The latest mystery and thriller book reviews, including crime fiction, legal thrillers, historical fiction, horror, fantasy, medical, romantic suspense, sci-fi and much more.
Looking for a list of all the Lincoln Lawyer books in order? We’ve done all the hard work for you by detailing not only the Lincoln Lawyer books featuring Los Angeles attorney Mickey Haller, but also the numerous Harry Bosch series books in which Haller makes an appearance. Our list is for Lincoln Lawyer completionists – fans who want to not only read all the […]
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The best medical thriller books of the 21st Century range from conspiracies about terrifying places where shocking research is carried out, to period pieces about the horrors of mental institutions. Elsewhere, technology threatens to take something that seems like a cure and turn it into something positively lethal. Fertility treatments are invented to save humanity, only to go horribly awry. And don’t forget what may
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The Bottom Line: A relentlessly inventive, entertaining and unpretentious military thriller about a terrifying new weapon of mass destruction – AI. Perfect for fans of Jack Carr and L.T. Ryan. The Spear and the Sentinel opens in Russian-controlled territory north of Japan, as an awestruck Russian soldier informs his commanding officer that he has seen “a God.” After witnessing a blinding light, he saw a person who
The Bottom Line: Brimming with strong personalities, Don’t Look Down is a surprising and propulsive murder mystery, as well as a worthy follow-up to Run. The follow-up to Matthew Beckers’ must-read debut novel Run opens on Theodore Roosevelt Island with the murder of a United States Senator. As homicide Detective Emilia Brown and her new partner begin investigating the Senator’s disappearance, she interviews Ben Walsh in an attempt to get insight into a
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The Bottom Line: Ox Devere’s second Ridley Samaras novel delivers a truckload of tasty thrills. Highly recommended. The Devil’s Eye opens in 1582 London, where a terrifying celestial event causes widespread panic. After witnessing a sky that quite literally appeared to be afire, John Dee – Mathematician, alchemist, conjurer, and the personal astrologist of Queen Elizabeth I – expects to be called to the royal court. He’s soon visited
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The Bottom Line: Melby reinvigorates the psychological thriller with a peerless heroine, masterclass pacing and a judicious sense of foreboding throughout. Psychiatrist Faith Galloway is the epitome of resilience. The blind physician, accompanied by a German Shepherd named Zeus, seems to have a heightened sense of awareness, moving easily through city streets and train stations. She enjoys a strong professional reputation for treating especially troubled patients,
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The Bottom Line: A must-read small town crime thriller that will please new and old fans. Black Yéʼii opens in Waukesha, Wisconsin, as Carmen Benevides finds three terrifying strangers on her doorstep. The trio is searching for her teenage son, Angel, and they won’t take no for an answer. Minutes later, Angel receives a text message from his mother’s phone: I need you to come home right away. It’s
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The Bottom Line: The Girl Goes Home delivers an edge-of-your-seat murder mystery years in the making, along with explosive courtroom drama and a compelling emotional arc for the series’ favorite duo. For fans who have followed Emily Calby’s plight after the brutal murder of her mother and sister in the series’ first installment, the book’s opening feels like a triumph in itself. This, the fourth book in Dorian Box’s Emily Calby series, finds our heroine
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The Bottom Line: An electrifying blend of secrets, sabotage and survival that sets the stage for a promising series. Sophie Allard’s life has been anything but easy. She was adopted from an orphanage at age 10, only to suffer her mother’s death at a local farmer’s market two years later. From then on, her adopted father, Professor Milo Anderson, distanced himself from her, seeming to bury
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The Bottom Line: An irresistible espionage thriller where nothing is as it seems. From white-knuckled spycraft to shattering domestic fallout, Doug Williams delivers a novel that works on every level. As Failure Point opens, a dead drop between FBI agent Nick Faulkner and a Kremlin mole goes horribly awry. Instead of obtaining intelligence that reveals a suspected spy within the Bureau’s highest ranks, Nick watches as his contact
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