A Shamus award-winning series returns, a handsome historian is on the case, and the eternal struggle between good and evil… All in today’s #thrillerthursday! KILLER IN THE CARRIAGE HOUSE: A Victorian Village Mystery by Sheila Connolly “The layers of history and the obstacles encountered in the process of trying to save a small town provide […]
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#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. […]
A Historical #ThrillerThursday (6/20/19)
Today’s #thrillerthursday celebration goes historical with Kate Mosse’s PW Best Book of Summer 2019, THE BURNING CHAMBERS! France, 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father’s bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a […]
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 […]
Meet Nils “Shap” Shapiro–Our Favorite PI!
Fan favorite–and Mac Lib favorite–private detective Nils Shapiro is back in Matt Goldman’s latest standalone thriller, THE SHALLOWS. A prominent lawyer is found dead, tied to his own dock and everyone wants our favorite PI Nils to protect them from suspicion: The unfaithful widow. Her artist boyfriend. The lawyer’s firm. A polarizing congressional candidate. A […]
Thriller Thursday: DARK SITE Edition (5/30/19)
Today’s #ThrillerThursday goes straight special ops, butt-kicking action with DARK SITE: A Sam Dryden Novel by Patrick Lee! 2 starred reviews! “This is a compulsive, nail-biting, stay-up-all-night thriller.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review “As always, Lee builds tension superbly, but here he adds the extra element of parceling out information from past and present in ever-so-small increments, […]
Thriller Thursday (5/23/19)
Join us on an epic armchair adventure from Lake Superior to Iceland to Camp David and through savage terrain… All in today’s #ThrillerThursday! DEAD MAN’S MISTRESS: A McKenzie Novel by David Housewright “One beautifully staged, unusually clear set piece follows another as the plot unwinds, offering a free-of-charge education in the treachery-ridden art market. A […]
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 […]
#ThrillerThursday (5/9/19)
From a series prequel (now on PBS!) to dogs with jobs–welcome to this week’s Thriller Thursday! THE ROAD TO GRANTCHESTER by James Runcie “Runcie’s exceptional seventh novel featuring Sidney Chambers (after 2017’s SIDNEY CHAMBERS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF LOVE), a prequel, opens with an extended section set during WWII… While Sidney has only one passing […]
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 […]