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Book buzz: SPY ACROSS THE TABLE by Barry Lancet

ScienceThrillers.com book review of The Spy Across the Table (Jim Brodie #4) by Barry Lancet. Publication date: June 2017 Category: international thriller Summary (from the publisher): Jim Brodie is an antiques dealer, Japan expert, and second-generation private investigator. When two theater friends are murdered … Continue reading →

Guest post: Bee venom death: murder or accident?

ScienceThrillers.com welcomes Darden North, IPPY Award-winning novelist and physician, to tell us about some science in his medical thriller The Five Manners of Death, which is being published today. Want to read it? Enter to win a paperback copy! a … Continue reading →

Book review: CHEMISTRY a novel by Weike Wang

ScienceThrillers.com book review of Chemistry, a novel by Weike Wang (excellent; top 30% of SciThri) Tech rating (out of 5): Publication date: May 2017 Category: LabLit; women’s fiction Summary (from the publisher): Three years into her graduate studies at a demanding Boston … Continue reading →

Book review: SEVENTH SUN by Kent Lester

ScienceThrillers.com book review of The Seventh Sun by Kent Lester (excellent; top 30% of SciThri) Tech rating (out of 5): Publication date: April 2017 Category: Science thriller Summary (from the publisher): A seemingly random murder alerts scientist Dan Clifford to a global conspiracy that … Continue reading →

The Earth is pregnant: thriller novel EVEREST RISING by MD Kambic

When I first saw a draft of Matt Kambic’s thriller EVEREST RISING, the novelty of his premise–the Earth is pregnant–had me hooked. I guided Matt through a couple of rewrites, and then published his novel through ScienceThrillers Media. Kambic’s splendid … Continue reading →

Book review: SPECIMEN stories by Irina Kovalyova

ScienceThrillers.com book review of Specimen stories by Irina Kovalyova.

 

Publication date: March 2016
Category: Science-themed literary fiction / short stories Summary (from the publisher):

Inspired by a wide range influences — including early-twentieth century Russian avant-gardists, British science fiction and dystopian novels, as well as contemporary American novelists — Specimen is a highly original collection of stories that explore the place where physical reality collides with our s...

HONG KONG BLACK: new bioterror novel set in China

Last year, ScienceThrillers was pleased to introduce you to a new action-packed science and military thriller series written by the author team Alex Ryan (in real life, US Navy veterans Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson ). I loved Beijing Red (read my … Continue reading →

Book review: SPECIMEN stories by Irina Kovalyova

ScienceThrillers.com book review of Specimen stories by Irina Kovalyova.   Publication date: March 2016 Category: Science-themed literary fiction / short stories Summary (from the publisher): Inspired by a wide range influences — including early-twentieth century Russian avant-gardists, British science fiction and dystopian novels, as … Continue reading →

Inventor contest for grades 1-6. Easy to enter by May 12

I just heard about a loosely STEM-themed contest for grades 1-6. Scholastic & USA Gold Pencils are encouraging innovation with an inventor contest. Kids submit a sketch or description of their invention by May 12. “Six grand prizes of $500 … Continue reading →

Book review: SCRATCH on writing and making money

As many followers of ScienceThrillers.com know, I run a very small, boutique independent publishing company that specializes in stories with science (ScienceThrillers Media). I’m also very involved in my local Sacramento writers’ community. Therefore when I heard about Scratch: Writers, … Continue reading →