Thriller Reviews

The best thriller book reviews, including crime, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, legal thrillers, medical, psychological thrillers, sci-fi and more.

Dragonflies by Andy Strake & Durrell Nelson

Book Review: Dragonflies, a Techno Thriller by Andy Straka (with Durrell Nelson)

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The Bottom Line: A delicious romp filled with jaw-dropping nanotechnology, clandestine military projects and a conspiracy that will keep you guessing until the final page. Recommended for both sci-fi and military thriller fans. Former Army helicopter pilot and Afghan war vet Raina Sanchez can’t seem to escape her past. How could she? Her dreams are filled with PTSD-driven flashbacks of the night she was shot […]

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Book Review: The Dollhouse in the Crawlspace, by Ellen Byerrum

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The Bottom Line: An ingeniously crafted psychological thriller that bewitches on page one and continues to mesmerize until its shocking conclusion. Fans of The Girl on the Train will love it. If you’re a fan of unreliable narrators (think The Girl on the Train, American Psycho or Fight Club), we can’t imagine a better read than Ellen Byerrum’s The Dollhouse in the Crawlspace. Told in

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Book Review: Homeowner With a Gun, a Crime Thriller by Samuel Hawley

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The Bottom Line: One of the year’s best crime novels. Homeowner with a Gun is a white-knuckled, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about the unexpected consequences of killing intruders during a home invasion. What could be more terrifying than a home invasion? As author Samuel Hawley demonstrates in Homeowner with a Gun, it could be the paradox of self-defense. Jeff Shaw is a family man, homeowner and grocery

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Archangel Fallen by CW Lemoine

Book Review: Archangel Fallen, a Military Thriller by C.W. Lemoine

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The Bottom Line: Riveting, addictive and essential for any military thriller fan. The stakes in C.W. Lemoine’s Spectre series grow ever higher as pilot-turned-fugitive unearths a plot that threatens not only his life, but national security as well. When we first catch sight of fighter pilot Cal “Spectre” Martin and his trusty animal companion, Zeus, he’s hiding out in a Louisiana cabin. Framed for an

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Finders Keepers Stephen King

Book Review: Finders Keepers, a Crime Thriller by Stephen King

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The Bottom Line: A more-than worthy follow-up to King’s Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers is an intense, addictive and even touching morality tale. Those who fell in love with Retired Detective Bill Hodges in King’s previous outing will do so all over again. Finders Keepers begins with the tragic story of John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t

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Avoid. Negotiation. Kill.

Book Review: Avoid. Negotiate. Kill., a Military Thriller by C.W. Lemoine

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The Bottom Line: Military Thriller fans looking for the next Brad Thor have found their savior in C.W. Lemoine’s Spectre series. The second entry in Lemoine’s Spectre series is an emotionally charged affair with eye-popping air combat scenes. Recruited into a secret organization called Project Archangel, fighter pilot Cal “Spectre” Martin is mourning the apparent loss of his girlfriend and fellow pilot, Chloe Moss. The

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Past is Present by Thomas Davidson

Book Review: Past is Present, a Time Travel Adventure by Thomas Davidson

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The Bottom Line: Pure joy. The most compelling time-travel adventure we’ve read since Stephen King’s 11/22/63.  If you discovered a doorway into the future, would you be satisfied with just one trip? Me neither. And that’s the juicy proposal facing Linda Mitchell, a young war widow living in Columbia, Massachussetts, 1968. After two experiences that leave her wondering whether she’s suffering from long-term effects of

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michael byars lewis

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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