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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
Heavy Are the Stones
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date: Nov 26, 2024
Facing the truth can be deadlier than facing the killer.
Ten days to keep a lie.
Ten plagues if you deny.
Ten ways to watch them die.
Five years ago, when ...more
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Ten days to keep a lie.
Ten plagues if you deny.
Ten ways to watch them die.
Five years ago, when ...more
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Defector in Paradise
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A down on his luck intelligence officer teams up with a former Soviet defector to expose the identity of a mole in the US government
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Sweet Fury
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The Silent Patient meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in this elegant and twisty debut thriller.
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