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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 Witchfinder’s Serpent, the Year’s Best Fantasy Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Winner, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended. When fifteen-year-old Nate Watson moves to Windsor to live with his mysterious Aunt Celia, the last things on his mind are witches and magick and ancient vendettas. While Nate focuses on building a new life for himself and his younger brother, making new friends and adjusting to a new high school, he can’t escape the feeling […]

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Gothic Revival, the Year’s Best Horror Novel

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Horror Noveo, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended. Gothic Revival opens as Eric Asher, celebrity novelist and oscar-nominated screenwriter, sends an out-of-the-blue invitation to a group of old grad school friends. In the letter, which acknowledges that he’s become a recluse, he offers to fly them to San Francisco, then whisk them away by private plane to a remote lake villa for

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Early Grave, the Year’s Best Legal Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Legal Thriller, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards. Highly recommended. The final book in Paul Levine’s Jake Lassiter series finds the defense attorney engaging in a battle that is decidedly personal. Long before Jake’s law career, he was a linebacker for the Miami Dolphins, where he was part of “the perfect season” – an undefeated record punctuated by a Super Bowl win. But with

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THE GIRLS IN THE CABIN, One of the Year’s Best Thrillers

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Haunted by the tragic death of his wife, Chris McKenna retreats to the Rocky Mountains on a backpacking trip with his two young daughters in a bid to try and reconnect with them. When an early-season snowstorm drives them to seek shelter on an isolated farm, the family must contend with the people who reside there who are not at all what they seem. They

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The Birthday of Eternity, a Must-Read Historical Thriller by A.D. Price

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The Bottom Line: This atmospheric mystery is a must-read for fans of L.A. Noir and postwar historical fiction.  Set in Los Angeles one year after the end of World War II, private investigators Kit Comfort and Henry Richman have a new client: Hoyle Cooper, a.k.a. the Doctor to the Stars. Cooper wants to find his soon-to-be-ex, Lillian, who left him in March and served divorce

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Saint Bloodbath, an Award-Winning Crime Thriller by Frederick Douglass Reynolds

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The Bottom Line: The year’s best crime thriller (Winner, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards). Highly recommended. Written by retired LA County Sheriff’s homicide sergeant Frederick Douglass Reynolds, Detectives McGuire and Cortes take on a gruesome homicide case in Long Beach, California. The pair must navigate the complex role of being the murder police in an area marked by homelessness, drug abuse, and gang violence. With little but

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Ripple Effect, an Award-Winning Conspiracy Thriller by Amy Rivers

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The Bottom Line: The year’s best conspiracy thriller (Winner, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards). Highly recommended. From the author of ALL THE BROKEN PEOPLE… Comes Book 3 in the A Legacy of Silence series. Time is running out. Tilly’s life is on the line. Psychologist Kate Medina is on a mission to dismantle the human trafficking ring that has plagued her hometown for decades. Frustrated by a lack of hard

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The Blue Hour Sanction, an Award-Winning Action Thriller by Landon Beach

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The Bottom Line: The year’s best action thriller (Winner, The BestThrillers.com Book Awards). Highly recommended. How did a young woman from a small town in Michigan become the most lethal assassin that the world has ever known? College heptathlete Margaret Crandall is invited to compete for a spot with a secret company to become an elite assassin. While still in the training pipeline, her mentor is

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The Salty Iguana, a Highly Recommended Political Thriller by Bill King

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The Bottom Line: A shockingly plausible political thriller that transcends the usual worst-case-scenario about American border security. Bill King has successfully captured the spirit of Yellowstone and transported it to South Texas. Highly recommended. As The Salty Iguana opens, four men swearing allegiance to the Revolutionary Republic of Yucatec del Norte sneak onto a historic South Texas ranch. Their goal is to kidnap the ranch’s 60-year-old owner, Santiago Stephenson. Unbeknownst to

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The One, a Can’t Miss Sci-Fi Thriller by Edward Miller and J.B. Manas

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The Bottom Line: Miller and Manas will make believers out of sci-fi fans in this can’t-miss thriller. As The One opens, Pastor Luke Remington is on a flight returning from a tour of duty in Afghanistan as a Navy chaplain. On his journey home to see his wife and daughter, he’s recognized by a wounded soldier whose life he saved in an act of immense bravery. But

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