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NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers - Page 3

Your picks for the most pulse-quickening, suspenseful novels ever written. As chosen by the NPR audience.
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Primal Fear (William Diehl)
Primal Fear
81
William Diehl
The Templar Legacy
The Templar Legacy
82
The Hard Way
The Hard Way
83
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
84
James Fenimore Cooper
Six Days of the Condor (James Grady)
Six Days of the Condor
85
James Grady
Fail-Safe
Fail-Safe
86
Strangers on a Train (Patricia Highsmith)
Strangers on a Train
87
Patricia Highsmith
The Eight (Katherine Neville)
The Eight
88
Katherine Neville
The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
The Lost Symbol
89
Dan Brown
Goldfinger (Ian Fleming)
Goldfinger
90
Ian Fleming
Bangkok 8
Bangkok 8
91
The Kill Artist
The Kill Artist
92
Hardball
Hardball
93
The Club Dumas (Arturo Perez-Reverte)
The Club Dumas
94
Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Deep Blue Goodbye (John D. MacDonald)
The Deep Blue Goodbye
95
John D. MacDonald
The Monkey's Raincoat (Robert Crais)
The Monkey's Raincoat
96
Robert Crais
Berlin Game (Len Deighton)
Berlin Game
97
Len Deighton
A Simple Plan (Scott Smith)
A Simple Plan
98
Scott Smith
Child 44 (Tom Rob Smith)
Child 44
99
Tom Rob Smith
Heartsick (Chelsea Cain)
Heartsick
100
Chelsea Cain
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