A young woman finds out the truth about her past and escapes a monster in Christina Henry’s newest novel, Near the Bone. Title: Near The BoneAuthor: Christina HenryGenre: Horror, ThrillerPublisher: BerkeleyPublication Date: April 13, 2021Paperback: 336 pages A woman…
Hello everybody – hope you are all keeping safe. I am lucky enough to be exclusively working from home and as I do so, I am trying to create a mental health routine of comfort reading, writing, going for…
Title: Untamed Shore Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Noir / Thriller Publisher: Agora BooksPublication date: February 11 2020Hardcover: 304 pages Baja California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their…
Title: Foul is Fair Author: Hannah Capin Genre: Contemporary YA Thriller Publisher: PenguinPublication date: January 16 UK / February 20 US 2020Hardcover: 336 pages Four girls seek revenge on the boys who wronged them, golden boys beware. Jade and…
These books could not have been more different from one another but you know I like some variety in my book diet. First up, Jelly by Clare Rees has the most ridiculous premise imaginable and I loved it for…
Title: Missing Person Author: Sarah Lotz Genre: Thriller Publisher: Mulholland BooksPublication date: September 3 2019Hardcover: 480 pages Reclusive bookseller Shaun Ryan has always believed that his uncle Teddy died in a car accident twenty years ago. Then he learns the truth: Teddy fled…
Trigger warning: rape. Touted as a feminist thriller for the #metoo era, Whisper Network by Chandler Baker is an unflinching portrayal of sexual abuse in the workplace. Featuring a narrative that alternates between its four main female characters, the…
Title: The Gone World Author: Tom Sweterlitsch Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsPublication Date: February 2019Paperback: 400 pages “I promise you have never read a story like this.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter Inception meets True Detective in…
Title: The Luminous Dead Author: Caitlin Starling Genre: Horror Publisher: Harper Voyager Publication Date: April 2019 Hardcover: 352 Pages A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in which a caver on a foreign planet finds…
Title: The Flicker Men Author: Ted Kosmatka Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Henry Holt & CoPublication date: July 2015Hardcover: 352 pages A quantum physicist shocks the world with a startling experiment, igniting a struggle between science and theology, free will and fate, and…
I have been catching up with books from 2018 that I never got around to reading then and will be writing mini-reviews for those I highly recommend. The two I have for today happen to be historical novels set…
Title: Those Who Knew Author: Idra Novey Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: VikingPublication date: November 2018Hardcover: 248 pages On an unnamed island country ten years after the collapse of a U.S.-supported regime, Lena suspects the powerful senator she was involved with back in…
We are delighted to be spotlight another existing series from Serial Box today. On August 15th, Serial Box released Dead Air, a series that combines a true crime podcast (which you can listen to here) and a thriller series…
Hello everybody – we are here today with MOST EXCELLENT news about Serial Box’s new series. Creator Brenda Clough returns to the roots of serialized fiction with a sequel to The Woman in White by Wilkie Collin, with A…
Title: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe Author: Lauren James Genre: Science Fiction, YA Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: September 2017 Paperback: 290 Pages…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana reviews the latest techno-thriller by Laura Lam Go over there to check it out.…
Today, we are ever delighted to host an exclusive excerpt from Nightshades, a new Urban Fantasy Thriller from Tor.com by Melissa F. Olson Alex McKenna is the new Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Bureau…
An unexpected, soul-searching tale of a doctor who discovers his moral compass, but inadvertently creates a monster. Title: Moster, Vol 1 (The Perfect Edition) Written by Naoki Urasawa Genre: Horror, Thriller, Contemporary Historical Publisher: VIZ Media, LLC Publication Date:…
Hi! It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana continues with her Time Travel Project with a review of Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs. It’s a fun thriller with … a few problems. Go here for the…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea reviews “locked spaceship” sci fi novel Lightless by C.A. Higgins. What’s it about? Alternate states, thermodynamics, sociopathy, rebellion, and entropy. It’s fantastic, and…
What is this? Another fantastic novel from Genevieve Valentine? Quelle surprise. Not. Title: Persona Author: Genevieve Valentine Genre: Political Thriller Publisher: Saga Press Publication Date: March 10 2015 Hardcover: 307 Pages An acerbic thriller from a Nebula award finalist,…
In which Nova Ren Suma talks about teenage ghosts and her new novel, The Walls Around Us. We Book Smugglers are huge fans of Nova Run Suma’s work. Both of us loved her YA novel Imaginary Girls – a…
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn with a review of highly anticipated novel Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes… It’s a beautifully written book, that walks the line nicely between cop procedural thriller and…
Title: The Secret Place Author: Tana French Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Viking (US) / Hodder (UK) Publication Date: September 2 / August 28 2014 Hardcover: 528 Pages The photo on the card shows a boy who was found murdered,…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…