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Eighteen thrillers and crime novels for readers who like their weekends to disappear. This collection ranges from Sidney Sheldon's political machinations to a Kurt Wallander mystery at its darkest, from a Vatican conspiracy centuries in the making to a naval thriller that could reshape the world, from the mean streets of northeast England to the frozen wastes of Siberia. There's a hardboiled Australian historical mystery, a war correspondent novel that James Patterson called gripping, a Robert Rankin noir comedy unlike anything else in the genre, and one of the most chilling true crime accounts ever written. Something here for every kind of thriller reader.
1. The Best Laid Plans — Sidney Sheldon A woman makes a man President, and when he betrays her, she sets about unmaking him with the same precision and patience. Sheldon plotted like no one else — propulsive, glamorous, and impossible to put down.
2. The Few — Nadia Dalbuono Detective Scamarcio investigates a death in Rome that connects to the highest levels of Italian power. Dalbuono writes about Italy's beauty and its institutional rot with equal precision — sharp, atmospheric, and compulsively readable.
3. Siberian Light — Robin White A body in the Siberian wilderness. An American geologist. A Russian militia officer who needs the truth to stay buried. Elmore Leonard called it "one of a kind, a terrific book" — one of the best-kept secrets in thriller fiction.
4. Candle in the Wind — Peter Essex A thriller set against the sweeping backdrop of the South China Sea, where political tides and personal loyalties pull in opposite directions. Essex writes with atmosphere and pace — a find for fans of Asian-set spy fiction.
5. Born Under Punches — Martyn Waites Gritty, unsparing crime fiction set in the post-industrial northeast of England — the kind of place thrillers rarely visit and that Waites renders with brutal honesty. John Connolly called him one of the brightest talents in British crime writing, and he was right.
6. The Minutes of the Lazarus Club — Tony Pollard Victorian London. A secret society of the era's greatest scientific minds. A series of deaths that someone very powerful wants to keep quiet. Pollard brings real historical knowledge to a story that places fictional murder alongside the giants of Victorian invention.
7. No Free Man — Graham Potts A thriller rooted in the murky world where finance, politics, and arms dealing intersect — the kind of novel where the real horror is how plausible it all feels. Potts writes with the confidence of someone who has done his homework.
8. Trapped — Chris Jordan From the bestselling author of Taker — a thriller built around three of the most frightening words a parent can hear. Jordan is a master of the pressure-cooker plot, and this one does not let up.
9. The Western Banker — Joe Barrett A debut set in the shadowy world of international arms dealing. Fast, well-researched, and unnerving in the way that only stories rooted in real systems can be.
10. The Fifth Woman — Henning Mankell One of the darkest entries in the Wallander series — women are being killed in elaborate, premeditated ways, and Wallander is running out of time. Mankell's Ystad is one of the great settings in crime fiction, and this is the series at full power.
11. The Toyminator — Robert Rankin Don't be fooled by the teddy bear on the cover — or do, because the bear is the point. Rankin's Toy City novels are a genuinely deranged hybrid of hardboiled noir and surreal comedy. Wildly entertaining and unlike anything else in crime fiction.
12. The Assassini — Thomas Gifford A Vatican conspiracy thriller — secret assassins, centuries of buried truth, and a Church that will do whatever it takes to protect itself. Gifford was working this territory long before Dan Brown arrived, and with considerably more craft.
13. The Notary — Catherine Jinks Medieval France, a notary, and the question posed on the cover: what price lust? Jinks is an Australian author with remarkable range, and this historical thriller has all the moral murkiness and period atmosphere you could want.
14. Beyond Belief — Emlyn Williams A chronicle of murder and its detection — Williams' meticulous, chilling account of the Moors Murders remains one of the most important and disturbing true crime books ever written. Not easy reading, but essential for anyone who wants to understand how evil operates in plain sight.
15. The Death Trust — David A. Rollins Special Agent Vin Cooper investigates a death at a US air base in Germany that turns out to be anything but accidental. Rollins brings real military knowledge to his thrillers — the Sydney Morning Herald said it "sucked me right in." It does.
16. Sandstealers — Ben Brown War correspondents, a death in the field, and the question of who among them might be responsible. BBC journalist Ben Brown brings the adrenaline, guilt, and moral compromise of the frontline to fiction with complete authenticity.
17. Flint — Paul Eddy "First there was Clarice Starling. Now meet Flint." A female undercover DEA agent, a cartel she's spent years infiltrating, and a conspiracy that reaches further than she ever imagined. Eddy's investigative journalism background gives this procedural authenticity that most thrillers can only gesture at.
18. Tsar — Ted Bell Alex Hawke faces a resurgent Russia and a threat that could tip the world toward catastrophe. Bell writes old-school, big-canvas thrillers in the Bond tradition — globe-trotting, high-stakes, and enormous fun if you surrender to them completely.
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Eighteen thrillers and crime novels for readers who like their weekends to disappear. This collection ranges from Sidney Sheldon's political machinations to a Kurt Wallander mystery at its darkest, from a Vatican conspiracy centuries in the making to a naval thriller that could reshape the world, from the mean streets of northeast England to the frozen wastes of Siberia. There's a hardboiled Australian historical mystery, a war correspondent novel that James Patterson called gripping, a Robert Rankin noir comedy unlike anything else in the genre, and one of the most chilling true crime accounts ever written. Something here for every kind of thriller reader.
1. The Best Laid Plans — Sidney Sheldon A woman makes a man President, and when he betrays her, she sets about unmaking him with the same precision and patience. Sheldon plotted like no one else — propulsive, glamorous, and impossible to put down.
2. The Few — Nadia Dalbuono Detective Scamarcio investigates a death in Rome that connects to the highest levels of Italian power. Dalbuono writes about Italy's beauty and its institutional rot with equal precision — sharp, atmospheric, and compulsively readable.
3. Siberian Light — Robin White A body in the Siberian wilderness. An American geologist. A Russian militia officer who needs the truth to stay buried. Elmore Leonard called it "one of a kind, a terrific book" — one of the best-kept secrets in thriller fiction.
4. Candle in the Wind — Peter Essex A thriller set against the sweeping backdrop of the South China Sea, where political tides and personal loyalties pull in opposite directions. Essex writes with atmosphere and pace — a find for fans of Asian-set spy fiction.
5. Born Under Punches — Martyn Waites Gritty, unsparing crime fiction set in the post-industrial northeast of England — the kind of place thrillers rarely visit and that Waites renders with brutal honesty. John Connolly called him one of the brightest talents in British crime writing, and he was right.
6. The Minutes of the Lazarus Club — Tony Pollard Victorian London. A secret society of the era's greatest scientific minds. A series of deaths that someone very powerful wants to keep quiet. Pollard brings real historical knowledge to a story that places fictional murder alongside the giants of Victorian invention.
7. No Free Man — Graham Potts A thriller rooted in the murky world where finance, politics, and arms dealing intersect — the kind of novel where the real horror is how plausible it all feels. Potts writes with the confidence of someone who has done his homework.
8. Trapped — Chris Jordan From the bestselling author of Taker — a thriller built around three of the most frightening words a parent can hear. Jordan is a master of the pressure-cooker plot, and this one does not let up.
9. The Western Banker — Joe Barrett A debut set in the shadowy world of international arms dealing. Fast, well-researched, and unnerving in the way that only stories rooted in real systems can be.
10. The Fifth Woman — Henning Mankell One of the darkest entries in the Wallander series — women are being killed in elaborate, premeditated ways, and Wallander is running out of time. Mankell's Ystad is one of the great settings in crime fiction, and this is the series at full power.
11. The Toyminator — Robert Rankin Don't be fooled by the teddy bear on the cover — or do, because the bear is the point. Rankin's Toy City novels are a genuinely deranged hybrid of hardboiled noir and surreal comedy. Wildly entertaining and unlike anything else in crime fiction.
12. The Assassini — Thomas Gifford A Vatican conspiracy thriller — secret assassins, centuries of buried truth, and a Church that will do whatever it takes to protect itself. Gifford was working this territory long before Dan Brown arrived, and with considerably more craft.
13. The Notary — Catherine Jinks Medieval France, a notary, and the question posed on the cover: what price lust? Jinks is an Australian author with remarkable range, and this historical thriller has all the moral murkiness and period atmosphere you could want.
14. Beyond Belief — Emlyn Williams A chronicle of murder and its detection — Williams' meticulous, chilling account of the Moors Murders remains one of the most important and disturbing true crime books ever written. Not easy reading, but essential for anyone who wants to understand how evil operates in plain sight.
15. The Death Trust — David A. Rollins Special Agent Vin Cooper investigates a death at a US air base in Germany that turns out to be anything but accidental. Rollins brings real military knowledge to his thrillers — the Sydney Morning Herald said it "sucked me right in." It does.
16. Sandstealers — Ben Brown War correspondents, a death in the field, and the question of who among them might be responsible. BBC journalist Ben Brown brings the adrenaline, guilt, and moral compromise of the frontline to fiction with complete authenticity.
17. Flint — Paul Eddy "First there was Clarice Starling. Now meet Flint." A female undercover DEA agent, a cartel she's spent years infiltrating, and a conspiracy that reaches further than she ever imagined. Eddy's investigative journalism background gives this procedural authenticity that most thrillers can only gesture at.
18. Tsar — Ted Bell Alex Hawke faces a resurgent Russia and a threat that could tip the world toward catastrophe. Bell writes old-school, big-canvas thrillers in the Bond tradition — globe-trotting, high-stakes, and enormous fun if you surrender to them completely.
