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 Wonder
The Female of the Species
The Vanishing Year
Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #1)
As I Descended
Only Daughter
Because I'm Watching (Virtue Falls, #3)
The Women in the Walls
Woman of God
Darktown
Afterward
Pasadena
Reckless Creed (Ryder Creed, #3)
The Sinner (Graveyard Queen, #5)
Hide and Seek (Helen Grace, #6)

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