Who doesn’t love a good thriller? For years, readers have been captivated by the world of mystery and suspense. The genre has grown into a monster of its own dabbling in various genres while redefining storytelling.

(1) The Snow Empress: A Thriller (Sano Ichiro 12) by Laura Joh Rowland (2007). The story follows detective Sano and his team who venture to northern Japan to solve the murder of the governors’ mistress.

(2) The Gray Man (The Gray Man 1) by Mark Greaney (2009). The story follows Court Gentry who, after assassinating a powerful figure, becomes hunted himself as he evades his pursuers to mount a mission to rescue his handler.

(3) Pegasus Descending (Dave Robicheaux #15) by James Lee Burke. Detective Dave Robicheaux investigates the death of a young co-ed while dealing with the daughter of his former partner who has her eyes on the man responsible for her father’s death.

(4) The Jakarta Pandemic (Alex Fletcher 1) by Steven Konkoly (2010). The unstoppable H16N1 virus rapidly spreads across the United States, stretching the fragile bonds of society to the breaking point, and Iraq War veteran Alex Fletcher realizes that the H16N1 virus will be the least of his problems as hostility and mistrust engulfs his idyllic Maine neighborhood.

(5) Ghost on Black Mountain by Ann Hite (2011). Told from five different women’s perspective, Ghost on Black Mountain tells the story of Hobbs Pritchard and how his life and actions affected each one of them.

(6) Line of Fire (A Titus Black Thriller 4) by R.J. Patterson (2020). When members of the intelligence community in Washington started disappearing, the CIA was prompted to investigate. Unable to trust anyone at the agency, the CIA turned to Firestorm and Titus Black to uncover the truth. However, what Black found was more than a vendetta against the agency by rogue operators, instead uncovering a conspiracy that stretched deep into the federal government. 

(7) Breeds 3 (Breeds 3) by Keith C. Blackmore (2016). Werewolf Douglas Kirk must survive against groups of human hunters and whole werewolf packs with orders to kill him on sight, forcing him to flee Halifax and confront the elusive elders, and learn the truth behind the order that made him what he is.

(8) The Cabinet of Curiosities (Agent Pendergast #3) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (2002). When an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are thirty-six bodies–all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago. While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city.

(9) The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz (1981). After suffering from her son’s death, Tina Evans might be ready to put her grief behind her and start over until a shocking message appears on the chalkboard in Danny’s NOT DEAD. Those two words send her on a terrifying journey where she uncovers a terrible secret.

(10) The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan 1) by Tom Clancy (1984). The story depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country’s ballistic missile submarine Red October and a CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he proves his theory that Ramius is intending to defect to the United States.

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