Meet BTB Reviewer Kashif Hussain

 
 

Background: I love reading in general, but I always come back to thrillers. Thrillers excite me like no other genre and I try to get my hands on every thriller I might find intriguing and then review it for my folks! In whatever time reading doesn’t take up for me, I’m trying to apply my knowledge and skillset in helping AI take over the world in a safe way.

Go-To Author: Adam Hamdy - he's a terrific storyteller who knows just how to infuse high-stakes action-packed stories with warm and compelling emotional energy for a great payoff. From espionage thrillers to science fiction, he knows how to nail them all!

Author People Should Discover: Rio Youers - his prose is simply masterful. He digs deep into the flawed and deeply human characters of his stories and strikes a fantastic balance between story-driven and character-driven narratives. Once you pick up his books, you'll want to keep reading them.


Book You Would Recommend From 2023: Fearless by M.W. Craven. It's an action-packed ride with a clever premise of a badass protagonist who doesn't feel fear the way normal folks do. What follows is carnage in the best possible way.

Most-Anticipated Book Of 2024: Bang Bang Sisters by Rio Youers - the description is essentially rock-and-roll with vigilante action.... can't go wrong with that!

Favorite Local Bookstore: Barnes and Noble at Firewheel Town Center; great selection of books and delicious cookies.

Favorite Charities: Miracle Foundation is an international nonprofit organization for children. Focused on orphans in need and partnered with over 300 orphanages in India.

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View Kashif’s Latest Reviews (book pub. dates)

Tom Clancy's Line of Demarcation by M.P. Woodward (5/20/25)
Hard Town by Adam Plantinga (4/8/25)
The Memory Ward by Jon Bassoff (3/4/25)
Where the Bones Lie by Nick Kolakowski (3/11/25)
Don't Tell Me How to Die by Marshall Karp (3/4/25)
Midnight Black by Mark Greaney (2/18/25)
Nemesis by Gregg Hurwitz (2/11/25)
Blood Ties by Jo Nesbø (2/11/25)
The Oligarch's Daughter by Joseph Finder (1/28/25)
The Mailman by Andrew Welsh-Huggins (1/28/25)
Dead Money by Jakob Kerr (1/28/25)
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Vendetta by Brian Freeman (1/14/25)
Babylon Will Rise by Eric Bishop (12/5/24)
Deadbeat by Adam Hamdy (12/3/24)
Nobody's Hero by M.W. Craven (12/3/24)
New Beginning by Lukas Walker (11/19/24)
Hotel Lucky Seven by Kōtarō Isaka (11/19/24)
The Collaborators by Michael Idov (11/19/24)
Tokyo Swindlers by Ko Shinjo (11/12/24)
Origin Story by A.M. Adair (10/22/24)
Run by Blake Crouch (10/22/24)
Warlord Actual by Aiden Bailey (10/6/24)
The Elias Network by Simon Gervais (10/1/24)
Break Every Rule by Brian Freeman (9/10/24)
Capture or Kill by Don Bentley`(9/3/24)
The Accomplice by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Aaron Philip Clark (9/3/24)
An Honorable Assassin by Steve Hamilton (8/27/24)
Enemy of the State by Robert Swartwood (8/20/24)
Worth Killing For by Max Luther (8/15/24)
Burn Out by Joshua Hood (8/13/24)
Shadow of Doubt by Brad Thor (8/6/24)
Double Threat by Patrick Weill (8/1/24)
In Any Lifetime by Marc Guggenheim (8/1/24)
The Recruiter by Gregg Podolski (7/23/24)
Shades of Mercy By Bruce Borgos (7/16/24)
The Bang Bang Sisters by Rio Youers (7/16/24)
The Bourne Shadow by Brian Freeman (7/16/24)
Cage of Traitors By Aiden L Bailey (7/11/24)
The Tennessee Killers by Jethro Wegener (7/2/24)
Sentinel by Mark Greaney (6/25/24)
Standing Strong by Stephen Leather (6/20/24)
Red Sky Mourning by Jack Carr (6/18/24)
Breach of Trust by Eric P. Bishop (6/18/24)
Ghost Jumper by A. A. Warren (6/11/24)
A Warrior's Path by Steve Stratton (6/11/24)
A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson (6/11/24)
Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart (6/11/24)
The Devil's Fortress by Dale Brown (5/28/24)
If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay (05/28/24)
Act of Defiance by Andrews and Wilson (5/21/24)
A Spy Like Me by Kim Sherwood (4/23/24)
Catchpenny by Charlie Huston (4/9/24)
Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton (4/9/24)
Day of Wrath by Matthew Cricchio (4/8/24)
Deep Cover by Aiden Bailey (4/7/24)
Guns and Almond Milk by Mustafa Marwan (4/2/24)
4 Minutes by Andrews & Wilson (4/2/24)
City in Ruins by Don Winslow (04/2/24)
Lethal Horizon by Jason Kasper (3/26/24)
Lethal Action by Andrew Warren & Aiden Bailey (3/19/24)
Cape Rage by Ron Corbett (3/19/24)
On the Run by Max Luther (3/14/24)
To Kill a Shadow By Julia Castleton (3/2/24)
Outlaw by Jack Stewart (2/20/24)
The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney (2/20/24)
Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz (2/13/24)
Crosshairs by James Patterson and James O. Born (2/12/24)
Black Cordite, White Snow by Nate Granzow (2/11/24)
The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (2/6/24)
The Price You Pay by Nick Petrie (2/6/24)
The Trigger Man by Aiden Bailey (1/31/24)
The Mountain King by Anders de la Motte (1/30/24)
The Ascent by Adam Plantinga (1/2/24)
The Girl Beyond Forever by Adam Loxwood (12/12/23)
Shadowfast Trilogy (Metal Lies) by Cole Chase (12/12/23)
Night Owl by Andrew Mayne (12/1/23)
Assassin's Mark by Ward Larsen (11/28/23)
Unknown Rider by Jack Stewart (11/21/23)
The Warmaker by Benjamin Spada (11/15/23)
The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak (11/14/23)
The Doomsday Code by Sara Yager (11/14/23)
Devil's Own Day by Joe Goldberg (11/14/23)
Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi (11/14/23)
A New Game by A.M. Adair (10/27/23)
Baltic Black Ops By Stephen Leather (10/26/23)
The Secret by Lee Child and Andrew Child (10/24/23)
The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett (10/24/23)
Blood Lines by Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille (10/10/23)
The Defector by Chris Hadfield (10/10/23)
Ransomed Daughter by Eric Bishop (10/10/23)
The Last Guardian by Simon Gervais (10/10/23)
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver (10/5/23)
The Night House by Jo Nesbo (10/3/23)
Moscow X by David McCloskey (10/3/23)
Dead Hand by James Stejskal (9/21/23)
The Traitor by Ava Glass (9/19/23)
The Exploit by Daniel Scanlon (9/14/23)
The Belgrade Conspiracy by Jason Kasper (9/12/23)
Code Red by Kyle Mills (9/12/23)
77 North by D. L. Marshall (9/7/23)
Tom Clancy's Weapons Grade by Don Bentley (9/5/23)
White Fire by Adam Hamdy (8/31/23)
Shadow Sanction by Steve Stratton (8/30/23)
The Killing Room by Robert Swartwood (8/22/23)
Fadeaway Joe by Hugh Lessig (8/22/23)
What Still Burns by Elle Grawl (8/15/23)
The Last One by Will Dean (8/8/23)
Deadlock by James Byrne (8/8/23)
The Sandbox by Andrews and Wilson (7/25/23)
The Bourne Defiance by Brian Freeman (7/25/23)
Dead Fall by Brad Thor (7/25/23)
Clean Kill by Stephen Leather (7/20/23)
The Bitter Past by Bruce Borgos (7/18/23)
Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman (7/11/23)
Fearless by M. W. Craven (7/11/23)
Soon Dies the Day by Stephen England (6/30/23)
The Guardian by Joshua Hood (6/27/23)
Disarm by Lukas Walker (6/23/23)
Shrouded in Darkness by Charles Hack (6/23/23)
The Eden Initiative by David Scott (6/15/23)
Inside Threat by Matthew Quirk (6/13/23)
What Remains by Wendy Walker (6/13/23)
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby (6/6/23)
Endless Vessel by Charles Soule (6/6/23)
Six Bullets to a Man by Jethro Wegener (6/2/23)
The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry (5/30/23)
Weapons of Opportunity by Dale Brown (5/30/23)
Triggers by Stephen Leather (5/28/23)
Dark Horizon by James Swallow (5/25/23)
Flash Point by Don Bentley (5/23/23)
The Last Songbird by Daniel Weizmann (5/23/23)
The Devil You Know by Chris Hauty (5/23/23)
Dead Drop by M.P Woodward (5/23/23)
Only the Dead by Jack Carr (5/16/23)
Forgotten War by Don Bentley (4/25/23)
City of Dreams by Don Winslow (4/18/23)
The Instructor by T.R. Hendricks (4/11/23)
Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood (4/11/23)
Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen (4/4/23)
The Guilty One by Bill Schweigart (3/21/23)
Robert Ludlum's The Treadstone Rendition by Joshua Hood (3/16/23)
Wolf Trap by Connor Sullivan (3/14/23)
Deep Fake by Ward Larsen (3/14/23)
Beast Three Six by Jason Kasper (3/14/23)
Red London by Alma Katsu (3/14/23)
Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton (3/14/23)
The Mazatlan Showdown by Patrick Weill (3/13/23)
What Have We Done by Alex Finlay (3/7/23)
Death Watch by Stona Fitch (3/2/23)
The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson (2/28/23)
Net Force: Moving Target by Jerome Preisler (2/21/23)
Dempsey by Andrews & Wilson (2/21/23)
Burner by Mark Greaney (2/21/23)
Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent (2/14/23)
The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz (2/14/23)
The Bullet Garden by Stephen Hunter (1/24/23)
Shadow State by Andy McNab (1/5/23)
Still Standing by Stephen Leather (1/5/23)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Dragonfire by James Swallow (1/3/23)
Murder Book By Thomas Perry (1/3/23)
Amok by Barry Eisler (12/6/22)
Red Winter by Marc Cameron (12/6/22)
Judas 62 by Charles Cumming (12/6/22)
One of Those Faces by Elle Grawl (12/1/22)
Rio Grande Night by Stephen Leather (11/27/22)
NYPD Red 7: Murder Sorority by Marshall Karp (11/22/22)
Little Black Crimes by Nathaniel Blackhelm (11/20/22)
Whispers of a Gypsy by JT Patten (11/18/22)
Rebellious Son by Joe Goldberg (11/15/22)
The Survivor by Simon Conway (11/3/22)
No Plan B by Lee Child and Andrew Child (10/25/22)
The Blackbriar Genesis by Simon Gervais (10/18/22)
The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy (10/11/22)
The Furies by John Connolly (9/27/22)
Oath of Loyalty by Kyle Mills (9/13/22)
Blowback by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois (9/12/22)
The Hacker by Daniel Scanlan (9/1/22)
Kingdom of Spies by Bevan G. Roberts (9/1/22)
Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger (8/23/22)
Narco Assassins by Jason Kasper (8/23/22)
Out of the Blue by M.M. Harrold 8/20/22
Firestorm by Taylor Moore (8/16/22)
Dark Harvest by Will Jordan (8/16/22)
The Titan Protocol by David Scott (8/16/22)
Heat 2 by Meg Gardiner & Michael Mann (8/9/22)
The Last Sentinel by Simon Gervais (8/9/22)
The Neighborhood by Matthew Betley (8/9/22)
I Will Kill You by Halo Scot (8/8/22)
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (8/6/22)
A Simple Choice by David Pepper (8/2/22)
Alias Emma by Ava Glass (8/2/22)
FNG by Benjamin Spada (7/31/22)
The Bourne Sacrifice by Brian Freeman (7/26/22)
The Nameless Height by J.D. Narramore (7/21/22)
Dirty War by Stephen Leather (7/21/22)
The It Girl by Ruth Ware (7/12/22)
The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci (7/12/22)
Dark Objects by Simon Toyne (7/12/22)
Upgrade by Blake Crouch (7/12/22)
Into the Darkness by Charles Hack (7/8/22)
Rising Tiger by Brad Thor (7/5/22)
Armored by Mark Greaney (7/5/22)
Outside by Ragnar Jonasson (6/28/22)
China Hand by Scott Spacek (6/21/22)
Shadow Tier by Steve Stratton (6/14/22)
Cold Fear by Brandon Webb & John David Mann (6/7/22)
Zero Hour by Don Bentley (6/7/22)
Snowstorm in August by Marshall Karp (6/7/22)
Sons of Valor II: Violence of Action by Andrews and Wilson (6/7/22)
The Gatekeeper by James Byrne (6/7/22)
It Dies with You by Scott Blackburn (6/7/22)
The Handler by M.P. Woodward (5/31/22)
Airside James Swallow by (5/26/22)
In the Blood by Jack Carr (5/17/22)
The Island by Adrian McKinty (5/17/22)
With Prejudice by Robin Peguero (5/17/22)
Countdown To Midnight By Dale Brown (5/17/22)
Child Zero by Chris Holm, out on (5/10/22)
Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour by Mike Lupica (5/3/22)
The 13th Hour: Chaos by Richard Doetsch (5/3/22)
Storm Rising by Chris Hauty (5/3/22)
Hostile Intent by Don Bentley (5/3/22)
City on Fire by Don Winslow (4/26/22)
Cold Snap by Marc Cameron (4/26/22)
The Sweet Goodbye By Ron Corbett (4/19/22)
The Investigator by John Sanford (4/12/22)
Assassin's Edge by Ward Larsen (4/12/22)
Standing Alone by Stephen Leather (4/5/22)
Dark Angel by Andrews & Wilson (4/5/22)
The Treadstone Transgression by Joshua Hood (4/5/22)
Watch Dogs: Stars & Stripes by Sean Grigsby & Stewart Hotston (4/1/22)
Wild Card by Stephen England (3/18/22)
Shadow War by A.M. Adair (3/15/22)
Shadows Reel by C.J. Box (3/8/22)
The Baja Directive by Craig Hooper (3/4/22)
Splinter Cell: Firewall by James Swallow (3/1/22)
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay (3/01/22)
Grim Measures by David Darling (2/27/22)
Those Who Hunt Wolves by Harrison Taylor (2/22/22)
No Second Chances by Rio Youres (2/22/22)
Beneath the Stairs by Jennifer Fawcett (2/22/22)
Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton (2/15/22)
Margaret Truman's Murder at the CDC by Jon Land (2/15/22)
Sierra Six by Mark Greaney (2/15/22)
City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman (2/8/22)
Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwitz (2/8/22)
Restitution by John A. Daly (2/8/22)
The Moscow Protocol by Terrance McCauley (2/2/22)
Code Green by Andrew Warren (1/25/22)
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden (1/25/22)
Undermoney by Jay Newman (1/25/22)
Targeted by Stephen Hunter (1/18/22)
The Runaway by Nick Petrie (1/18/22)
End of Days by Brad Taylor (1/11/22)
Bye Bye Baby by Ace Atkins (1/11/22)
Box 88 by Charles Cumming (1/11/22)
Insurrection Day by Chris Hauty (1/4/22)
Covert Kill by Jason Kasper (12/21/21)
Rogue Asset by Brian Andrews and Jeffery Wilson (12/7/21)
48 Hours to Kill by Andrew Bourelle (12/07/21)
Sea Hawke by Ted Bell (12/7/21)
Sympathy for the Devil by Terrence McCauley 12/01/21
A Time to Kill by Kronos Ananthsimha (11/23/21)
Twentymile by C. Matthew Smith (11/19/21)
Project Icarus by RD Shah (11/18/21)
A Shot to Kill by Kronos Ananthsimha (11/16/21)
Chain of Command by Marc Cameron (11/16/21)
The Body Man by Eric P. Bishop (11/11/21)
Game On by Janet Evanovich (11/02/21)
The Last Protector by Simon Gervais (11/1/21)
Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe (11/1/21)
The Nameless Ones by John Connolly (10/26/21)
Better Off Dead by Lee Child and Andrew Child (10/26/2021)
Security Day by Matt Cricchio (10/17/21)
The Lion's Paw by Stephen England (10/15/21)
The Kill Box by Rip Rawlings (10/5/21)
Appointment in Tehran by James Stejskal (10/01/21)
A Time for Monsters by Gareth Worthington (9/28/21)
Whitesands by Johann Thorsson (9/26/21)
Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills (9/14/21)
Last Target Standing by Jason Kasper (9/14/21)
KGB Banker by William McCormick (9/10/21)
Pantheon 2: Ares & Athena by K. R. Paul (9/9/21)
Left for Dead by Sean Parnell (9/7/21)
The Island by Ben Coes (8/17/21)
Down Range by Taylor Moore (8/3/21)
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka (8/3/21)
Assassin's Dawn by Ward Larsen (8/2/21)
The Bourne Treachery by Brian Freeman (7/27/21)
Traitors by Alex Shaw (7/23/21)
Black Ice by Brad Thor (7/20/21)
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby (7/6/21)
Falling by T.J. Newman (7/6/21)
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan (7/6/21)
Shadow Masters by J.T. Patten (7/4/21)
The Impostor by David Temple (7/1/21)
Stealth Attack by John Gilstrap (6/29/21)
Cthulhu Reloaded by David Conyers (6/24/21)
Shadow Target by David Ricciardi (6/15/21)
The Tipping Point by David Darling (6/15/21)
Sons of Valor by Andrews & Wilson (6/8/21)
Target Acquired by Don Bentley (6/8/21)
The Spy Devils by Joe Goldberg (5/26/21)
Warshot by Don Keith and George Wallace (5/25/21)
A Hostile State by Adrian Magson (5/4/21)
Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron (4/27/21)
Red Wolves by Adam Hamdy (4/15/2021)
The Devil’s Hand by Jack Carr (4/13/21)
A Dangerous Freedom by John Ruane (3/31/21)
Renegade by Rob Sinclair (3/30/21)
The Bounty by Janet Evanovich (3/23/21)
Red Widow by Alma Katsu (3/23/21)
Nemesis by Anthony Riches (3/4/21)
Czar of England by Ian Kharitonov (3/3/21)
The Outside Man by Don Bentley (3/2/21)
Family Business by J.J. Fauser (2/28/2021)
All Fall Down by James Brabazon (2/18/21)
Relentless by Mark Greaney (2/16/21)
The Treadstone Exile by Joshua Hood (2/2/21)
Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz (1/26/21)
The Enemies Of My Country by Jason Kasper (1/15/21)
Savage Road by Chris Hauty (1/5/21)
The Deeper Shadow by A.M. Adair (11/30/20)
Drone Strike by David Austin (11/25/20)
Time to Hunt by Simon Gervais (11/10/20)
The Sentinel by Andrew Child (10/27/20)
Get Idiota by Nate Granzow (10/1/20)
The Hidden Vector by Matthew Snyder (9/28/20)
Total Power by Kyle Mills (9/15/20)
Rogue State by Ross Sidor (8/24/20)
The Buffalo Pilot by Lawrence A. Colby (8/21/20)
Assassin's Strike by Ward Larsen (8/18/20)
The Stranger by Simon Conway (8/13/20)
The Bourne Evolution by Brian Freeman (7/28/20)
Near Dark by Brad Thor (7/21/20)
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby (7/14/20)
All The Good Men by Craig N. Hooper (6/17/20)
Rogue by James Swallow (5/28/20)
Broken by Don Winslow (4/7/2020)
Curse the Day by Judith O'Reilly (4/2/20)
One Minute Out by Mark Greaney (2/18/20)
Black 13 by Adam Hamdy (1/23/20)
The Treadstone Resurrection by Joshua Hood (9/17/19)
Presence of Mine Enemies by Stephen England (8/15/2019)
Shadow by James Swallow (5/3/19)
The Break Line by James Brabazon (1/29/19)
Fault Lines by Steven Hildreth Jr. (1/7/19)
Kill for Me by Tom Wood (11/6/18)
Into The Black Nowhere By Meg Gardiner (1/30/18)
Freefall by Adam Hamdy (11/2/17)
The Pendulum by Adam Handy (11/3/16)
Rules for Revenge by Ian Graham (10/2/16)
Raven One by Kevin Miller (8/15/15)
No Tomorrow by Tom Wood (9/02/14)
The Son by Jo Nesbo (5/13/14)
The Cleaner by Mark Dawson (1/3/14)
Veil Of Civility by Ian Graham (4/17/13)
Threat Vector by Tom Clancy-Mark Greaney (12/04/12)
Pandora's Grave by Stephen England (7/29/11)
The Ghosts of Belfast By Stuart Neville (10/1/09)
Veterans Day by Jack Stewart (querying author)
Desperate Pursuit by Kerry Frey (querying author)