title: Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads
author: David Morrell
description: For casual readers, scholars, or librarians, this anthology is the best go-to source for thriller interest. ForeWord Reviews<br /><br />This is an essential reference book. Library Journal, Starred Review<br /><br />"This entertaining collection starts with Lee Child's thoughts on Theseus and the Minotaur (1500 B.C.) and ends with Steve Berry's take on Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code (2003). In between are some thought-provoking essays by contemporary stars of the thriller field."
zlib_text: THRILLER
  EDITED BY
  JAMES PATTERSON
  
  To Dennis Lynds and all thriller writers,
  past and present.
  May their stories live forever.
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Introduction by James Patterson
  JAMES PENNEY’S NEW IDENTITY
  Lee Child
  OPERATION NORTHWOODS
  James Grippando
  EPITAPH
  J. A. Konrath
  THE FACE IN THE WINDOW
  Heather Graham
  EMPATHY
  James Siegel
  KOWALSKI’S IN LOVE
  James Rollins
  THE HUNT FOR DMITRI
  Gayle Lynds
  DISFIGURED
  Michael Palmer and Daniel Palmer
  THE ABELARD SANCTION
  David Morrell
  FALLING
  Chris Mooney
  SUCCESS OF A MISSION
  Dennis Lynds
  THE PORTAL
  John Lescroart and M. J. Rose
  THE DOUBLE DEALER
  David Liss
  DIRTY WEATHER
  Gregg Hurwitz
  
  SPIRIT WALKER
  David Dun
  AT THE DROP OF A HAT
  Denise Hamilton
  THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR
  Eric Van Lustbader
  MAN CATCH
  Christopher Rice
  GOODNIGHT, SWEET MOTHER
  Alex Kava
  SACRIFICIAL LION
  Grant Blackwood
  INTERLUDE AT DUANE’S
  F. Paul Wilson
  THE POWDER MONKEY
  Ted Bell
  SURVIVING TORONTO
  M. Diane Vogt
  ASSASSINS
  Christopher Reich
  THE ATHENS SOLUTION
  Brad Thor
  DIPLOMATIC 