Thriller Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/thriller/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:30:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Thriller Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/thriller/ 32 32 38398750 Twenty Years Later https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/twenty-years-later/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/twenty-years-later/#respond Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:27:43 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19477 Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea combines true crime television, celebrities, and 9/11. The story begins with the salacious murder of a famous author. The circumstantial evidence at the scene leads to a suspect, Victoria Ford, being indicted. Before the case can proceed to trial she disappears. Twenty years later her DNA is identified from […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/01/twenty-years-later/feed/ 0 19477 Spy novels: Mini-reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/spy-novels-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/spy-novels-mini-reviews/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:00:28 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19309 Given that thrillers have been such fabulous reading for me lately, I thought it was worth sharing two more this week. Author Alma Katsu worked in the world of U.S. intelligence at the CIA and NSA for 29 years imbuing her Red Widow series with an authenticity that makes both novels, Red Widow and Red […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/spy-novels-mini-reviews/feed/ 0 19309 Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/witness-8-by-steve-cavanagh/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/witness-8-by-steve-cavanagh/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:05:43 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19056 I’m switching gears from heart-warming to heart-pounding with Witness 8 the latest in the Eddie Flynn mystery series. When the body of a wealthy woman is found dead in her home in an exclusive Manhattan neighborhood it leaves the rest of the neighbors stunned that such a thing could happen. That the murderer turns out […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/03/witness-8-by-steve-cavanagh/feed/ 2 19056 The Sequel by Jean Hanff Korelitz https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-sequel-by-jean-hanff-korelitz/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-sequel-by-jean-hanff-korelitz/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:16:00 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18792 More devious, delicious, escape reading! The Sequel is just that, the sequel to Jean Hanff Korelitz’s novel The Plot. Anna Williams-Bonner is the widow of critically acclaimed author Jacob Bonner. Only she’s not happy about her husband’s success as his novel cuts a bit too close to her own life. She’s aggrieved by this as […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/11/the-sequel-by-jean-hanff-korelitz/feed/ 0 18792 Nightwatching: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/nightwatching-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/nightwatching-a-novel/#comments Thu, 09 May 2024 07:29:57 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18412 On Tuesday I shared a slow-burn novel of suspense, so I’m wrapping up the week with a fast-paced dreadfest extravaganza. Author Tracy Sierra takes on the primal ‘stranger in the house’ fear that’s spawned decades of movies and books and makes it her own in her debut, Nightwatching. In this modern take on old-fashioned terror […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/nightwatching-a-novel/feed/ 4 18412 The Puzzle Master: A Novel https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/06/the-puzzle-master-a-novel/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/06/the-puzzle-master-a-novel/#comments Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:30:35 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17651 It’s been a long time since I’ve reviewed a book that I not only loved, but would recommend to everyone I know. The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni is a propulsive novel about a man with an extraordinary gift for puzzles, patterns, and all things numbers who’s pulled into unexpected drama when a prison inmate asks […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/06/the-puzzle-master-a-novel/feed/ 4 17651 State of Terror by Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/state-of-terror-by-louise-penny-and-hillary-clinton/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/10/state-of-terror-by-louise-penny-and-hillary-clinton/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:55:01 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16208 We’ve all heard of crossover artists. Singers who become actors. Actors who become writers. But politicians? Not so much. Politicking is a skill that doesn’t often translate to other arenas. I tried reading fiction by a politician that I admire tremendously and I quit at 10%. So, it was with great trepidation that I decided […]

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