Collocations for thriller - noun

gripping (esp. BrE), taut
best-selling
classic
action, comedy, crime, erotic, legal, mystery, noir, political, psychological, science-fiction, spy, supernatural, suspense
a gripping political thriller

craft
his renown for crafting thrillers

direct, write
She had always wanted to write a spy thriller.

read, watch

writer
genre

in a/the thriller
one of the characters in the thriller

thriller by
a new thriller by this American writer