First Thrills

Author: International Thriller Writers
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429940409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before published, stories packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem. *A cunning criminal thinks he can use a child to take the rap for his crimes. *A hospital intern turned body-snatcher. *A priest who comes face to face with his wife's murderer on death row. *A confederate soldier comes home to his love, but changed by more than just the war....he comes back wrong. *The discovery of a flying saucer in the deep sea brings one man to the brink of a massive revelation. *A dying man's last request proves to his ex-wife that he's still rotten to the core. *A clandestine operative finds himself caught in a wicked game of confusion . . . but who is calling the shots? No matter what type of thriller you read, you'll find something here that will entertain you . . . and perhaps a new writer you'll cherish for years to come. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

First Thrills

Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Corvus
ISBN: 9781848876927
Category : Suspense fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has teamed up with the International Thriller Writers for First Thrills, a showcase of many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre.

First Thrills: Volume 1

Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429948981
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
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 Thrills: Volume 1 contains stories six original stories by: Lee Child Michael Palmer and Daniel James Palmer Karen Dionne J.T. Ellison Ryan Brown Rip Gerber Sean Michael Bailey At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

First Thrills: Volume 3

Author: Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429949015
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
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 Thrills: Volume 3 contains stories five original stories by: Jeffery Deaver Karin Slaughter Rebecca Cantrell Gregg Hurwitz Theo Gangi At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

First Thrills: Volume 2

Author: Stephen Coonts
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 142994899X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

Book Description
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 Thrills: Volume 2 contains stories six original stories by: Stephen Coonts Heather Graham Wendy Corsi Staub Kelli Stanley Grant McKenzie Ken Bruen At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

First Thrills: Volume 4

Author: John Lescroart
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429949058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
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 Thrills: Volume 4 contains stories seven original stories by: John Lescroart Alex Kava and Deb Carlin John Lutz and Lise S. Baker CJ Lyons Cynthia Robinson Marc Paoletti Bill Cameron At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Pills, Thrills, Chills, and Heartache

Author: Michelle Tea
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378

Book Description
In this nice fat collection of original stories, some of the most daring writers on the American literary scene take up that slim little word "I" and use it to poke around the darkest, funkiest corners of their very own minds. Here you'll find J.T. LeRoy, Alvin Orloff, Kevin Killian, Dennis Cooper, Inga Muscio, Eileen Myles, Jayson Elliott, Thea Hillman, and a couple of dozen of their fellow travelers sending dispatches from the fringe. And, oh, the people they'll bring into your personal space: speed junkies, scat freaks, cybersexualists, sober virgins, beatnik groupies, punk-rock shoplifters, gender benders, Tourette's syndrome fetishists, gloomophiles, glamazons, and even a naked butoh dancer. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll feel soiled and disturbed. You may even be inspired to have a few perverted adventures of your own. Please do! Book jacket.

Playing for Thrills

Author: Wang Shuo
Publisher: No Exit Press
ISBN: 9781842432969
Category : Alienation (Social psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Detective and mystery stories. A tripped out sarcastic novel of urban alienation centred around a mysterious murder. Set in a Beijing populated by low-life gangsters and villains, it is narrated by the chief suspect of the crime though even he seems unclear as to whether he committed it or not. Rivetting. " If you can imagine Raymond Chandler crossed with Bruce Lee that gives you the flavour. Most ultimately cool." - Stephen King.

Thrill Me

Author: Benjamin Percy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1555977596
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
"In fifteen essays that challenge the notion that literary and genre fiction are mutually exclusive turns to Cormac McCarthy, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stephen King, and others to discover how contemporary writers engage plot, character, dialogue, and suspense"--Page 4 of cover.

Slappy, Beware! (Goosebumps Special Edition)

Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338893041
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Book Description
The untold true story of Slappy in a terrifying new special edition! This is Slappy's world-- you only scream in it! But where did he come from? And can he ever be destroyed? Slappy the ventriloquist’s dummy has only one mission in his tiny, deranged mind: do evil every day, all day. His creator, powerful sorcerer Darkwell the Magician, has warned him that should he fail to cause chaos before the sun sets each day, he will sleep FOREVER. Normally, this is a piece of poisonous cake for Slappy—but he may have met his match in the Carlton family. Each attempt at evil ends in disaster, and the dummy starts to panic. Will Slappy’s scariest day yet bring an end to his reign of terror? This special edition features four full page pieces of original Slappy art!