From the Book - [First edition].
About this volume / Gary Hoppenstand
On the American thriller / Gary Hoppenstand
Critical contexts. The crime thriller in context / Kate Watson
The legal thriller in context / Ayoola Onatade
The techno thriller in context / John A. Dowell
The psychological thriller in context / Kristopher Mecholsky
Critical readings. Death's head: Thomas Harris / Abby Bentham
Lee Child's pure, uncomplicated hero / Elizabeth Blakesley
Robert Bloch's archetypal thriller: Psycho, the novel / Garyn G. Roberts
The elusive genius of Michael Crichton / Chris Richardson
James Patterson: An uncertain legacy / Philip L. Simpson
John Grisham: The master of the fast-moving legal thriller / Susan J. Tyburski
In the popular tradition / Helen S. Garson
The life of Robin Cook / Lorena Laura Stookey.
