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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
Nasty Little Secrets
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The Stronghold
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THE STRONGHOLD is a Christian supernatural thriller for fans of Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker.
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THE STRONGHOLD is a Christian supernatural thriller for fans of Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker.
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The Memory Candidate (Knoxate #1)
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What would you do with mind control? Come meet President Frump in this medical thriller.
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