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TOP 10 Above the Rain Victor del Arbol, trans, by Lisa Dillman. Other Press, May 25 ($18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-63542-995-4) In Malmo, Sweden, the daughter of Moroccan immigrants has [...]

Women dominate this season's highlights, whether they're exploring the pitfalls of pregnancy, heading high-risk investigations, or warding off sinister men. Plus, Stephen King and James Ellroy return, and Cedric the [...]

Stephanie Wrobel's debut is notable for its original take on mother-daughter conflict, but other authors this season, including Lauren Beukes, Jess Kidd, and Matt Ruff, deliver books with fresh, arresting [...]

Hillary Rodham Clinton makes her fiction debut this season with a political thriller coauthored with Louise Penny, and a number of veteran genre authors also have big books, including Megan [...]

Major authors deliver a number of highly anticipated books this season, while talented newcomers demonstrate the enduring strength of the mystery/thriller genre with impressive first novels. TOP 10 Artemis Andy [...]

Thrillers from major publishers typically occupy about half the slots on any given bestseller list. Meanwhile, niche imprints and smaller presses offer a wide range of mysteries for every taste. [...]

Indie crime press Brash Books recently released All Kinds of Ugly by Ralph Dennis, the 13th installment in his Jim Hardman series. Dennis died in 1988, and the story behind [...]

"The Belt" by Dale E. Lehman is a science fiction thriller set on Mars. Exobiologist Miguel Hernandez discovers microfossils in Sinus Meridiani, providing evidence of independent life on Mars. However, he is labeled an outlaw by the mayor of Lowell Colony, who opposes Miguel's efforts to preserve Meridiani as a research site. Miguel and his students become entangled in a political conspiracy that extends to the asteroid belt. While the resolution of the conspiracy is somewhat underwhelming, the story offers an enjoyable read with complex characters and a gritty Martian survival setting. Fans of the Expanse series will appreciate the familiar worldbuilding and multilayered political landscape. [Extracted from the article]

The Lost Night Andrea Bartz. Crown, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-525-57471-2 It's 2009, at the height of the recession, and Lindsay Bach, the narrator of Bartz's accomplished debut, and her friends [...]

Blood Orange Harriet Tyce. Grand Central, $26 (352p) ISBN 978-1-5387-6273-8 Rising London criminal defense lawyer Alison Wood, the complex and deeply flawed narrator of British author Tyce's promising debut, welcomes [...]

The Antiquities Hunter: A Gina Miyoko Mystery Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff. Pegasus Crime, $25.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-68177-857-0 This energetic series launch from bestseller Bohnhoff (The Last Jedi with Michael Reaves) introduces [...]

Highlights this spring include major books from a number of bestselling thriller authors as well as some exciting debuts. Steve Berry, a founding member of the International Thriller Writers, has [...]

Highlights this season include major books from such established authors as James Ellroy, Michael Connelly, and Louise Penny, as well as some firsts: Chelsea Cain's first in a new crime [...]

The article reports the sales statistics of domestic thriller "The Housemaid's Secret" the sequel of "The Housemaid" by Freida McFadden.