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First Thrills

High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors

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First Thrills

By: Lee Child - editor, Steve Berry - afterword
Narrated by: Jim Bond, Nick Podehl, Luke Daniels, Joyce Bean, Dick Hill
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About this listen

New York Times best-selling author Lee Child has teamed up with the International Thriller Writers for First Thrills, a showcase of many of the organization’s best-selling authors as well as rising stars in the genre.

First Thrills includes never-before-published stories by New York Times best-selling authors including Lee Child, Stephen Coonts, Jeffery Deaver, Heather Graham, Joan Johnston, John Lescroart, Alex Kava and Deb Carlin, Michael Palmer (with Daniel James Palmer), Karin Slaughter, and Wendi Corsi Staub.

This collection also serves as a great introduction to those whom the ITW has christened its rising stars, including Sean Michael Bailey, Ken Bruen, Ryan Brown, Bill Cameron, Rebecca Cantrell, Karen Dionne, JT Ellison, Theo Gangi, Rip Gerber, Gregg Hurwitz, C. J. Lyons, Grant Mackenzie, Marc Paoletti, Cynthia Robinson, and Kelli Stanley.

©2010 Lee Child (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller Short Story

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I like Lee Child, have listened to a number of his books in the car, find them engaging and an easy listen.

Tried a number of these stories, but the short story format didn't grab me. A showcase of talent it may be, but I didn't get it.

Expected more

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None of the stories grabbed my attention nor did the narration keep me interested enough

Short stories (not for me)

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just listened to the start of most of the books and hated the narration and the stories

waste of time small stories

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