#thrillers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #thrillers, aggregated by home.social.
-
Possession review – a nightmarish plantation drama with a divisive paranormal twist
By Lucy ManganGugu Mbatha-Raw is a lawyer sent to Jamaica to get to the bottom of a mystery about an inheritance. What unfolds is an evocative story packed with horrors, past injustices – and a supernatural element that you will rate or hate
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #JonnyLeeMiller #Thrillers #TheGuardian #LucyMangan
-
Possession review – a nightmarish plantation drama with a divisive paranormal twist
By Lucy ManganGugu Mbatha-Raw is a lawyer sent to Jamaica to get to the bottom of a mystery about an inheritance. What unfolds is an evocative story packed with horrors, past injustices – and a supernatural element that you will rate or hate
#Television #Televisionradio #Culture #JonnyLeeMiller #Thrillers #TheGuardian #LucyMangan
-
Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/horror-movies-obsession-backrooms-tech-props #HorrorFilms #GillianAnderson #Culture #Film #Thrillers #Backrooms
-
Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech
By James McClellanFrom Obsession to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a new wave of movies are ditching minimalism for retro settings
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/horror-movies-obsession-backrooms-tech-props
#Horrorfilms #GillianAnderson #Culture #Film #Thrillers #Backrooms #TheGuardian #JamesMcClellan
-
Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech
By James McClellanFrom Obsession to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a new wave of movies are ditching minimalism for retro settings
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/horror-movies-obsession-backrooms-tech-props
#Horrorfilms #GillianAnderson #Culture #Film #Thrillers #Backrooms #TheGuardian #JamesMcClellan
-
It’s been a wild couple of years. This year, I have four books out. Last year, I did also. And there are several more going back to 2018 under both my pen names.
Adult, young adult, and middle grade in horror, thriller, fantasy, and sci-fi!
Learn about all my books and choose where to start: #books #fantasy #horror #thrillers #scifi
https://jendiagammon.com/2024/09/25/current-and-forthcoming-books/
-
It’s been a wild couple of years. This year, I have four books out. Last year, I did also. And there are several more going back to 2018 under both my pen names.
Adult, young adult, and middle grade in horror, thriller, fantasy, and sci-fi!
Learn about all my books and choose where to start: #books #fantasy #horror #thrillers #scifi
https://jendiagammon.com/2024/09/25/current-and-forthcoming-books/
-
This Tempting Madness review – watchable psychological suspense offers Mexican standoff of gaslighting
By Phil HoadPleasingly potboilerish tale of a woman trying to make sense of a traumatic fall that left her comatose slightly loses track of its toxic mind games
-
This Tempting Madness review – watchable psychological suspense offers Mexican standoff of gaslighting
By Phil HoadPleasingly potboilerish tale of a woman trying to make sense of a traumatic fall that left her comatose slightly loses track of its toxic mind games
-
Looking for Mysteries? From cozy to thrillers, 80+ authors discounted their books just for you, check them out here:
https://bf.sophiemaddon.com/plottwistahead/6jc3bbbetb
#CozyMysteries #CozyMystery #CozyMysteryBooks #Whodunnit #Books #Bookstodon #BookSale #BooksOnSale #FirstInSeries #Whodunit #MysteryBooks #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #thrillers #MysteriesAndThrillers
-
Looking for Mysteries? From cozy to thrillers, 80+ authors discounted their books just for you, check them out here:
https://bf.sophiemaddon.com/plottwistahead/6jc3bbbetb
#CozyMysteries #CozyMystery #CozyMysteryBooks #Whodunnit #Books #Bookstodon #BookSale #BooksOnSale #FirstInSeries #Whodunit #MysteryBooks #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #thrillers #MysteriesAndThrillers
-
‘Am I 68? 69?’ Irvine Welsh on growing old, getting clean, bashing out his new novel – and flirting with guns
By Paula CocozzaThree decades after he channelled his heroin addiction into the cult classic Trainspotting, the Scottish author has discovered the joys of yoga, breathwork and standing desks. But is he quite as ‘Zen’ as he claims?
#IrvineWelsh #Books #Drugs #USpolitics #Trainspotting #Healthwellbeing #Culture #Film #Stage #Yoga #Fiction #Thrillers #TheGuardian #PaulaCocozza
-
‘Am I 68? 69?’ Irvine Welsh on growing old, getting clean, bashing out his new novel – and flirting with guns
By Paula CocozzaThree decades after he channelled his heroin addiction into the cult classic Trainspotting, the Scottish author has discovered the joys of yoga, breathwork and standing desks. But is he quite as ‘Zen’ as he claims?
#IrvineWelsh #Books #Drugs #USpolitics #Trainspotting #Healthwellbeing #Culture #Film #Stage #Yoga #Fiction #Thrillers #TheGuardian #PaulaCocozza
-
How Harlan Coben became the king of potboiler TV
By Stuart HeritageThe prolific crime author’s latest Netflix thriller I Will Find You has become one of the streamer’s most-watched shows of all time – but what’s his secret?
#Television #HarlanCoben #UStelevision #Culture #Televisionradio #Netflix #Thrillers #Books #TheGuardian #StuartHeritage
-
Blood-Chilling Thrillers to Cool Off With
Survive the summer heat by escaping into these bone-chilling thrillers and mysteries.
https://bookriot.com/blood-chilling-thrillers-to-cool-off-with/ -
Blood-Chilling Thrillers to Cool Off With
Survive the summer heat by escaping into these bone-chilling thrillers and mysteries.
https://bookriot.com/blood-chilling-thrillers-to-cool-off-with/ -
The Devil’s Mouth review – Amazon’s shark thriller gives us just about enough to chew on
By Benjamin LeeA group of holidaying friends get trapped in a cave system with a bull shark in a solidly entertaining b-movie lifted by a toxic central friendship
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/29/the-devils-mouth-review-amazon-shark-thriller
#Thrillers #Horrorfilms #Film #Culture #Sharks #AmazonPrimeVideo #TheGuardian #BenjaminLee
-
The Killer: without John Woo’s gun fu classic, Hollywood action films would be far more dull
By Adam FleetThe 1989 Hong Kong thriller established Woo as one of the greats, with its explosive gun fights, high-speed car chases and an incorruptible hero
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/29/the-killer-john-woo-gun-fu-classic
#Film #JohnWoo #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #Thrillers #Crimefilms #HongKong #TheGuardian #AdamFleet
-
Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more
By Jesse HassengerShark Week arrives in an overstuffed period for the film genre even if nothing will ever rival the greatest of them all
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/28/shark-week-movies
#Thrillers #Sharks #Jaws #Film #Horrorfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Culture #TheGuardian #JesseHassenger
-
‘People who commit heinous crimes can be victims’: Michael Mann on the provocative power of Manhunter at 40
By Matthew AllanAs a stunning 4K restoration arrives in theaters, the director and cast reflect on creating the disturbing descent into a criminal underworld
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/25/michael-mann-interview-manhunter
#MichaelMann #BrianCox #Culture #Film #HannibalLecter #ThomasHarris #Crimefilms #Thrillers #TheGuardian #MatthewAllan
-
The perfect books for the beach … picked by Freida McFadden, Mick Herron, Robert Harris and more
From a transporting historical saga to a tale of small-town betrayal, the authors of our favourite page-turners reveal the books they take on holiday – introduced by Jenny Colgan
#Fiction #Books #Culture #Biographybooks #Sciencefictionbooks #Thrillers #Horrorbooks #TheGuardian #
-
The Devil Wears Prada 2 to Eleanor the Great: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
By Simon WardellMiranda and Andy reunite to save Runway magazine in the jolly couture-drenched sequel, plus Scarlett Johansson’s moving comedy about a twinkly eyed 94-year-old liar
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/24/the-seven-best-films-to-watch-on-tv-this-week
#Televisionradio #Culture #Film #Dramafilms #Thrillers #TheGuardian #SimonWardell
-
‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/benedict-cumberbatch-20-best-films-ranked #Film #BenedictCumberbatch #ComedyFilms #RomanceFilms #Thrillers #FilmAdaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture
-
‘Unbearably sexy in his rodenty way’: Benedict Cumberbatch’s 20 best films – ranked!
By Peter BradshawTo mark the two-time Oscar nominee’s recent 50th birthday, we rate his finest screen roles – from hyper-British patricians and seething serpents, to ghastly Yanks, tragic codebreakers and sci-fi scoundrels
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/23/benedict-cumberbatch-20-best-films-ranked
#Film #BenedictCumberbatch #Comedyfilms #Romancefilms #Thrillers #Filmadaptations #Books #Comedy #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw
-
The Bourne Identity -- Robert Ludlum
Years ago, I worked for a while in a bookshop where Ludlum thrillers were always strong sellers. I never bothered to read one then, but recently an acquaintance recommended the author to me as one of the best writers in this genre.
I decided to go for this 1980 title as the first and supposedly the best in the "Bourne" series. As I came to the end of this tiresome concatenation of conspiracies, cliffhangers, and cringemaking romance, I decided that it would also be my last Ludlum.
I must find some better spy novels and thrillers!
-
The Bourne Identity -- Robert Ludlum
Years ago, I worked for a while in a bookshop where Ludlum thrillers were always strong sellers. I never bothered to read one then, but recently an acquaintance recommended the author to me as one of the best writers in this genre.
I decided to go for this 1980 title as the first and supposedly the best in the "Bourne" series. As I came to the end of this tiresome concatenation of conspiracies, cliffhangers, and cringemaking romance, I decided that it would also be my last Ludlum.
I must find some better spy novels and thrillers!
-
📚 Firestarter by: Stephen King
Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as the Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—man...
https://bookblabla.com/book/firestarter
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #horror #generalfiction #sciencefiction #thrillers
-
📚 Firestarter by: Stephen King
Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as the Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them—man...
https://bookblabla.com/book/firestarter
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #horror #generalfiction #sciencefiction #thrillers
-
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
By Laura WilsonThe Runner by Scarlett Thomas; The Madman by Henning Mankell; Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Casey; The Spy and the Snake by MJ Robotham; Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/17/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup
#Books #Crimefiction #Thrillers #Fiction #Culture #TheGuardian #LauraWilson
-
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
By Laura WilsonThe Runner by Scarlett Thomas; The Madman by Henning Mankell; Everything She Didn’t Say by Jane Casey; The Spy and the Snake by MJ Robotham; Murder at the End of the World by Akane Araki
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/17/the-best-recent-and-thrillers-review-roundup
#Books #Crimefiction #Thrillers #Fiction #Culture #TheGuardian #LauraWilson
-
📚 Under the Dome by: Stephen King
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome”...
https://bookblabla.com/book/under-the-dome
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #horror #generalfiction #psychologicalfiction #thrillers
-
📚 Under the Dome by: Stephen King
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome”...
https://bookblabla.com/book/under-the-dome
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #horror #generalfiction #psychologicalfiction #thrillers
-
The best books to read in July: new paperbacks from Andrew O’Hagan, Miriam Toews and Oyinkan Braithwaite
By Guardian StaffLooking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from the gripping story of an international murder case to a state-of-the-nation yarn
#Books #Culture #Paperbacks #OyinkanBraithwaite #Fiction #Biographybooks #Truecrimebooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #Essays #Thrillers #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
-
The best books to read in July: new paperbacks from Andrew O’Hagan, Miriam Toews and Oyinkan Braithwaite
By Guardian StaffLooking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some fantastic new paperbacks, from the gripping story of an international murder case to a state-of-the-nation yarn
#Books #Culture #Paperbacks #OyinkanBraithwaite #Fiction #Biographybooks #Truecrimebooks #Autobiographyandmemoir #Essays #Thrillers #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
-
A Close Shave/A Matter of Loaf and Death review – Wallace and Gromit knit together a cracking double bill
By Peter BradshawThese two half-hour classics of stop-motion pack in nods to more earnest cinema but are never distracted from producing pristinely beguiling family entertainment
#Film #Animationinfilm #Aardman #WallaceGromit #Comedyfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Thrillers #AnimationonTV #Comedy #Culture #Televisionradio #Television #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw
-
📚 Ready Player One by: Ernest Cline
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, bas...
https://bookblabla.com/book/ready-player-one
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #dystopianfiction #thrillers #general
-
📚 Ready Player One by: Ernest Cline
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, bas...
https://bookblabla.com/book/ready-player-one
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #dystopianfiction #thrillers #general
-
A FASCINATINGLY LOATHSOME PROTAGONIST becomes prime suspect in a murder in this sharp, satirical thriller of manners. Clever plot and a dead-on skewering of modern workplaces, social media addiction, and the entire Boston metropolitan area. B PLUS
https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-good-person-kirsten-king/81e8fd5346f0e7fd?ean=9798217048045
#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #satire #thriller #thrillers
-
A FASCINATINGLY LOATHSOME PROTAGONIST becomes prime suspect in a murder in this sharp, satirical thriller of manners. Clever plot and a dead-on skewering of modern workplaces, social media addiction, and the entire Boston metropolitan area. B PLUS
https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-good-person-kirsten-king/81e8fd5346f0e7fd?ean=9798217048045
#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #fiction #novel #novels #satire #thriller #thrillers
-
Three days left to win your chance at a free advance copy of "The Pope's Hitman" via Goodreads!
Every click helps boost the book!
#ThePopesHitman #goodreads #goodreadsgiveaway #books #novels #thrillers
@crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social
-
Three days left to win your chance at a free advance copy of "The Pope's Hitman" via Goodreads!
Every click helps boost the book!
#ThePopesHitman #goodreads #goodreadsgiveaway #books #novels #thrillers
@crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social
-
Sunshine: Danny Boyle’s space slasher plays out like an atheist’s worst nightmare https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jul/08/sunshine-danny-boyle-science-fiction-space-film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DannyBoyle #Film #Culture #CillianMurphy #ChrisEvans #Thrillers
-
Sunshine: Danny Boyle’s space slasher plays out like an atheist’s worst nightmare https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jul/08/sunshine-danny-boyle-science-fiction-space-film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DannyBoyle #Film #Culture #CillianMurphy #ChrisEvans #Thrillers
-
📚 I Will Fear No Evil by: Robert A. Heinlein
As startling and provocative as his famous Stranger in a Strange Land, here is Heinlein's awesome masterpiece about a man supremely talented, immensely old and obscenely wealthy who discovers that money can buy everything. Even a new life in the body of a ...
https://bookblabla.com/book/i-will-fear-no-evil
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #thrillers #technologicalfiction #visionarymetaphysical
-
📚 I Will Fear No Evil by: Robert A. Heinlein
As startling and provocative as his famous Stranger in a Strange Land, here is Heinlein's awesome masterpiece about a man supremely talented, immensely old and obscenely wealthy who discovers that money can buy everything. Even a new life in the body of a ...
https://bookblabla.com/book/i-will-fear-no-evil
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #thrillers #technologicalfiction #visionarymetaphysical
-
Hello, Fediverse!
I write books. Science fiction & fantasy. Sometimes in the same book.
Choose between a gritty near-future hopepunk series, a series about midlife superpowers, & a short story collection (sampler pack FTW!)DRM-free ebooks w/discounts: https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1
kindle: https://www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2
Kobo, B&N & more, incl. print & audio: https://books2read.com/kmherkesOr request for your library via Biblioboard, Hoopla or Libby
-
Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/30/citizen-vigilante-review-armie-hammer-uwe-boll #Film #ArmieHammer #Thrillers #ElonMusk #Culture #Technology #Migration #WorldNews
-
Strung review – far-fetched thriller awkwardly mixes Blumhouse and Tyler Perry https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/26/strung-movie-review-blumhouse-tyler-perry #Thrillers #HorrorFilms #Film #Culture #TylerPerry
-
🥳 Behold, the riveting tale of #open-source #software on IBM Z and LinuxONE! A thriller where pressing *Enter* is the highlight, and the plot twists are as dynamic as a 🧂 cracker. Because who doesn't love a good 'Log in' #saga and championing the art of toggling navigation? 🔄🎉
https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2026/06/18/linuxone-open-source-report-may-2026 #IBMZ #LinuxONE #thrillers #navigation #HackerNews #ngated -
Sizzle reels: nine films to watch in a heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/23/the-nine-films-to-watch-in-a-heatwave-hot-weather-netflix #Film #Culture #DramaFilms #DoTheRightThing #Fargo #Interstellar #HorrorFilms #Thrillers #UkWeather
-
Why Do We Trust the Wrong People? The Psychology Behind Deception
[Psychology Behind My Fiction Series – Blog 1 :: Questions about trust and deception were part of what inspired me while writing AN UNEXPECTED DETOUR]
Trust is a powerful force that shapes human relationships. We make many decisions based on trust. We trust collagues with responsibilities and we end up trusting strangers in sharing a ride, signing a contract, or following advice.
But history and personal experiences show that trust can be dangerously misplaced. Deception rarely arrives wearing a warning sign and that fascinates me…
People who betray us are seldom the ones we suspect. They are mostly the ones who appear the most convincing, the most helpful, or the most trustworthy. They understand what we want to hear and how we want to feel. This raises an uncomfortable question:
Why do intelligent humans ignore red flags?
This has more to do with emotions. Human beings tend to seek connection. We want to believe that people are who they appear to be. We want our relationships to be genuine. As soon as we invest emotionally in a person, our minds starts filtering information through that investment. We attach explanations with inconsistencies. We rationalize suspicious behavior. We convince ourselves that our instincts must be wrong simply because the mind knows that the alternative is too painful to accept.
As a writer and an observer of human behavior, this psychological conflict between trust and doubt has always fascinated me. Not all villains hiding in the shadows contribute to gripping stories. Sometimes stories are about ordinary people struggling to determine whom they can trust when appearances become unreliable.
When it comes to real life, deception happens minus the drama. It gets evident through omissions, half-truths, and carefully constructed narratives. And when the truth emerges, the emotional damage has already been done.
I feel that is why stories involving psychological suspense resonate so deeply with readers. They reflect the fear of realizing that someone we trusted was never who we believed them to be.
As an author, I am repeatedly drawn to these themes because they explore trust, vulnerability, manipulation, perception, and self-deception.
I was curious to delve deeper into trust and deception and those questions were part of what inspired me while writing AN UNEXPECTED DETOUR. The novel explores how relationships, assumptions, and hidden truths can shape lives in ways we never anticipate.
Some of our life’s biggest detours begin with a simple belief:
“I trust this person blindly.”
And that belief might turn out to be the greatest illusion of all.
— Pallabi Ghoshal
#AnUnexpectedDetour #authorpallabighoshal #bible #books #booksbypallabighoshal #fiction #indianauthor #mentalHealth #psychology #relationships #thrillers #writing
Author of AN UNEXPECTED DETOUR
