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2011 Best of Fiction: Thrillers (page 3)


Cover art for THE TROUBLED MAN
FICTION
Released: March 29, 2011
by Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson

"Though shivering in the winter of his discontent, Wallander will grip the reader hard. Flawed and occasionally exasperating, he is that rare thing: a true original."
Swedish detective Chief Inspector Kurt Wallander (The Pyramid, 2008, etc.) makes a riveting 10th appearance in the strange case of the spy who was and wasn't. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE COMPLAINTS
FICTION
Released: March 7, 2011

"Will readers miss Rankin's long-running protagonist, John Rebus (Exit Music, 2008, etc.)? Don't see why they should. Bonus: Rankin's plotting and prose are as compelling as ever."
Rankin adds another Edinburgh cop to his repertoire. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE TRINITY SIX
FICTION
Released: March 1, 2011

"Taut, atmospheric and immersive--an instant classic."
A London academic risks his life to uncover a real-life, decades-old Cold War mystery in Cumming's (Typhoon, 2009, etc.) edgy thriller. Read full book review >