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SYNDROME E, by Franck Thilliez

December 4, 2012

SHARP FRENCH THRILLER has an admirably complex plot, lots of action, intriguing neuroscience-fiction premise.

Grade: SOLID B

SYNDROME E
Viking
2012

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RED ARMY FACTION BLUES, by Ada Wilson

November 22, 2012

SHARP, COMPLEX HISTORICAL thriller captures the turbulence of the 1967 radical student movement in Berlin.

Grade: B PLUS

RED ARMY FACTION BLUES
Route
2012

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THE CHILD WHO… by Simon Lelic

November 17, 2012

INGENIOUSLY PLOTTED, DEFTLY characterized novel follows a high-profile murder case and its impact on a family.

Grade: B PLUS

THE CHILD WHO...
Penguin
2012

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TERMINAL POINT, by K. M. Ruiz

November 14, 2012

MUTANT PSYCHICS BATTLE for control of a post-apocalyptic Earth and its space colony. Lots of action!

Grade: B MINUS

TERMINAL POINT: A STRYKERS SYNDICATE NOVEL
St. Martin's
2012

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ANGELMAKER, by Nick Harkaway

October 28, 2012

A CLOCKMAKER STUMBLES upon a mysterious device and is pursued by shadowy forces in this wild, quirky thriller.

Grade: SOLID B

ANGELMAKER
Knopf Doubleday
2012

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GHOST KEY, by Trish J. MacGregor

October 22, 2012

ANGRY SPIRITS POSSESS the residents of a small Florida island in this spooky, complex paranormal thriller.

Grade: SOLID B

GHOST KEY
Tor
2012

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IMMOBILITY, by Brian Evenson

October 12, 2012

POST-APOCALYPTIC THRILLER’S ANTIHERO is amnesiac, recently unfrozen—still a quintessentially noir detective.

Grade: B PLUS

IMMOBILITY
Tor
2012

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12.21, by Dustin Thomason

October 10, 2012

GRANDLY TOPICAL APOCALYPSE in the Michael Crichton tradition features Mayan predictions of 2012 doom come true.

Grade: SOLID B

12.21: A NOVEL
The Dial Press
2012

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ENERGIZED, by Edward Lerner

September 25, 2012

FAST-PACED SPACE THRILLER set in a near future with orbiting power satellites and resorts at center stage.

Grade: SOLID B

ENERGIZED
Tor
2012

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15 SECONDS, by Andrew Gross

September 8, 2012

HIGH-ENERGY, TWISTILY PLOTTED “innocent man in jeopardy” thriller is edge-of-the-seat entertainment done well.

Grade: SOLID B

15 SECONDS
William Morrow
2012

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