FICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Readers will find themselves unable to turn the pages fast enough in this perfectly penned thriller."
Although the title seems irrelevant to the plot, McMahon scores a solid touchdown in this creepy but engrossing thriller.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 2, 2013
"Storytelling pro Wolf knows how to ratchet up tension and sustain it until the end."
Moving from homicides and sex crimes to Islamic terrorism in his first novel,
Law & Order creator Wolf introduces NYPD intelligence officer Jeremy Fisk, who must unravel a tricky bombing plot cooked up by Osama bin Laden before his death.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 31, 2012
"Nothing beats a cinder-block–sized adventure novel on a winter weekend."
The seventh in Griffin's (
Victory and Honor, 2011, etc.) Honor Bound series offers more of USMC Maj. Cletus Frade's escapades.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 11, 2012
"In his third Inspector Trave thriller, Tolkien's plot surpasses his prose, which often lacks subtlety or style. But satisfying twists and authentic WWII elements should keep readers engaged."
In the early years of World War II, a plot as ingenious as it is outrageous unfolds in London and Berlin.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 4, 2012
"A satisfying thriller, with enough evildoers left over to ensure the possibility of another Ryan-Ryan adventure."
In which Jack Ryan, Junior and Senior, take on most of the bad guys in the world. Guess who wins.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"It's not the game, but how well you play it, and Haas plays it very well indeed in what clearly seems a series launch."
Once more to Moscow and the Russian tundra on a supersecret mission goes a solitary hero in a thriller that makes the familiar seem fresh.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Ranging from Panama and Mexico to Idaho and Washington, D.C., this book is constantly on the move--one reason it avoids dull spots so well."
The United States is on the brink of approving the fastest, most powerful attack submarine ever when its designer is killed and his plans are stolen. In his efforts to recover a crucial piece of the prototype, superseaman Dirk Pitt faces a series of violent encounters on land and water.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A mayhem-rich view of the world through the eyes of mummies and villains, and a lot of fun."
Taut, entertaining archaeological murder mystery–meets-spy thriller by genre-meister Sussman (
The Hidden Oasis, 2009, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A winning book."
Thomason (
The Rule of Four, 2004) delivers a fast-moving tale that weaves ancient Mayan predictions of the end of the world with modern science.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 25, 2012
"An engaging crime caper. This book hits the mark."
The triumvirate writing as Miles Arceneaux (aka Texas authors Brent Douglass, John T. Davis and James R. Dennis) debuts with a hurricane-ravaged thriller in the atmosphere-and-action mode of Sue Grafton's Santa Teresa and James Lee Burke's Cajun country.
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INDIE
Released: Sept. 20, 2012
"Another stellar book in the series, thanks to a taut mystery and the applause-worthy return of solid characters."
In the third entry in Safflind's (
Shadowmaster II: Dancing Through the Night, 2012) mystery-thriller series, a killer utilizing alien technology targets congressmen with ties to a government-funded space program.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 19, 2012
"Edward makes Dan Brown look like Shakespeare. And that's a powerful bit of conjuring indeed."
There's no psychic powerful enough to ferret out where celebrity medium Edward mislaid his writing talent, but it certainly isn't in this flaccid suspense novel.
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