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
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The Fury
The Heiress
Only If You're Lucky
No One Can Know
The Clinic
The House of Last Resort
Rabbit Hole
The Invocations
Argylle
Anna O.
Where You End
The Search Party
One of the Good Guys
The Woman on the Ledge
Northwoods
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