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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What Kind of Paradise
The Compound
We Don't Talk About Carol
Welcome to Murder Week
So Happy Together
Murder Takes a Vacation
Someone Knows
Sister, Butcher, Sister
A Most Puzzling Murder
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