THE NOMINATION, by William G. Tapply
THE LAST THRILLER from the late, great William G. Tapply may lack polish, but has suspense and sizzle to spare.
Grade: SOLID B
THE NOMINATION
Skyhorse
2011
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews, Suspense, Thriller
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THE LAST THRILLER from the late, great William G. Tapply may lack polish, but has suspense and sizzle to spare.
Grade: SOLID B
THE NOMINATION
Skyhorse
2011
Tags: Novels, Solid B Reviews, Suspense, Thriller
GRIM NEAR-FUTURE APOCALYPSE centers around a youth movement poised between anarchy and fascism. Chilling.
Grade: B PLUS
NOISE
Spectra
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Suspense
SPOOKY, ATMOSPHERIC, STYLISH novel about obsession and family–BRIDESHEAD REVISITED times THE SECRET HISTORY!
Grade: A MINUS
THE POISON TREE
Viking/Pamela Dorman Books
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Suspense
TENSE, COMPLEX THRILLER, the 8th to feature elite security agent Charlie Fox, finds her taking on a deadly cult.
Grade: B PLUS
FOURTH DAY
Pegasus
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense, Thriller
INTRICATE SOUTH AFRICAN THRILLER contrasts the hunt for a serial killer, a tangle of post-apartheid politics.
Grade: B PLUS
THE OCTOBER KILLINGS
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2011
Tags: Africa, B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense, Thriller
TIMELY, TAUTLY PLOTTED thriller with a likable midlife heroine is compelling despite occasionally clunky prose.
Grade: B PLUS
FATAL ERROR
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense, Thriller
CULTURE CLASHES, NANOTECHNOLOGY are flashpoints for this suspenseful SF novel set in a near-future Istanbul.
Grade: B PLUS
THE DERVISH HOUSE
Pyr
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, SF, Suspense
GRITTY NOIR with a richly detailed Belize setting offers heart-stopping plot twists, quirky/seedy characters.
Grade: B PLUS
MR. HOOLIGAN
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Latino and Latina Writers, Mystery, Novels, Suspense
SUSPENSE AND THRILLER elements dominate a lightly sketched SF background in taut page-turner from Gene Wolfe.
Grade: B PLUS
HOME FIRES
Tor
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
THRILL-A-MINUTE SUSPENSE in delightfully chilling conspiracy page-turner; really works, despite its odd premise.
Grade: B PLUS
THE THOUSAND
Knopf
2010
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense, Thriller