Rapid Pursuit: 14 Short Thrillers & Fast-Paced Suspense Stories

Jump in, hold tight, and don’t look back.

Welcome to a world where every ticking second brings danger or heart-thumping suspense and no mystery remains unsolved for long. In Rapid Pursuit, acclaimed author Joslyn Chase delivers a riveting collection of fourteen tales that dive straight into high-stakes intrigue and unexpected twists.

From hurricane-threatened beachfronts to blizzard-blasted back alleys, Chase’s signature blend of tension and thrilling suspense captures readers at every turn. Whether evading the law in the dead of night, tracking down an elusive killer, or navigating treacherous alliances, these stories walk the line between good and evil like a tightrope artist on a dare.

Featuring tales that have gripped readers in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, and Thrill Ride, this collection brings Chase’s best in the genre. Each story is crafted to keep you breathless and turning pages late into the night as her characters plunge into situations where every choice could be their last.

Get ready for Rapid Pursuit—where justice, revenge, and survival intersect in a relentless race against time.

Joslyn Chase is a prize-winning author of mysteries and thrillers. Any day she can send readers to the edge of their seats, chewing their fingernails to the nub and prickling with suspense, is a good day in her book. Joslyn's thriller novel Staccato Passage was a 2025 semi-finalist for the Adventure Writer's Grandmaster Award, and "A Band of Scheming Women" was a finalist for the Derringer Award. The first book in her Riley Forte series, Nocturne in Ashes, was a finalist for the Readers' Favorite International Book Award. In addition, "Cold Hands, Warm Heart," was chosen by Amor Towles as one of the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023.Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Malice Domestic's Mystery Most Devious, Thrill Ride Magazine, Fiction River, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Mystery Magazine, and Pulphouse Fiction, among others. Known for her fast-paced suspense fiction, Joslyn's books are full of surprising twists and delectable turns. You will find her riveting novels most anywhere books are sold.Her love for travel has led Joslyn to ride camels through the Nubian desert, fend off monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar, and hike the Bavarian Alps. But she still believes that sometimes the best adventures come in getting the words on the page and in the thrill of reading a great story.