Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction

Suspects Are Endless in Art Sleuth’s Thrilling Investigation

A novel that, quite literally, starts off with a Bang! When a parachute stunt by an ambitious performance artist goes wrong, a massive red stone monolith comes crashing down, obliterated on the desert floor. While the authorities scramble to hold someone responsible for this explosive act of sabotage, an accomplished…

Michael FerryMarch 18, 2024

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

Recommended Thrillers

Thrilling Race to Recover Stolen Art in the Midst of International Political Crisis

The Silk Road Affair (Archway Publishing) by Larry Witham is a sophisticated, complex thriller about a major art theft that ignites an international political crisis between the U.S. and China. It begins with the seemingly routine sale of an art collection from a royal family in Vienna to a mysterious…

R.G. BelskyFebruary 9, 2024

Podcasts Thrillers

Books & Looks Podcast: From Legal Briefs to Opera Scores: Scott Lord on Weaving Law, Lyrics and Love Stories Across Time

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…

BookTribNovember 1, 2023

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

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Brave the Southwestern Deserts Alongside a Tough-As-Nails Gunrunner

J. A. Greene’s vivid debut novel Guns for Sonora paints late-19th-century life in the southwestern United States with a visceral sensibility that brings the era to life. The novel spans two years, from 1887 to 1889, and takes place in what was then the U.S. territory of Arizona and the…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJuly 27, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Luxurious African Safari Turns Deadly in Gripping Historical Thriller

Chris Bohjalian is a very well-known novelist — he is a New York Times bestseller, has been translated into thirty languages, and has had his work adapted for movies and TV series. Last year saw the release of The Lioness, his gripping, historical thriller set in East Africa, and the…

Michael SearsJune 12, 2023

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Chess Game of Nuclear Proportions in Electrifying Spy Thriller

In Dead Drop (Berkley), the heart-pounding, action-packed sequel to M.P. Woodward’s explosive debut, The Handler, readers are transported back into the world of intrigue and suspense where exes John and Meredith Dale find themselves entangled in a sinister plot orchestrated by a ruthless terrorist organization. Authentic, Relevant and Addictive John…

Monique SnymanMay 23, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

A Survival Expert Gets More Than He Bargained For

I’m doing this for my family. I’m doing this to be with them again. I’m serving my country. But none of that may be enough to get Derek Harrington out of a very, very bad situation. In T. R. Hendricks’ The Instructor (Forge Books), Harrington is a retired 22-years-in Marine…

Neil NyrenMarch 31, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Eluding Most Powerful Forces of Government in Action-Packed Technothriller

If the wildly entertaining and imaginative Going Zero (Harper) by Anthony McCarten doesn’t frighten you into considering the likelihood of living in an authoritarian state where every single individual is continually under surveillance, the realization you may already be there certainly will. This intriguing thriller is set in present-day America…

Linda HitchcockFebruary 21, 2023

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Political Assassination, Abduction and a Navy SEAL’s Quest for Revenge in Dan E. Hendrickson’s Newest Thriller

In a café in Tokyo, a bullet cuts through the forehead of the U.S. Ambassador to Japan as his son looks on. In Mombasa, Kenya, two vans with an abducted group of young people pull into a large storage facility, joining 30 other vans. Forty armed men escort dozens of…

Jim AlkonSeptember 8, 2022

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An Ex-Navy SEAL and a Tech-Savvy Cop Team Up to Uncover an International Conspiracy

In Oakland, California, the pandemic and protests are at an all-time high. While these protests began peacefully, someone is intentionally turning them violent by planting pallets of bricks along the marching routes. Their invitation to violence proves successful as one protest leads to the death of an African American Oakland…

BookTribJuly 13, 2022

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5 American Thrillers on the Brink of World War III

What will the next world war look like? Across the world, people are filled with waves of mass paranoia and anxiety about what's to come. We've seen technological advancements, the invention of powerful nuclear weapons, and rising global tensions. Many Americans' concerns center on the perceived threat to democracy, security,…

BookTribAugust 1, 2022

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Treasure Hunter Plays A Dangerous Game as He Finds His Next Haul in Florida

Some might argue that the adventure novel has been undermined by the modern age. Being able to fly just about anywhere for a relatively reasonable price, or experience on the internet for free, the allure of a story that takes you to far-away places and unfamiliar cultures and exposes you…

Wyatt SemenukNovember 30, 2022

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Curious Youth Suspects Drones in Strange Series of Crimes

“These were supposed to be toys, not weapons! They were supposed to be convenient, not a death sentence! But what have they become, these flying machines that go everywhere, see everything, that no one even pays that much attention to anymore? They have become an easy means to kill.” …

Jim AlkonNovember 30, 2022

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When Murder Rears Its Head, A Group of Boys’ Coming of Age Becomes a Whole Lot More Complicated in “King Harvest”

In sultry summer of 1975 on the Kansas plains, a rowdy bunch known locally as “the boys” skirt the fine line of felonious law by harvesting wild hemp to sell on the illegal market. Better known as marijuana, the hemp grows thick across three counties and tempts the adventurous spirit…

Peggy KurkowskiMay 31, 2022

Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction

Suspects Are Endless in Art Sleuth’s Thrilling Investigation

Thrilling Race to Recover Stolen Art in the Midst of International Political Crisis

Books & Looks Podcast: From Legal Briefs to Opera Scores: Scott Lord on Weaving Law, Lyrics and Love Stories Across Time

Political Technothriller Filled with Adventure, Airplanes & Espionage

Brave the Southwestern Deserts Alongside a Tough-As-Nails Gunrunner

Chess Game of Nuclear Proportions in Electrifying Spy Thriller

Political Assassination, Abduction and a Navy SEAL’s Quest for Revenge in Dan E. Hendrickson’s Newest Thriller

An Ex-Navy SEAL and a Tech-Savvy Cop Team Up to Uncover an International Conspiracy

5 American Thrillers on the Brink of World War III

Treasure Hunter Plays A Dangerous Game as He Finds His Next Haul in Florida

Curious Youth Suspects Drones in Strange Series of Crimes

When Murder Rears Its Head, A Group of Boys’ Coming of Age Becomes a Whole Lot More Complicated in “King Harvest”

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