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April 10, 2023

Going Zero by Anthony McCarten

April 10, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten

A new novel dramatizes the ultimate surveillance program.

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April 10, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
Going Zero, Anthony McCarten, fiction, adventure fiction, Steve Donoghue, thrillers, techno-thriller, 2023
March 26, 2023

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

March 26, 2023/ Amberlee Venters
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo’s latest is part dark academia, part heist story.

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March 26, 2023/ Amberlee Venters/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent, YA, fiction, Amberlee Venters, 2023
January 12, 2023

You Will Never Be Found by Tove Alsterdal

January 12, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
You Will Never Be Found by Tove Alsterdal

A chilly new thriller about people going missing in the Nordic winter.

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January 12, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Translated, Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
Steve Donoghue, Tove Alsterdal, translated fiction, Swedish fiction, Alice Menzies, 2023
July 07, 2022

Even the Darkest Night by Javier Cercas

July 07, 2022/ Benjamin Shull
Even the Darkest Night by Javier Cercas

Javier Cercas, one of Spain’s greatest writers, turns to crime fiction to confront the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War.

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July 07, 2022/ Benjamin Shull/
Books & Authors, Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-General
Cercas, Even the Darkest NIght, Terra Alta, Spain, Benjamin Shull
May 06, 2022

City on Fire by Don Winslow

May 06, 2022/ Alex Sorondo
City on Fire by Don Winslow

Don Winslow’s new novel features gang warfare in an endless Rhode Island winter.

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May 06, 2022/ Alex Sorondo/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
Don Winslow, crime fiction, Alex Sorondo
March 22, 2022

Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik

March 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik

A seemingly-impossible find in the Greenland ice sets this adventure novel in motion.

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March 22, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
Erica Ferencik, Girl in Ice, adventure fiction, Steve Donoghue, thrillers
December 11, 2020

The Best Books of 2020: Thrillers!

December 11, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2020: Thrillers!

The best of this year’s crop of thriller fiction!

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December 11, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Stevereads
The Best Books of 2020, Best Thrillers, The Rabbit Hunter, Lars Kepler, The Familiar Dark, Amy Engel, One Minute Out, Mark Greaney, Devolution, Max Brooks, The Empty Bed, Nina Sadowsky, Into the Fire, Gregg Hurwitz, Hide Away, Jason Pinter, House on Fire, Joseph Finder, A Beautiful Crime, Christopher Bollen, The End of October, Lawrence Wright, Steve Donoghue, stevereads
November 09, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “If you don’t know the trouble you’re in, keep Reacher by your side”

November 09, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “If you don’t know the trouble you’re in, keep Reacher by your side”

The Sentinel lands a lot of unexpected punches and keeps you on edge to the very end.

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November 09, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, It's a Mystery
suspense, thrillers, Jack Reacher, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, Lee Child, Andrew Child
August 13, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “Life’s not a rehearsal”

August 13, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “Life’s not a rehearsal”

Two page-turning action-packed thriller/mysteries; one by a veteran author, the other a debut.

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August 13, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
mystery fiction, James Lee Burke, Ryan Wick, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery
June 02, 2020

It’s a Mystery: There is a fine line between a monster and a hero

June 02, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: There is a fine line between a monster and a hero

With her trademark fast pace, Jance has rendered a masterly study of the effects of grief, rage, and the power of forgiveness.

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June 02, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
J. A. Jance, thrillers, mystery fiction, mystery series, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, Ali Reynolds series
May 15, 2020

The End of October by Lawrence Wright

May 15, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The End of October by Lawrence Wright

Lawrence Wright’s new novel is about a novel coronavirus that sweeps across the world in a pandemic for which nobody is prepared.

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May 15, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers
Lawrence Wright, The End of October, fiction, pandemic
April 16, 2020

Broken by Don Winslow

April 16, 2020/ Alex Sorondo
Broken by Don Winslow

The latest from the great novelist Don Winslow is a collection of short stories in a wonderfully different register.

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April 16, 2020/ Alex Sorondo/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Anthologies/Short Stories
Don Winslow, Alex Sorondo, fiction, crime fiction, thrillers
March 31, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “The person who talks less is the one with the upper hand.”

March 31, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “The person who talks less is the one with the upper hand.”

A superior mystery on every level, affirming McMahon’s place as up there with the best in the genre.

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March 31, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Irma Heldman, John McMahon, It's a Mystery, Putnam, mystery fiction, crime fiction, mystery series
February 20, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “Never met a sacred cow he didn’t want to slay”

February 20, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “Never met a sacred cow he didn’t want to slay”

A top notch mystery that is intricately layered to keep you in suspense.

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February 20, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
It's a Mystery, Irma Heldman, Tessa Wegert, Berkley, mystery series, mystery fiction, crime fiction, thrillers
February 03, 2020

It’s a Mystery:  “Loyalty is a distorting mirror”

February 03, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery:  “Loyalty is a distorting mirror”

A beautifully realized thriller that moves at a pulse-pounding pace to a heart-stopping climax.

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February 03, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Raymond Fleischmann, Berkley, It's a Mystery, Irma Heldman
January 21, 2020

It’s a Mystery: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go”

January 21, 2020/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go”

A new American classic; powerful, indelibly real and deeply moving.

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January 21, 2020/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Jeanine Cummins, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, mystery fiction, crime fiction, Flatiron Books
December 17, 2019

It’s a Mystery: “Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures”

December 17, 2019/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery:  “Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures”

A world class thriller with a gut punch that you won’t see coming.

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December 17, 2019/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, It's a Mystery
It's a Mystery, Alice Blanchard, Minotaur Books, thrillers
December 10, 2019

The Best Books of 2019: Thrillers!

December 10, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2019: Thrillers!

Worth the wait! Day 6 of Stevereads Best of 2019 features thrillers!

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December 10, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Stevereads
Best of 2019, Best of Lists, thrillers, stevereads, Steve Donoghue
November 27, 2019

It’s a Mystery: “The best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.”

November 27, 2019/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “The best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.”

Actions fueled by love are not always attractive or even right but they are always meaningful.

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November 27, 2019/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Mystery/Suspense, It's a Mystery
Saul Black, St. Martin's Press, It's a Mystery, Irma Heldman, mystery series, mystery fiction, thrillers, crime fiction
November 05, 2019

It’s a Mystery: “Honor among thieves, perhaps, honor among spies, never”

November 05, 2019/ Irma Heldman
It’s a Mystery: “Honor among thieves, perhaps, honor among spies, never”

A brilliantly multilayered examination of the disillusionment of aging spies.

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November 05, 2019/ Irma Heldman/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, It's a Mystery
John le Carré, Viking Press, espionage, suspense, crime fiction, spy thriller, Irma Heldman, It's a Mystery, Penguin Random House
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