BunzelGram June 17, 2024 Issue #182 This Week's Thoughts on Mysteries, Thrillers, and All Things Crime |
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Last week’s BunzelGram introduced you to 14 of the 28 “debut” authors whose first novels were published over the last 12 months, and were honored at ThrillerFest in New York. This week I give you the other 14 writers, whose inventive minds created everything from psychological thrillers to whodunnits to political espionage to speculative fiction. It’s tough enough to get published these days, let alone drive respectable sales, so I invite you to take a chance on at least one of these fine writers and order his/her book. I guarantee, you will not regret it. — Reed Bunzel |
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Rebecca McKanna, Don’t Forget The Girl Twelve years ago, 12-year-old university student Abby Hartmann disappeared. Now, the serial killer suspected of her death is about to be executed, and Abby’s best friends watch as her public memory is overshadowed by the murderer and his crimes…. | | |
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Allison McKenzie, The Unexpected Hostage Nothing has seemed normal since Tess’ fiancé, Kyle, died in a tragic accident. To obliterate her pain, she jets between high-stakes meetings and frequents punk clubs—a strategy that almost works until she and her colleagues are taken hostage by terrorists…. | | |
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Kate Michaelson, Hidden Rooms After coming home to bury her father, Riley Svenson wants nothing more than to keep her close-knit family together, clear her brother of a murder charge, seek answers to her own medical mystery—and get out of her rural Ohio home town…. | | |
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Mallika Narayanan, In The Dark I See You When a young woman, Sarah Connelly, is found murdered in her home in New York’s elite Sleepy Point suburb, it triggers questions about the neighbor who discovered the body…. | | |
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K.T. Nguyen, You Know What You Did First-generation Vietnamese American artist Annie Shaw must confront nightmares past and present when her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, suddenly dies and Annie’s carefully curated life begins to unravel…. | | |
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Adam Plantinga, The Ascent Ex-Detroit street cop Jurt Argento runs afoul of a corrupt sheriff in a small Missouri town and is thrown into a maximum security prison. When a malfunction in the security system releases a horde of prisoners, he must help a small band of civilians to safety…. | | |
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Brooke Robinson, The Interpreter Revelle Lee spends her days translating the words of witnesses in London’s court rooms, so when she believes a grave injustice is about to take place, and a guilty man might be declared innocent, she twists an alibi to change the verdict and send him to prison…. | | |
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Carla Seyler, A Place Unmade When an agrochemical executive launches a devious plan to corner the world’s grain market, it takes the combined efforts of graduate students, farmers, scientists, and federal agents to figure out what is happening—and who is responsible…. | | |
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Tracy Sierra, Nightwatching Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother is tucking her son back into bed when she sees a man appear down the hallway. In the suffocating darkness, the mother struggles to remain calm—and to plan for what is about to heppen... | | |
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James Spoonhour, Incentive For Death Two D.C. homicide detectives solve eight murders in seven days. The seemingly unrelated murders are tied to the sale of life insurance policies, with C.I.A. personnel behind the scheme…. | | |
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Pamela Statz, Thorn City Dressed to kill and ready to make rent, best friends Lisa and Jamie work as “paid to party” girls at a gathering of prominent Portland, Oregon citizens—until their evening is derailed when Lisa stumbles across Ellen, a ruthless politician...and her own estranged mother. | | |
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Jack Stewart, Unknown Rider When TOPGUN instructor Colt Bancroft is sent to investigate mysterious lights off the coast of California, disaster strikes. What follows is a tale of heroism and betrayal, spycraft and suspense, and aerial combat against an unexpected adversary…. | | |
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Travis Tougaw, Foxholes Combat veteran Vince Marcotte has hung up his uniform in favor of a quiet, comfortable life. But ghosts from his past are raised when Nick Batson, whom Marcotte believes got away with murder 15 years ago, announces his senate campaign…. | | |
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Steve Urszenyi, Perfect Shot FBI Special Agent Alexandra Martel learns that an old friend, an MI5 officer, has been killed under mysterious circumstances. Following a trail of clues, she pieces together a terrifying conspiracy that only escalates when a nuclear warhead goes missing…. | | |
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Now Available! Beyond All Doubt [Reed Bunzel writing as Hilton Reed] “Beyond All Doubt is an edge-of-your-seat fast-moving thrill-ride, kicked off by the reappearance of a dead man and propelling the reader along to the final bullet—and beyond.”— S.J. Rozan, best-selling author of The Mayors of New York “Beyond All Doubt is a taut, smart, and emotionally rich thriller. Reed has a sharp eye for character and a screenwriter's feel for action. This tale is sleek as a mink and fast as a bullet.”— T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Rescue “Beyond All Doubt is not a 'who done it,' but a twisty, compelling 'who did what.' Cameron Kane is a sympathetic, yet unrelenting bulldog in his pursuit of the truth about his wife's death. Intriguing and intense, Beyond All Doubt is a winner!”—Matt Coyle, bestselling author of the Rick Cahill crime novels “In this action-packed and engrossing thriller, Reed masterfully balances between a husband’s drive to uncover the truth about his wife’s death and a father’s instinct to protect his family at all costs. Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down!”— Matthew Farrell, bestselling author of The Woman at Number 6 “Beyond All Doubt has plenty of thrills—deadly snipers, false identities, shocking deaths—but at its heart, this book is about a grieving single father whose desperation propels the plot like a speeding car with its brake lines cut.”— Cayce Osborne, author of I Know What You Did | | |
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