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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Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel
The French Illusion (The French Illusion, #1)
Mazywood
Buried in the Woods Below
Nightjars
Before You Were Anne (Chelsey Calhoun, #2)
Our Cut of Salt
The Sisters of Crimson House
Mother Daughter Sister Stranger: A Novel
Trad Wife
I Am the Monster Under the Bed
We Already Dug the Grave
The Velvet Knife (Truly Devious, #6)
In the Woods They Wait
Crone
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    All the Little Houses
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    Release date: Oct 13, 2026
    Adults can behave badly too...

    It's the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family
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  • Hunter or Hunted by L.T. Ryan
    Hunter or Hunted: A Gwen Kane Thriller
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    Release date: Oct 13, 2026
    In this pulse-pounding thriller from the authors of the Maddie Castle series, Gwen Kane seeks the help of her hesitant lover to plan the perfect crime ...more
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  • Old Ham by Seraphina Nova Glass
    Old Ham
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    Everyone knows Junie Oldham is more than a little strange—but is she actually dangerous?

    She’s unique, to say the least. Junie Oldham is a middle-aged
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