title: Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys: A Reader's Guide to Adventure/Suspense Fiction (Genreflecting Advisory Series)
author:  Michael B. Gannon 
description: Certain adventure and suspense novels are close cousins to mystery fiction, and in some of the literature, authors such as John Grisham and Sue Grafton are treated as being part of the same genre. Library Unlimited's Genreflecting Advisory Series takes a different approach. This new title in the series covers intrigue, thrillers, and other action- and suspense-based fiction, while <i>Make Mine a Mystery</i>, which was published in 2003, concerns itself with novels featuring puzzle-solving detectives.
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  He’s the suspense star behind the new 007 novel . . . A “Best Novel of the
  Year” award–winner from the International Thriller Writers organization . . .
  Jeffery Deaver _is hotter than ever!_
  
   **Read these acclaimed bestsellers from the “master of ticking bomb suspense”
  (** _ **People**_ **) —who also writes as William Jefferies (** _ **Bloody
  River Blues**_ **and the Edgar Award–nominated** _ **Shallow Graves**_ **)**
  
   **A thrilling stand-alone novel**
  
   _ **EDGE**_
  
  “[A] nail-biter. . . . Breakneck action [for] fans of Deaver’s fiendishly
  clever suspensers.”
  
  — _Kirkus Reviews_ (starred review)
  
   **The ninth novel in his “simply outstanding” (** _ **San Jose Mercury
  News**_ **) Lincoln Rhyme series**
  
   _ **THE BURNING WIRE**_
  
  “Sterling. . . . Not even the brilliant Rhyme can foresee the shocking twists
  the case will take in this electrically charged thriller.”
  
  — _Publishers Weekly_ (starred review)
  
  “Deaver, master of the plot twist, does his usual mag