Here's what was featured in the April edition of The Big Thrill:
Click on a book title to read the feature story
- Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
- Broken by Karin Slaughter
- Day One by Bill Cameron
- Damaged by Pamela Callow
- Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen
- Running Dark by Jamie Freveletti
- Silencing Sam by Julie Kramer
- A Night of Long Knives by Rebecca Cantrell
- First Thrills anthology edited by Lee Child
- Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni
- Reel Murder by Mary Kennedy
- Inside Out by Barry Eisler
- Foodchain by Jeff Jacobson
- Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts
- Terminated by Simon Wood
- The Anniversary Man by R.J. Ellory
- House Justice by Mike Lawson
- The Argentine Kidnapping by Bill Sheehy
- Love Kills by Dianne Emley
- Wedding Favors by Nikita Black, Allyson James, Sheri Whitefeather
- Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective by Eric Van Lustbader
- The Promised War by Thomas Greanias
- Vicious by Kevin O'Brien
- The Cold Kiss by John Rector
- Rider by Jim Bernheimer
- Wired Kingdom by Rick Chesler
- Night Myst by Yasmine Galenorn
- Silent Scream by Karen Rose
- Dark Sea by E. J. Rand
- The Wolves of Fairmount Park by Dennis Tafoya
- Blood Song by Cat Adams
- Strong Justice by Jon Land
- Ancestor by Scott Sigler
- The Remains by Vincent Zandri
- Ashes to Water by Irene Ziegler
- The Road Closed by Leigh Russell
- Book of Shadows by Alexandra Sokoloff
- Risk No Secrets by Cindy Gerard
- Justice in June by Barbara Levenson
- Terror's Reach by Tom Bale
- No Way Out by David Kessler
- What A Girl Wants by Selena Robins
- Eurostorm by Payne Harrison
- The Advocate's Betrayal by Teresa Burrell
- The Frenzy Way by Gregory Lamberson
- Wraith by James R. Hannibal
- Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham
- Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann
- A Between The Lines interview with Janet Evanovich
- Thrillers: 100 Must Reads - An Interview with James O. Born
- International News from Mike Nicol
ThrillerFest News
JUST POSTED: CraftFest, AgentFest and ThrillerFest Schedule!
Nearly 40 agents have signed up for AgentFest! Find out who in the AgentFest section of www.thrillerfest.org. You can also read a profile of an debut author who's launching big this month thanks to finding his agent at AgentFest. Check out the world-class authors and agents who are instructors at CraftFest, and back in Latest News, coming soon: the next in the continuing series of our 2010 ThrillerFest Headliners, Lisa Scottoline.
"ThrillerFest has lots of extras this year," adds Kathleen Antrim, ThrillerFest director, says. "For starters, there's a party every night:
Wednesday night: CraftFest Cocktail Party.
Thursday night: Opening Reception Cocktail Party.
Friday night: ITW Publications Reception. By the time ThrillerFest arrives, ITW will have launched four major new publications. To celebrate these works, we're having a grand signing/cocktail party.
Saturday night: ITW Awards Banquet. One ticket, one night, three parties: the pre-event cocktail party, the banquet, and the post-event after-party.
If you haven't yet registered, log onto www.ThrillerFest.org for event details, registration link, and hotel reservations. Be there!
New in ThrillerFest Headliners
Larry Light profiles Mark Bowden, author of the renowned BLACK HAWK DOWN and recipient of ThrillerFest's first-ever True Thrillers award for nonfiction. Click to read all about him. When you're done, scroll down to catch our earlier profiles of Headliners Lisa Scottoline and Harlan Coben . . . and look forward to our June Blitz: profiles of Brad Meltzer, Gayle Lynds, Linda Fairstein, David Morrell, and 2010 ThrillerMaster Ken Follett. It's all in Latest News.
WATCHLIST: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book!
Imagine a literary jam session with 22 of your favorite masters of pulse-pounding fiction and you have WATCHLIST: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book. Jeffery Deaver conceived of the characters and put the plot into motion and Jim Fusilli leant a sharp editorial eye, finely orchestrating this chorus of suspense that includes such top writers as Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, Gayle Lynds, P.J. Parrish and many others. Dramatic tension ties the novellas together as each thriller titan leads the reader down dark alleys and around blind corners, saving the fireworks for the climactic endings, also crafted by Jeffery Deaver.
This two-fisted tome has the chills, breakneck pacing, and diabolical switchbacks that thriller lovers have come to expect. Reading into the wee, small hours is practically guaranteed.
Read and listen to a review of WATCHLIST by Lynn Neary on NPR's "All Things Considered."
Coming this month: First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors
New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has teamed up with the International Thriller Writers for First Thrills, a showcase of many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre.
First Thrills includes never-before-published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child, Stephen Coonts, Jeffrey Deaver, Heather Graham, Gregg Hurwitz, John Lescroart, John Lutz (with Lise E. Baker), Alex Kava (with Deb Carlin), Michael Palmer (with Daniel James Palmer), Karin Slaughter, and Wendi Corsi Staub.
The collection also serves as an introduction to those ITW has christened its rising stars, including Sean Michael Bailey, Ken Bruen, Ryan Brown, Bill Cameron, Rebecca Cantrell, Karen Dionne, JT Ellison, Theo Gangi, Rip Gerber, CJ Lyons, Grant McKenzie, Marc Paoletti, Cynthia Robinson, and Kelli Stanley. Available June 22
Coming soon: Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads
A new ITW publication coming soon from Oceanview, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner, features 100 works--from Beowulf to The Bourne Identity, Dracula to Deliverance, Heart of Darkness to The Hunt for Red October--deemed must-reads by the International Thriller Writers organization.
Much more than an anthology, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads goes deep inside the most notable thrillers published over the centuries. Through lively, spirited, and thoughtful essays that examine each work's significance, impact, and influence, Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads provides both historical and personal perspective on those spellbinding works that have kept readers on the edge of their seats for centuries.
Read the interview this month with James O. Born, as well as previous interviews with Gayle Lynds, Tess Gerritsen and Douglas Preston, then watch this space for more details!
