FICTION
Released: April 2, 2013
"Together, they face a series of deadly chases--first with Johansson's henchmen, then with crossbred ape/human monsters. But these events do little to advance a plot whose coherence has long since vanished into the ether."
This archaeological thriller from Kosmatka (
The Games, 2012) has a promising opening that winds up as a dead end.
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FICTION
Released: April 2, 2013
"Poyer spent a great deal of his life on the ocean, and it shows. This is a fine thriller."
Poyer's thriller takes fans on a frightening ride that will have them reaching for their Dramamine.
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FICTION
Released: March 26, 2013
"Though some readers may be bothered by the novel's anti-Americanisms and others will find Dhar too sympathetically drawn, such strokes are part of Stock's deft contemporization of the spy genre."
In the third installment of a superb series, renegade MI6 operative Daniel Marchant and his half brother, most-wanted terrorist Salim Dhar, again prove the most dangerous of odd couples.
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FICTION
Released: March 26, 2013
"One of the more sophisticated writers in his field, Wilson leaves us looking forward to Charles Boxer's next assignment."
In the first installment of a new series by Wilson (
A Small Death in Lisbon, 2000, etc.), the estranged daughter of an Indian tycoon is abducted in London for reasons that don't seem to involve ransom money--and then re-abducted.
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INDIE
Released: March 23, 2013
"An intriguing ride through the bumpy landscape of U.S. politics, with a healthy dose of deception and corruption."
An action-packed political thriller that rotates between multiple characters and their dark, dangerous worlds.
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FICTION
Released: March 21, 2013
"Fans of crime thrillers shouldn't miss this one or anything else with Laukkanen's name on the cover. The writing is so crisp, the pages almost want to turn themselves. He's a terrific storyteller."
With this second thriller in a series, Laukkanen's latest provides an entertaining worst-case scenario of an accountant gone bad.
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INDIE
Released: March 14, 2013
"A well-plotted vampire novel with an unusually self-aware protagonist."
Ancient undead, dark prophecies and the Catholic Church collide in Leone's taut thriller, the first in a planned series.
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INDIE
Released: March 12, 2013
"A broad, satisfying thriller that's as invigorating as it is charming."
In Maj. Brad Stout's return, he must foil a radiological threat against the president mere hours before
his wedding.
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FICTION
Released: March 5, 2013
"Classic Cussler, offering action in an interesting setting."
Cussler and company add to his fifth series, following the handsome young investigator Isaac Bell as he goes solo for the first time on a case for the Van Dorn Detective Agency.
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INDIE
Released: Feb. 27, 2013
"A triumphant alchemy of fact and fiction."
The hellish bombing of a Kurdish village lights the fuse on a taut, foreboding espionage caper involving mobile nukes, a crazy cleric and vulnerable people in Mulkerin's debut novel.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 26, 2013
"Tense, taut and impossible to put down."
A former Army epidemiologist contends with greedy locals and the harsh Alaskan terrain in order to prevent the recurrence of a deadly pandemic.
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INDIE
Released: Feb. 25, 2013
"Blackmail, betrayal and manipulation of the highest order."
Award-winning author Maitland-Lewis' (
Emeralds Never Fade, 2012) new financial thriller is a dark, plummeting tale of corporate greed, civil rancor and personal vice set against a backdrop of contemporary economic woes.
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