The Big Thrill Online Magazine

Between the Lines: Patricia Cornwell

From Space to Ground to Six Feet Under By Dawn Ius There’s not much difference…

On the Cover: Chris Hauty

Keeping Politics Out of Political Thrillers By April Snellings With his 2020 debut Deep State,…

On the Cover: Jason Pinter

On the Knife’s Edge of Legal vs. Illegal By Josie Brown There are tiger moms.…

On the Cover: Lisa Gardner

On the Hunt for Missing Persons By R.G. Belsky Frankie isn’t a police officer. She’s…

Up Close: James Grippando

A Timely and Thought-Provoking Thriller By Austin S. Camacho James Grippando has been at the…

Up Close: Lincoln and Child

New Mystery Connects With Ancient American History By J.H. Bográn In 2019, Douglas Preston and…

Up Close: Lee Goldberg

Wildfires Scorch LA Canyons to Reveal…A Novel Plot By Josie Brown In BONE CANYON—Lee Goldberg’s…

Up Close: Nick Petrie

Right Man in the Wrong Place By J.H. Bográn The right man in the wrong…

Up Close: Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell

Forensic Pathology at Its Finest By K.L. Romo In AFTERSHOCK, bestselling author duo Judy Melinek…

Up Close: Ace Atkins

A Twisted Story of Moral Corruption By R.G. Belsky It’s been almost 50 years since…

Up Close: Anders Roslund

Peeking Behind Closed Doors By Angela Channell The cover of Anders Roslund’s latest release, KNOCK…

BookTrib Spotlight: Ashley Audrain

A New Mother Discovers the Experience Is Not What She Hoped For —and Everything She…

AudioFile Spotlight: Favorite Crime Fiction Sidekicks

By Ellen Quint Living in COVID times has forced people to reassess all of the…

Up Close: Faye Kellerman

Characters Key to Keeping Long-Standing Series Fresh By E.M. Powell Welcoming in a new year…

Africa Scene: Natalie Conyer

Conyer Returns to Roots for Debut By Joanne Hichens In Natalie Conyer’s novel debut, PRESENT…

The January Edition of The Big Thrill

Happy New Year! We’re kicking off 2021 with hot new books from more than 30 thriller, mystery, and suspense writers. Take a SPIN with bestselling author Patricia Cornwell in this Between the Lines feature by Dawn Ius, go on the hunt for missing persons with Lisa Gardner, or dive into a new Rachel Marin thriller with Jason Pinter’s A STRANGER AT THE DOOR. Plus, April Snellings talks to Chris Hauty about writing a political book without being political, E.M. Powell and Faye Kellerman chat about keeping characters fresh in a long-standing series, Neil Nyren gets the scoop on a scorching new thriller from Ashley Audrain, and we get Up Close with genre superstars like James Grippando, Ace Atkins, Preston and Child, and many more! Go ahead and kick 2020 to the curb—the explosive January 2021 issue of The Big Thrill is live now!

Sweet Water by Cara Reinard

By Millie Naylor Hast Imagine finding your teenage son with a girl in the middle of the night in a frigid, rainy woods—and the girl is dead. Your son, who has been…

She Lies Close by Sharon Doering

Recently divorced, Grace Wright moves her two small children into a new home to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. Instead she discovers that her next-door neighbor…

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…

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…

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…

The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes by Liese Sherwood-Fabre

By Jaden Terrell Liese Sherwood-Fabre’s first memory of Sherlock Holmes was watching old black and white Basil Rathbone movies after school. As he’s done for more than a century—even inspiring cartoon characters…

Should Grace Fail by Priscilla Paton

By Dawn Ius When a man who saves lives has his brutally taken, two Metro detectives are tasked with the difficult task of solving the murder. But there’s more to this case…

The Magdalene Reliquary by Gary McAvoy

By Cathy Perkins Gary McAvoy is a veteran technology executive, lifelong entrepreneur, author, and professional collector of ancient manuscripts and historical documents. These last two elements merge in McAvoy’s Magdalene books, including…

A Murder of Principal by Saralyn Richard

When someone sets fire to Lincoln High and kills its new principal, chaos threatens to overtake the urban school. Assistant Principal Sally Pearce, hired by the deceased principal to help him revamp…

Staged for Murder by Erica Miner

In STAGED FOR MURDER, the third novel of the Opera Mystery series, violinist Julia Kogan heads to the San Francisco Opera with her significant other, former NYPD detective Larry Somers, and their…

The Rage Room by Lisa de Nikolits

From the incomparable crafter of nine cross-genre works of fiction, Lisa de Nikolits expands her horizons to pen a multi-layered, grab-you-by-the-throat, feminist dystopian domestic suspense thriller, a speculative-fiction murder mystery in the…

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SPECIAL FEATURES

Between the Lines: Patricia Cornwell by Dawn Ius
On the Cover: Jason Pinter by Josie Brown
Up Close: Judy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell by K.L. Romo
Up Close: Faye Kellerman by E.M. Powell
BookTrib Spotlight: Ashley Audrain by Neil Nyren
On the Cover: Lisa Gardner by R.G. Belsky
Up Close: Anders Roslund by Angela Channell
Up Close: Nick Petrie by J.H. Bográn
Africa Scene: Natalie Conyer by Joanne Hichens
On the Cover: Chris Hauty by April Snellings
Up Close: James Grippando by Austin S. Camacho
Up Close: Ace Atkins by R.G. Belsky
AudioFile Spotlight: Favorite Crime Fiction Sidekicks by Ellen Quint
Up Close: Preston and Child by J.H. Bográn
Up Close: Lee Goldberg by Josie Brown