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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!

Our Hero the Villain

This is a guest post by Justin Kramon. He is the author of the novels Finny (Random House 2010) and The ...

Featured Trailer: PALACE OF SPIES

This week’s featured trailer is Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettle. Check it out! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uo6Ha4SvNg[/youtube] ________________________ Sign up for our newsletter to have ...

Your Favorite Series Featuring Crime-Solving Kids

This round of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Nightmare City by Andrew Klavan. What should have been an ordinary morning is about ...

Riot Recommendation: Crime-Solving Kids

This round of the Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Nightmare City by Andrew Klavan. What should have been an ordinary morning ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in October

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Mythology and Empathy: Four Observations by Scott Turow (in his own words)

Author and lawyer Scott Turow is in Vancouver this week for the Vancouver Writer’s Fest, and I got to chat ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in September

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Review GPA: DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King

Publication Date: September 24, 2013 Genre: Horror Publisher: Scribner Publisher’s Synopsis: “Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of ...

Fresh Ink: September 10, 2013

HARDBACK RELEASES Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (St. Martin’s Griffin) Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a ...

Fresh Ink: September 4, 2013

Yesterday, we celebrated a Riot Reading Day in honor of the release of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam, the final book in ...