How Thriller Books Hook You With Their First Sentence

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Could you guess the title of a thriller from only its first sentence?

Our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, tried with a few of the books from our list of the 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century.

Video by Tina Jordan, Edward Vega, Karen Hanley and James Surdam/The New York Times #books #thrillers #booktok #booktube

Here are the 50 best thriller books of the 21st century, as voted on by 291 crime novelists, editors, booksellers, librarians and other book lovers: https://nyti.ms/4ijx2de

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