Action Thriller Books

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

Eye of the Storm, a Five-Star Time Travel Novel by Frank Cavallo

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The Bottom Line: A five-star time travel novel for the 21st century. Highly recommended. Let’s be honest – usually, you really can judge a book by its cover. Not so with Frank Cavallo’s Eye of the Storm, where a top-shelf fantasy novel lies beneath a book cover that only a mother could love. Eye of the Storm begins in Toronto, where soft-spoken, unassuming 37-year-old anthropologist […]

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Twisted Weapon, an Action Thriller by Luke Barrett

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Blood…Family…Pain. Matt Reed, an American mixed martial arts fighter, is thrust into the dangerous world of international intrigue in the heart of Africa. In search of his kidnapped mother, an international war-crimes prosecutor, Matt travels to one of the most dangerous countries on the planet—the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Matt’s deceased father, an army Lt. Colonel in an elite Tier One unit, taught his

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The Obsidian Chamber

The Obsidian Chamber, an Agent Pendergast Book from Preston & Child

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The Bottom Line: Literary comfort food for fans of Preston & Child’s Agent Pendergast series. In the dynamic duo’s latest novel, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead, after an otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachusetts. Sick with grief, Pendergast’s ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive, only to be taken captive by a shadowy

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A Break in Communication Novel

Break in Communication, a High-Stakes Historical Thriller by Jon Gliddon

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The Bottom Line: A globetrotting World War II historical thriller that will have you up way past your bedtime. Jon Gliddon’s A Break in Communication takes us back to December 1941, focusing on a two-week period leading up to the Nazi attempt to destroy a crucial communication center at Porthcurno Telegraph Station in Cornwall. Simultaneously, the Allied forces have a naval threat to worry about.

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Taurus, Taurus, Taurus

Taurus, Taurus, Taraus: a Novel about Bio-Terrorism for Diehard Carnivores

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The Bottom Line: A truly original novel about bio-terrorism tailor-made for diehard carnivores. What would happen if an Islamic terror group targeted the worldwide food supply? That’s the interesting question posed by authors Gordon J. Rayner & Ella Mae Rayner in Taurus, Taurus, Taurus. When genetic modification scientist Dr. Gambil became radicalized in the late 1980s, most thought he died in an explosion of his

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Tier 1

Tier One, an Espionage Thriller by Andrews & Wilson

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In a world violated by terror, the old lines have blurred. Meet the next generation of covert ops. John Dempsey’s life—as an elite Tier One Navy SEAL named Jack Kemper—is over. A devastating terrorist action catapults him from a world of moral certainty and decisive orders into the shadowy realm of espionage, where ambiguity is the only rule. His new mission: hunt down those responsible

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The Spartak Trigger, a Spy Thriller by Bryce Allen

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Disgraced cop and degenerate cad Shane Bishop now makes his living as a professional set-up artist, using his unique skillset to frame his clients’ enemies for various criminal offenses. When his latest job goes wrong and his mark ends up in a body bag, the ex-lawman becomes the prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation – framed himself by a mysterious government agent. In order

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Siblings

Siblings, An Addictive Counter-Terrorism Thriller by Mike Szumanski

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The Bottom Line: Terrorism hits close to home in Mike Szumanski’s addictive thriller about a family’s search for twin jihadists. When investigative attorney Adam Stepowski takes his family to Fourth of July celebrations in Virginia, he can’t imagine that the night’s events will change their lives forever. A fireworks show over a lake quickly erupts into lethal explosions and fires. Luckily, Adam and his family escape the terror attack

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Insidious, Another Satisfying Thriller by Catherine Coulter

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The Bottom Line: Yet another rock-solid outing in Coulter’s FBI series, Insidious is reliable comfort food for thriller fans everywhere. FBI agents Savich and Sherlock must discover who is trying to murder Venus Rasmussen, a powerful, wealthy society icon. They soon find out that the danger may be closer than expected. Venus Rasmussen, a powerful woman who runs the international conglomerate Rasmussen Industries, believes someone is

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A Selfless Man, a Cinematic Page-Turner by Shawn Raymond Poalillo

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The Bottom Line: A cinematic page-turner about family, spite and sacrifice that manages to be both tragic and uplifting. Highly recommended. In 1994, projected first-round NFL draft pick Roland Moses was arrested for killing a man in Harlem. He went to prison. In 2015, he returned for his one and only year in the NFL, where as a 46-year-old running back for the New York Giants,

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