1.   An ambitious thriller set in Restoration England.

2.   Mute Witness Slick Hitchcockian thriller set in Moscow, where American filmmakers are in danger after discovering a snuff-film operation.

3.   Two better-than-average thrillers set during and after World War II.

4.   Perhaps inevitably, members of Congress began writing mysteries and thrillers set in the territory they know best, sometimes taking a shot at a favorite target.