New York Times-bestselling author Kathleen O’Neal Gear’s new apocalyptic thriller, Maze Master, shows the world ending not in fire nor in ice but in science. Kathleen O’Neal Gear’s Maze Master walks a fine line between a fast-paced action/adventure narrative and the kind of cerebral, well-researched novel that demands to be called smart and challenging. An epic tale…
Halcyon by Rio Youers is a horror thriller about a cult-like community run by the enigmatic and terrifying Mother Moon. Rio Youers’s Halcyon is a hybrid novel that brings together some of the best elements of psychological thrillers and action narratives and mixes them with a healthy dose of the paranormal, emotional grit, and a scathing…
In the Valley of the Devil by Hank Early is the second book in the Earl Marcus Mystery series, where the private investigator—who thought he’d conquered his demons after vanquishing the malevolent spirit of his fundamentalist preacher father—must face something much more terrifying than the devil he knew. Hank Early’s Earl Marcus series stands alone in…
What My Sister Knew by Nina Laurin is a psychological suspense novel that is “a mind-bending ride. Just when you think you’ve discovered the truth, a new secret is revealed.” (Wendy Walker, author of All Is Not Forgotten). One of the best things a novel can do is keep you guessing, and Nina Laurin’s What My Sister…
Bearskin by James McLaughlin expertly brings the beauty and danger of Appalachia to life, resulting in an elemental, slow burn of a novel—one that will haunt you long after you turn the final page. James A. McLaughlin’s Bearskin is a literary novel dipped in violence and filtered through the best elements pulp has to offer.…
Propulsive and psychologically astute, The Captives by Debra Jo Immergut is an intimate and gripping meditation on freedom and risk, male and female power, and the urges toward both corruption and redemption that dwell in us all. Debra Jo Immergut’s The Captives is a strange, gripping novel that smoothly walks the dividing lines between a crime narrative,…
Ten years after Columbus―one of the most original anti-heroes in contemporary fiction―first exploded onto the scene in The Silver Bear, Derek Haas delivers another riveting thriller with The Way I Die, promising heart-pounding action and shocking twists until the very last page. Tough guys in crime fiction fall mostly on opposite ends of a spectrum. On one…
Protocol by Kathleen Valenti is the first book in the new Maggie O’Malley Mystery series. There is something special about a new, likable, unique heroine hitting the world of crime fiction, and Kathleen Valenti’s Maggie O’Malley fits that bill perfectly. Quirky, passionate, funny, and lost in that cloud of uncertainty that everyone falls into right after…
Four women, haunted by a childhood trauma. What really happened that day—and what followed, for each of them, in the years after? Penance by Kanae Minato is a dark tale of revenge and psychological drama that will leave readers breathless. A lot of crime fiction focuses on the crime itself. However, there is a lot of fertile ground…
