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 Paris Apartment
The Violin Conspiracy
This Might Hurt
Dead Silence
The Verifiers
Other People's Clothes
The Paradox Hotel
Wish You Were Gone
The Violence
These Deadly Games
The Family Chao
League of Liars
Afraid
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    The Locked Door
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    The Girl on the Train
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