The Big Thrill Online Magazine

Between the Lines: Andrews & Wilson

Starting a New Series with a Bang By José H. Bográn Authors Brian Andrews and…

On the Cover: Vera Kurian

The Word ‘Scheming’ Takes on a Deadly Meaning By K.L. Romo “October 23. Will Bachman…

On the Cover: Rachel Howzell Hall

A Thrilling Coming of Age Mystery By Dawn Ius Curiosity shops have long been woven…

On the Cover: Stephen Graham Jones

Slasher 101 By April Snellings For all the lip service that’s paid to the final…

Up Close: Tori Eldridge

Things Get Personal for Lily Wong By Dawn Ius Lily Wong didn’t come quietly into…

Up Close: Catriona Ward

‘The Darker the Tale, the Purer the Heart’ By April Snellings It doesn’t hit US…

Up Close: Megan Collins

Starting with a Title By Dawn Ius Megan Collins and her husband were out for…

Up Close: Diana Rodriguez Wallach

From Heart-Racing Thrillers to Spine-Tingling Horror By April Snellings Regardless of your religious beliefs, possession…

Up Close: Lynette Eason

Series Ends with a Bang By E.M. Powell HOSTILE INTENT might be the last in…

Up Close: Hank Phillippi Ryan

Even a Perfect Life Has Secrets By K.L. Romo On Twitter, she’s dubbed #PerfectLily. That’s…

Up Close: Isabella Maldonado

The FBI’s ‘Warrior Girl’ Takes on a Monster By Millie Naylor Hast “The story I…

Up Close: Karen Hugg

Horticultural Mysteries with a Touch of Magic By Jaden Terrell Karen Hugg was born into…

Up Close: Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney

Putting Layers Back on the Onion By Rick Pullen Crime is relative, especially when deciphering…

Up Close: Matthew FitzSimmons

Peering into the Future By Adam Meyer For many years, Matthew FitzSimmons—who has just published…

Up Close: William Nikkel

A Military Tragedy, A Ruthless Plot, and Sharks—Lots of Sharks By Millie Naylor Hast Marine…

AudioFile Spotlight: Talking with Author Louise Penny

AudioFile Spotlight: Talking with Author Louise Penny By Aurelia C. Scott Louise Penny says that…

Africa Scene: Femi Kayode

Fact and Fiction Intertwine in Stunning Debut By Michael Sears Nigeria has produced some excellent…

BookTrib Spotlight: Amanda Jayatissa

When Nightmares Follow You Halfway Around the World By Neil Nyren My hands were trembling…

The September Edition of The Big Thrill

We’re falling into the season with hot new titles from some of the genre’s best. Prolific duo Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson dish on the first book in a new series, April Snellings goes “dark” with horror author Catriona Ward, and Tori Eldridge shares what’s next for her Chinese-Norwegian ninja. In this month’s Africa Scene, Michael Sears chats with Femi Kayode, Neil Nyren gets the scoop on Amanda Jayatissa’s highly anticipated thriller MY SWEET GIRL, and we get Up Close with Hank Phillippi Ryan, Megan Collins, Matthew Fitzsimmons, and more than 25 writers of thriller, mystery, and suspense. The September issue of The Big Thrill is live now!

Flat Black Ford by J.D. Allen

By Tim O’Mara As FLAT BLACK FORD opens, Detective Jim Bean has been hired to find Stella DeSoto. That shouldn’t be hard; she’s been on the evening news—in the titular vehicle—during her…

The Maya Bust by E. Chris Ambrose

By Dani Brown

Nice Girls by Catherine Dang

“Ivy League Mary,” a formerly fat college student at Cornell, is expelled in her senior year. Forced to return home to Liberty Lake, Minnesota, Mary is stuck working at a grocery store.…

Getaway by Zoje Stage

Imogen and Beck, two sisters who couldn’t be more different, have been friends with Tilda since high school. Once inseparable, over two decades the women have grown apart—Imogen taking to the quiet…

The Necklace by Matt Witten

Susan Lentigo’s daughter was raped and murdered twenty years ago—and now, at long last, this small-town waitress sets out to drive all the way from upstate New York to North Dakota to…

Steel Fear by Brandon Webb & John David Mann

The moment Navy SEAL sniper Finn sets foot on the USS Abraham Lincoln to hitch a ride home from the Persian Gulf, it’s clear something is deeply wrong. Leadership is weak. Morale…

Arctic Meltdown by Geza P. Tatrallyay

By Terri Nolan The Arctic is abundant in oil, gas, and minerals. The seabed resources of the region have enormous economic potential but are expensive to obtain. As the polar ice cap…

Death and Sensibility by Elizabeth Blake

By Charlie Cochrane Elizabeth Blake’s latest cozy mystery, DEATH AND SENSIBILITY, is set in the beautiful, historic English city of York. In it, bookstore owner Erin Coleridge seeks the scoundrel who silenced…

Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain

By Allison McKnight “How do you keep a secret in a town full of psychics?” I ask him, and light flashes bright inside those ice-fire eyes. “You tell the truth,” he answers.…

Drunk on Blood by Fred Zackel

By George Ebey Author Fred Zackel brings us new thrills with a paranormal spin in his latest novel, DRUNK ON BLOOD. The Church has enemies. Many are not of this world. Cricket…

Redemption by Traci Hunter Abramson

Once an abused and troubled teenager, Gage Stewart has worked tirelessly to move beyond the fateful day he was manipulated into holding a group of teenagers hostage. Now with a new identity…

Strangers’ Kingdom by Brandon Barrows

By Austin S. Camacho To stand out, a police procedural has to have emotional depth and a cop on the edge. If those are your measures, they don’t get much better than…

Hot Off The Press!

SPECIAL FEATURES

Between the Lines: Andrews & Wilson by José H. Bográn
On the Cover: Rachel Howzell Hall by Dawn Ius
Up Close: Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney by Rick Pullen
Up Close: Hank Phillippi Ryan by K.L. Romo
Up Close: Stephen Graham Jones by April Snellings
Up Close: Megan Collins by Dawn Ius
Up Close: Isabella Maldonado by Millie Naylor Hast
Africa Scene: Femi Kayode by Michael Sears
Up Close: Karen Hugg by Jaden Terrell
Up Close: Catriona Ward by April Snellings
On the Cover: Vera Kurian by K.L. Romo
Up Close: William Nikkel by Millie Naylor Hast
Up Close: Tori Eldridge by Dawn Ius
BookTrib Spotlight: Amanda Jayatissa by Neil Nyren
Up Close: Lynette Eason by E.M. Powell
Up Close: Matthew Fitzsimmons by Adam Meyer
Up Close: Diana Rodriguez Wallach by April Snellings
AudioFile Spotlight: Talking with Author Louise Penny by Aurelia C. Scott

NEW RELEASES

Bad Medicine by James B. Cohoon
Redemption by Traci Hunter Abramson
The Killer in Me by Winter Austin
Nice Girls by Catherine Dang
Trace of Doubt by DiAnn Mills
Deadly Summer Nights by Vicki Delany
Over the Falls by Rebecca Hodge
Road of Bones by James R. Benn
I Play One On TV by Alan Orloff
Getaway by Zoje Stage
The Disruptors by Colleen Winter
Pollock No. 5 by Todd J. Cohen MD
The Fragile Edge by Suzanne Chazin
The Necklace by Matt Witten
Watch for Me by Martin Bodenham
Traitors by Alex Shaw
Steel Fear by Brandon Webb & John David Mann
Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories by Stephen Maitland-Lewis
Swindler’s Revenge by Ellen Butler

Coming Next Month!

The latest thrillers from Rachel Harrison, D.P. Lyle, Kat Rosenfield, Anthony Horowitz, Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, Anne Perry, Lori Rader-Day, Tara Laskowski, Romy Hausmann, Nicholas Kaufmann, Kyle Mills, Steven Savile & J.H. Bográn, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Charles Lichtman, Alverne Ball, Alex Schulman, William Lashner, Jean Rabe and Donald J. Bingle, Aaron Philip Clark, Daniella Bernett, Kia D. Richards, Traci Hunter Abramson, Sian Ann Bessey, Paige Edwards, A.L. Sowards, Kate Lansing, James Stejskal, Joan Havelange and many more!