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Looking at
how other web sites categorize their books, I realize that I could just
as easily put these selections in with the Mystery/Suspense.
However, there's something I feel that's different about these novels,
 deserving a space of their
own. Let's
face it categorizing is arbitrary.
So what I
decided is that spy stories and thrillers do not have murdered bodies
as the central theme as do Murder Mysteries. Yet, it's not that bodies
aren't routinely murdered. However, the focus is instead on political
or corporate intrigue, they are usually technical and detailed, they
sometimes weave historical events or headline news. The plots tend
to take place in several locations hopping from country to country. The
protagonist is often affiliated with a government or other covert organization
and the antics range from breathless chases to stealth operations. The
heroes are not always good guys but are on the good team or they're the
good guy on the wrong team. The bad guys are capable of the most heinous
punishments and ruthless subterfuge. Out of all fiction, these make the
best movies.
And maybe
that's the real difference right there, you can turn these books into
good movies because they are so action packed and visual and with so little
of that heady stuff that just doesn't convert easily to the film media.
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