When it comes to staging crime thrillers, the stories almost always take place in New York, New Jersey, Chicago or Las Vegas. Think about it. A significant portion of heist and gangster films involve the mafia as central or ancillary characters, making those places are practically automatic. Even when there isn’t a gangster component, you’ve […]
Top 10 CIA Movies
By Bella Wright on September 27, 2009 in Best Thriller Book Lists, Political Thriller Books, Spy Thriller Books, Thriller Movies, True Espionage Books
Hardly a year goes by without a juicy international incident involving the CIA. Plotting to overthrow foreign governments. Using illegal interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists. Secret assassination squads. With so many real-life scandals, it’s no wonder that screenwriters love to feature protagonists from “The Company.” With that said, my current Top 10 list features not […]
Vampires Attack NYT Top 10 Book List
By Bella Wright on September 23, 2009 in New Book Releases, Paranormal Thriller Books, Thriller Book Reviews
The most recent list of NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers features two (count ’em – 2) vampire thrillers. Bolstered by the success of the TV series True Blood, the latest Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse novel “Dead and Gone” is in at #10, and fellow fang writer Christine Feehan’s novel “Dark Slayer” at #6. The Top 10 […]
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.
Top 10 Amazon.com Bestelling Thrillers
By Bella Wright on September 17, 2009 in Crime Thriller Books, Paranormal Thriller Books, Political Thriller Books, Spy Thriller Books
With Joseph Finder at #1 and Daniel Silva still holding strong at the #2 position,
Vince Flynn’s back catalog is creeping up the Amazon.com besteller charts as buzz
abounds for the release of his new novel.