Thriller Anthology

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.

From over 3,000 considered stories published in the past year, this anthology contains the twenty best, selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham under the auspices of New York City's legendary crime fiction specialty store The Mysterious Bookshop. Included are tales of suspense, detection, and puzzlement that illuminate the diversity of styles contained under the "mystery" umbrella and highlight some of the greatest practitioners of the short form working today, with a blend of household names and lesser known writers no less worthy of your attention.

It all started with a simple, yet sneakily difficult challenge from global best-selling author Harlan Coben: Pick a bird of prey, then use it as the inspiration for a brand-new story. The response from some of the best writers on the planet: Game on! The result: Eleven stories that are twisty, scary, surprising and bursting with imagination. An egg worth more than its weight in gold. A mysterious operative known only as Owl. An eagle-watcher who sees more than she should. Even a story that somehow places the Maltese Falcon in a nursing home.

Gathering four stories from four best-selling author friends, Invitation is the first collection in the ongoing Harbingers series. In "The Call" by Bill Myers, four strangers are drawn together to help a student at the mysterious Institute for Advanced Psychic Studies. His gifts are supposedly being honed to assist world leaders...but there are some very disturbing strings attached.

Jane Austen fan Amelia Bennett sneaks away from a dull tour of an English country manor, only to run into a man more dashing than Mr. Darcy himself. About to lose his ancestral home to family debts, charming aristocrat Tom Calder invites his American guest to join him in drinking his way through the estate’s priceless wine collection. But when they wake in his bed the next morning, they’re convinced that in their drunken haze they witnessed a murder. Problem is, the body has vanished and no one believes them.

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to. Literally. Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty. And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

A Botanist Witch, a Spirit With a Flair for the Dramatic and a Deadly Coven Join Ivy and Private Investigator Everett as they battle deadly covens, paranormal sea creatures, and the ghost of a flaming drag queen. Read the complete six book series. This Complete Six Book Box Set includes these books: Brewing Up Trouble Brewing the Midnight Oil A Storm is Brewing Back to the Brewing Board Brewing Up the Wrong Tree Brewing Down the Hatches

A SERIES OF GRIPPING, ACTION-PACKED, Set in the USA and Liverpool. Soft Target Soft Target 2 'Tank' Jerusalem 18th Brigade Blister TTF Series Synopsis In the gripping and high-stakes series by international bestselling author Conrad Jones, the Terrorist Task Force (TTF) stands as the last line of defense against a looming threat. As Islamic extremists unleash a series of coordinated attacks across iconic American locations—starting with a shocking assault on Downtown Disney in Las Vegas, followed by chaos in San Francisco and an attack at the Grand Canyon—the nation grapples with fear ...

Season Two, Volume One. Four cryptic cases involving murder, mayhem, and mysterious disappearances. Is one mastermind behind them all?

GET **TWO** UTTERLY GRIPPING CRIME THRILLERS IN ONE GREAT-VALUE BOX SET. Fans of Lee Child, A.J. Rivers, Vince Flynn and Robert Ludlum won't be able to put down the compulsively addictive Alex Payne Series. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great story, good characters and non stop action." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "You won’t want to put them down till the last word." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Grab your copy lock yourself away, so you don’t get disturbed and enjoy." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "There are many twists and turns. A real page turner. Highly recommend!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "What a great action pack story that just keeps ...

An Adopted Witch, Strange Writings on a Cave Wall, and a Murder Bailey was adopted when she was a baby. Her mother hid her with an adopted family to protect her from evil forces. But when Bailey's adoptive mother dies, she's left with a longing and an underlying feeling that her real mother is close by. Will she find her living and working closer than she thinks? And will she discover new found abilities? Her journey begins with strange cave drawings. What do they mean, and are they part of her destiny. A destiny that only she can fulfill. When a wizard comes to town, will she treat him as ...

Teaming up with New York Times best-selling author Jeffery Deaver, Suspense Magazine offers up a nail-biting anthology titled Nothing Good Happens After Midnight. This thrilling collection consists of 13 original short stories representing the genres of suspense/thriller, mystery, sci-fi/fantasy, and more.

When an EMP wipes out the power grid, Caroline Thompson is alone on the family ranch while her husband, Luke, and their son are stranded in Fort Worth as chaos erupts. With no power, no law, and danger at every turn, Caroline must fight her way into the collapsing city to find them. But bringing her family back together is only the beginning. Looters are closing in, determined to take everything Caroline has fought to protect as their ranch turns into a battleground for survival.

The Grand Hotel is a horror novel by esteemed best-selling author Scott Kenemore ( Zombie, Ohio) that takes the reader on a thrilling ride through an interconnected series of stories narrated by the desk clerk and the residents of the hotel itself. And while it is not known whether or not the desk clerk is actually the devil incarnate, it is strange that so many visitors who come for a tour of the hotel have a way of never leaving.

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.

This collection of romantic thrillers proves one thing: some hearts are better left unbroken. From twisted love triangles to forbidden affairs, each story unearths the chaos that erupts when heartbreak push women past their limits. Desire becomes a death sentence. Lies are laced with lust. And love comes with a body count. These three stories are perfect for fans of messy love, dangerous games, and Black women who refuse to go down without a fight.

DEATH HORROR is an extreme psychological horror anthology that explores the precise moment when the human mind, moral order, and sense of safety collapse beyond repair. This disturbing horror collection contains thirteen standalone stories that blend psychological horror, supernatural terror, religious horror, and extreme human cruelty into a single, unrelenting experience. These are not traditional monster stories. The true threat in DEATH HORROR is familiarity. Husbands. Neighbors. Communities. Angels. Authority. All of them capable of becoming something unrecognizable. Each story in this...

If you love twisty thrillers with heart, you'll love the Bridget Bishop FBI Mystery Thriller Collection Volume Two. This Boxset includes Books 4 - 6 in the addictive series: Road to Evil (Book Four) Criminal psychologist Bridget Bishop’s worst nightmare comes true when the Backroads Butcher returns to terrorize the small town of Mount Destiny, Virginia. Working with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit to track down the depraved serial killer, Bridget soon discovers her old nemesis isn’t the only killer in town. When Evil Calls (Book Five) Criminal Psychologist Bridget Bishop returns to...

An EMP strike shatters the nation. Keith flees biker gangs, his daughter is trapped in mall rubble, and his wife fights through burning streets. Their only hope is Eddie’s off-grid mountain homestead. Survival, family, and chaos collide in this explosive thriller.

If you love twisty thrillers with heart, you'll love the Bridget Bishop FBI Mystery Thriller Collection Volume One which has been earning rave reviews from thriller lovers looking for their next chilling series. This Boxset includes Books 1-3 in the addictive series: Lessons in Evil (Book One) Renowned criminal psychologist Bridget Bishop quit the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit after only two years on the job, exhausted and traumatized from facilitating the investigation and capture of one of the country’s most prolific serial killers. But the Bureau isn’t done with Bridget yet as ...