Category: Suspense / Thriller
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Wireman by Billie Sue Mosiman
I found a copy of Wireman in the horror section at a used bookstore and picked it up not being able to resist the cover art (I put a photo of my own copy below). This novel is a brief, but satisfying read if you can enjoy a good horror-thriller.…
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The Hard Way by Lee Child
It’s been a while since I read anything by Lee Child, and that’s because Tom Cruise ruined it for me. But I love Lee Child and Jack Reacher so much I couldn’t leave them forever. The Hard Way is the 10th book in the Jack Reacher series. It’s one of…
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Long Lost by David Morrell
I became a fan of David Morrell after reading and reviewing Creepers back in 2011. Since then, I’ve been building up a small collection of Morrell’s backlist. This past weekend I read Long Lost, and it took me about a day and a half to finish. I couldn’t stop obsessing…
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The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
The Lock Artist won the Edgar Award for Best Novel. This story is narrated by Mike, a young man sentenced to life in prison for being a “boxman,” also known as a “safe cracker,” in a series of heists. Mike has been mute since he was eight years old, when…
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The Expats by Chris Pavone
The Expats caught my eye at the bookstore because I just spent the last three weeks binge-watching FX’s The Americans. I’m more intrigued than ever by spies, and by how they can manage to balance both a family life and a secret life. Like in The Expats by Chris Pavone!…
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Falling by Christopher Pike
Christopher Pike was one of my favorite authors during my early teen years. I got hooked after a classmate loaned me a copy of Remember Me and read everything he wrote after that. Well, up until around high school. Falling was being featured in my local bookstore so I grabbed…
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Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay writes amazing thrillers, they’re so fun. Never Look Away opens with newspaper reporter David Harwood visiting a local amusement park with his wife Jan and their 4-year-old son Ethan. Shortly after arriving at the park, Jan goes missing and David immediately calls the local police to report her…
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Lexicon by Max Barry
I read Syrup nearly 10 years ago and loved its quirky characters and Max Barry’s fresh, dark, and twisted writing style. Lexicon is a thriller about the power of words and their ability to persuade. Its main character is Wil Jamieson, a man who lands at an American airport and…
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Night Rituals by Gary Paulsen
I’m a sucker for vintage thriller and suspense novels like Night Rituals, which came out in 1989. The story begins when a janitor at the Denver airport finds a severed boob in an abandoned carry-on bag. Ed “Push” Tincker, the homicide detective assigned to the case, soon learns that a…