FICTION
Released: March 20, 2012
"A proficient but routine thriller in which you can tell for miles in advance who's disposable and who's slated for survival, marked by the virtual absence of the baroque plot twists fans of Coben (Live Wire, 2011, etc.) expect as their due."
The past comes knocking for a former stripper who thought she'd said goodbye to all that in an altogether less-successful distaff reworking of The Innocent (2005).
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FICTION
Released: March 20, 2012
"Seascapes full of red herrings, seaside cottages full of secrets—all good fun, and a most satisfying whodunit."
Taut thriller from accomplished attorney-turned-mysterian Patterson (In the Name of Honor, 2010, etc.) set on the familiar turf of Martha's Vineyard.
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FICTION
Released: March 13, 2012
"Thickets of tricky conspiracies, swamps full of secret agendas: Reader, you're in le Carré-land, guided there unerringly by one of the best of the newer crop."
In Steinhauer's superb spy novel, Milo Weaver (
The Nearest Exit, 2010, etc.), in from the cold, wants to stay that way, but no one will let him.
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"A thoroughly competent and enjoyable thriller with unanticipated twists that will keep readers guessing till the end."
An impressive thriller by first-time novelist Pavone, with almost more double-crosses than a body can stand.
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"The co-authors successfully keep the wheels of their end-of-the-world scenario spinning."
Working on his own, a beleaguered Italian cop, Tommaso, uncovers a strange wave of international murders.
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"A solid thriller that leaves you thinking it could have been much better."
On the brink of suicide following his wife's death, one-time British special-forces operative Ben Hope is intent on putting his violent past behind him and studying religion at Oxford. But when a family friend's daughter, a renowned biblical archaeologist, goes missing in Greece--and the young friend Ben sent to find her is killed in a bombing--Ben is forced to dust off his killing skills and spring back into action.
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"Fast-paced, emotionally tense and worrisomely true-to-life."
In Glass' (Ultimatum, 2009) geo-political thriller, the anarchist Lord's Resistance Army has massacred American aid workers in Uganda, and U.S. President Tom Knowles cannot let the terrorist attack go without response because his party must control the 2018 midterm elections.
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FICTION
Released: March 6, 2012
"White's fans will eat this one up."
FICTION
Released: March 1, 2012
"Arm a Hollywood hero with a Beretta and disposable cell, point him at a Gordon Gekko–type, and this book's big screen ready."
Silas Cade can field strip a Browning .50-caliber machine gun, and he can parachute from an airplane, but he's done with Iraq and military life and has no interest in hired-gun Blackwater.
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FICTION
Released: March 1, 2012
"It helps to know something about the time in which the story is set, and who Olof Palme was, to appreciate the book. Still, a practiced, Larsson-worthy procedural."
Dark, politically charged thriller from Swedish crime writer Persson (
Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End, 2010), one of many literary heirs of Stieg Larsson.
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FICTION
Released: March 1, 2012
"A decent book that could have been better, but thriller aficionados will enjoy the complex tale regardless."
The U.S.S.R. has spun off into its various republics, but Putin's Russia is having second thoughts about its loss of the Ukraine.
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FICTION
Released: March 1, 2012
"To call this book enjoyable or satisfying feels wrong, because the deeds are so ugly. But it's terrifying and worthy. Human nature has never looked so raw."
A thriller set in early 1930s Berlin. People who can't bear to read about violence toward children should skip this book; those with sensitive stomachs may want to look elsewhere, too.
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