Bella Wright

Bella Wright blogs about books, film and media.

Presumption of Guilt by marti green

Presumption of Guilt, a new Legal Thriller by Marti Green

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Twelve years ago, teenager Molly Singer was tried and convicted for murdering her parents. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00K7MCE3W” cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51d1DyKErWL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”107″]She was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison, torn away from her newborn daughter, and forsaken by those closest to her. But now, a series of anonymous letters proclaim her innocence—and point a finger at a deadly […]

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The Best Thriller Books of 2014 – The Definitive List

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Looking for a list of 2014’s best thriller books? First published back in early summer as “The Best of 2014 So Far,” we’ve updated this post as our reviewers have finalized their year-end lists. Whether you learn toward sci-fi thrillers, conspiracy fiction, medical thrillers, hard-boiled mysteries, vatican thrillers or are somewhere on the political end of the spectrum, there’s something here for you. Did we miss something great? Have

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The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly

The Wolf in Winter, a New Charlie Parker Thriller by John Connolly

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The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children’s future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town… [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”1476703183″ cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61WX%2BSlg2xL._SL160_.jpg”

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End of Secrets by Ryan Quinn

End of Secrets, a New Espionage Thriller by Ryan Quinn

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Though her specialty is foreign cyberterrorism, CIA agent Kera Mersal finds herself plunged into a bizarre domestic case. Singers, writers, and artists are disappearing, leaving no trace in a world where everyone leaves a digital footprint. Posing as a journalist, Kera attempts to track the artists’ last-known movements. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00JQS1TJI” cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pGj9l42WL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”107″]On a hunt that takes

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The Franciscan by W R. Park

Book Review: The Franciscan, a new Vatican Thriller from W R. Park

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The Bottom Line: Equal parts Vatican thriller and spy fable, The Franciscan is a fast-moving feast of betrayal, corruption and murder told by a master craftsman. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”1500610062″ cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] It’s only fitting that W R.Park begins The Franciscan with a quote from Nostradamus, since Park himself appears to be something of a prophet. The book

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The Second Ship by Richard Phillips

The Second Ship, a new Sci-Fi Thriller by Richard Phillips

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The Second Ship is the first of a planned three entries in Richard Phillips’ planned “Rho Agenda trilogy.” [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B007TBSLG8″ cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41nvHBGuYnL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”107″]In 1948, an alien starship fell from the New Mexico sky—and immediately vanished behind the walls of the Los Alamos Laboratory. Since that day the US military has endeavored to reverse engineer the ship’s alien technology through top-secret

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Dennis Lehane The Drop

Book Review: The Drop, a new Crime Thriller by Dennis Lehane

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The Bottom Line: Like slipping on your favorite pair of shoes, you always know what you’re going to get with a new Lehane novel. Still, The Drop manages to be his most satisfying outing since Mystic River. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0062365444″ cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] Dennis Lehane’s The Drop began as a short story called “Animal Rescue.” Adapted into a film

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William Gibson's Peripheral

The Peripheral, a new Sci-Fi Thriller by William Gibson

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William Gibson, the master of the technothriller, returns at last! Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare.Fortunately, Burton has his veteran’s benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC’s elite Haptic Recon force. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0399158448″ cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419Vm-iH9xL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”106″]Then one night Burton has to go

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Prince Lestat by Anne Rice

Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles, a new Paranormal Thriller by Anne Rice

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Anne Rice once again summons up the irresistible spirit-world of the oldest and most powerful forces of the night, invisible beings unleashed on an unsuspecting world able to take blood from humans, in a long-awaited return to the extraordinary world of the Vampire Chronicles and the uniquely seductive Queen of the Damned (“mesmerizing” —San Francisco Chronicle), a long-awaited novel that picks up where The Vampire Lestat (“brilliant…its undead characters

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Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

Leaving Time, a new Mystery by Jodi Picoult

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For more than a decade, Jenna Metcalf has never stopped thinking about her mother, Alice, who mysteriously disappeared in the wake of a tragic accident. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0345544927″ cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510Zvlksn0L._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”107″]Refusing to believe she was abandoned, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice’s old journals. A scientist who studied grief among

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