Thriller Books
A seemingly random selection of heads of state are struck down like flies by unnamed killers who work with the clinical efficiency of butchers. Except that ...
The year is 340 BC. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father. Cold, calculating, cruel and armed with a ...
A cardboard box is found on a shelf in a London library where a copy of the Mahabharata should have been. When the mystified librarian opens it, she screams ...
YATHA AHU VAIRYO ATHA RATUSH ASHAT CHIT HACHA VANGHEUSH... AS THE MASTER, SO IS THE JUDGE TO BE CHOSEN IN ACCORD WITH TRUTH. A fleet of boats dock at ...
Extraordinary crimes require extraordinary detectives. Welcome to Private. When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky he's head of ...
In the #1 bestselling series, Jack Morgan teams up with the head of Private India to solve a high-stakes case: one by one, people are missing-and they have ...
Arriving at a highway accident scene on a stormy night, Joburg paramedic Nick Kenyon finds only one victim: a critically injured young woman in the car’s ...
JAMES PATTERSON called Adam Hamdy's debut PENDULUM'one of the best thrillers of the year'. Now meet John Wallace, the lead of PENDULUM in this exclusive ...
Private Johannesburg's Joey Montague is hoping for an easy job-but when he tries to protect an American woman, nothing is what it seems in a web of money, ...
Dan Carter is the head of the London office of Private, the world's largest and most technologically advanced investigation agency. Jack Morgan, Private's ...
In Afghanistan, a US pilot is shot down during a covert mission. In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children. Finding the connection ...
Private Beijing is ripped apart after an attack leaves three agents dead and the head of the team missing. With the Beijing branch in turmoil, Private's ...
In this action-packed thriller, an invitation from an old friend draws Private Investigative agency founder Jack Morgan into a deadly conspiracy. On a ...
This thrilling addition to the bestselling Private series transports readers inside the halls of the Vatican itself when a priest is murdered - and the new ...
The clock is ticking. To save her life you must take another. When Jack Morgan is invited to the luxurious Monaco coast to set up a new Private office, ...
Paris: city of art. City of culture. City of death. When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise ...
Description
Thrillers are known for their fast-paced plots, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must overcome powerful and well-equipped villains. These stories often use literary devices such as suspense, red herrings, and cliffhangers to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Though thrillers often overlap with mysteries, they are distinguished by their plot structure. In a thriller, the hero’s mission is to thwart the plans of an enemy, rather than simply solve a crime that has already taken place. Thrillers also tend to have higher stakes, involving large-scale threats like serial or mass murder, terrorism, assassination, or the toppling of governments. Jeopardy and violent confrontations are standard in these plots. While a mystery reaches its climax when the mystery is solved, a thriller reaches its peak when the hero finally defeats the villain, saving themselves and often many others.