Bella Wright

Book Review: When the Tiger Kills, a Police Procedural by Vanessa Prelatte

The Bottom Line: A serial killer with a twisted fantasy about a Norse ice goddess leads law enforcement on an unforgettable manhunt that quickly becomes personal for intrepid detective Dawn Cimarron. Recommended for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Deborah Crombie. When a young girl is abducted in an isolated campsite near Montpelier, Colorado, investigators are left with a vexing set of clues: a tube of […]

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Book Review: The Apothecary, a Nano-Technology Thriller by Marshall Chamberlain

By Bella Wright

The Bottom Line: An electrifying, whip-smart reading experience about a rogue scientist whose lethal creations place the world at the brink of collapse. The Apothecary is a nano-technology thriller, exploring the heights of human degeneracy and the vile consequences of insane arrogance. Highly recommended. The follow-up to the first two books in Marshall Chamberlain’s excellent Ancestor Series pits the civilized world against Corey Parnevik, a brilliant but mentally deranged nanotechnologist. Parnevik’s talents have taken him to the forefront of top-secret

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Book Review: DON’T GO, an Assassination Thriller by Nikki Stern

By Bella Wright

The Bottom Line: DON’T GO is a captivating assassination thriller featuring a sympathetic heroine that you can’t help but root for. On the surface, Suzanne Addison appears to live the charmed life of the one percent. Her Belgian-born husband, Bill, seems to have walked out of an Ian Fleming novel, complete with diamond cufflinks and the physique of a male model. The Addisons divide their

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The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A Lisbeth Salander (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Novel

By Bella Wright

Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist (the due that originated with The Girl in the Dragon Tattoo) return in the highly anticipated follow-up to Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0385354282″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JgG1GkAJL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”335″]In this adrenaline-charged thriller (written by David Lagercrantz, not the late Stieg Larsson), genius-hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist face a dangerous

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Queen of Shadows, a new Throne of Glass series YA Thriller by Sarah J. Maas

By Bella Wright

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire-for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past… She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to

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Book Review: Out Of Hell’s Kitchen, a Crime Thriller by John Hanzl

By Bella Wright

The Bottom Line: An engrossing, atmospheric organized crime thriller that crackles with energy from the first page to the very last. Highly recommended. Luke Hawthorn’s world is crumbling around him. After his mother, an NCIS (National Criminal Intelligence Service) operative is killed in a mysterious house fire, he learns that she was investigating a new designer drug linked to the death of some 200 London

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Trigger Mortis, a new James Bond Novel by Anthony Horowitz & Ian Fleming

By Bella Wright

The world’s most famous spy, James Bond, has just returned victorious from his showdown with Auric Goldfinger in Fort Knox. By his side is the glamorous and streetwise Pussy Galore, who played no small part in his success. As they settle down in London, the odds of Galore taming the debonair bachelor seem slim—but she herself is a creature not so easily caught. Meanwhile, the

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Book Review: Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, by Diana Gabaldon

By Bella Wright

The Bottom Line: The newest entry in the Outlander series is equal parts fresh, familiar and frenetic. A must for fans of the series. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his

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Book Review: A Company of Roses, a Historical Thriller by Megan Goodenough

By Bella Wright

Bottom Line: A highly original historical scavenger hunt with roots in the Elizabethan period, this cozy mystery is highly recommended for Steve Berry fans. 1563, London. Lady Blanche ap Harry leads a band of thieves out of the palace and to a ferry waiting on the Themes. Their cargo? A box containing a “treasure” known as Elizabeth’s Rose. As in the best Steve Berry novels,

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8 Ridiculously Easy Ways to Use Book Reviews To Market and Sell Your Novel

By Bella Wright

Whether you’re an indie author or signed with one of the majors, one of the most underutilized assets writers & publishers have are book reviews. If you’re like most, your book has acquired a mix of unsolicited reviews, paid reviews from sites such as Kirkus or Clarion, and blurbs from fellow writers. How that you’ve got feedback, you need to put these precious reviews to use. Here’s how

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