First Thrills

High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

Introduced and edited by Lee Child with an afterword by Steve Berry

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New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills.  Showcasing many of the organization's bestselling authors as well as rising stars in the genre, here are twenty-five brand-new, never-before published, stories packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem.

*A cunning criminal thinks he can use a child to take the rap for his crimes.

*A hospital intern turned body-snatcher.

*A priest who comes face to face with his wife’s murderer on death row.

*A confederate soldier comes home to his love, but changed by more than just the war….he comes back wrong.

*The discovery of a flying saucer in the deep sea brings one man to the brink of a massive revelation.

*A dying man’s last request proves to his ex-wife that he’s still rotten to the core. 

*A clandestine operative finds himself caught in a wicked game of confusion . . . but who is calling the shots?  

 No matter what type of thriller you read, you’ll find something here that will entertain you . . . and perhaps a new writer you’ll cherish for years to come.

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The Thief
 
GREGG HURWITZ
 
Momma came into the living room and asked where I got the Power Rangers pencil case and I didn’t say anything. I just scrunched my eyes shut tight and pretended I’d gone away.
She said, “Tommy, you’re a teenager. You can’t keep stealing stuff from the kindergarten kids. If I call Mrs. Connelly and she says something went missing, you’ll be in big trouble and you’ll skip dinner.”
The last part about skipping dinner floated in through my scrunched eyes and settled in my stomach

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Introduced and edited by Lee Child with an afterword by Steve Berry

Lee Child, editor of First Thrills, is the bestselling author of the Jack Reacher books, including 61 Hours and Worth Dying For.

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First Thrills
High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors
Introduced and edited by Lee Child with an afterword by Steve Berry

Hardcover

Hardcover
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
June 2010
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780765326485
ISBN10: 0765326485
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 368 pages
$25.99

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Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
June 2010
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429961554
ISBN10: 1429961554
368 pages
$12.99
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