Sentence:  Ludlum has never come up with a more head-spinning, spine-jolting, intricately mystifying, Armageddonish, in short <WSD>Ludlumesque</WSD>, thriller than this. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Plotted in the style of Robert Ludlum's novels, noted especially for their intricate and extensive use of thriller tropes.