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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 ...more
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 ...more
All the Hidden Monsters
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Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life.
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The Fourth Consort
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The Plagiarism Plot (Brad Parker & Karen Richmond, #8)
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New mystery from award-winning author of Brad Parker and Karen Richmond medical thrillers. Unbridled ambition leads to lies, kidnapping and murder.
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