Lana Harvey is a reaper, and a lousy one at that. She resides in Limbo City, the modern capital of the collective afterlives, where she likes to stick it to the man the legendary Grim Reaper himself by harvesting the bare minimum of souls required of her.
The first part of the download list consists of 86 free thriller ebooks, from various sub-genres. When an elderly neighbor calls because she sees flames shooting from the Scott house, the story begins dripping with adrenaline and anticipation. But, did she notice too late? Eighteen women have been found floating in the Potomac. Their bodies slashed and weighted down with concrete blocks. Then the killing stops. As chief curator of the Maine Museum of Art, Dr.
Dulcinea Dulcie Chambers has just opened a new exhibit of Winslow Homer watercolors. It will be complete when the final work is bought at auction. When felt in a controlled and safe environment, fear becomes an adrenaline rush that can even be enjoyed. Reading our mystery and thriller books in PDF format will immerse you in fascinating stories that you will not be able to leave until the end. In literature, the genre of mystery, thriller and horror is considered one of the most respected by critics and appreciated by readers.
Its origin is not very old, actually, it was inaugurated about two hundred years ago with the detective novel. It was characterized by having a crime in its plot that would be solved by the figure of the detective. Some of its first exponents were the writers E. But, who gave a definitive fame to the genre was Arthur Conan Doyle with his exquisite crime novels solved by the emblematic hero Sherlock Holmes, his main character.
However, the detective theme is not the only one developed in this literary genre, the topics developed are very varied, from a personal drama like that of Dorian Gray, to supernatural phenomena such as ghosts, vampires or aliens. Actually, the subject is not as important as the resources used to keep the reader on edge and hooked on the plot until the end, with the sole objective of discovering the outcome of the events. Modern authors like Stephen King knew how to handle the literary resources of suspense and horror very well.
To distinguish these resources, four fundamental elements must be considered. The mystery and thriller genre is based on: the emotional reaction of the reader, language, aesthetics and archetypal characters. When all of them are well combined, with creativity and authenticity, it could be said that a true narrative thriller piece is obtained.
Language: The lexicon used is very gender-specific and the omission of information in the sentences is used to create uncertainty. Hints or clues are left through the language, which create the increasing interest of the reader. Archetypal characters: Predominantly murderers, psychopaths, thieves, monsters, ghosts, demons, detectives, among others.
Do you want to experience horror and suspense? In the field of literature and cinema , the idea of intrigue refers to the set of events that constitute the core of a work. It is about that which arouses interest in the public, causing tension while waiting for its resolution.
Intrigue is attractive to us by nature, because it touches us in the deepest part of our being, in a region where we find our curiosity, our sense of adventure, a series of very primitive sensations that no matter how much we try to cover with the customs of modern life, have accompanied us from the origin of our species and can come to light spontaneously, without asking our permission. Conspiracies and confabulations are circumstances in which intrigue is the most characteristic element.
Being one of our most primary emotions, it is understandable that horror literature was one of the first genres to appear. Horror stories emerge before the scientific age as an explanation of the unexplainable. Of all that the human mind could not understand or tried to hide. Since it is used to explain the supernatural, it is normal that this genre is closely linked to the fantastic.
And as it is used to explain what we cannot understand, it is also logical that it is linked to science fiction , as when we speak of other worlds or dimensions that our mind cannot understand, and to which we therefore fear. Horror literature is based more on the type of reactions it generates in the reader anxiety, fear, horror, uncertainty, tension on aesthetics generally the descriptive use of claustrophobic, desolate or ominous spaces and on the archetypal characters it evokes monsters, murderers, psychopaths, ghosts, demons, presences, sinister children, etc.
Murder is the act by which a person intentionally takes the life of another, with treachery, cruelty, or compensation for the act being performed. In case none of the three previous circumstances appears, we would be talking about a homicide. This type of event has always generated and aroused curiosity; the intrigue, wanting to assume the role of the detective and doing justice awakens in us the desire to see or read these stories.
So they do not escape as a source of inspiration in the literature, trapping us in this world of evidence and placing in us the desire to study the behavior of the murderer, why did he do it? Whether in the detective novel or the crime novel, during the execution of the murder the criminal has made sure not to make any mistakes or leave any evidence behind him.
He is not intimidated, he does not act suspicious, so it will become a challenge for the detective. Mystery literature , also known as detective fiction and crime novels, is a specific type of thriller. Mystery stories begin with a crime as the central conflict and present clues and suspects throughout the story to allow for a final resolution through logical deduction.
Most mysteries include a professional or amateur detective who guides the reader through the solution of the crime. In some cases, readers are presented with enough evidence to correctly solve the mystery themselves. In others, they must follow along with the characters until the final revelation at the end of the story.
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