“Empty words are like droplets of rain pattering upon the ground. It is difficult to find a single feature that distinguishes one… — Richard Cezar Copy Share Image
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“What did you tell me, Jesse? Sure Jake, Stephanie will do exactly what you tell her. Sure Jake, protecting her will be… — Nina D'Angelo Copy Share Image
A state of skepticism and suspense may amuse a few inquisitive minds. But the practice of superstition is so congenial to the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“She opened her mouth and let him feed her. He slipped in his index finger with melted chocolate on the tip and… — Juliette Cross Copy Share Image
If you want to be a legend, God help you, it's so easy. You just do one thing. You can be the… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
“Why do you even want to be involved with me?" she asked. "I'm a complete mess. I don't have my head on… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
“You turned your head to the side. Faced me. Your eyes never left mine, I read them with ease. You said nothing… — Ali Land Copy Share Image
“The old joke is that psychiatrists are doctors who can't stand the sight of blood. Maybe they can't stand it, but if… — Mike Bartos Copy Share Image
“She had a hand on his belt, ready to show him exactly what she had in mind for the night, when he… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
“WEST SALEM ~ October 2011 A sudden vision, fraught with malevolence and darkness, obscured her sight. The face of a menacing figure… — Cherie De Sues Copy Share Image
Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement. ... The conventional big-bosomed blonde is not… — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“There will always be ups and downs, twists and turns in our lives. But we have to find the strength to keep… — Jalpa Williby Copy Share Image
“These mega-churches are springing up all over the country—especially in the suburbs of large cities. And they all follow the same formula:… — Robert Burton Robinson Copy Share Image
“Do it, Octavian” She ghosted the tips of her fingers along the hem of his shirt. “Touch me.” He growled low in… — Airicka Phoenix Copy Share Image
“Here is a story that’s stranger than strange. Before we begin you may want to arrange: a blanket, a cushion, a comfortable… — Robert Paul Weston Copy Share Image
“If I get all that money back in the accounts and then swear it off entirely, she'll forgive me. It felt good… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
“The idea that the spirits of those once tortured in the house might still be there was the avenue his imagination began… — Matthew Williams Copy Share Image
“She went weak in the knees and could barely walk as she followed him, trembling with fear. Her hopes for a happy… — Dianne Harman Cornered Coyote Copy Share Image
“She wanted his strong, capable hands on her blody and those soft lips locked with hers. She wanted to be held tight… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
Subtle horror is where you rarely see the blood and gore. The violent people are called splatter-punks, who prefer graphic, unrelenting, violent,… — Richard Chizmar Copy Share Image
“Placing his suitcase on the seat next to him, he unbuttoned his suit jacket, loosened up his necktie and removed his fedora.… — Peprah Boasiako Copy Share Image
“Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there… — V.S. Kemanis Copy Share Image
“Mary’s hands clenched. She’d been through fire, what with a murder, and white supremacists. And what about Caroline, who had gone undercover… — Susan Rowland Copy Share Image
William Goldman's Marathon Man was a novel that taught me about suspense. I was maybe 16 years old when I read it… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“She had her sonar continually set for excuses to entertain, to bring together influential and powerful people in a mix that hummed,… — Kate White Copy Share Image
“You look good, Clearwater. Been working out?' Danie teased. 'He does, doesn't he?'Janelle agreed. 'This will totally work.' James' eyes darted back… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know… — Susan Rowland Copy Share Image
I write what I want to write. Period. I don't write novels-for-hire using media tie-in characters, I don't write suspense novels or… — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
It is more than likely that the brain itself is, in origin and development, only a sort of great clot of genital… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
“Impertinent submissive,” Raoul snapped, and his dark brown eyes turned mean. “Nothing new for this one. You're doing a lousy job of… — Cherise Sinclair Copy Share Image
“You're the love of my life, and the bane of my existence." Sera stopped midstride and wrinkled her brow. "What's bane?" Jack… — Randall Kenneth Drake Copy Share Image
“George lay on his bed, wide awake despite the early hour, imagining over and over Jeffrey’s demise. He didn’t feel guilty. Jeffrey… — Matt Francis Copy Share Image
“Walking away from him had been almost impossible. But she loved him too much to do otherwise. Because by simply existing, she… — Katie Reus Copy Share Image
“She wasn't a cowardIf she were she would have retreated back into her shell years before and pulled back entirely from life.… — Dee Henderson Copy Share Image
Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I… — Maggie Shayne Copy Share Image
“A small white rabbit with floppy ears and a twitching pink nose bounded out from the thick forest brush. Fingers twitching at… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
