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2011 Best of Fiction: Thrillers


Cover art for REAMDE
FICTION
Released: Sept. 20, 2011

"Who'll prevail? We don't know till the very end, thanks to Stephenson's knife-sharp skills as a storyteller. An intriguing yarn--most geeky, and full of satisfying mayhem."
Who lives by the joystick dies by the joystick: Noir futurist Stephenson (Anathem, 2008, etc.) returns to cyberia with this fast-moving though sprawling techno-thriller. Read full book review >
Cover art for TRACKERS
FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011

"A first-rate thriller; a touch slow to get going, but hard to apply the brakes to once it gets rolling."
Oh, what a tangled web those rhinos weave: South African mystery maven Meyers returns with a complex tale of intrigue and mayhem most satisfying. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE GENTLEMEN'S HOUR
FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011

The Southern California kingpin of the surf-and-drugs thriller should extend his popular domain with this novel. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE WOODCUTTER
FICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2011

"Near the end, a character refers to the fate of "the dreadful, drab English." There's nothing drab about this dark and compelling novel, although some of its characters are dreadful human beings."
A grim-dandy psychological thriller about betrayal and revenge set in England. Read full book review >
Cover art for THICK AS THIEVES
FICTION
Released: July 26, 2011

"It's not every day genre prose gets that kind of polish (Red Cat, 2007, etc.)."
Techno thieves fall out. Read full book review >
Cover art for VERY BAD MEN
FICTION
Released: July 1, 2011

"The rare crime novel with something for everyone who reads crime fiction."
A second mind-bending case for Ann Arbor editor David Loogan that begins just as simply and ominously and takes the reader on just as wild a journey. Read full book review >