Dennis Lehane

Jan 13, 2025 | booksofbrilliance.com | Dennis Lehane |Matt Diddy

Reading Thrillers is one of my favorite things to do. The suspense or drama keeps you hooked as the world around you is forgotten. An amazing thriller will have you reading for hours without you even realizing it. That made us want to make a list of the five best thrillers of all time! There are dozens of amazing thrillers out there and choosing only five sounds almost impossible. We are going to have to leave out some books and that may be due to our biases more than anything else.

Aug 4, 2024 | eastbaytimes.com | Dennis Lehane

Today is Sunday, Aug. 4, the 217th day of 2024. There are 149 days left in the year. Today in history:On Aug. 4, 2020, nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored for years in the port of Beirut, Lebanon, exploded, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 7,000 and devastating nearby neighborhoods; it was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever recorded.

Aug 3, 2024 | thesunchronicle.com | Dennis Lehane

On August 3, 2019, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 23 people; after surrendering, the gunman told detectives he targeted “Mexicans” and had outlined the plot in a screed published online shortly before the attack. In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.

Aug 2, 2024 | vancouverisawesome.com | Dennis Lehane

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 4:World curling champion Ernie Richardson is 93. Actress-singer Tina Cole ("My Three Sons") is 81. Paul Layton of the '70s pop group The New Seekers is 77. Pro Football Hall of Fame running back John Riggins is 75. Gemini-award winning actress Sara Botsford is 73. Actor-screenwriter-singer Billy Bob Thornton is 69. Actress Kym Karath ("The Sound of Music") is 66. Hall of Fame track star Mary Decker is 66. Actress Lauren Tom ("Joy Luck Club," ''Men In Trees") is 65.

Jul 8, 2024 | fivebooks.com | William Kent Krueger |Tana French |Jessica Knoll |Dennis Lehane

Welcome to our running list of the best mystery books of 2024. Our definition of mystery is broad, and can include any novel that has a crime at its heart with (ideally) an unexpected plot twist. Throughout the year, we'll be looking out for new mystery books as they're published and adding them whenever we think they're worth reading. On this list, we also include books that have been nominated for prestigious awards, like the Edgars in the US and the Dagger Awards in the UK.