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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
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As Good as Dead (Alex & Ozzie, Dark Horizon #4)
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A ghost from the past. A deadline that could kill them all.
Ozzie is barely holding his life together when a desperate plea forces him into a case tha ...more
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Where's Jackson Pollock?
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A financially desperate man needs to sell two valuable modern art paintings, which have a dubious history. His girlfriend, who has an equally question
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