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When terrorists kidnap the family of famed anchorman Crawford Sloane, the veteran reporter becomes the story he once covered.
The Evening News
Mystery · Action Thriller · Political Thriller · Suspense
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When terrorists kidnap the family of famed anchorman Crawford Sloane, the veteran reporter becomes the story he once covered. As he hunts the men who shattered his life, the line between journalist and avenger disappears. The Evening News holds 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.0 on Goodreads, a tense, human thriller from Arthur Hailey.
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Crawford Sloane has spent his career chasing chaos from behind the camera. A respected network anchorman and former war correspondent, he thrives on crisis, reporting breaking stories with calm precision. But when terrorism hits home, the story turns deadly personal.
His wife and child are abducted by radicals who see him as the perfect symbol of American influence. With the world watching, Sloane steps out from the safety of the newsroom and into the heart of danger, determined to bring his family back, no matter the cost.
The Evening News holds 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.0 on Goodreads. From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author Arthur Hailey, this gripping thriller exposes the ruthless world behind television news and the terrifying price of fame.
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Haunted by a mission gone wrong, DIA operative Matt Drake is pulled back into the field to rescue a scientist with a deadly secret.
Without Sanction
Mystery · Thriller · Political Thriller · Suspense
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Haunted by a mission gone wrong, DIA operative Matt Drake is pulled back into the field to rescue a scientist with a deadly secret. To stop a weapon of mass destruction, he must return to the place that nearly killed him. 4.4 stars on Amazon and 4.2 on Goodreads for Don Bentley’s Without Sanction, a gripping espionage thriller.
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Matt Drake left Syria alive but broken. His last mission ended in disaster, costing innocent lives and crippling his closest friend. Now, haunted by guilt and determined to stay in the shadows, he is pulled back into a world he swore to abandon.
A Pakistani scientist working for an extremist group has built a weapon capable of mass destruction. He will defect only if Matt is the one to bring him out. To save thousands, Matt must return to the place that nearly destroyed him and face the ghosts waiting there.
Don Bentley’s Without Sanction, the first Matt Drake novel, is a taut and explosive thriller about redemption, loyalty, and the brutal choices demanded by duty in a world without mercy.
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This will appeal to readers who want morally complex military thrillers built around wartime secrets, accountability, and consequences.
Word of Honor
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Political Thriller · Suspense · War Fiction
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Ben Tyson is a successful corporate executive and family man whose buried past as a lieutenant in Vietnam resurfaces sixteen years after the men under his command committed an atrocity in 1968 and swore to keep it secret, with a 4.6-star rating from more than 5,400 Amazon reviewers. This will appeal to readers who want morally complex military thrillers built around wartime secrets, accountability, and consequences.
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Read the gripping story of a Vietnam vet whose secret past threatens his family, career, and honor, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and is "a true master" (Dan Brown).
He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But sixteen years ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam.
There, in 1968, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity-and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Not the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personal sense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past--and set him free.
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Jack Carr’s Cry Havoc is an explosive Vietnam thriller praised as “brutally realistic” by The Real Book Spy.
Cry Havoc
Thriller · Political Thriller · Spy Thriller · Suspense
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Jack Carr’s Cry Havoc is an explosive Vietnam thriller praised as “brutally realistic” by The Real Book Spy. Introducing young SEAL Tom Reece, this novel collides special operations and CIA intrigue against the backdrop of 1968. With a 4.7 out of 5 stars Amazon rating, it is a relentless story of war, espionage, and survival at any cost.
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1968 is a year on fire. Civil unrest rages at home while the Vietnam War intensifies abroad. Amid the chaos, a captured spy ship, a compromised NSA official, and disappearing special operations teams ignite a deadly game of espionage.
Navy SEAL Tom Reece, newly assigned to the covert MACV-SOG unit, finds himself pulled into a mission where the lines between military duty and intelligence intrigue blur beyond recognition. From the jungles of Laos to the streets of Saigon, from the White House to the Kremlin, Reece becomes a pawn in a Soviet plan that could shift global power.
But he has his own mission, one that is not in the files. To survive, Reece must confront enemies both seen and unseen before the war consumes him.
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From Academy Award–winning screenwriter Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) comes The Wealth of Shadows, a national bestseller about the secret Treasury mission that waged economic war on Nazi…
The Wealth of Shadows
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Political Thriller · World War 2
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From Academy Award–winning screenwriter Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) comes The Wealth of Shadows, a national bestseller about the secret Treasury mission that waged economic war on Nazi Germany. Praised as “a thriller of a different kind” by Charles Frazier, this 4.5-star historical novel brims with espionage, danger, and the unseen battles that shaped the modern world.
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1939. As the world edges toward war, Ansel Luxford seems to have it all: a promising career, a brilliant wife, and a newborn child. But he can’t shake the conviction that Nazi Germany is building a machine that will consume Europe—and eventually, the globe.
When he’s recruited into a secret Treasury Department project, Ansel discovers a new kind of battlefield: money. Alongside an unlikely band of economists and bureaucrats, he must wage economic warfare—undermining the Reich through sabotage, shadow deals, and audacious financial heists.
But subterfuge has its price. Ansel’s wife joins the FBI to root out spies, and soon their family’s survival is entwined with secrets on both sides. The Wealth of Shadows reveals the hidden war fought not with bullets, but with banks.
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Jack Higgins’ Exocet—from the master of espionage hailed by Tom Clancy—delivers a gripping thriller set during the Falklands War.
Exocet
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Political Thriller · Spy Thriller · War Fiction
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Jack Higgins’ Exocet—from the master of espionage hailed by Tom Clancy—delivers a gripping thriller set during the Falklands War. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it follows British agent Gabrielle Legrand as she risks everything to stop a missile deal that could change history. A tale of war, love, and betrayal from a bestselling legend.
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1982. The Falklands War ignites, and British Intelligence needs every advantage it can get. Enter Gabrielle Legrand, a skilled operative tasked with seducing an Argentine official to gather secrets. What begins as duty soon twists into something far more dangerous: love.
As the war nears its end, Argentina makes a desperate gamble—purchasing French-made Exocet missiles through ruthless arms broker Felix Donner. If delivered, the weapons could turn defeat into sudden victory. Gabrielle alone has the chance to stop the deal, but Donner’s motives extend far beyond money. His scheme could spark a global firestorm.
From the New York Times–bestselling master of espionage Jack Higgins, Exocet is a high-stakes thriller of war, betrayal, and the price of choosing between love and country.
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Noah Hawley’s Before the Fall—winner of the Edgar Award and the International Thriller Writers Award—is a gripping suspense novel from the creator of Fargo.
Before the Fall
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Contemporary Fiction · Political Thriller
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Noah Hawley’s Before the Fall—winner of the Edgar Award and the International Thriller Writers Award—is a gripping suspense novel from the creator of Fargo. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it follows a painter and a young boy, the sole survivors of a plane crash, caught in a storm of media, secrets, and conspiracies.
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Eleven passengers board a private jet from Martha’s Vineyard to New York. Sixteen minutes later, the plane vanishes into the ocean. Only two survive: Scott Burroughs, a struggling painter, and a four-year-old boy who has just lost his powerful family.
In the aftermath, Scott is thrust into a media storm. Was the crash a tragic accident, or a calculated strike against the wealthy and influential passengers onboard? As suspicion mounts, Scott becomes both a hero and a target, hunted by headlines and conspiracies alike.
At the center of the chaos is the fragile bond between survivor and child, a connection that may be the only thing keeping them afloat. Noah Hawley delivers a riveting, award-winning thriller of fate, morality, and survival.
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A sharp fit for readers drawn to World War II thrillers, covert missions, expert marksmen, and military intrigue.
The Bullet Garden
Thriller · Historical Thriller · Political Thriller · Spy Thriller
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Called “a tour de force of a war novel” by Booklist, The Bullet Garden follows Pacific war hero Earl Swagger after General Eisenhower selects him to counter a deadly SS operation. Swagger enters the shadowy corners of wartime London and France, where he has a target on his back and cannot trust anyone. A sharp fit for readers drawn to World War II thrillers, covert missions, expert marksmen, and military intrigue.
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In this “an electrifying historical thriller that is sure to become a classic” (The Real Book Spy) the long-anticipated origin story of legendary Marine, fan favorite, and father of literary icon Bob Lee takes us to the battlefields of World War II as Earl Swagger embarks on a top secret and deadly mission.
July, 1944: The lush, rolling hills of Normandy are dotted with a new feature—German snipers. From their vantage points, they pick off hundreds of Allied soldiers every day, bringing the D-Day invasion to its knees. It’s clear that someone is tipping off these snipers with the locations of American GIs, but who? And how?
General Eisenhower demands his intelligence service to find the best shot in the Allied military to counter this deadly SS operation. Enter Pacific hero Earl Swagger, assigned this crucial and bloody mission. With crosshairs on his back, Swagger can’t trust anyone as he infiltrates the shadowy corners of London and France for answers.
“A tour de force of a war novel” (Booklist, starred review), The Bullet Garden is the ultimate read for new and longtime fans of Stephen Hunter.
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Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s a gripping read for fans of Nelson DeMille.
Extraordinary Rendition
Mystery · Political Thriller
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Paul Batista’s Extraordinary Rendition is a pulse-pounding legal thriller tackling terrorism, corruption, and torture. A USA Today bestselling author, Batista delivers high-stakes courtroom drama where one client’s secrets could either dismantle or fuel the world’s deadliest terror networks. Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s a gripping read for fans of Nelson DeMille.
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Ali Hussein, accused terrorist and alleged Al Qaeda financier, has spent years in Guantanamo. When he’s finally brought to the U.S. for trial, the case shocks the nation—and Byron Carlos Johnson, a star defense attorney, shocks everyone further by taking it. For Johnson, it’s about principle: defending a man tortured under the guise of “justice.”
But principles come with a price. Hussein holds secrets about global financial networks that could cripple terror organizations—or keep them funded indefinitely. That knowledge makes him a target for both international terrorists and shadowy U.S. intelligence operatives who’d rather see him silenced.
Caught between two ruthless enemies, Johnson risks more than his career. The closer he gets to the truth, the higher the cost climbs. Will he survive it?
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Perfect for fans of Mark Greaney and James Rollins.
Into the Gray Zone
Thriller · Political Thriller
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With 4.5 out of 5 stars, Brad Taylor’s Into the Gray Zone is a New York Times bestseller packed with relentless action and high-stakes intrigue. When Pike Logan uncovers a proxy war destabilizing India, his Taskforce must race from Delhi to Goa to the Taj Mahal to stop a catastrophic plot. Perfect for fans of Mark Greaney and James Rollins.
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Pike Logan never mistakes chaos for coincidence. While conducting a routine security assessment in India, he intercepts an attack on a meeting between the CIA and Indian intelligence. Officials dismiss it as terrorism, but Pike knows better. Something larger is unfolding. A gray zone conflict where enemies wage proxy wars through mercenaries and extremist groups.
When the Taj Mahal becomes the next target and a lavish wedding erupts into slaughter and kidnapping, Pike and his Taskforce team are thrust into a race against time. What begins in Old Delhi’s markets escalates to the luxury resorts of Goa and the shadowy halls of global power.
To save the hostages and prevent global destabilization, Pike must stop a plot that blurs every line between war and peace.
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Perfect for fans of John le Carré and David Baldacci who love fast-paced, politically charged thrillers.
Hostage in Havana
Mystery · Thriller · Political Thriller
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With 4.2 out of 5 stars, Noel Hynd’s Hostage in Havana launches a gripping trilogy of espionage and danger in Cuba’s capital. U.S. Treasury Agent Alexandra LaDuca faces assassins, shifting loyalties, and forbidden romance on an unsanctioned mission. Perfect for fans of John le Carré and David Baldacci who love fast-paced, politically charged thrillers.
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U.S. Treasury Agent Alexandra LaDuca has no official orders and no backup when she leaves Manhattan for an illegal mission in Havana. Her partner on the ground is Paul Guarneri, a Cuban-born exile whose charm is matched only by his knack for operating in the grayest corners of the law.
In a city of faded glamour and simmering political tension, Alex must evade Cuban police, pro-Castro security forces, and an assassin who has followed her from New York. As bullets fly, loyalties shift—friends become enemies, and enemies turn into uneasy allies.
Still mourning the loss of her fiancé, Alex must navigate the dangerous intersections of faith, love, and espionage in a mission where one wrong move could be her last.
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What happens when a Supreme Court clerk shares a classified secret with the wrong person?
The Tenth Justice
Thriller · Political Thriller
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What happens when a Supreme Court clerk shares a classified secret with the wrong person? In this high-stakes legal thriller, Ben Addison finds himself blackmailed, betrayed, and running out of options. The Tenth Justice is a twisty Washington power play from New York Times bestseller Brad Meltzer, with 4.1 stars on Amazon and enough suspense to make your pulse file an appeal.
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Ben Addison just landed the job every young lawyer dreams of—Supreme Court clerk, Yale pedigree, fast track to influence.
Then he slips. One classified secret shared with the wrong person, and now Ben’s life is spiraling. The blackmailer made a fortune off that leak and wants more. Trapped by guilt and a threat he can’t escape, Ben turns to the only people he trusts: his childhood friends in high places and one razor-sharp fellow clerk.
But Washington runs on secrets. And in a city where betrayal is currency, no one stays clean for long.
As lies pile up and loyalties fray, Ben must decide how far he’s willing to go to save his career and his life.
Justice isn’t blind. It’s watching. And it’s armed.
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