thrillers
‘Butterfly’ is a frustrating spy thriller with a few too many twists
Daniel Dae Kim stars in a thriller about a spy who comes out of hiding to save his long-lost daughter. But instead of personal revelations, the series gets mired in plot twists and shoot-outs.
A dogged reporter takes on a mysterious cabal in ‘The Diary of Lies’
Philip Miller's sinister thriller is set in a Great Britain that's lost its bearings. But even when she's terrified, fictional journalist Shona Sandison will always risk everything to get the story.
Give ‘The Hunting Wives’ 15 minutes — and you’ll know whether it’s right for you
This erotic thriller murder mystery series on Netflix is silly, raunchy and high drama. But if it's up your alley, you might find it a pretty well-executed bit of summer entertainment.
Stacey Abrams warns of autocracy and voter suppression, doesn’t rule out another run
Abrams isn't running for office — but she's not ruling it out, either. "Politics is a tool ... for getting good done, but it's not the only one." Her new thriller is Coded Justice.
Cold case mystery ‘Dept. Q’ focuses more on the characters than crime
An Edinburgh police detective and a team of misfits search for a woman who vanished several years earlier. Critic John Powers says the byplay of characters makes Dept. Q worth watching.
‘The Stalker’ is one of the most appalling characters in recent American fiction
Paula Bomer's dizzying book is a fascinating look at an absurdly stupid young man in the early 1990s who manages to sustain himself despite having no evidence of a soul.
