Thriller Books
In the year 2007, scientists are accompanied by a team of Navy SEALs to position critical tectonic equipment on a deserted island in the Gal apagos and find ...
A good job, a decent flat in Los Angeles, a quiet life - Nick Horrigan has finally put his traumatic past behind him. Or so it seems, until a SWAT team ...
The #1 international bestselling author of You're Next, unleashes his most accomplished, compelling thriller yet One morning in Los Angeles, Nate Overbay ...
"Smart and relentless... Hurwitz starts the pressure early and never, never lets up." - The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) on You're Next In Don't Look Back, ...
In the latest short story from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz, discover the teenage missions of Orphan X. Before he was the feared black ops government ...
Gregg Hurwitz's New York Times bestselling series returns when Orphan X faces his most challenging mission ever in Dark Horse. Evan Smoak is a man ...
Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed - in Prodigal Son, the next New York Times ...
The Orphan Program - which recruited and trained off-the-books assassins for the government - was responsible for creating some of the world's most dangerous ...
Evan Smoak returns in The Last Orphan, the next New York Times bestselling Orphan X thriller--when everything changes and everything is at risk. As a ...
How do you stop the most powerful man on earth? Evan Smoak, code-named Orphan-X, was raised in a secret government programme. He left it behind long ...
The Nowhere Man is a figure shrouded in secrecy-a near legendary figure who helps the truly desperate, those with nowhere else to turn who are lucky enough ...
The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns - just when Evan Smoak thinks he's done, his deadliest job yet pulls him back Into The Fire... Evan Smoak ...
An exclusive ebook short story, not a full-length novel. Taken from a children's home as a young boy, Evan Smoak was a trained to become a government ...
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.