What do you expect out of your thrillers?
I expressed some opinions about this on Twitter, but thought I would make it a full blown post of its own. Marilyn Stasio reviews Olen Steinhauer’s [amazo...
Tag: espionage
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
Cover of The Tourist I will be honest. I am an Olen Steinhauer fan. Have been since I picked up his first book, The Bridge of Sighs, some time ago (and started...
The Silent Man by Alex Berenson
The New York Times starts its review of The Silent Man by Alex Berenson this way: A novel can, and should, do many things, but a thriller need do only one. If i...
The Ghost War by Alex Berenson
You had to think Alex Berenson felt a little pressure on his second book. The first won an Edgar Award after all and ended with its hero saving New York City ...
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson
I used to read a great deal of espionage thrillers. I especially liked a series with a repeating central character. In high school and college I used to dev...
My favorite book of 2009
I normally don’t read books this far in advance, but I couldn’t help but read the advance copy of Olen Steinhauer’s The Tourist as soon as I g...