Political Thrillers

Environmental Thriller Asks Tough Questions About Morality

“Coal itself was at the heart of the next calamitous turn of events, as it was for the whole planet. Fighting coal had its own set of consequences. The powers that be wouldn't give it up easily.” In Lake Superior City, Wisconsin, coal is destroying the environment around Blue Lake.…

Megan BeauregardJanuary 17, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Insightful and Exciting Military Thriller Leaves Readers Hungry For More

The Berlin Airlift is just taking off in the summer of 1948, but challenges abound on land and in the air as unlikely allies work together to feed a starving city in Cold War, historian and award-winning author Helena P. Schrader’s thrilling sequel to Cold Peace and middle volume of…

Peggy KurkowskiAugust 9, 2024

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: From Bucharest to Books: Author William Maz on Espionage, Authenticity, and the Legacy of Oligarchs

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisJuly 19, 2023

Miscellany Thrillers

Mark Greaney’s Gray Man Faces Deadly Artificial Intelligence in “The Chaos Agent”

Mark Greaney has made an impressive career out of looking for the “dark side” of things. His eyes and ears are finely attuned to what’s trending on a geopolitical scale, and it’s here — with almost prescient perception — that Greaney finds the key to unlocking the plot of his…

Dawn IusFebruary 20, 2024

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Assassination Plot Threatens to Upend Democracy in Latest Installment of Thriller Series

Key Murphy and team must stop a sophisticated team of assassins that threatens to upend democracy by taking out the vice president of the United States and setting off a global conflict. Threshold, the second installment in the Key Murphy Thriller series by Kevin Barry O’Connor is a modern thriller…

Michael FerrySeptember 13, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Fans of Netflix’s “The Gray Man” Will Love this Next Assassin Thriller from Mark Greaney

The film adaptation of Mark Greaney’s first thriller, The Gray Man, premiered on Netflix earlier this year and quickly became the platform’s most-watched movie of 2022. Currently the fourth most-watched original film in Netflix history, the movie was an instant fan favorite, leading to film and TV execs jumping to…

BookTribFebruary 20, 2023

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Trapped Behind Enemy Lines, CIA Agent Must Shield Identity in “The Beirut Protocol”

Praise for the Marcus Ryker Series —∞— "The story moves at a blistering pace, it’s crackling with tension, and you won’t put it down until you reach the end. Guaranteed. Simply masterful.” — Sean Parnell, NYT bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon —∞— "Joel C. Rosenberg writes taut, intelligent thrillers that…

BookTribMarch 9, 2021

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Journalist Pens “Ripped From the Headlines” Thriller About a Threat to American Democracy

Wow, talk about a “ripped from the headlines” book! J.M. Adams’ debut novel, Second Term (Oceanview Publishing), is a political thriller about a government crisis even worse than the real-life events, which took place in Washington at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. It is 2028 now, and a lame-duck…

R.G. BelskyOctober 17, 2023

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

One Person’s Hero is Another’s Villain in Intricate Noir Thriller

Can you imagine squeezing all of your morality, your whole existence, into just 10 f$%^&* seconds? But there I was weighing the options: do I get involved and place myself in harm’s way, or do I play it safe? That was the dilemma facing David Alan Taylor in author Henry…

Jim AlkonJune 23, 2023

Thrillers

James Comey Crafts a Christie-Style Mystery at Hedge Fund in “Westport”

Unless you’ve completely avoided political news since 2016 – yeah, I know it’s tempting – you’ve likely heard of James Comey, the former FBI director fired by President Donald Trump in 2017 for reasons that remain open to debate. Since then, Comey has found fresh pursuits, including that of thriller-mystery…

Dennis HetzelMay 23, 2024

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Political Technothriller Filled with Adventure, Airplanes & Espionage

Two Chinese container ships are attacked transiting the Northeast and Northwest Passages, while a passenger jet with three CIA operatives aboard makes an emergency landing in southern Quebec, with two of three agents dead. As international tensions flare, it is up to Miranda Chase and her crack NTSB (National Transportation…

Peggy KurkowskiSeptember 6, 2023

Book Club Network Fiction Thrillers

Tokyo Hotel Bomb Sets Off Chain of International Intrigue

Terrorists bomb a hotel in Tokyo, but the reverberations are felt around the world in a new international thriller co-written by TV producer and author Gary Grossman and global executive and crisis management expert Ed Fuller. In RED Hotel (Beaufort Books), a high-ranking Kremlin diplomat is assassinated. A building in…

BookTribMarch 19, 2019

Thrillers

Spy vs. Spy: Ten Years After “I Am Pilgrim,” Terry Hayes Unveils “The Year of the Locust”

“It’s the details that sell the story. We tell a million small truths to make them believe the one big lie.” That is the essence of the spy game. Those details, and the style and manner in which they are conveyed, are what made I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes…

Jim AlkonFebruary 5, 2024

Fiction Listicles Thrillers

8 Pulse-Pounding International Conspiracy Thrillers

Spies. Assassination attempts. The threat of nuclear war. An ex-operative just trying to return to his peaceful life, only to be drawn back into a bloody battle of global proportions. An unsuspecting assistant thrown into a high-stakes chase after stumbling across a sinister plot. These are only some of the…

BookTribFebruary 6, 2024

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Fans of Terry Hayes’ “I Am Pilgrim”: Your 10-Year Wait is Over with “The Year of the Locust”

Terry Hayes' long-awaited second novel, The Year of the Locust, is launching on Feb 6., some 10 years after his bestselling, groundbreaking thriller I Am Pilgrim. It’s been a long wait for fanatical Pilgrim fans, but from the first sentence of Locust, it’s like reconnecting with a long-lost friend. (Read the review on…

BookTribJanuary 29, 2024

Listicles Thrillers

6 Gripping Political Thrillers Perfect for Tom Clancy Fans

The name Tom Clancy is almost symbolic of an entire genre in itself. For decades. Clancy supplied us with some of the most memorable and iconic thrillers ever to hit the market, including The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and other hallmarks. Here at BookTrib, we’ve gathered 6 titles that capture…

Wyatt SemenukNovember 14, 2023