Top Ten Thrillers of 2016 By John B. Valeri Let me preface this list by noting that it’s based solely on books published this calendar year that I’ve had the pleasure of reading. No doubt, there are other exceptional titles that I have yet to acquaint myself with. In fact, I highly suspect that my […]
Top ten thrillers about secret organizations We grow up with conspiracies. Even as children, we watch our parents enter a room and close the door before they talk. Our parents love us and mean well. But what of others who do not? The fear that a secret organization, unknown and unaccountable, is shaping our […]
Top 10 Best Historical Thrillers As someone whose own books freely mix history and mystery, fact and fiction, I have always been a sucker for novels that do the same. The best of the breed would have to include the following: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens No matter how resistant high […]
The Ten Best Forensic Thrillers Ever? Jon Jefferson is the “writer” half of the duo Jefferson Bass. The duo’s other half—the “forensic genius” half—is Dr. Bill Bass, founder of the University of Tennessee’s Body Farm. Their latest Body Farm novel, Without Mercy, is the bestselling series’ tenth installment. True confession: I’m a rule-bender from […]
Top 10 Middle East Thrillers As Navy veterans-turned-thriller-writers, we are often asked what we read. We thought it would be fun to share with you some of our favorite Middle East thrillers. Some will be familiar and others will not. And no list would be really complete without “real-world thrillers”—nonfiction narratives of men who have […]
TOP TEN SIBLING THRILLERS As a TV writer on Cold Case and The Client List, I love telling stories about criminals committing crimes for reasons both good and bad. As an identical twin, I am also fascinated by the relationships between siblings, especially twins. It’s only fitting that I would eventually write a novel exploring […]
The Ten Best Movie Thrillers It seems to be a universal truth that thriller lovers will take their thrills in any medium available, whether it’s books, television, or movies. When you don’t have a week to spend on a book or a few months to spend on a television series, a two-hour movie can deliver […]
Top Ten Thrillers About Writers It sometimes seems like a cop-out when a writer makes the main character of his or her story another writer. Have they run out of ideas? Is it a form of self-criticism, or is it just narcissism? The stakes are raised somewhat when the writer in question is a crime […]
Trouble is the engine of fiction, and a novel set during World War II has the advantage of plenty of trouble. Soldiers, spies, diplomats, refugees, commandos, secret police, prisoners of war: they are all there, and surely the war is more fun to read about than it was to live through. Some of the best […]
Top Ten Psychological Thrillers from Lisa Unger to Jeff Lindsay… Top Ten Psychological Thrillers from an author who has crafted a riveting new novel titled Black Lies… Maybe it’s my neurology background, but psychological thrillers have always been my brain candy of choice. The glimpse into the shadowy recesses of a villain’s mind is often […]