First Thrills

Twenty-five high-octane stories from the hottest thriller authors in one anthology, edited by #1 New York Times–bestselling author Lee Child.

Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present an anthology 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.