META-THRILLER DELIGHTS, SURPRISES: lots of action, and snark about publishing, academia, and the spy business.

SLY, GRIMLY CHARMING prep-school thriller: part HARRIET THE SPY, part THE SECRET HISTORY, entirely engrossing.

COMPLEX THRILLER TRACES an apocalyptic battle of angels and the plight of humans caught up in the struggle.

COMPLEX, ENTERTAINING THRILLER follows a psychiatrist and a cop along the trail of a serial killer.

DELIGHTFUL SUPERNATURAL SPY thriller hits the sweet spot between X-Men and le Carré. Great #beachread!

SCIENCE FICTION-FLAVORED spy thriller stars a hapless math Ph. D student on the run from shadowy agents. Fun!

TENSE JAPANESE THRILLER, told from the perspective of a master pickpocket at the mercy of a crime kingpin.

SUBTLE, MIND-BENDING THRILLER compellingly mixes time travel, espionage, and digital revolutionaries. Wild!

A VACATIONING WIDOW gets caught in the undertow of a Mexican drug war in this savvy noir-esque thriller.

ENGROSSING ALTERNATE HISTORY thriller inverts the War on Terror in a parallel universe. Beautifully done!