By Tim O’Mara According to author Beau Johnson, “Darkness is an attribute most of us rally against. It can consume. It c…
Deadly Anthem by David Healey
By Tim O’Mara In David Healey’s new thriller, DEADLY ANTHEM, the Star-Spangled Banner flag is stolen from the Smithsonia…
Encrypting Maya by Lawrence Kelter
By Tim O’Mara ENCRYTPING MAYA (Down & Out Books) by Lawrence Kelter is the story of two academically exceptional kid…
The Dead Don’t Sleep by Steven Max Russo
By Tim O’Mara In the opening scene of Steven Max Russo’s new thriller, THE DEAD DON’T SLEEP, we meet Frank, a Vietnam ve…
Up Close: Reece Hirsch
Navigating the Dark Web By Tim O’Mara As my big brother (pun unintended, but you have to wait for it) used to tell me wh…
Up Close: Marcie Rendon
Exploring Tragic, Forgotten Native American History in Crime Fiction By Tim O’Mara GIRL GONE MISSING is Marcie Rendon’s …
The Unseen by Lisa Towles
By Tim O’Mara Lisa Towles, award-winning author of Choke, ventures into what for many readers will be familiar territory…
Guillotine by Paul Heatley
By Tim O’Mara So, Quentin Tarantino and Patricia Highsmith walk into a bar. They hit it off, play a little pool, s…
Trigger by David Swinson
By Tim O´Mara The inciting incident of TRIGGER, David Swinson’s third novel featuring ex-cop-turned-private investigator…
Gravy Train by Tess Makovesky
By Tim O’Mara When asked to do an interview for The Big Thrill, I always say yes. Typically, I get a copy of the book, f…
Presiding Over the Damned by Liam Sweeny
By Tim O’Mara If the phrase “ripped from today’s headlines” weren’t so overused—and possibly trademarked by those Law &a…
Low Down Dirty Vote by Mysti Berry
By Tim O’Mara In case you somehow missed it—maybe you were up to your neck in your latest WIP—there’s a big election thi…
Last Year’s Man by Paul D. Brazill
By Tim O’Mara In his new thriller, LAST YEAR’S MAN, Paul D. Brazill introduces us to Tommy Bennett, an aging hitman who …
Shark Bait by Paul Kemprecos
By Tim O’Mara Charter boat captain. Diver. Private detective. Ex-Marine. Ex-Boston detective. Lives in converted boathou…
Wrath by Tom Lowe
By Tim O´Mara I had just finished WRATH by Thomas Lowe, checked out his website, and did some research. We’d decided via…
Debt to Pay by Reed Farrel Coleman
The Art of Wreaking Revenge By Tim O’Mara I had arranged to have Reed Farrel Coleman pick me up at the Ronkonkoma train …
The Storm Murders by John Farrow
By Tim O’Mara John Farrow (pen name of author/playwright Trevor Ferguson) lives in Hudson, Ontario. I live in New York C…
Long Way Down by Michael Sears
By Tim O’Mara I was in the Albany auditorium during the 2013 Barry Awards ceremony when Michael Sears and I both did not…
Special to the Big Thrill: The Room by Tim O’Mara
In something new for THE BIG THRILL, Barry-nominated author Tim O’Mara, a special education teacher in New York pu…
Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot, a Jesse Stone Novel by Reed Farrel Coleman
By Tim O’Mara “All right,” I said as we both settled into a new booth a few moments after the waiter spilled milk on the…
The Fever by Megan Abbott
By Tim O’Mara Since I’d just spent the previous week preparing for this interview by reading DARE MEand THE FEVER—both o…