With the holiday season upon us, the year’s major political thrillers are now in wide release. The genre’s most prolific authors put out another bumper crop of assassins, rogue intelligence agents, dirty politicians and bleeding edge technology. Relative newcomers stormed the scene, finding more readers than ever thanks to Amazon’s Kindle. Here’s how our list […]
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Is Glenn Beck Really the Oprah of Thrillers?
By Bella Wright on November 6, 2009 in Action Thriller Books, Military Thriller Books, Political Thriller Books, Spy Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews, Thriller Reviews
A few weeks ago I posted a blog questioning the business wisdom of Vince Flynn’s association with Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Lielly (whoops – I mean O’Reilly). And while I realize that many of you disagreed with my assertion that Rush Limbaugh is too divisive of a figure for a mass market success like Vince […]
David Rohde’s Harrowing Escape from the Taliban
By Bella Wright on November 2, 2009 in New Book Releases, Political Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews, Thriller Reviews
This site often features authors or filmmakers that create exceptional works of fiction. However, we can conceive of no more harrowing – dare we say “thrilling” – story than the true story posted by New York Times journalist David Rohde, who recently escaped from the Taliban after being held hostage for several months. The story […]
Latest John Le Carre Novel Touted as His Best
By Bella Wright on September 19, 2009 in New Book Releases, Spy Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews, Thriller Reviews
Legendary spy novelist John Le Carre apparently hasn’t missed a step. NYT reviewer (and spy novelist in his own right) Alan Furst calls Carre’s latest book, A Most Wanted Man, his “strongest, most powerful” novel. With a career as distinguished as Carre’s, that’s really saying something. Check out the full review.