Thriller : [stories to keep you up all night] / edited by James Patterson.

Publisher: Don Mills, Ont., Canada : Mira, c2006.

ISBN: 0778322998 :

Description: iv, 14-568 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject: Suspense fiction, American.

Notes: Subtitle from jacket.
"The first short-story anthology of thrillers ever done, and ... the first publication of a new professional organization: International Thriller Writers, Inc."--Introd.
"Featuring North America's foremost thriller authors"--Jacket flyleaf.

Contents: Introduction / by James Patterson -- James Penney's new identity / Lee Child -- Operation Northwoods / James Grippando -- Epitah / J.A. Konrath -- The face in the window / Heather Graham -- Empathy / James Siegel -- Kowalski's in love / James Rollins -- The hunt for Dmitri / Gayle Lynds -- Disfigured / Michael Palmer and Daniel Palmer -- The Abelard Sanction / David Morrell -- Falling / Chris Mooney -- Success of a mission -- The portal / John Lescroart and M.J. Rose -- The double dealer / David Liss -- Dirty weather / Gregg Hurwitz -- Spirit walker / David Dun -- At the drop of a hat / Denise Hamilton -- The other side of the mirror / Eric Van Lustbader -- Man catch / Christopher Rice -- Goodnight, sweet mother / Alex Kava -- Sacrificial lion / Grant Blackwood-- Interlude at Duane's / F. Paul Wilson -- The powder monkey / Ted Bell -- Surviving Toronto / M. Diane Vogt -- Assassins / Christopher Reich -- The Athens solution / Brad Thor -- Diplomatic constraints / Raelynn Hillhouse -- Kill zone / Robert Liparulo -- The devil's due / Steve Berry -- The Tuesday Club / Katherine Neville -- Gone fishing / Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child -- Author biographies.