Thriller

Thrillers are characterized by fast pacing, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must thwart the plans of more-powerful and better-equipped villains. Literary devices such as suspense, red herrings and cliffhangers are used extensively.

Thrillers often overlap with mystery stories, but are distinguished by the structure of their plots. In a thriller, the hero must thwart the plans of an enemy, rather than uncover a crime that has already happened. Thrillers also occur on a much grander scale: the crimes that must be prevented are serial or mass murder, terrorism, assassination, or the ov
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  • The Drowning House by Cherie Priest
    The Drowning House
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    Release date: Jul 23, 2024
    Whispering voices, shuttering objects, shadowy figures—something has always been amiss in Charlotte Culpepper’s house.
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  • The Wilds by Sarah  Pearse
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  • Cauldron of Wrath by Terrence Poppa
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    Release date: Jul 15, 2024
    Is it all over for America? A terror group led by Hezbollah zealot Abu Hadi al-Maliki smuggles two nuclear bombs into the United States through a Mexi ...more
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  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonMurder on Family Grounds by Susan  Rowland
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    Legal Briefs by N.M. SilberThe King by J.R. WardMy Clarity by M.  ClarkeCaptive by Samantha JacobeyCity of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
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    And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMy Sister’s Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Da Vinci Code by Dan       BrownHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
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