Thriller Books
Content to escape his big city past in sleepy East End Harbor, former homicide detective Justin Westwood is nothing less than a magnet for dark times. When a ...
*Richard Armitage's second utterly compelling thriller, THE CUT, is out now!* She can't trust anyone. Not even herself... *Shortlisted for the Fingerprint ...
Ex-U.S. Marine hero Gerry Galen is caught in the middle of a lethal international battle for control of the Arctic's massive oil deposits in a high-octane ...
Seventeen stories screaming past the red line, tires tearing across the highway, guns stained with smoke and gore. Seventeen stories of heroes and ...
Praise for this book: "Kent Anderson has outwritten just about everybody who preceded him in trying to make fictional sense out of the war... a very brave ...
When people start dying of unexplainable symptoms in Los Angeles, the government turns to Biodefense, a top-secret agency against bioterrorism. For the five ...
Each of our lives is a voyage of discovery. In Whale Song, we hear the voice of a fellow traveler, an albino sperm whale. We hear of life in his words - the ...
The most lethal poison ever concocted is about to be loosed on Las Vegas. TV reporter Andrew Wright is the only one who can stop the apocalypse. But the ...
A gripping drama and chilling prophecy about the possible path to war for a planet devastated by climate changeIn their novel 2034, decorated military ...
First in the epic supernatural spy series by bestselling authors, J.R. Rain and A.K. Alexander!Audial telepath Kylie Cain works for a black ops branch of the ...
A murdered neo-Nazi. A hidden chemical arsenal. A conspiracy that could ignite global war.When a body turns up near a U.S. Army base in Germany, Captain ...
On every street and in every major city, the battle for America is raging, and one man is caught in the killing crossfire. To the FLNA terrorists, he is the ...
Sam Capra's infant son has been kidnapped. The shadowy, powerful organization responsible for the abduction has thwarted Sam at every turn. But now Sam, an ...
They framed me. They abducted my wife. They took my child. I want him back. Sam Capra has one reason to live: to reclaim his baby son from the people who ...
Following Adrenaline, The Last Minute, and Downfall, Jeff Abbott returns with the next riveting novel in the award-winning New York Times bestselling Sam ...
In the frozen waters of the Arctic, Marine bioterror expert Joe Rush races to save a submarine crew from a lethal threat...“The pleas for help stopped coming ...
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.