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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 ...more
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 ...more
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The Fourth Monkey (A 4MK Thriller, #1)
by J.D. Barker (Goodreads Author)
by J.D. Barker (Goodreads Author)
Release
date: Jun 27, 2017
NEW from Master of Suspense J.D. BARKER
THE most anticipated THRILLER of 2017!
Se7en meets The Silence of the Lambs in this dark and twisting novel from ...more
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THE most anticipated THRILLER of 2017!
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Working on the Dark Side of the Moon
by Thomas Reed Willemain (Goodreads Author)
by Thomas Reed Willemain (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jun 30, 2017
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Kind Nepenthe
by Matthew V. Brockmeyer (Goodreads Author)
by Matthew V. Brockmeyer (Goodreads Author)
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date: Jul 27, 2017
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KIND NEPENTHE: A Savage Tale of Terror Set in the Heart of California's Marijuana Country.
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KIND NEPENTHE: A Savage Tale of Terror Set in the Heart of California's Marijuana Country.
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Author of Before I Go to Sleep
S J Watson was born in the UK, lives in London and worked in the NHS for a number of years.
In 2011 Watson's debut novel, Before I Go to Sleep, was released to critical acclaim. It has now been published in over 40 languages, and has become an international bestseller, winning numerous awards.
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The sky is deep, the sky is dark. The light of the stars is o damn stark/When I look up, I fill with fear, if all we have is what lies here, this lonely world, this troubled place, then cold dead stars and empty space...Well, I see no reason to persevere, no reason to laugh or shed a tear, no reason to sleep and none to wake/ No promises to keep and none to make. And so at night I still raise my eyes tos tudy the clear but mysterious skies that arch avove us, cold as stone. Are you there God? Ar
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― Dean Koontz, The Book Of Counted Sorrows
― Dean Koontz, The Book Of Counted Sorrows
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I always wanted to eat with a Negro,” Grandma said. Yeah, well I always wanted to eat with a boney-assed old white woman,” Lula said. “So I guess this works out good.
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― Janet Evanovich, Four to Score
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