Seven pulse-pounding thrillers

Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the Chief of Staff for Riot New Media Group and a co-host of the Book Riot Podcast.

At Book Riot she tagged seven "pulse-pounding reads for thriller fans." One title on the list:

Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

No list of great thrillers is complete without this Edgar Award-winning novel about a Black Texas Ranger who travels to a small town in East Texas where two recent murders have brought long-simmering resentments back to the surface.

Named among the top 10 thrillers of the 21st century, Bluebird, Bluebird marked the breakout of a major name in modern crime fiction. It’s a gritty, tense read infused with blues music and southern history. Good news if it leaves you wanting more: there are two more books in Locke’s Highway 59 series, with a fourth on the way.

Read about another entry on the list.

Bluebird, Bluebird is among Polly Stewart's seven new classics in Southern noir, L. Alison Heller's eight crime novels in which a small town is the perfect incubator, Janice Hallett's five gripping mysteries set in small towns, and Katie Tallo's top ten crime novels about returning home.

--Marshal Zeringue