First Thrills
Subtitle: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors
By: edited by Lee Child
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Forge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780765326485
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories
Description: An anthology of previously unpublished work includes contributions by favorite genre authors and a selection of up-and-coming writers.
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Table of contents: title: An anthology of 25 original stories by members of ITW (International Thriller Writers) of previously unpublished work-includes contributions by favorite genre authors and a selection of up-and-coming writers.  The stories fit under the most inclusive of thriller umbrellas, but many contain elements of mysteries, science fiction, and horror as well.  They feature an equally diverse cast of characters, too, ranging from con men and killers to aliens, ghosts, and zombies.; title: Contents:; title: The Thief / Gregg Hurwitz;; title: Scutwork / CJ Lyons;; title: The Bodyguard / Lee Child;; title: Last Supper / Rip Gerber;; title: After Dark / Alex Kava, Deb Carlin;; title: Wednesday's Child / Ken Bruen;; title: Eddy May / Theo Gangi;; title: The Plot / Jeffrey Deaver;; title: Eye of the Storm / John Lutz, Lise S. Baker;; title: The Dead Club / Michael Palmer, Daniel James Palmer;; title: Underbelly / Grant McKenzie;; title: The Gato Conundrum / John Lescroart;; title: The Princess of Felony Flats / Bill Cameron;; title: Savage Planet / Stephen Coonts;; title: Suspended / Ryan Brown;; title: Invisible / Sean Michael Bailey;; title: When Johnny Comes Marching Home / Heather Graham;; title: On the Train / Rebecca Cantrell;; title: Children's Day / Kelli Stanley;; title: My Father's Eyes / Wendy Corsi Staub;; title: Program with a Happy Ending / Cynthia Robinson;; title: Killing Carol Ann / J. T. Ellison;; title: Chloe / Marc Paoletti;; title: Cold, Cold Heart / Karin Slaughter;; title: Calling the Shots / Karen Dionne.; title: Afterword by Steve Berry, ITW's current president.