First Thrills
Subtitle: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors
By: edited by Lee Child
Publisher: Forge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780765365354
Copyright date: 2010
Notes: "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Table of contents: title: New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and 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.; title: -- A cunning criminal thinks he can use a child to take the rap for his crimes.; title: -- A hospital intern turned body snatcher.; title: -- A priest who comes face-to-face with his wife's murderer on death row.; title: -- A Confederate soldier comes home to his love, but changed by more than just the war . . . he comes back wrong.; title: -- The discovery of a flying saucer in the ocean depths brings one man to the brink of a massive revelation.; title: -- A dying man's last request proves to his ex-wife that he's still rotten to the core.; title: -- A clandestine operative finds himself caught in a wicked game of confusion . . . but who is calling the shots?; title: No matter what type of thriller you listen to, you'll find something here that will entertain you . . . and perhaps a new writer you'll cherish for years to come.; 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.