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#Mystery/Thriller

Police procedurals, cozy mysteries, psychological thrillers, true crime: whatever your mystery flavor, we’ve got recommendations on the best mystery books out there, from diverse authors writing in every mystery sub-genre. Get your whodunit (orwhatdunit, if you like a supernatural mystery) fix with posts from our mystery/thriller-reading contributors. Now go crack those cases!

Fresh Ink: September 18, 2012

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke (Dennis Lehane Books) Locke was nominated for many awards, including the Edgar and the ...

The Dictionary of Fictional Techniques: Clustered Interrogatives

The Dictionary of Fictional Techniques is a running feature in which I observe, name, and discuss heretofore uncategorized (at least to ...

“The Truth, however Ugly, is Always Beautiful…” – Agatha Christie

A Reading List of Thrillers with Strong Female Leads

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.  On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it ...

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: September 11, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

THE SECRET HISTORY: Riot Read Kick-Off, Schedule, and Cover Retrospective

Alright folks, here we go with The Secret History by Donna Tartt. This sucker is a bit of a page-turner, ...

Riot Recommendation: Thrillers with Strong Female Leads

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.  On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, ...

A Fan of the Book, Not the Author

This is a guest post by Johann Thorsson. Johann is a writer of fiction with a supernatural slant, mainly short stories ...

Riot Recommendation: A Round-Up of Stories About Small Towns with Big Secrets

This installment of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Season of the Witch by Arni Thorarinsson.  When the editors at Reykjavik-based The Afternoon News ...

Amazon Releases All-New Covers for Ian Fleming’s James Bond Novels

In a much-needed move, Amazon has updated the covers of its Kindle editions of Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. Amazon ...