Don’t miss these incredible sessions from ITW Presents! 5/9:     8 PM ET Lee Child & Andrew Grant with Joe Finder  Power Storytelling Register: https://bit.ly/ITWPresents_Storytelling 5/14:     1 PM ET S.A. Cosby with Wanda M. Morris The Power of Character Register: https://bit.ly/ITWPresents_Character 5/23:     1 PM ET Caroline Kepnes with Tosca Lee Perfecting Psychological Suspense Register: https://bit.ly/ITWPresents_PsychologicalSuspense The post ITW Presents: The Breakout Series appeared first on THE BIG THRILL ..read more

  MISTRESS OF THE MACABRE: C.J. TUDOR ON REIMAGINING THE VAMPIRE MYTH IN THE GATHERING The Big Thrill Interviews Award-Winning Author C.J. Tudor By John B. Valeri C.J. Tudor went from a virtual unknown to “Britain’s female Stephen King” seemingly overnight. But before that fortuitous occurrence, she was many things: dog walker, reporter in training, voiceover artist, radio scriptwriter, television personality, and copywriter. Then came The Chalk Man—a nostalgic, nerve-jangling tale of childhood best friends bonded for life by a terrifying discovery that would shape the adults they became ..read more

  The Big Thrill Recommends: THE GARDEN GIRLS by Jessica R. Patch Recommended by Sandra Hoover THE GARDEN GIRLS by author Jessica R. Patch is an intense, intricately woven suspense thriller with subtle Christian overtones. FBI agent Tiberius (Ty) Granger and his team from the Special Crimes Unit return in a frenzied race against time and the fury of Mother Nature. Their job? To apprehend a serial killer dubbed ‘The Artist’ for the elaborate flower tattoos he inks on victims’ bodies that match the kind of flowers in their name. When the investigation brings Ty face-to-face with Bexley Hemm ..read more

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  The Big Thrill Recommends: AN INCONVENIENT WIFE by Karen E. Olson Recommended by Jody Gerbig These modern Tudor wives might be running their husband’s empire, but they still may lose their heads. Acclaimed mystery novelist Karen E. Olson captures the drama, politics, and narcissism of the Tudor dynasty in her updated AN INCONVENIENT WIFE, in which each of Hank Tudor’s six wives is as hungry for his attention—and as subject to his ire—as the last. Kate Parker—former assistant to Hank Tudor and now the sixth of his wives—knew her husband’s type when she married him: strong-willed and entr ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses THE GOD IN THE SEA with Paul Kemprecos The winter job as mate aboard a charter boat in the Florida Keys was going to be a financial boon for fisherman-diver and private detective Aristotle “Soc” Socarides. But The Fates who spin the threads of destiny had woven Soc’s life into a tapestry of their own design. Soc may have to sell his own boat, the Thalassa II, to avoid a family break-up that could jeopardize the Socarides frozen Greek food business. The last thing he needs is to find himself in the sights of an international crime syndicate after he plays Good S ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses FOR WORSE with L. K. Bowen Ellie is leaving her husband…again. After twenty-two years of marriage and an unsuccessful separation, she can’t take it anymore. On the surface, she has a picture-perfect relationship. Jeff has been a steadfast spouse. But what seems like loyalty is in reality an obsessive desire for control. Ellie is slowly losing her sight, which means she needs more and more assistance, and Jeff will stop at nothing to ensure she feels helpless and reliant on him alone. Desperate to escape her psychologically abusive marriage, Ellie turns to an on ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses HIT AND RUN with Vincent Zandri ALL IT TAKES IS ONE BAD DECISION TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE AND AN EVEN WORSE DECISION TO RESTORE IT! When a down on his luck former businessman arrested by the FBI for illegal commerce activity manages to flee prison due to Covid, he pays a Russian mobster to change his identity. But now that he owes the mobster tens of thousands of dollars, he needs to get at the $500,000 in cash he buried in the backyard of his former home. Problem is, he can’t locate the exact burial plot of cash. Plus, he’s now wanted for a hit and run and worse…a ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses DERANGED FAN with Vincent Zandri NOW YOU SEE HER. NOW YOU DON’T. NOW YOU’RE DEAD! A writer who’s suffering from a prolonged bout of writer’s block is hunted down by a fan…a deranged fan who now only wants him to write a new novel and dedicate it to her. She stalks him and makes his life a living hell. At the same time, no one believes he’s being harassed, convinced he is simply cracking up under the constant pressure to produce words and make money. From Thriller Award winner Vincent Zandri comes a tale of suspense, fear, and dread.   Vincent Zandri New ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses ONCE UPON A VILLA with Andrew Kaplan In this wise, warm-hearted, witty, and LOL hilariously funny true account, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Kaplan tells what it’s like when he, his wife, and two-year-old son decided to chuck it all and live the fantasy in a villa by the sea in that extraordinary corner of the world – part international café society, part billionaires’ playground, part provincial France – that is the French Riviera. Whether it’s matching wits with French bureaucracy, searching for the perfect bouillabaisse, encounters wit ..read more