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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
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Good Girl Bad Girl
by Ann Girdharry (Goodreads Author)
by Ann Girdharry (Goodreads Author)
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Nixie and the Forbidden Heroes of the New World
by Jedi Reach (Goodreads Author), Jedaiah Ramnarine
by Jedi Reach (Goodreads Author), Jedaiah Ramnarine
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The Sixth Extinction: Genesis: A New World Order
by James Morris Robinson (Goodreads Author)
by James Morris Robinson (Goodreads Author)
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