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Ballistic by Frank Gardner

By Paul Burke

11 August, 2026

Well respected BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner is a man with his finger on the geopolitical pulse. His Luke Carlton thrillers have traversed issues and regions around the world and now with the fifth in the series, Ballistic, he is as topical as ever. The…

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Skyring Water by Louis and Beau L’Amour

By Paul Burke

17 June, 2026

Before his death in 1988, Louis L’Amour was a legend in the Western genre for decades with bestsellers such as Last of the Breed, Hondo and Shalako. Many of his novels became films, some of them classics. While Westerns where what he was known for,…

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The Dark Time by Nick Petrie

By Vicki Weisfeld

30 March, 2026

The Dark Time is the ninth in Nick Petrie’s action thriller series featuring Peter Ash, a US Marine veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. It’s the fifth in the series I’ve read, and it has the familiar cast of characters including loyal partner June…

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On the Trail by Kerry J Donovan

By Paul Burke

26 January, 2026

Lots of authors would love to come up with the next Jack Reacher but for many it’s a bit of a long shot. However, there is plenty of room for more blistering action series that deliver the dopamine hits we thriller fans crave. Behind the…

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First look: On the Trail by Kerry J Donovan

By crimefictionlover

6 January, 2026

Crime fiction lovers who enjoy pace, momentum and impact should keep an eye out for On the Trail by Kerry J Donovan, out 15 January from Vinci Books. This is the 14th novel in the author’s Ryan Kaine series, wherein our eponymous hero takes on…

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Survive the Christmas Drive by Krystal Powers

By Erin Britton

12 December, 2025

Krystal Powers’s Survive the Christmas Drive is a holiday-set thriller built on a simple but effective premise: a young couple on a long holiday drive, a brutal Midwestern blizzard and a group of escaped killers somewhere out on the same icy roads. It’s a self-contained,…

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Come and Get Her by Bruce Conord

By Vicki Weisfeld

5 December, 2025

When you’re in the mood for a full-throttle adventure, beginning to end, consider the debut suspense thriller Come and Get her by Bruce Conord. I raced through the pages to find out what deadly hazard hero Jesse Arroyo would face next and whether he’d finally…

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No Quarter by Paul Finch

By RoughJustice

14 May, 2025

Last year’s Rogue was an outrageous man on a mission thriller. After six years away, British author Paul Finch seemed to come out of nowhere to send DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenberg up into the Scottish hinterland to wreak havoc on those responsible for the Ace…

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Ballistic by Frank Gardner

Skyring Water by Louis and Beau L’Amour

The Dark Time by Nick Petrie

On the Trail by Kerry J Donovan

First look: On the Trail by Kerry J Donovan

Survive the Christmas Drive by Krystal Powers

Come and Get Her by Bruce Conord

No Quarter by Paul Finch

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