Political 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

Thrillers

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

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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

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“Surfacing” Dives Into Secret Deep State

Surfacing (Fiery Dawn), a new thriller by Andrew Dean, brims with secret military operations and what-if scenarios not too far from possibility, if not probability. The book begins in the unforgiving heat of Afghanistan as Theodore (last name redacted) watches the gate of a heavily guarded U.S. military outpost. Teddy,…

Joanna PoncavageApril 11, 2022

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Jon Land Aces Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Series Yet Again With “Murder at the CDC”

Brimming with action and terrifying suspense, Murder at the CDC (Forge Books) takes a hard look at a divided nation and examines the consequences when rhetoric and lies spiral out of control. This 32nd installment of Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes series is the second penned by veteran thriller author Jon…

James R. HannibalFebruary 15, 2022

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Radical Fervor Extracts a Heavy Price in “The Zima Confession”

If you were a college student from the mid 1960s through the 1970s, you might know a bit about youthful passion and idealism. If you weren’t the person pushing radical ideas to fix a world that seemed terribly broken, perhaps you had friends who were true believers. Most young adults…

Dennis HetzelNovember 3, 2021

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Hillary Clinton Teams Up With Bestselling Author Louise Penny for Geopolitical Thriller “State of Terror”

In State of Terror (Simon & Schuster/St. Martin’s Press) by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny, the United States’ diplomacy has been left in ruin after four long years rocked by scandal, self-interest and stupidity. Sound familiar? As a result, the newly-minted Secretary of State Ellen Adams has her job…

Jodé MillmanOctober 26, 2021

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Former CIA Analyst Integrates Espionage, Love and Betrayal in Gripping Thriller “Damascus Station”

He was midway through a cup of booza, an elastic Levantine ice cream, and nursing a bottle of water when the mind games started. He’d executed the tradecraft perfectly, he thought. Or had he? Had the woman buying ice cream been the same woman from the jewelry store? Had the…

Neil NyrenSeptember 24, 2021

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“Divided States” Imagines Broken People Trying to Save a Broken America

Only a few years ago, you might have readily dismissed author Rick Treon’s vision of what America could become. The idea that parts of America would secede into their own independent countries seemed fantastical. Of course, Americans have short memories. Remember, this already happened once and led to the Civil…

Dennis HetzelAugust 20, 2021

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“Rings of Fire” Creates Olympic Terror in an Alternate History Thriller

It appears we’ll see the Tokyo Olympics this July, just not the one we imagined. That’s fertile ground for a creative thriller writer. In the real world, organizers decided to postpone the Games from 2020 to 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. Then there was the recent announcement that no…

Dennis HetzelApril 19, 2021

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

“Surfacing” Dives Into Secret Deep State

Jon Land Aces Margaret Truman’s Capital Crimes Series Yet Again With “Murder at the CDC”

Radical Fervor Extracts a Heavy Price in “The Zima Confession”

Hillary Clinton Teams Up With Bestselling Author Louise Penny for Geopolitical Thriller “State of Terror”

Former CIA Analyst Integrates Espionage, Love and Betrayal in Gripping Thriller “Damascus Station”

“Divided States” Imagines Broken People Trying to Save a Broken America

“Rings of Fire” Creates Olympic Terror in an Alternate History Thriller

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