{
  "id": 855789,
  "title": "How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/how-thrillers-hook-you-with-their-first-sentence",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T09:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NYT Arts",
    "slug": "nyt-arts",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/video/books/100000011051376/how-thrillers-hook-you-with-their-first-sentence.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.",
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/how-thrillers-hook-you-with-their-first-sentence-860630",
        "published": "2026-08-14T09:00:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}