Suspense/Thriller Author Spotlight

Each week we explore in depth the work of suspense/thriller authors. While many of you know authors like John Grisham, James Patterson and David Baldacci, the goal is to take readers behind the work of authors whose work you may be less familiar with. We'll explore their new books --- and their past ones, known in the industry as the backlist. The goal is that you, like us, will meet new authors and read books that you previously may have missed.

Max Allan Collins, author of No One Will Hear You

The first video arrives by email. An unidentifed man. A naked woman. Her scream caught in a freeze-frame.

Dean Koontz, author of What the Night Knows

In the late summer of a long ago year, a killer arrived in a small city. His name was Alton Turner Blackwood, and in the space of a few months he brutally murdered four families.

C. E. Lawrence, author of Silent Victim

At first, they look like suicides. Two bodies within a week --- one found floating in New York’s East River, another electrocuted in the bathtub. But forensics show that the victims were drugged, then killed.

John Lutz, author of Mister X

He mutilates his victims. Slices their throats. And carves an X into their flesh. Five years ago, he claimed the lives of six women. Then the killings abruptly stopped --- no one knows why.

Michael Walsh, author of Early Warning

The NSA’s most lethal weapon is back. Code-named Devlin, he operates in the darkest recesses of the US government.

Henry Perez, author of Mourn the Living

From city to city, one man walks the streets, carefully choosing his victims. Mercilessly, he cuts their throats.

John Gilstrap, author of Hostage Zero

Hostage rescue expert Jonathan Grave is used to working alone, and this time he’ll have to go where even the government won’t. An innocent man has been shot and two young people are missing. But tracking them down is just the beginning.

Gregg Hurwitz, author of They're Watching

Patrick Davis is a man with troubles. First his Hollywood dreams crumble and then his storybook marriage hits a snag. Now, DVDs start being delivered to his house --- DVDs which show that someone is watching him and his wife, that the two of them are being stalked and recorded by cameras hidden in their house.

Andrew Britton, author of The Exile

For the President of the United States, the horror of life in West Darfur just hit too close to home. His niece Lily, a nurse caring for Sudanese refugees, has been murdered by a corps of fearsome government-backed militia.

Linda Castillo, author of Pray for Silence

The Plank family moved from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to join the small Amish community of Painters Mill less than a year ago and seemed the model of the Plain Life --- until on a cold October night, the entire family of seven was found slaughtered on their farm.

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