First Thrills
High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors
By Lee Child; Steve Berry (Afterword by); Sean Michael Bailey; Ken Bruen; Ryan Brown; Bill Cameron; Rebecca Cantrell; Stephen Coonts; Jeffery Deaver; Karen Dionne; J. T. Ellison; Theo Gangi; Alex Kava; Rip Gerber; Heather Graham; John Lescroart; John Lutz; Lise S. Baker; C. J. Lyons; Grant McKenzie; Michael Palmer; Daniel James Palmer; Marc Paoletti; Deb Carlin; Cynthia Robinson; Karin Slaughter; Kelli Stanley; Wendy Corsi Staub; Gregg Hurwitz
(Forge Books, Hardcover, 9780765326485, 368pp.)
Publication Date: June 22, 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Compact Disc
Categories: Anthologies (multiple authors), Thrillers
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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.
Lee Child, editor of First Thrills, is the bestselling author of the Jack Reacher books, including 61 Hours and Worth Dying For.











