From Spy Games to Time Crimes: 6 Books for Fans of Black Mirror
09 May 2025
From Spy Games to Time Crimes: 6 Books for Fans of Black Mirror
What do you get when you mix political espionage, time-warping conspiracies, and small-town justice? A thriller lineup that hits hard and never lets up. These six books deliver gripping missions, futuristic murder plots, and psychological unravelings that would make you question everything. If you like your stories razor-sharp and high-stakes, you’ve just met your next TBR.
Persephone’s Pool
by Marie Montine
Release Date: April 7, 2025
A hundred years into the future, intergalactic murders involving mythology begin. It’s up to two investigators to find out why. But the further they get into their investigation, the more dangerous the game becomes. Reader’s Favorite calls it “A scrumptious mix of suspense, mystery, and intrigue makes Persephone’s Pool a delightful treat that sci-fi and crime lovers will love.” 5 stars.
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The Surveillance (The Infiltrix Book 2)
by Kimberley Troutte
Release Date: February 19, 2025
Agent Heather Slade’s mission is to infiltrate the ruthless Senator Smith’s guarded mansion to record secret political conversations. Leading a team of assets, she throws an exclusive A-list officers’ party, and plants listening devices under their noses. Risk level is set at instant-kill. Will her team survive the party?
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The Tempests of Time (Ages of Malice Book 4)
by Lloyd Jeffries
Release Date: May 5, 2025
Time’s a Killer. The nightmare continues as Emery Merrick is flung through time by a cursed stranger. A secret society rigs centuries to end it all. Chaos rules. Jeffries slams this thrilling saga to a brutal peak with mind-blowing revelations, unrelenting twists, and supernatural horror. For King and Brown fans. “A masterpiece.”– Readers’ Favorite
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The Both of Us
by Dan Lawton
Release Date: May 1, 2025
A woman with a familiar voice and an explosive secret calls into a popular therapist hotline radio show, sending a suspecting husband on a hunt to find clues that will lead him to the truth about the caller’s identity—and about his family.
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Invaders of the Heartland
by James Bultema
Release Date: May 6, 2025
A town on the brink. A police force outgunned. A chief with nothing left to lose. A brutal Chinese crime syndicate invades small-town Oklahoma, using sex trafficking and illegal marijuana to build their empire. When a disgraced LAPD cop becomes police chief, the fight for justice ignites. Invaders of the Heartland is a gripping police thriller.
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The Boomerang
by Robert Bailey
Release Date: May 1, 2025
Armed with this deadly secret, Eli goes rogue, fleeing with his family out west. To keep them safe, he forms an uneasy alliance with land baron Nester “the Beast” Sanchez, known for his ruthless power tactics. An epic showdown brews, and it’s the state versus one desperate citizen, willing to risk everything to save his daughter. Can Eli broker a truce with his once allies? Or will there be war in the desert?
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