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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
Paradise
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Suspense, adventure, and mystery abound during a multigenerational family trip to an exclusive luxury resort.
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Archipelago of Light
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For fans of Kim Stanley Robinson and Ursula Le Guin―a political sci-fi thriller about the one threat we can't engineer our way out of: ourselves.
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Love: You Are Mine: The Immoral Ownership
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What happens when love stops being love—and becomes possession? Enter to win 1 of 100 Kindle copies of this dark psychological collection.
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