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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Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead
The Book of Love
Nightwatching
End of Story
The Bad Ones
Island Witch
The Fortune Seller
Jaded
Your Shadow Half Remains
The Rumor Game
Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)
A Step Past Darkness
The Boy Who Cried Bear (Haven's Rock, #2)
The Split
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    None of This Is True
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