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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.

The Forgotten Girl, the BestThrillers.com Book of the Year 

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Book of the Year, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended. In Auffernorde’s stunning sophomore novel, a beautiful woman wakes in a hospital bed, shackled and confused. She’s been in a coma for weeks. And can only remember her first name—Blue. Blue learns she fell from a window on the fourth floor of a hotel. Did she jump? Or was she pushed? To discover […]

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All Hope of Becoming Human, The Year’s Best Sci-Fi Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Sci-Fi Thriller, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended. All Hope of Becoming Human opens in rural Georgia as police officers are called to investigate a store robbery. Across the globe, the world is being ravaged by devastating earthquakes, viruses, riots and crime. But there in Georgia, a terrifying and grotesque creature awaits the officers at a nearby farmhouse. And what investigators find later

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Best Thriller Books of 2024

The Best Thriller Books of 2023: The Complete List

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What are the best thriller books of 2023? We just wrapped the latest edition of the BestThrillers.com Book Awards, and we’ve listed the best books of the year across 15 genres: Action Thriller, Crime Thriller, Conspiracy Thriller, Fantasy & Dystopian, Historical Thriller, Horror, Legal Thriller, Medical Thriller, Military Thriller, Mystery, Paranormal, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi and Spy Thriller. 2023 was an amazing year for

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Lex’s Story Part II: Life Unguarded, by Kimberly A. Biggerstaff

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The Bottom Line: A fast-paced, high-stakes romantic suspense thriller. As the sequel to Kimberly A. Biggerstaff’s Lex’s Story begins, U.S. Air Force Captain Lex Rogov has a complicated personal life. Lex has a daughter from a previous relationship who will be living with them now that his ex is moving to Romania. Meanwhile, Lex is expecting a son, Alek, with new wife Laura.  And that’s

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The Unexpected Hostage, the Year’s Best Political Thriller 

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Political Thriller, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended. Nothing in her life has been stable since Tess’s beloved fiancé Kyle died in a tragic accident. She’s spent the past year hell-bent on outrunning her grief, jetting between high-stakes meetings and the rock clubs where she can disappear. Avoiding her pain was almost working… …until she and her colleagues are taken hostage by

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Shadowed Horizons, the Year’s Best Paranormal Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Paranormal Thriller, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended..  A young psychic hunted by a psychopath. A tech genius determined to protect. A fate they can’t deny. Kiera Channon’s unique abilities make her a prime target for shadowy figures intent on dominating the supernatural world. Raised by a group of like-minded psychics, she has the unique ability to link with the two wolves

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Codename Parsifal, The Year’s Best Military Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Military Thriller, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended. Inspired by historical events… Martin Roy Hill’s award-winning military thriller focuses on the quest for the The Spear of Destiny, the Roman Legionnaire’s lance that pierced Christ’s body as he hung on the cross. Legend claims whomever possesses it will become a great conqueror. But if they lose it, they will lose everything—including their

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The Deadly Deal, the Year’s Best Medical Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Medical Thriller, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards.  A perfectly crafted conspiracy thriller with a truly noble hero at its core, The Deadly Deal is the twisty tale we’ve been waiting for.  The Deadly Deal is the story of an ordinary man whose life is suddenly turned upside down by a vast conspiracy he can scarcely comprehend.  As the novel begins, Pharma

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Death by Saxophone, The Year’s Best Mystery

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Mystery, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended..  There’s no way to properly describe Death by Saxophone without first defining the object of its characters’ obsession: black market recordings called “bone records.” Also called “ribs,” bone records are bootlegged gramophone recordings first made from X-ray films as a way to smuggle banned music in and out of the Soviet Union.  When smooth jazz

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The Advent House, an Unforgettable Political Thriller by Tim Jorgenson

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The Bottom Line: This political thriller set in post-revolutionary Cuba features an unforgettable hero’s journey that is both emotionally resonant and highly suspenseful.   The Advent House opens as hospital volunteer Gabriella Suarez Paloma is assigned to assist a dying woman during her final days. The patient, a woman named Adriana, is considered both a person of interest and a “consort of an enemy of the state.”

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