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The 22nd in Lee Child’s superlative Jack Reacher series finds him in top form and a first entry from H.B. Lyle promises to be a captivating new addition to the genre.
Read MoreLisbeth Salander, the charismatic bad girl with the dragon tattoo is back in The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye; plus a debut thriller, Good Me Bad Me, that is creepy, unsettling and impossible to put down.
Read MoreArmand Gamache returns in Louise Penny's latest thriller, and the legendary John le Carré revisits the events of his most famous novel in A Legacy of Spies.
Read MoreThis month sees Let the Dead Speak, a fine addition to Jane Casey’s compelling Detective Maeve Kerrigan series, and that special, oddball Monkeewrench crew returns for another delightful caper, Nothing Stays Buried.
Read MoreTwo new novels - one featuring a veteran chief of police and the other featuring Agatha Christie herself - combine thrills, intrigue, and a basset hound named Balzac.
Read MoreJune brings a deliciously devious, dark take on vintage English crime fiction, and the return of a charismatic antihero searching for redemption.
Read MoreA down-on-his-luck lawyer in New York and a hangdog investigator in Scandinavia are the heroes in two atmospheric, action-packed new murder mysteries.
Read MoreIn two new thrillers - one starring a bitter spy brought back into the fold and the other starring a group of misfit cops - complicated forces converge to bring terrorism to the streets of London.
Read MoreA splendid new Jack Reacher novel and a posthumous gem by P.D. James – what better way to usher in the New Year?
Read MoreAlan Parsons' single-minded, two-fisted policeman sleuth Max Wolfe returns in The Hanging Club.
Read MoreThe French countryside, the death-camp of Auschwitz, and a mansion in County Cork - a trio of new mystery-thrillers takes readers on exotic ventures in search of justice - or payback.
Read MoreOld loyalties lead to explosive new dangers in two new mystery-thrillers set in North Carolina and Northern Ireland.
Read MoreIn two new mysteries - one the start of a new series, one the start of a new career - intricate plots take readers from Upstate New York to the Northern Cascades.
Read MoreA Banquet of Consequences is an elegant addition to Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley series. Bernard Minier’s mesmerizing The Circle more than fulfills the promise of last year’s auspicious debut The Frozen Dead. And Felix Francis just keeps getting better as he proves with Front Runner.
Read MoreThree nifty new thrillers star some reigning champs of the genre: Lisbeth Salander, Jack Reacher, and James Bond.
Read MoreA mystery trio: Louise Penny’s 11th Gamache novel is a stellar addition to the series; Elsa Hart’s debut is a fine historical murder mystery set in 18th-century China; Bernhard Aichner’s first appearance in English is spine-chilling.
Read MoreA trio of mysteries cum thrillers from Stephen King, Peter Lovesey, and Mike Lawson—each one in its own way stylish, suspenseful, and sharp.
Read MoreDonna Leon’s 24th book starring the charismatic Commissario Guido Brunetti, Falling in Love, is every bit as spellbinding as we expect it to be. Martin Walker’s seventh featuring Bruno, Dordogne’s favorite chief of police, The Children Return, finds his small town shockingly targeted by a terrorist network.
Read MoreFelix Francis continues to artfully follow in his late father’s footsteps with his newest thriller, Dick Francis’s Damage. The Button Man, Mark Pryor’s fourth Hugo Marston novel, is a prequel that adds a fascinating dimension to the highly charismatic protagonist of this splendid series.
Read MoreA Colder War is the latest from Charles Cumming, one of the best at depicting the frail and brutal world of spydom. Neely Tucker’s The Ways of the Dead marks the debut of what promises to be a first-rate series.
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