Award-winning essayist Sinéad Gleeson proves herself to be a master storyteller in her debut novel, a thoughtful exploration of what it means to make art that’s also as gripping as a thriller. [Best new crime: Novels from Oliver Harris, Scarlett Thomas, Lucy Foley, Andrea Mara and Hugo...
Loyalties and identities will be tested in this sweeping fantasy and a fast-paced thriller that bravely explores the tensions at the dawn of the nuclear age. Buy it: Amazon | B&N | IndieBound Sarahland by Sam Cohen In Sarahland, Sam Cohen brilliantly and often hilariously explores the ways ...
A legal thriller by Erica Katz has already been optioned by Netflix, and novels by Naoise Dolan and Kate Reed Petty were sold at auction. Kawai Strong Washburn has literary bona fides, as does Raven Leilani, Benjamin Nugent, and Ilana Masad. Our nonfiction selections range from comedian ...
Effigy: Poison and the City (2019) In this historical thriller, it is 1828 in the German port city of Bremen: a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on a true story. Starring Suzan Anbeh, Elisa Thiemann, Christoph Gottschalch. W...
Kill promises to rewrite American expectations of popular Bollywood cinema, bringing a darkly violent action thriller to the screens. Set on a train to Delhi, the movie follows a commando (Lakshya) and his friend as they try to reunite with the man’s lover after her family takes her away ...
A trailer has been released for the Zoe Kravitz-directed thriller Blink Twice, which was formerly titled Pussy Island
—A mystery: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. A story within a story. Reasonably dark but I enjoy that in a thriller. —A book you want to discuss with others: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan. Penalty book: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. I wanted to...
‘Leda and the Swan’ by Anna Caritj Hazy memories of a college party become the central focus of this thriller from debut novelist Anna Caritj. When the party is over, all anyone can talk about is Charlotte: the young woman who showed up dressed as a swan. Leda remembers talking to ...
The Shadow of the Wind is one of the most beautifully written novels I’ve ever read. The book is so many things at once: a mystery, a thriller, a romance, but most importantly, a love letter to book lovers. It’s one of my favorite books of all time for that exact r...
My Thoughts:Y’all know I’m a sucker for boarding school novels. But, I’ve had read some stinkers over the past few years.Shadow of the Lionsis NOT one of the stinkers! It’s been described as a “literary thriller,” which I’m not sure I agree with. I’d say it’s more...