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The latest mystery and thriller book reviews, including crime fiction, legal thrillers, historical fiction, horror, fantasy, medical, romantic suspense, sci-fi and much more.

Conspiracy Thriller of the Year: Libertyland by Peter Sacks

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The Bottom Line: Conspiracy thriller of the year as voted in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards 2024 was loaded with top-shelf conspiracy thrillers, but the one that set the bar for us is perhaps the most thought-provoking. Libertyland is highly suspenseful and entertaining, but it’s also philosophical, satirical and a mirror to society all at once. Never underestimate the power of a good old-fashioned manifesto. During […]

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Medical Thriller of the Year: The Goldilocks Genome by Elizabeth Reed Aden

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The Bottom Line: Voted the year’s best medical thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards The Goldilocks Genome’s winning formula is its inclusion of actual current psychiatric practices, science and pharmacology, which sets the tone for a wholly believable thriller you can’t put down. When San Francisco–based FDA epidemiologist Dr. Carrie Hediger uncovers a rash of unexplained deaths while investigating the suspiciously convenient demise of her

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Legal Thriller of the Year: Conspiracy Ignited by Raymond Paul Johnson

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The Bottom Line: Voted the year’s best legal thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. If Conspiracy Ignited is any indication, we’d like to spend a lot more more time with Eric Ridge. This gem of a book comes to us from an author who has served as a combat pilot, as DOD Chairperson of the DOD-NASA Space Shuttle Integration Groups and as a teacher of trial

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Paranormal Thriller of the Year: Fallen Angel, by Jolene D. Campbell

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The Bottom Line: Voted the year’s best paranormal thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. In the year’s best paranormal thriller, author Jolene D. Campbell has created a world that that feels entirely new. Fallen Angel brings the mystical world of Japan’s Shintoism to life, blending myth, magic and romance into a riveting tale. The book itself is a fully sensory experience, filled with rich character descriptions,

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Spy Thriller of the Year: The Spy Who Hated Me by Haris Orkin

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The Bottom Line: Voted the year’s best spy thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Since the debut of the wildly funny You Only Live Once, the first book in Haris Orkin’s James Bond satire series, Orkin has been far more prolific than the material that originally inspired him. The latest installment in Orkin’s James Flynn Escapade series, The Spy Who Hated Me, is Orkin’s fifth since the

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Historical Thriller of The Year: The Beauty Doctor by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard

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The Bottom Line:  Voted Best Historical Thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards Aspiring doctor Abigail Platford has nearly given up on her dream to follow in her father’s footsteps to help New York City’s poor. After her father’s death and her mother’s remarriage, she fends off an attempted rape by her alcoholic stepfather – a situation that finds her agreeing to marry a man

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Best political thriller book 2024

Best Political Thriller of 2024: That Was Then by M.K. Tod

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The Bottom Line: Voted the year’s best political thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Awards. M.K. Tod’s award-winning debut novel is about far more than the pursuit of revenge. Set in the world of high-stakes state politics, Tod’s world reveals a political machine that is disturbingly recognizable, and yet far enough removed from actual headlines to act as a bonafide escape. Andrea Larson never imagined she

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book of the year

Book of the Year: 5 Minutes to Die by R.J. Patterson

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The Bottom Line: Voted the Year’s Best Thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Awards. Patterson’s novel has the audacity to open with a literal “cliffhanger” scene, and thanks to the vivid sensory and dramatic flair on display, it’s a chapter that will be long etched in readers’ memories. When Army Ranger Garrett Knox left behind his military career to lead wilderness expeditions, he thought he’d escaped

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Best Fantasy Thriller of 2024: The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice by Rande Goodwin

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The Bottom Line: This bewitching young adult fantasy thriller was voted Best Fantasy Thriller of 2024 in the BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Rande Goodwin’s award-winning novel The Witchfinder’s Serpent introduced us to teenager Nate Watson, who stumbled across the world of witchcraft in his Aunt Celia’s mansion when a powerful demonic bracelet permanently wrapped itself around his arm. In Goodwin’s second series entry, The Witchfinder’s Sacrifice, the relationship between Nate and the serpent is increasingly fascinating.

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Best Military Thriller of 2024: Heroic Measures by Joel Shulkin, MD

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The Bottom Line: Voted 2024’s Best Military Thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards. The best military thriller of 2024 is also the most shocking. Stephen Englehart, an Armed Forces medical examiner. dedicates his life to bringing peace to the families of fallen soldiers. Tagged as one of the best, he’s able to spot forensic clues others miss. But when the body of a US

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