Action Thriller Books

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

Brad Taylor No Fortunate Son

No Fortunate Son: A Pike Logan Thriller by Brad Taylor

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When veteran operator Pike Logan and partner Jennifer Cahill receive a letter from Blaisdell Consulting—the umbrella cover company for their real employer, a top secret counterterrorist unit called the Taskforce—they expect orders for their next mission-impossible tasking. Instead, they learn that their latest actions have gotten them fired, despite having saved thousands of innocent lives. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”052595399X” cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” …

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David DeLee With Intent to Deceive

Book Review: With Intent To Deceive, a New Crime Thriller by David DeLee

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The Bottom Line: An adrenaline-fueled ladycop thriller jam-packed with fast cars, gun battles and deliciously gut-wrenching moral dilemmas. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00O2EC8DW” cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] The latest installment of David DeLee’s Grace deHaviland Bounty Hunter series pits the author’s heroine against her good friend, County Sheriff’s Deputy Suzie Jensen. The book opens to an action sequence in which …

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The War Planners, a new Military Thriller by Andrew Watts

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A Chinese invasion is coming. A covert American team makes plans for war. But for which side? The Chinese economy is faltering. Civil unrest threatens the Communist leadership’s grip on power. But where some see a crisis, others see an opportunity. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”1505704820″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jK72lKxQL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”313″]A CIA operative in Shanghai transmits two earth-shattering revelations to his contacts …

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The Republic of Virtue by Jefferson Flanders

Book Review: The Republic of Virtue, a new Historical Thriller from Jefferson Flanders

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The Bottom Line: Historical suspense fans should get in on the ground floor of this riveting and spectacularly researched new series from Jefferson Flanders. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0988784068″ cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] The Republic of Virtue opens, appropriately enough, with a duel in 18th century Paris. It’s dawn at the Champ de Mars, and there are no witnesses. After …

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The Boys of the Dixie Pig by Stacy Childs

Book Review: The Boys of the Dixie Pig

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The Bottom Line: An addictive, rapid-fire medical thriller unlike any you’ve ever experienced. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00P4P1Z6E” cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] When it comes to the word “cryonics,” the first thought that pops into your head might be the tabloid rumors about Ted Williams’ frozen, severed head being mistreated in some private Arizona facility. So what could be even …

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Paris Match by Stuart Woods

Paris Match, a new Action Thriller by Stuart Woods

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Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the astonishing new thriller from New York Times bestseller Stuart Woods. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0399169121″ cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cgAGbXdhL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”106″]Stone Barrington has returned to Paris to attend to some business concerns, and finds himself embroiled in high-stakes trouble on both sides of the pond. An old enemy is still in hot pursuit, …

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The Best Thriller Books of 2014 – The Definitive List

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Looking for a list of 2014’s best thriller books? First published back in early summer as “The Best of 2014 So Far,” we’ve updated this post as our reviewers have finalized their year-end lists. Whether you learn toward sci-fi thrillers, conspiracy fiction, medical thrillers, hard-boiled mysteries, vatican thrillers or are somewhere on the political end of the spectrum, there’s something here for you. Did we miss something great? Have …

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Random Targets by James Raven

Book Review: Random Targets, a New Crime Thriller by James Raven

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The Bottom Line: James Raven plunges us into a believable, terrifying catastrophe for which there are no easy answers. Random Targets is a fiery thrill ride featuring a hero that you can’t help but root for. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0719813662″ cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] In 2002, the so-called Beltway Snipers – Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad – …

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The Running Boy, a New Action Thriller by Dan Pollock

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A hideaway lake in the mountains above Los Angeles. A woman journalist on the run with a mystery boy, a step ahead of hired Red Mafia killers. A reclusive bachelor in a chalet high above the lake, staring down through binoculars. These are the initial ingredients of a full-throttle, nonstop chase thriller that accelerates from its opening pages to a breathtaking finale. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” …

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Lexicon novel by Max Barry

The Five Best Thrillers About Secret Societies

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It’s easy to see why there are so many mysteries and thrillers written about secret societies. We’re so conditioned by films such as Angels and Demons and Rosemary’s Baby that the very mention of even a benign college organization like Yale’s Skull and Bones conjures images of candlelit initiations, pagan rotations and blood sacrifices. While many of the most gripping books about secret societies are centered around the Templar Knights and the …

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