Thriller Archives - Book Club Babble

Buckle up because New York Times best-selling author Rachel Howzell Hall is going to take you for a wild ride with her latest thriller, What Never Happened. The story revolves around Colette "Coco" Weber, who w... Read More...

Book Club Questions for Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas

Amy Wilhelm

Book Club Questions, Reviews

Out of the Ashes has plenty of fodder for book clubs to incite heated discussions. Set in an insular, prone-to-paranoia town, it features a flawed heroine intent on solving a decades-old crime. Over the pas... Read More...

Robert Dugoni Kills It Again With Her Deadly Game

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

The Dugan Family's criminal defense law firm hopes their prodigal daughter Keera will save the day and rescue the firm from the dire straits her alcoholic father has left it in. He's stopped taking big cases fo... Read More...

Rebecca Kelley’s No One Knows Us Here

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Literary Lagniappe, Reviews

I love it when an author makes unconventional choices and thoroughly succeeds! Rebecca Kelley set up a challenge for herself when she showed her story's ending first – never my favorite choice. I love that desp... Read More...

Dark Rivers to Cross – An Interview with Lynne Reeves

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Lynne Reeves creates her characters from pure human emotion. It's probably her background as a school and family counselor that gives her this intuitive sixth sense. In Dark Rivers to Cross, we understand why L... Read More...

Assassin’s Lullaby – An Interview with Mark Rubinstein

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Assassin's Lullaby, by Mark Rubinstein, is a fast-paced thriller that I devoured in a weekend. It checked all my boxes for this category including a compelling main cast, a complex, twisting plot, and an ending... Read More...

Looking for a Mind-bending Thriller? You’ll Love We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Usually, I'm not too fond of heavy swathes of confusion painted throughout a novel. My preference leans more toward a healthy smattering. But, We Lie Here by critically acclaimed author Rachel Howzell Hall pull... Read More...

Lara Elena Donnelly’s Base Notes – A Charmingly Snarky and Distinctive Literary Thriller

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

As a writer, words are my purview. So, it would only be fair that I give Lara Elena Donnelly's Base Notes due credit for leaving me speechless, i.e. wordless. Like Ella Fitzgerald's singing, Donnelly's voice is... Read More...

Hidden Pictures | The Images Writers Place in Fiction by Lynne Reeves Griffin

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Writing

Guest post by Lynne Reeves Griffin, author of The Dangers of an Ordinary Night, publishing November 9, 2021, by Crooked Lane Books When I was a kid I couldn’t get enough of the Hidden Pictures puzzle... Read More...

Her Name is Knight – Style and Substance Delivered in a Stunning Debut Thriller

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews

In her debut novel Her Name is Knight, Yasmin Angoe masterfully delivers both style and substance with the confidence and expertise of a seasoned author. As a Ghanian American, she has the emotional street cred... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Book Club Questions for Good Morning, Midnight

Book Club Questions for Rita Williams-Garcia’s A Sitting in St. James

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Rachel Howzell Hall And What Never Happened

Your Next Book Club Read – Snakes of St. Augustine by Ginger Pinholster

The Best Laid Plans – Guest Post by Mark Goldblatt

Isola Book Review: Allegra Goodman's Powerful Story of Resilience

Best Book to Screen Adaptations of 2024 & 2025

Why Are Book Club Picks Always So Heavy? How About Some Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Romantasy Instead!

Book Club Questions for Children of Ever After by Avery Yearwood

Should you read YA book, Murder on a Summer Break?

Book Club Questions for Project Hail Mary

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy – Book Club Questions for a Timeless Classic

Best Book to Screen Adaptations of 2024 & 2025

Should I Watch The People We Hate at the Wedding?

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

The Top Fantasy Book Adaptations to Look Forward To

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Should I Watch Chaos Walking

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Bookstore Revival: A Nostalgic Journey Back to the Love of Reading

Why Are Book Club Picks Always So Heavy? How About Some Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Romantasy Instead!

How To Write a Kick-Ass Love Scene

Rachel Howzell Hall And What Never Happened

Book Club Questions for Out of the Ashes by Kara Thomas

Robert Dugoni Kills It Again With Her Deadly Game

Rebecca Kelley’s No One Knows Us Here

Dark Rivers to Cross – An Interview with Lynne Reeves

Assassin’s Lullaby – An Interview with Mark Rubinstein

Looking for a Mind-bending Thriller? You’ll Love We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall

Lara Elena Donnelly’s Base Notes – A Charmingly Snarky and Distinctive Literary Thriller

Hidden Pictures | The Images Writers Place in Fiction by Lynne Reeves Griffin

Her Name is Knight – Style and Substance Delivered in a Stunning Debut Thriller

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