thriller Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/thriller/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:17:40 +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/tag/thriller/ 32 32 38398750 Two Kinds of Stranger https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:17:35 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19577 Plot has been my friend for months now so turning to a thriller in a series I’ve loved is no big surprise. Yes, Eddie Flynn, the former grifter turned lawyer is back in Steve Cavanagh’s book, Two Kinds of Stranger. This time he’s representing an Instagram influencer accused of murdering her husband and his mistress, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/feed/ 0 19577 Serial Killers: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:46:45 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19387 Happy Halloween Eve! I thought I’d pre-game tomorrow night’s creepy mood by sharing two reviews of novels about serial killers. You know, the kind of books you want to read with the lights on. In the middle of the day. And not alone.     Marie Tierney’s Deadly Animals is set in a small town […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/feed/ 0 19387 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 July Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/07/july-reading-wrap-up-7/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/07/july-reading-wrap-up-7/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:40:17 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19258 My surprise over the disappearance of July probably comes as no surprise as I seem to lament how quickly the months go on a regular basis now. It’s a disconnect from the feeling that we’re years into this president’s term based on the chaos and toxicity. The only thing keeping my poor psyche from exploding […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/07/july-reading-wrap-up-7/feed/ 4 19258 June Reading Recap https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/june-reading-recap-3/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/june-reading-recap-3/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2025 07:57:21 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19207 The photo above is more an interpretation of my brain these days than a statement about June in Seattle. Apologies to everyone in the path of this staggering heatwave, but it’s been a lovely month here weatherwise. My reading was similar. The stormy part comes into play in that in an effort to mute the […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/june-reading-recap-3/feed/ 4 19207 King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:51:42 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19202 I’ve been an S.A. Cosby fan since his debut, Blacktop Wasteland so was eager to read his newest novel, King of Ashes. Once again, Cosby settles in the small-town South, this time with a prodigal son forced to return home after his father is in an accident that leaves him in a coma. Roman Carruthers […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby/feed/ 5 19202 May Reading Recap https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/05/may-reading-recap-7/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/05/may-reading-recap-7/#comments Fri, 30 May 2025 07:22:06 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19151 May turned into quite a month for my reading and beyond. There’s plenty to share, but for now, I’ll stick with some of the books that stuck with me (and a couple that missed the mark).   Daniel is a criminal profiler who works finding serial killers. He’s chosen this line of work because he’s […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/05/may-reading-recap-7/feed/ 8 19151 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 Bones Beneath My Skin https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/the-bones-beneath-my-skin/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/the-bones-beneath-my-skin/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:13:25 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18977 After losing his job Nathan finds himself at loose ends. With no attachments in his life he decides to head to the remote cabin in Oregon that his parents left to him to lick his wounds and regroup. But author TJ Klune is having none of that in The Bones Beneath My Skin so when […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/02/the-bones-beneath-my-skin/feed/ 0 18977 More 2024 Reading I Loved https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/more-2024-reading-i-loved/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/12/more-2024-reading-i-loved/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:54:27 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18881 I’m back with more books I loved in 2024. On Friday I shared the fact that almost all my 5-star favorite books for the year were backlist, but I still wanted to give a shoutout to this wide variety of new releases I thought were wonderful. Each provided me with the escape I wanted in […]

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