Weinberg is the author of fifteen novels, most of them thrillers. In this interview, they discuss some of the basic techniques involved in writing a high-tech thriller. Well, the technothriller is first a thriller, then a technothriller. It thrills the reader. The pace is fast and unrelenting.
Thrillers also have a sense of urgency that demands that they be finished.
When someone tells you about starting a book and being unable to put it down, most likely the book is a thriller. Thrillers are one of the most popular forms of fiction. They can be science fiction, mystery, suspense, or westerns and still be thrillers. The genre isn't important. What makes a book a thriller is the pace and urgency of the novel.