Espionage / Thriller

Sliver of Truth by Lisa Unger - From the cryptic opening section, which ends with a New York Times reporter finding her husband bleeding to death, Unger grabs the reader by the throat and doesn't let go. (March 2008)

The Echelon Vendetta by David Stone - An international spy thriller that traverses from Venice to London to Washington, D.C. (March 2008)

The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly - "The Lizard Cage is a thrilling, vital excoriation of the military junta that has ruled Burma for decades....Karen Connelly's language and imagery evoke the short stories and poems that trickle out of Burma, by turns fearful and violent, beautiful and rancid." --The Wall Street Journal (April 2008)

Dead Before Dying by Deon Meyer - South African journalist Meyer's first novel, his third to be released in the U.S. (Feb 2008)

Deep Storm by Lincoln Child - Peter Crane, a former naval doctor, is summoned to a remote oil platform on the Atlantic to help diagnose a medical condition spreading through the rig workers, where a top-secret team is investigating a remarkable discovery. (February 2008)

Prepared for Rage by Dana Stabenow (February 2008)

The Watchman by Robert Crais - (January 2008)

Breakpoint by Richard A. Clarke - The global village-an intricately intertwined network of technology that binds together the world's economies, governments, and communication systems. So large, so vital-and so fragile. Now a sophisticated group is seeking to "disconnect the globe"-destroying computer grids, communications satellites, Internet cable centers, biotech firms. (December 2007)

Vicious Circle by Robert Littell - (November 2007)

Dead Street by Mickey Spillane - Spillane's book he was writing when he died in 2006. (October 2007)

Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille - Set in October 2002, bestseller DeMille's can't-put-it-down fourth thriller to feature ex-NYPD detective John Corey involves an American right-wing plot to suitcase-nuke two U.S. cities. (October 2007)

The Mission Song by John LeCarre - An engrossing tale of an idealistic and naïve British interpreter, Bruno "Salvo" Salvador. (November 2007)

Deceit by James Siegel - Tom Valle, is a journalist in exile after writing more than 50 fake stories for a major New York City newspaper, a scandal that led to criminal charges for him and disgrace for the respected editor blamed for not having caught his lies. Now, Valle toils for a small California paper, covering mall openings and the birthdays of elderly locals. One such fluff assignment gives Valle a chance at redemption. (October 2007)

Exile by Richard North Patterson - David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about to get married, and he's being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif--the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school--he begins a completely unexpected journey. (August 2007)

The Zero by Jess Walter -From the opening pages of The Zero – when hero cop Brian Remy wakes up to find he's shot himself in the head–novelist Jess Walter takes us on a harrowing tour of a city and a country shuddering through the aftershocks of a devastating terrorist attack. (August 2007)

The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth - The threat of a catastrophic assault on the West, discovered on a senior al-Qaeda member's computer, compels the leaders of the U.S. and the U.K. to attempt a desperate gambit—to substitute a seasoned British operative for an Afghan Taliban commander being held prisoner at Guantánamo Bay and then arrange Martin's release into Afghan custody. (August 2007)

Fear by Jeff Abbott - Miles Kendrick is a federal witness hiding from the mob, constantly haunted by the horrifying memories of his best friend’s death. While helping his psychiatrist with a mysterious favor, Miles stumbles into a murder. (August 2007)