Category: Thriller

The Counterfeit by Ralph DeFalco (EXCERPT)

Hello, dear readers! Today we have an excerpt from a thrilling novel that reads like it could have been ripped from tomorrow’s headlines! In his debut novel The Counterfeit, historian and national security intelligence veteran Ralph DeFalco depicts a disturbingly plausible near future in which China has won a Pacific War against the United States …

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Two Truths And A Lie by Mark Stevens (EXCERPT)

Hello, dear readers! Today I have an intriguing excerpt from the second book in the Flynn Martin series, Two Truths And A Lie. After being instrumental in helping to catch the notorious PDQ killer who terrorized Denver, investigative reporter Flynn Martin is thrilled that her career is flying high. Juggling her professional responsibilities with motherhood …

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Upcoming Tor Books by Beloved Authors

the cover of Everybody's Perfect by Jo Walton has several masked figures

While I enjoy discovering a “stunning debut” novel as much as the next reviewer, I also find it very exciting to anticipate new books by authors I already love. On the assumption that you ALSO find this very exciting, I’m delighted to share these four upcoming books from Tor – all by established, beloved authors! …

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Mob Justice by Chad Boudreaux (EXCERPT)

Hello, dear readers! Today we have an exciting new excerpt for you from thriller writer Chad Boudreaux’s latest novel, Mob Justice! This explosive sequel to Scavenger Hunt finds our hero, Justice Department lawyer Blake Hudson, taking on a new enemy: the Chicago mafia. Heading from Washington DC to Chicago plunges him into a world far …

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Side Hustle by Wendy Gee (EXCERPT)

Hello, dear readers! We have a treat for you today with the latest thrilling novel by Wendy Gee, the second in her Caroline Crossfire mystery series! Plucky TV reporter Sidney Quinn is back and ready to bring the hard news to viewers of Charleston, South Carolina’s Action 7 channel. Now she’s on the scene in …

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Europa by James Ponti

This seventh installment in the terrific City Spies series finds our family of young secret agents (and their adult handlers) getting used to their new living quarters in London. Now that Le Fantome, the head of the terrorist group known as UMBRA, is in an English prison, the kids are focusing on their academics, both …

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The Hunted by Steven Max Russo (EXCERPT)

Steven Max Russo is back with another action-packed examination of the repercussions of war and the moral choices we need to make, both in theater and in the aftermath. Ophelia Harris is a former CIA analyst who joined up with a private security firm, Grendel, in Afghanistan. After an investigation into an insurgent money laundering …

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Thrillers! Three Upcoming Teen Thrillerrrrs!

cover of no one leaves the manor by kelly mcwilliams

I recently got to read three really fun teen thrillers that will be released in the coming months! Most Likely to Murder by Lish McBride is coming out in March from Penguin. They Want Us Dead by CL Montblanc is coming out from St. Martin’s Press in May, and in July, we get No One …

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Ghost Town by James R Gregory (EXCERPT)

Hello, readers! Today we have a charming excerpt for you from a historical novel. While James R Gregory’s Ghost Town is billed as a psychological thriller, at its heart, it’s a story about leadership, love and connection, as ambition clashes with isolation to potentially devastating result. In the late 1800s, the small town of Sulphur …

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This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead

As a winter treat to myself — while I’m supposed to be on break with the rest of my industry, lolol — I decided to finally crack open one of my most anticipated books this year. Ashley Winstead broke my heart in 2023 with Midnight Is The Darkest Hour, so I was ready for This …

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