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Entertaining Espionage Books for Fans of Slow Horses
These books like Slow Horses have dark humor and espionage adventures aplenty. They have discredited spies, Japan-set revenge, and more.
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The Guide
R.K. Narayan · 1958
His first novel was going nowhere in London until a friend at Oxford put it in front of Graham Greene — who found him a publisher and told him to shorten his name.
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Gothic Thrillers for the Haunted at Heart
Travel to the pasts of Japan, the American West, Brazil, and more the with these gothic thrillers full of hauntings and horrors if you dare.
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Propulsive Books for Mystery, Suspense, and True Crime Readers
These books might not be classified as mystery, suspense, or true crime, but their propulsive plots are perfect for readers of those genres.
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Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed
Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award The Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins joins American investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe and bestselling historian Ben Macintyre on this year’s Baillie Gifford prize longlist. Higgins’ book, Ukrainian Lessons: Art in a Time of War , examines…
The Guardian · 14 days ago
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September’s New Mystery, Thriller, True Crime Books
September's best new mystery, thriller, & true crime has a YA collegiate murder mystery, forensic analysis applied to a Middle Ages crime, and more.
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The Best Noir Fantasy Books
The best noir fantasy have a particular vibe: it's the essence of black-and-white films with moody, anti-hero main characters.
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September’s Mystery and Thriller Adaptations are Full of Action!
Stream these mystery and thriller adaptations this month, from a PI mystery set in Florida to a spy thriller series full of MI5 rejects.
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Pulse-Pounding Reads for Thriller Fans
From gritty noir to grit-your-teeth suspense, these thrillers will get your heart racing.
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2027 Mystery and Thrillers I’m Already Screaming About
2027 is looking good as far as mysteries are thrillers go. There are releases coming from Kazuo Ishiguro, Alyssa Cole, and others.
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Squeeze in one last summer read: Here are 3 suspense thrillers to choose from
If you're looking for an end-of-summer escape you can't go wrong with The Intrigue , by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Under the Falls, by Richard Russo, or The Blue Flame, by George Pelecanos.
NPR Books · 22 days ago
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The New York Times Names the 50 Best Thrillers
The adaptation of a fantastic crime trilogy, the next installment in a cozy crime series, a fall mystery/thriller reading list to preorder now, and more.
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The Most WTF Thrillers and Crime Novels!
If you can use some WTF premises in your reading life, these books range from crime novels to thrillers, with horror and sci-fi sprinkled in.
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Lanterns Creators Reveal the Show’s Influences (Besides True Detective)
Rom-coms, anyone? The post Lanterns Creators Reveal the Show’s Influences (Besides True Detective ) appeared first on Reactor .
Reactor · 30 days ago
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The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian; Claws Out! by Bella Mackie; Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang; Children of Wolves by Lawrence Osborne; Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian (Hutchinson Heinemann, £18.99) American bestseller Bohjalian deserves to be far better known in the UK, although, as the first line of his 26th novel points out, “It is neither virtue nor might that rules the wor…
The Guardian · 33 days ago