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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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Good Listen; something for everyone....

I liked some of these stories alot.. some not so much but, it was entertaining.

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Some good, some not so good

I liked this book because it introduced me to authors I do not usually read. Some were good, some not so much, the best part is each story is about 30 minutes so you get to just skip the couple that are plain bad.

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Yikes…asking for a refund

The stories were awful, the intros way too long, and the overly dramatic and mouth noises of the narration pulled me completely out of the story and just annoyed me beyond measure. Don’t waste your credit.

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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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Boring, spoiler filled introductions to each story

Not recommended. The thrillers are good enough, but I’m disgusted by the editors’ spoken introduction to every single story.
Boring biographical information about the authors with special explanation about how the upcoming story came to be. The intros are full of spoilers.

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way to much intro before each story

when hearing a new short story, especially by an author new to me, I don't want to have to be forced to listen to a 5 minute introduction before each short story. I don't know them yet I don't know their work, so I don't really care anymore interested in getting to the story itself. I wouldn't have even bothered listening to this book if I could still exchange it. the information might be interesting as an afterward but before I've even learned if I enjoy the story itself I don't really want to hear it there's a reason other bios are on the back of the book cover and not the cover itself

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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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Snooze fest

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

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

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not bad

some of these stories were better then others. most of them were pretty good though

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