We’ve got a couple of cozies for you this #ThrillerThursday: THE FIGARO MURDERS by Laura Lebow Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart’s librettist, must either find a killer or take the fall himself, and spend the opening night of The Marriage of Figaro dangling from an executioner’s noose. “A brisk tempo, a sympathetic hero and a plot […]
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Thriller Thursday – Minotaur Stars Edition
Today’s #ThrillerThursday picks are two forthcoming Minotaur mysteries that are raking in the starred pre-publication reviews! THE DEVIL’S MAKING by Seán Haldane Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award, an historical mystery in which an alienist is found murdered near an Indian camp and a British constable must navigate the conflicting cultures to discover why. “Poet, […]
Thriller Thursday (3/19/15 Edition)
Whether you love historical mysteries or modern day gangsters, today’s #ThrillerThursday picks are just what you want: THE DRAGON OF HANDALE by Cassandra Clark In the “outstanding”* fifth historical mystery in the Abbess of Meaux series, Hildegard returns home to London and is considering rejoining the Order when she discovers the body of a young […]
Thriller Thursday (3/12/15 Edition)
Happy #ThrillerThursday! Did you mystery junkies know about HitListReads.com? It’s a brand new website dedicated to thrillers, action, and suspense novels. On the site you’ll also find author interviews, free book contests, and read-alike recommendations. The current Author of the Month is Olen Steinhauer, whose fabulous new book ALL THE OLD KNIVES has four starred […]
Thriller Thursday (3/5/15 Edition)
Stuck at home on a snow day (or wishing you were)? Macmillan’s got the mysteries to give you more chills than that foot of powder outside! THE EDGE OF DREAMS by Rhys Bowen A near-fatal train accident leaves Molly Murphy sleuthing from the sidelines while her police captain husband has been receiving cryptic notes after […]
Thriller Thursday (2/26/15 Edition)
We’ve got a LibraryReads pick and two psychological thrillers this #ThrillerThursday: A MURDER OF MAGPIES by Judith Flanders A February 2015 LibraryReads pick! “Social historian Flanders makes her fiction debut with an amusing mystery set in the eccentric world of British book publishing… The array of delightful and believable characters, as well as a neat turn […]
Thriller Thursday (2/19/15 Edition)
We’ve got great news to start this #ThrillerThursday: Catherine Aird won the Crime Writers Association’s Diamond Dagger award! She’s the author of the Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan series, the most recent of which was DEAD HEADING. The Diamond Dagger award recognizes an author whose career is “marked by sustained excellence” and who has “made […]
Thriller Thursday (2/12/15 Edition)
Heists, murders, detectives and psychological suspense—we’ve got a great mystery for every kind of reader this week! AMONG THIEVES by John Clarkson A group of tough Brooklyn ex-cons plot revenge against a corrupt Wall Street firm in a heist story that’s Oceans Eleven meets Mystic River. “Highly entertaining…. Clarkson delivers a spirited start to what […]
2014 Agatha Award Nominees
Happy #ThrillerThursday, friends! Malice Domestic recently announced the nominees for the 2014 Agatha Awards and our beastie friends at Minotaur are leading the pack! Best Contemporary Novel: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE EMUS by Donna Andrews (Minotaur Books) A DEMON SUMMER by G.M. Malliet (Minotaur Books) TRUTH BE TOLD by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge […]
Thriller Thursday (10/23/14 Edition)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday picks will also tickle your funny bone: SEVENTH GRAVE AND NO BODY by Darynda Jones Hot on the heels of the May LibraryReads pick SIXTH GRAVE ON THE EDGE comes the next installment of Darynda Jones’ laugh-out-loud bestselling paranormal series. This time PI/Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is battling demons who have escaped to […]
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