First Thrills

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.