Historical Mysteries & Thrillers We’re Reading This Year
In 2023 mysteries and thrillers continue to be some of the most popular genres in fiction. We just love that edge-of-your-seat feeling and that satisfaction of solving a crime. But we also love the way historical books open up truths about the past we may otherwise have never known. If you love mysteries, thrillers, and suspense novels and you also love history, there’s really no need to choose between the two. Plenty of books are tackling both and doing it really well. Here are 11 historical mystery-thrillers we’re planning to add to our crime fiction reading this year.
Ex-U.S. Justice Department agent turned antiquarian book dealer Cotton Malone has captured the attention of readers everywhere over the course of several of Steve Berry's action-packed thrillers. Berry's latest book about Cotton, The Last Kingdom, sees the character and his protégé Luke Daniels in a race across Bavaria in a hunt at a place that may or may not exist. History tells us that King Ludwig II of Bavaria searched the world for a new kingdom that he could retreat into and rule as he wished. But did he ever find it?
The 9th Man is another must-read historical mystery from bestselling authors Steve Barry and Grant Blackwood. Jillian Stein has made a huge mistake and now her life might be on the line. Thankfully, Luke Daniels is there to help. Washington insider Thomas Rowland knows that everything we know about the John F. Kennedy assassination is wrong. There is so much more to the story, and Rowland will stop at nothing to keep the world from finding out the truth, even if it means killing anyone who might be a threat, including Luke and Jillian.
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