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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
Terminal (Commander John Hart #1)
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An autographed copy of this gripping thriller makes for a perfect holiday gift.
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Giveaway dates: Oct 27 - Nov 08, 2018
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Bleak Harbor
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Their son is gone. Deep down, they think they’re to blame.
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Availability: 100 copies available, 681 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Nov 03 - Nov 30, 2018
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Exile Hunter
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Enter for a chance to win one of 100 ebooks Preston Fleming's dystopian political thriller, EXILE HUNTER, set in London, Beirut, the Yukon, Utah and O
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Availability: 100 copies available, 166 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Nov 03 - Nov 30, 2018
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Linwood Barclay
Author of No Time for Goodbye
Linwood Barclay is the #1 internationally bestselling author of thirteen novels, including Trust Your Eyes, A Tap on the Window, No Time for Goodbye and that novel's followup, No Safe House.
This summer, his thriller Broken Promise, the first of three linked novels about his fictional upstate New York town Promise Falls, will be released. Book two will come nine months later, and another nine months after that, the conclusion will be released.
Over the years, several of Barclay's novels have been optioned for film and television. Most recently, No Time for Goodbye has been optioned for television in France, and in 2012, Trust Your Eyes was the object of a film rights bidding war between Universal and Warner Bros.
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