thriller
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Similarly, General Shirreff wrote the political thriller "War With Russia" in 2016, in which he foresaw Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Bunker’s” issue isn’t its politics so much as how to present them: In unwieldily combining satire, family drama and finally thriller, it ill serves all three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ronnie “the Technician” Redfield—legendary to his peers, notorious to his targets—narrates this crafty thriller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
If that seems like an impossible contradiction, welcome to the mid-2020s, where reality seems increasingly like dystopian science fiction mixed with an especially opaque John le Carré spy thriller.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
She was also the technical advisor for the upcoming spy thriller Queen and Country, which is why the team was at Pinewood Studios just outside of London in the town of Iver Heath.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Working with cinematographer Ashley Connor, DeYoung drew from 1970s conspiracy thrillers like “The Parallax View” and “All the President’s Men.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He's written 10 Eddie Flynn books and a few stand-alone thrillers.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Two thrillers, unalike in style and attitude yet with much in common, arrive Wednesday to television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Like many Hitchcock thrillers, it is much more than an astute exercise in suspense and, once seen, lurks forever in the memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Yes, he’d made the phone call to Jenny Yen on an untraceable “burner” phone, just like the kidnappers and spies always did in paperback thrillers.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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