thriller – Book Club Babble

As a writer, words are my purview. So, it would only be fair that I give Lara Elena Donnelly's Base Notes due credit for leaving me speechless, i.e. wordless. Like Ella Fitzgerald's singing, Donnelly's voice is... Read More...

Hidden Pictures | The Images Writers Place in Fiction by Lynne Reeves Griffin

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Writing

Guest post by Lynne Reeves Griffin, author of The Dangers of an Ordinary Night, publishing November 9, 2021, by Crooked Lane Books When I was a kid I couldn’t get enough of the Hidden Pictures puzzle... Read More...

Her Name is Knight – Style and Substance Delivered in a Stunning Debut Thriller

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews

In her debut novel Her Name is Knight, Yasmin Angoe masterfully delivers both style and substance with the confidence and expertise of a seasoned author. As a Ghanian American, she has the emotional street cred... Read More...

Litani – A Breakneck Thriller With Heart Inspired by True Crime

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Frankie Jubilee, the protagonist of Jess Lourey's Litani, is one of my all-time favorite characters, and I never expected to find her in a true-crime-based thriller set in the 80s. Frankie is half-nerd, s... Read More...

Lockdown Thriller 56 Days is a Lock for a Great Read

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews

Catherine Ryan Howard's 56 Days is a can't-put-down thriller you'll love. Watch my TikTok review below or see it on Instagram. //www.tiktok.com/@bookclubbabble/video/7013367929257413894?is_copy_url=0&a... Read More...

The World Played Chess – Dugoni’s Beautiful Symbiosis of Writer and Reader

Amy Wilhelm

Reviews, The Author's Cut

Reading Robert Dugoni's The World Played Chess is akin to dabbing on a pleasing perfume. As it seeps into your skin and melds with you, you realize the synergy between scent and skin has created something extra... Read More...

Paradise, WV is Heaven . . . For Serial Killers

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Paradise, WV is a thriller with heart and humor – a rare combination in this genre, pairing as beautifully as wine with cheese. As a matter of fact, bring this refreshingly thoughtful and complex novel to the p... Read More...

The Happiness Thief by Nicole Bokat Is Not Your Ordinary Thriller

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Natalie Greene does not have it all together. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband is creating a new life with a new woman. Her teenage daughter is, well, a teenager. And, her step-sister Isabel is a happiness guru who is... Read More...

Matthew Farrell Releases His Latest Page-Turning Thriller!

Tabitha Lord

Interviews

Don't Ever Forget is the first book in Matthew Farrell's Adler & Dwyer series. His fans will recognize the main character, police investigator Susan Adler, from his previous novels, but this one can be read... Read More...

Chatting with Emily Bleeker about What It Seems

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews

Bestselling author Emily Bleeker chats with Book Club Babble about her psychological thriller What It Seems.

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