Thriller Books
With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has crafted a gripping thriller in the style of Michael Crichton that delves into the ...
In this exciting new series written by the popular Johnstones, a group of retired bank robbers who were once famous for their crimes come together for one ...
Tragedy has struck Cassiopeia Vitt. Her beloved mentor, Esmerelda Fontana, has been brutally murdered. In addition, her castle restoration project is ...
The time has arrived for Cassiopeia Vitt to part ways with her family's ancestral estate. Perched on a rocky bluff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in ...
For more than ten years, Cassiopeia Vitt has been constructing a genuine French castle using only materials and techniques dating back to the 13th century. ...
Cassiopeia Vitt takes center stage in this exciting novella from New York Times bestsellers M.J. Rose and Steve Berry.
At the request of mysterious billionaire Henrik Thorvaldsen, Cassiopeia Vitt embarks on a journey to Bulgaria's Rila mountains to uncover a hidden collection ...
1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the ...
From celebrated New York Times bestselling author, Steve Berry, comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which the discovery of a lost historical ...
In New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s next Cotton Malone adventure, one by one the seven precious relics of the Arma Christi, the weapons of Christ, are ...
A deadly race for the Vatican’s oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry’s next international Cotton Malone thriller: The Malta Exchange.
The first case of New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's iconic hero, Cotton Malone.
In this original eBook novella by the New York Times bestselling author of The King’s Deception, globetrotting intelligence agent Cotton Malone is lured into ...
Cotton Malone returns! A hidden political conflict between the United States and England leads to Cotton Malone's son, Gary, being taken by a man with a ...
NEW YORK TIMES bestseller A Cotton Malone adventure involving a flaw in the United States Constitution, a mystery about Abraham Lincoln, and a political ...
Steve Berry's New York Times bestseller, The Patriot Threat, finds Cotton Malone racing to stop a rogue ex-KGB agent plotting revenge against the United States.
Description
Thrillers are known for their fast-paced plots, frequent action, and resourceful heroes who must overcome powerful and well-equipped villains. These stories often use literary devices such as suspense, red herrings, and cliffhangers to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Though thrillers often overlap with mysteries, they are distinguished by their plot structure. In a thriller, the hero’s mission is to thwart the plans of an enemy, rather than simply solve a crime that has already taken place. Thrillers also tend to have higher stakes, involving large-scale threats like serial or mass murder, terrorism, assassination, or the toppling of governments. Jeopardy and violent confrontations are standard in these plots. While a mystery reaches its climax when the mystery is solved, a thriller reaches its peak when the hero finally defeats the villain, saving themselves and often many others.