First Thrills: Volume 4: Short Stories

First Thrills #4

by Lee Child (Editor), John Lescroart, Deb Carlin

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From small-town crime stories to sweeping global conspiracies, this is a cross section of today's hottest thriller-writing talent. This original collection is now split into four e-book volumes, packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem!First Volume 4 contains stories seven original stories LescroartAlex Kava and Deb CarlinJohn Lutz and Lise S. BakerCJ LyonsCynthia RobinsonMarc PaolettiBill CameronAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Genres: Mystery, Anthologies, Thriller, Suspense

84 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 26, 2011

About the author

Lee Child was born October 29th, 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV's "golden age." During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. But he was fired in 1995 at the age of 40 as a result of corporate restructuring. Always a voracious reader, he decided to see an opportunity where others might have seen a crisis and bought six dollars' worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book, Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series.

Killing Floor was an immediate success and launched the series which has grown in sales and impact with every new installment. The first Jack Reacher movie, based on the novel One Shot and starring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike, was released in December 2012.

Lee has three homes—an apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the south of France, and whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while traveling between the two. In the US he drives a supercharged Jaguar, which was built in Jaguar's Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the hospital in which he was born.

Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the Yankees, Aston Villa, or Marseilles soccer. He is married with a grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a refusal to exercise.

Reviews

[G. Quinton Brathwaite · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great entertainment, great mix.

These stories offered a real good example of how "Who Done it's should strong characters, gripping story lines, unexpected twists.
A good way to meet new authors who write in the same genres as Lee Child.

[Royce Stine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poor plots

Terrible stories wasted money on them besides I find it hard to believe that I have to write a review!

[A G A VAN DEN BOS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Purchased as a following of one of the authors followed, finding a treasure trove of similar minded authors with varying degrees of twisted plots (with barbs).

[Rosemary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like these Short Story Collections we're seeing. This one presented by Lee Child and Steve Berry. There are SO MANY great authors out there that it's easy for them to go undiscovered. Just from this 4th Edition alone I've discovered at least 3 authors I'll pursue for what I know will be . . . "GOOD READS".