Political Thrillers

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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

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

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

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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

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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

Facebook Live Miscellany Thrillers

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

Podcasts Thrillers

Writers, Ink Podcast: M.P. Woodward’s Tech Work with Amazon Prime Video Inspired Him to Write Again

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and…

Writers, InkSeptember 25, 2023

Fiction Miscellany Thrillers

Jake Tapper’s Historical Thriller Takes Wild Ride Through the 70s

The third installment of CNN anchor Jake Tapper’s bestselling historical thriller series kicks off with infamous motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel about to jump over a tank of sharks in Chicago. By the end of All the Demons Are Here (Little, Brown), he’s a savvy politician with aspirations of becoming the…

Dawn IusJuly 31, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Attorney Falls Victim to the Client She Is Defending in Eerily Realistic Thriller

Her, Too (Harper) is the story of one woman’s relentless and dangerous quest for revenge. Success may get her disbarred or killed but Kelly McCann won’t falter. Former Philadelphia trial attorney and author Bonnie Kistler has written a wrenchingly realistic novel that may be emotionally jarring for some readers. This…

Linda HitchcockJuly 12, 2023

Listicles Thrillers

6 Scottish Thrillers With a Political Twist

There’s nothing better than an immersive thriller that sucks you into the story, bringing you alongside the protagonist on an exhilarating investigation. A good book makes you feel as though you’ve been pulled into the setting — and when the setting is a place like Scotland, full of atmosphere and…

BookTribJune 6, 2023

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Politics, Mafia Cross in James Comey Debut Novel

Almost everybody knows former FBI director James Comey, just not as an author aside from his memoir, A Higher Loyalty. That’s about to change, thanks to his sterling debut mystery Central Park West (Mysterious Press). Comey is no stranger to the courtroom, particularly the prosecutor’s table, so it’s no surprise…

Jon LandMay 29, 2023

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Political Intrigue and Deadly Secrets Arise During Scottish Election Fraud Investigation

Lies, deceit, politics, murder, election fraud. All this and more are what make up James McCrone’s latest crime-thriller, Bastard Verdict (Faithless Elector). A second referendum on Scottish Independence is looming when FBI Elections Specialist, Imogen Trager is called to action. With a sense that there was something amiss in 2014…

Abigail WhiteMay 18, 2023

Listicles Thrillers

On the Edge of Collapse: 5 High-Stakes Political Thrillers

From A Quiet Place to HBO’s new release of The Last of Us, the American public is morbidly fascinated by disaster stories. There’s an intimate, almost too-close-to-home sense of horror that comes from seeing the cities, states and country we know on the precipice of collapse. But what if it…

BookTribFebruary 6, 2023

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Ukrainian-Russian Tensions Eerily Prescient in Race to Prevent WWIII

“I think we’ve found the new Vince Flynn. His name is Don Bentley.” I wrote that about two years ago for BookTrib after reading Bentley’s debut novel, Without Sanction. I’m now on my fourth Bentley book. Allow me to renew my assessment that Bentley belongs in the top tiers of today’s…

Dennis HetzelMay 3, 2022

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James Rollins’ Latest Sigma Force Thriller Gives “It’s Gone Viral” a Sinister New Meaning

Deep in the bowels of the jungle in Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an ancient virus, dormant for millennia, erupts and spreads at an alarming rate. In bestselling author James Rollins’ newest jaw-clenching thriller, Kingdom of Bones (William Morrow), Book 16 of his Sigma Force series, the “scientific warriors”…

K.L. RomoApril 21, 2022

Political Technothriller Filled with Adventure, Airplanes & Espionage

Tokyo Hotel Bomb Sets Off Chain of International Intrigue

8 Pulse-Pounding International Conspiracy Thrillers

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

6 Gripping Political Thrillers Perfect for Tom Clancy Fans

Writers, Ink Podcast: M.P. Woodward’s Tech Work with Amazon Prime Video Inspired Him to Write Again

Jake Tapper’s Historical Thriller Takes Wild Ride Through the 70s

6 Scottish Thrillers With a Political Twist

Political Intrigue and Deadly Secrets Arise During Scottish Election Fraud Investigation

On the Edge of Collapse: 5 High-Stakes Political Thrillers

Ukrainian-Russian Tensions Eerily Prescient in Race to Prevent WWIII

James Rollins’ Latest Sigma Force Thriller Gives “It’s Gone Viral” a Sinister New Meaning

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