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Thriller

By: James Patterson - editor
Narrated by: full cast
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Publisher's summary

Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller is the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published.

Offering up heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises are 32 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature characters that made such authors as David Morrell and John Lescroart famous, to four of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify.

Lock the doors, draw the shades, pull up the covers, and be prepared for Thriller to keep you up all night.

Narrators include Dick Hill, Mel Foster, Susie Breck, Laural Merlington, Joyce Bean, Bill Weideman, and Michael Page.

©2006 James Patterson and David Liss (P)2006 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"Stories are well matched to their readers, who give personalities to the characters and maintain the tension of the plot." ( AudioFile)

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HUGELY disappointed. .........

as a true "horror" fan and a reader/listener to many thriller/horror books I was mistakenly excited by the title and the description of this book.

There are approx 31 short stories in this collection each approx 30 min long. A few were actuary good stories, tho I wouldn't say they'd "keep me awake" . There are also a few good narrators, not many, but a few.

it seems the best stories were in the beginning of the book and a scant few mixed in with a good one at the end.

Personally, it wad a waste of my listening time , none compare to a good Stephen King, Jack Kilborn , JA Konrath, Dean Koontz, John Locke, etc.

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shorties

shorties are fun to listen to makes you want more
thank yoy i have always loved to read.

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Snooze fest

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Got to story three. Bored to death. A waste of my time and an audible credit I purchased.

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I hate that none of the stories are complete

don't spend the credit, not worth it.

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misrepresented waste f time

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Complete stories instead of "samples".

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It is not the characters but the incomplete stories. Sounds like a commercial to by more books. Total waste of time.

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never again

I had a very hard time understanding what the stories are about, even though I speak and read English every day. I gave up after 1 hour and I never buy something like this again.

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Great Collection

This was a great collection of short stories. I have actually listened to it a couple of times. I cannot wait until the next edition.

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I liked it!

I DID like it, even after reading all the negative reviews. I liked the length of the stories and the variety of subjects, and the introduction to authors I didn’t usually read.
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I must admit I was pleasantly surprised after reading all the bad stuff.
I can’t help it. I LIKED IT. SO there!!!

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The bulk of this book felt like advertising...

My wife and I couldn't get through a single story. After listening to the long introductions of the writers, the bios, and everything else that preceeded the actual stories we were too annoyed to enjoy the stories themselves. Just start the story and let the material (good, bad or ortherwise) speak for itself.

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