Kir Peikoff My Top Ten Favorite Recent Thrillers

My Top Ten Favorite Recent Thrillers

Few things in life are as enjoyable as getting sucked into a great thriller. Those late nights spent in the dark glued to my e-reader provide the kind of twisty, adventurous fun that keeps my heart racing just enough. (My kind of thrill ends when I take off my glasses.) With a mix of well- […]

Why So Much Suspicion of Psychology in Thrillers?

“On a related subject, Signore Pazzi, I must confess to you: I’m giving serious thought to eating your wife.” ​-Hannibal Lecter ​ ​There’s near-universal consensus that America is in the midst of a mental health crisis. Following the isolation and uncertainties of the pandemic, forty percent of parents reported being worried that their child is […]

Gender Swap: Three Thriller Titans Transition to Female Protagonists

Gender Swap: Three Thriller Titans Transition to Female Protagonists by Bonnie Kistler   Michael Connelly, John Sandford, and Scott Turow are giants in the mystery/suspense/thriller world. They’ve produced bestseller after bestseller over careers spanning more than three decades. I’ve been a loyal reader of all three from the beginning, and their novels are what the […]