Thriller Books
I am Eva Delectorskaya,” Sally Gilmartin announces, and so on a warm summer afternoon in 1976 her daughter, Ruth, learns that everything she ever knew about ...
From one of our most celebrated and imaginative writers comes a spellbinding novel about deception, betrayal, psychoanalysis, and the mysteries of the human ...
From the internationally bestselling author, a thrilling novel starring the travel writer-turned-reluctant spy Gabriel Dax, who finds himself implicated in a ...
A Slough House Christmas short story from the Sunday Times number one bestseller of BAD ACTORS. Here in Slough House, the intelligence service's home for ...
In his best and most ambitious novel yet, Mick Herron, 'the le Carré of the future' (BBC), offers an unsparing look at the corrupt web of media, global ...
If life in the Intelligence Service has taught John Bachelor anything, it's to keep his head down. Especially now, when he's living rent-free in a dead ...
Mick Herron, 'the le Carré of the future' (BBC), expands his world of bad spies with an even shadier cast of characters: the politicians, lobbyists, and ...
Ian Fleming. John le Carré. Len Deighton. Mick Herron. The brilliant plotting of Herron's twice CWA Dagger Award-winning Slough House series of spy novels is ...
A New York Times bestselling series What happens when an old spook loses his mind? Does the Service have a retirement home for those who know too many ...
If Spook Street is where spies live, Joe Country is where they go to die. In Slough House, the London outpost for disgraced MI5 spies, memories are ...
The Marylebone Drop can now be found in Standing by the Wall, the collection of other novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Slough ...
A New York Times bestselling series The book behind the second season of slow horses, the apple original series starring gary oldman in his emmy-nominated ...
Let us be clear about this much at least: Slough House is not in Slough, nor is it a house...Slough House is Jackson Lamb's kingdom; a dumping ground for ...
A New York Times bestselling series The book behind the third season of slow horses, the apple original series starring gary oldman in his emmy-nominated ...
The List can now be found in Standing by the Wall, the collection of other novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Slough House ...
Spies lie. They betray. It's what they do. Slow horse River Cartwright is waiting to be passed fit for work. With time to kill, and with his grandfather - ...
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.