Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night

Lock the doors. Draw the shades. Pull up the covers and be prepared for Thriller to keep you up all night! Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors, Thriller was the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Revisit these heart-pumping tales of suspense, including thirty-two 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 some of the hottest new voices in the genre, this blockbuster will tantalize and terrify. Previously published. "An electrifying collection from an all-star lineup." -VINCE FLYNN

Experience a heart-pumping and thrilling tale of suspense! Originally published in THRILLER (2006), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson. In this retrospective Thriller Short, bestselling writer Raelynn Hillhouse explores an incident from her character Stella's past. Two weeks after American hostages were seized in Iran in 1979, the US embassy in Pakistan is overrun by Islamic extremists, entangling Stella in a complex struggle that would introduce America to the violent intentions of these political terrorists. Caught in the embassy with the others, Stella begins to work on an escape plan. But leaving an embassy surrounded by hundreds of angry protesters in broad daylight seems impossible. To pull it off, Stella will have to use all of her ingenuity, a disguise and the help of a mysterious congressman.

Experience a heart-pumping and thrilling tale of suspense! Originally published in THRILLER (2006), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson. In this tag team Thriller Short, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child feature New York City policeman Vincent D'Agosta, who becomes involved with the theft of an ancient Incan sacrificial knife. But before D'Agosta can apprehend the thieves, they meet an untimely death. The particularly gruesome nature of the murders will leave D'Agosta longing for his more conventional villains-heat-packing crackheads, Hummer-driving pimps, two-dollar murderers, subway turnstile jumpers and the assortment of other freaks and bad guys he knows so well from the streets of New York City. His instincts tell him two things for certain: the inexplicable violence of this case has nothing to do with the original heist, and there are going to be more murders.