20 Must-Read Thriller Novels

INTRODUCTIONA thriller novel is a novel that uses suspense, excitement, apprehension and exhilaration to tell a story. Thriller novels have villains, suspense, and action in settings such as espionage, medicine, crime, politics, and high tech. They often involve life and death situations and have high stakes, like the control of the world or the possibility of widespread death or destruction. Many times innocent people are victimized, stalked, or caught in situations that are beyond their control. Characters have to overcome obstacles, either alone or with a small group of people, and stop some catastrophe from happening. Thrillers usually have a happy ending. This book is a special collection of twenty best thriller novels which are going to embark you on a journey to the world of suspense, action, shock and fear. Here they are : BRAIN TWISTER by Randall Garrett DESPERATE REMEDIES by Thomas Hardy FOUR JUST MEN by Edgar Wallace GEEK MAFIA by Rick Dakan THE AFTER HOUSE by Mary Roberts Rinehart THE APARTMENT NEXT DOOR by William Andrew Johnston THE CZAR'S SPY by William Le Queux THE DUST OF DEATH: The Story of the Great Plague of the Twentieth Century by Fred Merrick White THE EVIL SHEPHERD by Edward Phillips Oppenheim THE INTERNATIONAL SPY by Allen Upward THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY: A NIGHTMARE by Gilbert Keith Chesterton THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME by Richard Connell THE PIT: A STORY OF CHICAGO by Frank Norris THE PRISONER OF ZENDA by Anthony Hope THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS by Erskine Childers THE RIVER OF DEATH: A TALE OF LONDON IN PERIL by Fred Merrick White THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS by John Buchan THE THREE HOSTAGES by John Buchan THE WOMAN IN WHITE by Wilkie Collins WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE by Grant Allen A well-formatted, easy-to-read book suitable for any e-reader, tablet or computer. The reader will go from one section to another one as quick as possible. BRAIN TWISTER by Randall Garrett About Garrett:Randall Garrett (December 16, 1927 - December 31, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. He instructed Robert Silverberg in the techniques of selling large quantities of action-adventure sf, and collaborated with him on two novels about Earth bringing civilization to an alien planet. "Mark Phillips" is, or are, two writers: Randall Garrett and Laurence M. Janifer. Their joint pen-name, derived from their middle names (Philip and Mark), was coined soon after their original meeting, at a science-fiction convention. Both men were drunk at the time, which explains a good deal, and only one has ever sobered up. A matter for constant contention between the collaborators is which one. They have been collaborating for some time now, and have devised an interesting method of work: Mr. Garrett handles the verbs, the adverbs and the interjections, Mr. Janifer the nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. Conjunctions are a matter of joint decision, and in the case of a tie, the entire game is replayed at Fenway Park, Boston, early in the following year. BRAIN TWISTER was fifteen years in the making, of which time three days were spent in the actual writing. When the book was finished, both authors relaxed in the mutual pleasure of nervous breakdowns, from which it is not certain that either has ever recovered. Mr. Garrett is a large, roundish fellow with a beard. He wears flowered vests and always carries a small talisman which no one has ever seen. Mr. Janifer is a somewhat shorter and thinner type, with a shorter and thinner beard. His vests are in solid colors, he wears horn-rimmed glasses because he has always done so, and he is never found without a souvenir subway token from the City of New York. The personal lives of the authors differ widely. Mr. Garrett's hobbies, for instance, include such sports as close-order drill and river pollution. Mr. Janifer, a less active type, prefers sedentary games such as humming or blinking. Mr. Garrett is engaged to an exotically beautiful creature, and the two plan to be married as soon as they run out of excuses. Mr. Janifer, on the other hand, is fascinated by women, and hopes some day to meet one.