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The best action thriller book reviews. Action thrillers feature extensive fight scenes, battle scenarios or high-intensity adventure.

Blackout, an Unnerving and Explosive Terrorism Thriller by J. Luke Bennecke

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The Bottom Line: A truly unnerving and explosive terrorism thriller that deftly turns modern infrastructure into a battlefield. Every single page feels dangerously plausible. As Blackout opens, a private jet off the coast of Venezuela is serving as the command center for what appears to be a presidential assassination. Tracy Ciacchella, a billionaire power broker with a team of technicians and conspirators, is preparing a […]

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Arctic Fire, a Bruising Neo-Western Crime Thriller by Brian L. Reece

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The Bottom Line: A bruising neo-western crime thriller where greed, murder and frontier justice collide in rural Alaska. Perfect for fans of Taylor Sheridan and C.J. Box. Arctic Fire opens with Major Zoe Nichols standing between armed United States Marines and Afghan villagers after a weapons-cache discovery turns into a standoff. Ordered from afar to seize the weapons, Zoe instead removes her helmet and body

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FORT NIGHT, a Remarkable New Thriller by Howard Seaborne

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The Bottom Line: DM14 is terrific. Remarkable and rare for a series to still be this good fourteen books in.  Dark money, daring aerial maneuvers and impending fatherhood collide in a thriller that flies fast and hits hard.  The clock is ticking in FORT NIGHT, the fourteenth book in Howard Seaborne’s DIVISIBLE MAN series. But the primary countdown that persists throughout the novel isn’t related to a mission,

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Redivivus, a Five-Star Abduction Thriller by J. Denison Reed

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The Bottom Line: A powerful abduction thriller where escalating danger and rare emotional depth create a dark page-turner that shouldn’t be missed.  Redivivus opens with an uneasy act of trust – Grace Pollard allows her ex-husband Raymond to take their daughter Hadley on an unsupervised trip to a Colorado lodge, only for their check-in to fail, Hadley’s phone location to stall just short of the destination, and

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Gone in Three Seconds, a High-Voltage Terrorism Thriller by Jim De La Vega

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The Bottom Line: A bold, high-voltage series debut where mind games meet mayhem. Dr. Cassidy Chord is a heroine built to headline a franchise. Gone in Three Seconds opens in the fluorescent chaos of a Los Angeles emergency room, where nurse Anne Thayer prays she won’t make a fatal mistake before her shift is over. The plea feels routine until a patient with a mysterious countdown

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The Consequence of Sin, a Superb New Mathieu James Thriller

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The Bottom Line: A superb finale that delivers real emotional weight while sustaining the urgency and velocity that series fans have come to expect. The final book in Matthew Fults’ award-winning trilogy featuring former U.S. Army Ranger turned investigative journalist Mathieu James sharply raises the stakes. In The Scotland Project, readers learned that James’ parents were killed in the 2005 London bombings, a trauma that set

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The Breaking of Time: Chronicles of the Arvynth by J.J. Hebert

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The Bottom Line: A winning blend of the supernatural and family adventure that crackles with heart and imagination. Five stars.  The Breaking of Time opens in a quiet New England suburb with a startling confession. Daniel Ward, devoted husband, father, and unassuming accountant, admits that the life he has built is a carefully constructed fiction. He is far older than he appears, and he has spent years

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The Picasso Job is the Book of the Year

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The Bottom Line: Voted Book of the Year in the 2025 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Avanti Centrae, award-winning author of the VanOps series, returns with a standalone that fuses the moral grit of The Shawshank Redemption with the sophisticated intrigue of The Thomas Crown Affair. Like those classics, The Picasso Job is taut, visual and ready for the big screen. Dakota “No-flak Dak” Black once dreamed of joining the FBI. Instead, he’s serving time

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The Amalfi Secret is the Year’s Best Detective Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Voted the Year’s Best Detectives & Sleuths Thriller in the 2025 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. The novel begins post-9/11 2001 as Canadian climbing guide Gabe Roslo arrives at the Amalfi Hotel, nestled in a cliffside hotel overlooking the Mediterranean. Gabe is eager for a long-overdue reunion with his grandparents, John and Francesca Roslo, but his hopes are quickly shattered by tragedy when his grandfather dies under

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Vatican Daughter is the Year’s Best Conspiracy Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Voted the Year’s Best Conspiracy Thriller in the 2025 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. The novel begins in Vatican City, where newly elected Pope Joseph Morris slips into the papal garments. Just before stepping out to greet the adoring throngs in St. Peter’s Square, he asks one of the assisting clergy, Cardinal Roselli, to hear his confession. And much to Roselli’s surprise, the Pope discloses

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