
A supernatural thriller full of aliens and government cover-ups and a he-said/she-said game of obsession–welcome to this week’s #ThrillerThursday! THE DARK ABOVE by Jeremy Finley “It is not a stretch to see fans of Netflix’s Stranger Things or Sylvain Neuvel’s SLEEPING GIANTS (2016) enjoying this book.”–Booklist A STRANGER ON THE BEACH by Michele Campbell “While […]
#ThrillerThursday (6/27/19)
Legal + military + psychological–all the thrillers make an appearance in this week’s eclectic #ThrillerThursday celebration! A NEARLY NORMAL FAMILY by M. T. Edvardsson A New York Times Summer Reads pick! “An intense legal thriller that successfully plays realistic, gripping emotion against a shocking legal twist.”–Booklist RULES OF ENGAGEMENT by David Bruns and J. R. […]
Thriller Thursday (6/13/19)
A Sherlock Holmes spin-off, misplaced trust, and spiraling obsession meet in this week’s #ThrillerThursday! THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALISTAIR AINSWORTH: A Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Leonard Goldberg “Fans of the original mysteries will get a chuckle out of the antic language, and there is a mercurial Mary Poppins appeal to this not-to-be-trifled-with heroine that […]
Thriller Thursday (5/16/19)
Scary first dates, international espionage, and spunky Southern mysteries galore in today’s Thriller Thursday! THE NIGHT BEFORE by Wendy Walker June 2019 Indie Next Pick + LibraryReads author of ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN and EMMA IN THE NIGHT “Skilfully manipulating tension and using breathless pacing, Walker keeps that question in the air until the final […]
Thriller Thursday (4/25/19)
From psychological thrillers to historical mysteries, we’ve got a packed house for this week’s Thriller Thursday celebration! I KNOW WHO YOU ARE by Alice Feeney “For most folks, being suspected in the disappearance of their spouse would be about as bad as it gets, but not for London actress Aimee Sinclair, the narrator of bestseller […]
Booklist’s “Falling for Mystery” Webinar (10/30/18)
We hope you tuned in to today’s Booklist’s “Falling for Mystery” webinar, but if not, here is the title list. The archived webinar is available here. While you’re at it, request to be whitelisted for our e-galleys on Edelweiss. […]
Three Stars for AN ANONYMOUS GIRL!
I know you all remember Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen’s smash hit (and LibraryReads pick) THE WIFE BETWEEN US from earlier this year. Their second book together, AN ANONYMOUS GIRL, is gearing up to be just as twisty and amazing, now with THREE starred reviews! “Slickly twisty…The page-turner’s second half whizzes along at a furious […]
Maximum Shelf: THE SILENT PATIENT
Today’s Maximum Shelf Awareness pick is the “‘IT’ thriller of 2019,” “Masterful,” and “Set[s] the bar for psychological thrillers” according your librarian pals. Alex Michaelides’s THE SILENT PATIENT lures readers in with a tantalizing premise: a woman has murdered her husband in cold blood, and then refuses to say why. The intricately plotted story, inspired […]
Max Shelf: Celadon Books
Today’s dedicated issue of Shelf Awareness gives a warm welcome to Celadon Books, Macmillan’s new imprint headed up by Jamie Raab and Deb Futter that will publish 20-24 books a year in fiction and nonfiction with commercial potential and literary merit, beginning in 2019. Their motto is “Celadon Books… Time Well Spent.” Both Raab and […]
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