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Rio Youers

Book Review: No Second Chances by Rio Youers

By John Valeri

February 22, 2022

Canada’s Rio Youers is the critically acclaimed author of five novels, short fiction, and two comic series. His books include Westlake Soul, The Forgotten Girl, Halcyon, and Lola on Fire; these titles have earned him nominations for the British Fantasy, Sunburst, and Arthur Ellis Awards. His newest standalone novel of suspense, No Second Chances, is…

Hollywood Kills: Five Great Thrillers Set in and Around Tinseltown

By Rio Youers

February 21, 2022

My new novel, No Second Chances, is a full-throttle action thriller set in modern-day Los Angeles. It tells the story of Luke Kingsley, a canceled actor who is believed to have killed his wife, and Kitty Rae, an effervescent young woman who has arrived in Hollywood in pursuit of her dreams. These colorful protagonists soon…

Book Review: Lola on Fire by Rio Youers

By Angie Barry

February 20, 2021

Lola on Fire by Rio Youers combines vengeance and deceit, love and bullets, and secrets and twists in this high-octane action thriller with a vibrant emotional core that sees a desperate brother caught in a dangerous world that he and his sister must battle to survive. Brody Ellis is desperate. He’s 24 and has no…

Review: Halcyon by Rio Youers

By Gabino Iglesias

July 16, 2018

Halcyon by Rio Youers is a horror thriller about a cult-like community run by the enigmatic and terrifying Mother Moon. Rio Youers’s Halcyon is a hybrid novel that brings together some of the best elements of psychological thrillers and action narratives and mixes them with a healthy dose of the paranormal, emotional grit, and a scathing…

Book-Inspired Cocktails: “Mother Moon”

By Adam Wagner

July 13, 2018

What do you do when you find yourself mixed up with a cult-like community on an isolated island run by a charming but terrifying leader? Drink the punch with this week’s Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Mother Moon” cocktail, inspired by Rio Youers’s horror-thriller Halcyon!…

5 New Books to Read this Week: July 10, 2018

By Crime HQ

July 11, 2018

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Linda Castillo’s 10th Kate Burkholder novel combines with a thrilling debut from Ellison Cooper to highlight a crazy week of books!…

Gimme Shelter: The Role of Books in Providing a Safe Space to Examine Society

By Rio Youers

July 9, 2018

Mick Jagger sings that a storm is threatening, that a fire is sweeping, that war is just a shot away. The lyrics to “Gimme Shelter” were penned in 1969 in response to the Vietnam War and to an altogether troubling era in the world’s history. It’s a political song and a very dark song. Apocalyptic,…

Halcyon: New Excerpt

By Rio Youers

Halcyon by Rio Youers is a horror thriller about a cult-like community run by the enigmatic and terrifying Mother Moon.  Halcyon is the answer for all Americans who want to escape, but paradise isn’t what it seems. A beautiful island in the middle of Lake Ontario―a self-sustaining community made up of people who want to live…

Owen King Interviews Rio Youers about His Latest Novel, Halcyon

By Rio Youers

June 26, 2018

I’ve been friends with Rio Youers for a while and a fan of his work since I read his brilliant fantasy novel Westlake Soul, which is a masterclass in all the things that a story told from the first-person point of view should do. I greatly admire Rio’s restlessness. He’s a very funny man, but…

5 New Books to Read this Week: June 13, 2017

By Crime HQ

June 14, 2017

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! A lost James Bond-inspired novel from Donald Westlake and a new James Bourne thriller by Eric Van Lustbader highlight a great…

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