Black Gold Secret by S.F. Baumgartner centers around Gemma, a determined reporter trying to rebuild her reputation at a regional newspaper after a source compromise ruined her career in the capital. Her life changes when she opens an envelope postmarked from a nearby port, containing...

In J. Luke Bennecke’s Blackout, the US president is assassinated via a wave of drone strikes to pave the way for a coup, and civil engineer Jake Bendel is thrust into a national nightmare, looking for answers and working hard to stop a complete blackout....

A high-stakes corporate thriller, Thomas Vincent Papa’s Black and White Smoke brings us to VASPI, a predictive analytics firm in turmoil. The company has been on a meteoric rise, and recent regulatory changes are shaking up the industry. Right in the middle of all this,...

Big Lies by Stephen Wayne is a conspiracy thriller set in the near future. Astronomer Thomas Jeffries discovers that a huge asteroid is on a collision course with Earth right before it disappears into the sun’s blind spot. His discovery grabs the attention of the...

“The truth was usually bulletproof, but people looking for it rarely were.” The interesting thing about truth is that it comes at a cost. In Blood Tide: A Harbor Noir Thriller by Daniel P. Douglas, this cost can be steep. Set in Los Angeles in...

When a building in Washington, D.C. is hit by a massive explosion, leaving behind hundreds of casualties, law enforcement authorities flood the crime scene in search of answers. The FBI, DHS, and the Metropolitan PD are under pressure to quickly and conclusively wrap up the...

Blood Runs Deep by Bill Halamandaris is a political thriller that follows Theo James Alexander, a seasoned Senate investigator, who is called to Naples, Florida, after the mysterious death of his uncle. He is pulled into a web of corruption involving high-profile politicians and powerful...

This week I’ve buried myself in the dark and compelling world of Blood on the Veld, a thriller from S.A. McLain that looks to be the start of a gripping series of wildlife and conservation-themed thrillers. I love the angle of a high-stakes thriller set...

In Burn the Freeze by S.M. McVicar, Cal Shook navigates a dystopian world where the elite access universal information through advanced brain technology. After evading capture in Reno and securing a substantial reward, Cal is hired to steal the powerful X-2 headset, which enables control...

FBI Agent Clayton Rhodes had just successfully led an FBI undercover operation that had helped nab key players in the Sinaloa drug cartel along the West Coast. But he could hardly celebrate his victory with demons from his past haunting him. In a bid to...