Political Thriller Books

The best political thriller book reviews. Political thriller is a broad term that may include espionage, political conspiracies, the assassination of political leaders and other sinister tactics that have high-stakes consequences for governments and civilizations.

Vince Flynn - The Survivor

The Survivor, a new Mitch Rapp Novel (Vince Flynn) by Kyle Mills

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Vince Flynn may be gone, but Mitch Rapp lives on through new author Kyle Mills. Top secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that picks up where The Last Man left off in Vince Flynn’s New York Times bestselling series. […]

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Book Review: Surly Bonds, a Military Thriller by Michael Byars Lewis

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The Bottom Line: Guaranteed to please Brad Thor fans, this terrific military thriller finds Moscow hardliners plotting to assassinate the next U.S. president. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0615663958″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51knrTLZ%2BJL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”333″]Moscow, 1995. A small group of communist hardliners, intent on overthrowing the existing Russian regime, gather to discuss operational details. Confident that their plans will work, there’s just one problem

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Do Not Assume

Book Review: Do Not Assume, a Political Thriller by Elaine Williams Crockett

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The Bottom Line: A high-stakes conspiracy thriller that starts big and gets more explosive with each succeeding chapter. A must for House of Cards fans. In Washington, an assassin’s bullet takes down a powerful senator. As the bold killer slips away into the night, investigators are left at loose ends – was the act perpetrated by a mysterious psychotic, or could it have been orchestrated

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The Patriot Threat by Steve Berry

The Patriot Threat, a new Political Thriller by Steve Berry

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The 16th Amendment to the Constitution is why Americans pay income taxes. But what if there were problems associated with that amendment? [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”1250056233″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61gOX-ylBSL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”331″]Secrets that call into question decades of tax collecting? In fact, there is a surprising truth to this hidden possibility. Cotton Malone, once a member of an elite intelligence division within

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Alex Berenson 12 Days

Book Review: 12 Days, a new Espionage Thriller by Alex Berenson

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The Bottom Line: The sequel to The Counterfeit Agent that die-hard Alex Berenson fans deserve. The ninth installment in Alex Berenson’s John Wells series is a globetrotting shell game that winds through Saudi Arabia, Russia, Washington and elsewhere. The series, which began with The Faithful Spy, is built around John Wells, an American intelligence operative. Wells was once embedded so deeply within the Taliban that he converted to Islam,

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The Pisces Affair, a new Prometheus Saga Spy Thriller by Daco

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CIA operative Jordan Jakes, the heroine of Daco’s Amazon #1 Bestseller, [easyazon_link asin=”1440566577″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” nofollow=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” popups=”default”]The Libra Affair[/easyazon_link], meets Prometheus when U.S. Secretary of State becomes the target of a terrorist attack at a head-of-state dinner in Dubai. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00SP80V9O” cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61dUzg2XTHL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”375″]Marathon (The Prometheus Saga)[/easyazon_image]Posing as the fiance of top-ranking government

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Look Closer by Rachel Amphlett

Book Review: Look Closer, a Political Thriller by Rachel Amphlett

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The Bottom Line: A first-rate political thriller that moves at a blistering pace. Talented novelist Rachel Amphlett keeps the outcome in doubt until the very last page. [easyazon_cta add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00T1K7JRC” cloaking=”default” height=”42″ key=”tall-orange” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”120″] [hr] ‘Will, if you’re listening to this, I’m either in danger, or I’m dead. I need you to do something for me. They’ll be looking

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The Escape by David Baldacci

The Escape, a new Political Thriller by David Baldacci

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It’s a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it’s impossible . . . until now. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”1455521191″ cloaking=”default” height=”160″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZP%2Ba83p0L._SL160_.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”106″]John Puller’s older brother, Robert, was convicted of treason and national security crimes. His inexplicable escape from prison makes him the most wanted

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Lexicon novel by Max Barry

The Five Best Thrillers About Secret Societies

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It’s easy to see why there are so many mysteries and thrillers written about secret societies. We’re so conditioned by films such as Angels and Demons and Rosemary’s Baby that the very mention of even a benign college organization like Yale’s Skull and Bones conjures images of candlelit initiations, pagan rotations and blood sacrifices. While many of the most gripping books about secret societies are centered around the Templar Knights and the

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A Better World Markus Sakey

Book Review: A Better World, a new Sci-Fi Thriller from Marcus Sakey

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The Bottom Line: The second outing in the Brilliance Saga series manages to be even more riveting than the first. An ingenious hybrid of pulse-pounding conspiracy thriller and science fiction that is easily once of the year’s must-reads. [easyazon_block add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00IA7N7C8″ cloaking=”default” layout=”top” localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” tag=”bestthricom-20″]If you haven’t yet read Sakey’s entry to the series, Brilliance, then consider it an obligatory appetizer. As good as

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