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A thriller is similar to a mysery and usually has the protagonist trying to figure it out along the way, but the protagonist is placed in dangerous istuations much more often than in mysteries. Also in a mystery we rarely get a look at the villain until the end. In thrillers we may be...

Great Read One of the absolute best thrillers of recent times is Absolute Power. It is scandals, lies, betrayal, maipulation, action, mystery, suspense and redemption all wrapped into one great story. I highly recommend it!

Lee Child I really liked Killing Floor. As a second, I'd have to say Worth Dying For and Gone Tomorrow really drew me in. I've read about eight of them and all are pretty solid. In Without Fail, he's trying to stop an assassination attempt on the vice president. A really cool discussion...

My name is Anthony David Mitchell. I am an avid reader and a writer with three published short stories under my belt. I look forward to discussing book on here since I think I can learn from these discussions and well, to be honest in my area of Jackson, TN, I really do not know too many...

Donald Westlake I would be hard pressed to pick one favorite, but I do know that I had a hard time picking one genre to read and write within until I re-read The Ax by Donald Westlake. This book can be disturbing but also is very well written. The protagonist is a moral man who feels he must...