Five Debut Writers Making a Splash in the Thriller World By Amy Stuart The past few months have been a difficult time for authors promoting books, with all in-person events cancelled in favour of Zoom readings. But many debut writers have made the best of it, finding creative and unique ways to connect […]
Eight Frothy, Female-Led Thrillers To Read If You Loved Dead To Me By Michele Campbell, author of The Wife Who Knew Too Much When I was cooped up during quarantine and in need of diversion, bingeing Dead to Me on Netflix kept me sane. It was the perfect escape. A suspenseful thriller leavened with laughs. […]
The Top Pandemic Thrillers to Turn to Right Now To paraphrase that familiar insurance ad: I know a thing or two about pandemics, because I’ve seen a thing or two—both as an author who has written multiple thrillers involving global outbreaks, and as a frontline ER physician who has faced HIV, SARS, H1N1, and […]
Ten Terrific Thrillers Featuring Missing Persons I love a good abduction story—or even a book where someone has gone mysteriously missing. Some books begin with the disappearance and other books begin with the reemergence of the person who has vanished. Either way, the questions remain the same: where were they? Who took them and […]
Three Amazing Classic Thrillers That Need To Be Made Into Films Right Now (plus one underrated amazing spy film that you really need to see) by Michael Ledwidge Sometimes you come across a book that is so good you shake your head and wonder to yourself why isn’t this a movie? Here are […]
Writing Serial Killer Thrillers (Part III) Part III of this blog series “Writing Serial Killer Thriller’s” will cover some of the global aspects of serial killing. Rick was a homicide detective and gained a unique perspective when he caught a serial killer in 2000. He retired from law enforcement after 26 years. […]
Writing Serial Killer Thrillers (Part II) In Part I of this blog series, thriller writer Rick Reed discussed writing serial killer novels. Why the location and condition of the body are important elements of the story. In Part II he will explain the various categories of serial killer: Homicide vs Murder vs Mass Murder […]
Writing Serial Killer Thrillers In this blog, thriller writer Rick Reed discusses writing serial killer novels. In the next blog he will discuss the various categories of serial killers, motivation, mobility, profiling value, importance of body count. In future blogs he will discuss the international aspects to serial killers. Rick was a homicide detective […]
The True Grist of Oklahoma Thrillers Oklahoma!—a mostly bouncy show—also has a murder in it. My native state has only been a state for about a hundred years. Long before statehood, the land was traversed by nomadic hunting tribes like the Kiowas and Comanches. It was also tilled by agricultural tribes like the Caddos and […]
Female-Led Thrillers That Would Make Great Movies When I read, I watch the story play out in my head like a movie. So, every once in a while there comes a book that I ‘watch’ unfold so vividly I wonder why someone hasn’t snapped it up to make it into a movie or show. When […]