The best thrillers and mysteries of 2019

Kate Atkinson, John Grisham and Andrea Camilleri, among others, deliver nail-biting must-reads. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-21 14:23:00 UTC ]
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'Intensely dark' debut thriller Him to Orion

Orion Fiction has acquired two novels by debut crime author Clare Empson, the first of which is an "intensely dark" thriller called Him. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa Jewell | 'I always wanted to write psychological thrillers'

Nearly 20 years after her début bestseller Ralph’s Party, Lisa Jewell reflects on her long career and her recent move into psychological thrillers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Rare, creepy' psychological thriller The House Swap to Transworld

Transworld is publishing psychological thriller The House Swap, and another as-yet-untitled novel, by Rebecca Fleet. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld acquires two high-concept thrillers by Marc Elsberg

Transworld has acquired two high-concept thrillers, Zero and Helix, by German-language author Marc Elsberg. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Brown's new thriller to be set in Spain

Dan Brown's new Robert Langdon thriller Origin, due for release with Transworld in September, will be set in Spain. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker pre-empts North Korea thriller sold in 12 territories

Harvill Secker has pre-empted Star of the North by D B John, an international thriller moving between the US and North Korea. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UNESCO Names the UAE’s Sharjah World Book Capital 2019

New recognition for efforts that Sharjah's royal family and civic leadership have made, Sharjah follows Athens 2018 in the "World Book Capital" designation. The post UNESCO Names the UAE’s Sharjah World Book Capital 2019 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones bookseller signs debut thriller with Titan

Titan Books has signed a debut psychological thriller which explores the bonds of sisterhood by Waterstones bookseller Fran Dorricott. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thrillers Hot In May

Fred Vargas held the #1 slot on France’s fiction bestseller list in late May with 'When the Recluse Comes Out,' the latest in his series of mysteries starring Parisian police commissioner Adamsberg. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ snaps up historical thriller in 'fastest ever' pre-empt

HarperCollins has bought two books including a “Poldark-esque” historical debut for a five-figure sum in the fastest pre-empt literary agent David Headley has “ever seen”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stanley Johnson's Brexit thriller to be adapted for Channel 4

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's father Stanley Johnson’s satirical thriller about political "skullduggery", Kompromat (Oneworld), is to be adapted for a Channel 4 TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Thrillers Keep On Thrilling

The iBooks lists kept consistent this week, with four thriller titles in the top five, all penned by heavyweight authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Spine-tingling' Scottish thriller to Orenda Books

Orenda Books has signed Scottish crime writer Doug Johnstone in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Clinton is writing a political thriller with best-selling novelist James Patterson

Former President Barack Obama might be getting all the attention for that reported $65 million book deal, but former President Bill Clinton is soon coming out with an unusual book: He's writing a novel with prolific thriller writer James Patterson. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Clinton and James Patterson collaborate on political thriller

Former US president Bill Clinton and James Patterson are collaborating on a novel, publishing with Cornerstone, called The President is Missing.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Clinton teams with James Patterson to write White House thriller

The President Is Missing will see the former US leader make his prose fiction debut in collaboration with his golf partner the crime writing mega-sellerIn one of the most unexpected literary collaborations to date, former US president Bill Clinton is to publish a novel with bestselling crime... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC pre-empts thriller Possession in six-figure deal

HarperCollins has pre-empted a two book deal for Possession, a psychological thriller by J L Butler, for six figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Danish Mysteries Ruled March

Author Jussi Adler-Olsen was on a roll abroad last month, placing books in the top ten of bestseller lists in France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More 'Rebirth' titles arrive, stirring additional mystery for comic book superheroes

Kudos to the folks creating these comics, who are taking 80-year-old characters and making them fresh and exciting. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray snaps up spy thriller first published as Kindle Single

John Murray publisher Mark Richards has pre-empted a novel about a "psychopathic but glamorous and alluring" Russian assassin, Codename Villanelle, by Luke Jennings. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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