Crime Thriller Books

The best crime thriller book reviews. “Crime thriller” is a catch-all term for thriller subgenres that feature a struggle for dominance between criminals and law enforcement, such as mafia thriller, police procedural, detective fiction, true crime, serial killer fiction and others.

Dennis Lehane The Drop

Book Review: The Drop, a new Crime Thriller by Dennis Lehane

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The Bottom Line: Like slipping on your favorite pair of shoes, you always know what you’re going to get with a new Lehane novel. Still, The Drop manages to be his most satisfying outing since Mystic River. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0062365444″ cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] Dennis Lehane’s The Drop began as a short story called “Animal Rescue.” Adapted into a film […]

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Noise by Brett Garcia Rose

Book Review: Noise, a new Mystery from Brett Garcia Rose

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The Bottom Line: One of the year’s most memorable heroes embarks on a high-velocity quest to save the only woman he’s ever cared about. Leon’s jaw-dropping courage in a world of sleaze and unimaginable danger is pure magic. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0991549406″ cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] “I know this letter will hurt you.” So begins the suicide letter that

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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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Cold and broken hallelujah

A Cold and Broken Hallelujah, a Crime Thriller by Tyler Dilts

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This one is generating some serious heat on Amazon, with pre-orders putting it at #1 the last time we checked. Check it out.[easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00IMOUZCO” cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515xIo53gKL._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”107″] On a sweltering September night, Long Beach Homicide Detective Danny Beckett is called to a grisly crime scene at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. A defenseless homeless man

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Dean Koontz The City

The City, the New Suspense Thriller from Dean Koontz

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Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for another unsettling tale that will make you sleep with all the lights on. The new Dean Koontz novel is here! A young boy, a musical prodigy, discovering life’s wonders—and mortal dangers.  His best friend, also a gifted musician, who will share his journey into destiny.  His remarkable family, tested by the extremes of evil and bound by the depths

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Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

Book Review: Cop Town, a Crime Thriller by Karin Slaughter

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The Bottom Line: A highly original, smothering crime novel set in 1970s Atlanta. On part with the best Dennis Lehane novels, you’ll fall in love with Kate, the cop who leads us into Slaughter’s urban heart of darkness. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00FO5YFUW” cloaking=”default” height=”28″ key=”small-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00FO5YFUW” cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51t0%2BVGQSmL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”329″]Atlanta, 1974:

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Season of the Harvest by Michael Hicks

The Four Best FBI Thrillers You Haven’t Read Yet

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So you’ve got a thing for G-men, eh? We know. The wiretaps, the suits, the bad architecture of its legendary Washington D.C. headquarters. There’s something about a good FBI thrillers that pulls you in and just won’t let go. Here are five incredible FBI Thrillers that are guaranteed to keep you up at night. Hannibal, by Thomas Harris You’ve seen the Silence of the Lambs,

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John Sanford's Field of Prey

Field of Prey, a New Crime Novel from John Sandford

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The night after the fourth of July, Layton Carlson Jr., of Red Wing, Minnesota, finally got lucky. And unlucky. He’d picked the perfect spot to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, an abandoned farmyard in the middle of cornfields: nice, private, and quiet. The only problem was . . . something smelled bad—like, really bad. He mentioned it to a county deputy he knew, and

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