The Big Thrill Online Magazine

Between the Lines: John Douglas

Revisiting the Long and Dark Shadow of a Killer By Dawn Ius The name John…

On the Cover: Josie Brown

Not Your Typical Housewife By Angela Channell On a typical evening in San Francisco, you…

On the Cover: Caz Frear

Writing A Convincing Police Procedural By Dawn Ius Caz Frear has been obsessed with police…

Up Close: Matt Coyle

Writing Into the Blind By R.G. Belsky Matt Coyle pulls off an amazing feat in…

Up Close: A.R. Torre

Obsession and Jealousy Are a Dangerous Duet By K.L. Romo If you’ve ever been cheated…

Up Close: Sam J. Miller

Constant Obsessions By April Snellings The best horror is always timely, but this year’s standout…

Up Close: Andrew Shaffer

Balancing Horror and Comedy By April Snellings Any horror fan worth her salt can recommend…

Up Close: Harriet Tyce

Getting Past “Stage Fright” After Debut Success By E.M. Powell In the acknowledgements of her…

Africa Scene: Maaza Mengiste

Diverse, Surprising, and Superb Writing Mark New Story Collection By Michael Sears Addis Ababa Noir…

AudioFile’s 2020 Best Audiobooks

Audiobooks have taken on new significance for listeners over the last few months. Many of…

BookTrib Spotlight: Jasmine Aimaq

A Man and a Nation on the Brink By Neil Nyren “My father used to…

Up Close: Marc Cameron

One Book, Triple the Problems By J.H. Bográn One book, one problem? Not in a…

The December Edition of The Big Thrill

Looking to add thrills to your holiday season? We’ve got just the ticket—page-turning hot new releases from some of the genre’s best. Dawn Ius goes Between the Lines with famous profiler John Douglas to get the scoop on a new non-fiction book about a chilling serial killer from the past that draws alarming parallels to the present. April Snellings looks at Christmas horror with a new novel from Andrew Shaffer guaranteed to make you think twice about your annual office gift exchange. And we get up close with Josie Brown, Matt Coyle, Caz Frear, Marc Cameron, Harriet Tyce, and dozens more authors whose novels will put an extra “chill” in the season. The December issue of The Big Thrill is live now!

Without Regret by Colonel David Hunt & R.J. Pineiro

By J.H. Bográn WITHOUT REGRET is the third book in the Hunter Stark series by Col. David Hunt and R.J. Pineiro. This time around, the world is pushed to the brink of…

The Venturi Effect by Sage Webb

By Austin S. Camacho You might not expect boats, beaches, and bars to be the ingredients for a gripping legal thriller, but THE VENTURI EFFECT by Sage Webb will surely change your…

Fool’s Run by Sidney Williams

Si Reardon knows nobody wants to hire an ex-cop fresh out of prison unless it’s for a job nobody wants. His only offer is from Rose Cantor, an elegant and beautiful “special…

Duped by Stephen Maitland-Lewis

DUPED deals with Sam Marsh and his beloved Palm Springs hotel, which is hanging on by a string. Business is down, Sam is running out of funds, and he’s looking down the…

Rattlesnake Rodeo by Nick Kolakowski

By Tim O’Mara Nick Kolakowskis’ RATTLESNAKE RODEO picks up right where last year’s Boise Longpig Social Club leaves off: Jake Halligan and his ultra-lethal gunrunning sister, Frankie, have managed to escape a…

Creature Feature: A Horrid Comedy by Steven Paul Leiva

It is 1962. Kathy Anderson, a serious actress who took her training at the Actors Studio in New York, is stuck playing Vivacia, the Vampire Woman on Vivacia’s House of Horrors for…

Murder at Andaman by Bharti Kirchner

When her best friend’s husband, a popular book publisher, is murdered on the Andaman Islands, Maya Mallick, Seattle-based private detective, is called to solve the case. It is painful for her to…

The Dead Season by Tessa Wegert

By Millie Naylor Hast How far would you go to unravel the mysteries of your past? In Tessa Wegert’s THE DEAD SEASON, New York State Police senior investigator Shana Merchant’s journey into…

The Lumbermill by Laya V Smith

Augy Small is a veteran fighter pilot turned private detective in 1954 Los Angeles. Down on his luck and haunted by the time he spent as a POW in Imperial Japan, he…

Children of the Fifth Sun: Rubicon by Gareth Worthington

By Dawn Ius On the surface, the third instalment in award-winning author Gareth Worthington’s Children of the Fifth Sun series—RUBICON—is an action-packed, globe-hopping science thriller. But Worthington hopes readers also pick up…

Too Many Women, Too Little Time by David William Pearce

Monk Buttman is a man who foolishly believes his problems will somehow work themselves out, but Life rarely cooperates. In love with two women, one of whom is very sick, running errands…

Last Call: A Murder On The Rocks Mystery by Cathi Stoler

It’s New Year’s Day, and Jude Dillane, owner of The Corner Lounge, is cleaning up after last night’s celebration when she discovers the body of a man with a knife through his…

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SPECIAL FEATURES

Between the Lines: John Douglas by Dawn Ius
On the Cover: Josie Brown by Angela Channell
Up Close: A.R. Torre by K.L. Romo
Up Close: Andrew Shaffer by April Snellings
Africa Scene: Maaza Mengiste by Michael Sears
On the Cover: Caz Frear by Dawn Ius
Up Close: Matt Coyle by R.G. Belsky
Up Close: Harriet Tyce by E.M. Powell
Up Close: Marc Cameron by J.H. Bográn
BookTrib Spotlight: Jasmine Aimaq by Neil Nyren
Up Close: Sam J. Miller by April Snellings
AudioFile Spotlight: The Best Mystery and Suspense Audiobooks for 2020

Coming Next Month!

The latest thrillers from Andrew Shaffer, Marc Cameron, Caz Frear, Matt Coyle, Harriet Tyce, A.R. Torre, John Douglas, Sam J. Miller, Josie Brown, Colonel David Hunt & R.J. Pineiro, Sage Webb, Gareth Worthington, Tessa Wegert, Bharti Kirchner, Nick Kolakowski, Brian Thornton, Steven Jankowski, Colin Conway, and Frank Zafiro, Halley Sutton, Sidney Williams, Stephen Maitland-Lewis, David William Pearce, Jonathan Brown, Rhett C. Bruno, Cathi Stoler, Steven Paul Leiva, Laya V. Smith, Tom Crowley, and many more!

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