There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm a bit more of a suspense reader on the adult side, but my favorites were the ones I grew up reading. — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
“Now remember, they say if two people go together to visit the Taj Mahal, that means they will always be together. Are… — Jalpa Williby Copy Share Image
I am comfortable calling myself a writer of suspense, or a writer of thrillers; both terms are sort of interchangeable to me.… — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
“They were opposite in so many ways, but it was the kind of difference that was balancing-her softness with his steel, his… — Melissa Cutler Copy Share Image
“Avid readers are the most authentic creatures on the face of the earth, and their hearts and minds are not for sale… — Kopman-Owens Copy Share Image
“No one else could share his quandary. His agonies were a mixture of shame, of loss fueled by profoundly rooted fury—solitary burdens… — Tom Baldwin Copy Share Image
“It was the first time her eyes had really met mine and to be honest I think there was more warmth between… — Kaal Kaczmarek Copy Share Image
Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I'm reaching for emotion and drama, the drama of the everyday: what happens when you don't have shelter, food, and clothing. There… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
“A young man held a young woman in his arms, her head leaned to one side, her eyes empty and still. He… — Stella Coulson Copy Share Image
Neanderthal man listened to stories, if one may judge by the shape of his skull. The primitive audience was an audience of… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“You have really great hands,” she said as he began to massage her butt. “If you ever need extra money, I think… — Paige Tyler Copy Share Image
“Living a horror movie cliché, so to speak?” Caleb softly replied. “I know this is hard to comprehend, especially since we study… — Davee Jones Copy Share Image
“But she had slept, she was positive. She knew it because of the dreams. Despite the comfort of her bed she had… — Katie Lynn Johnson Copy Share Image
“Should I talk to her friends?’ he asked softly, because he had to say something to take his mind away from the… — Elisabeth Rose Copy Share Image
How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I didn't look over my shoulder; there wasn't a sound behind me on the pavement, but I knew he was coming slowly… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
“The desperate piercing scream of horror echoed far above the sharpened tops of the trees wrapped in thin obsidian-transparent mist, and I… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
“Would the man in the cabin have come after them? Would he have sent someone else? Or would he have never even… — Shelley K. Wall Copy Share Image
“The finger in the jar atop the entertainment center served as a reminder: death was far kinder than the fate Juanita could… — Heidi Glick Copy Share Image
“As a fiction writer I am not always sure where reality ends and non reality begins, when sane thoughts become less than… — Kathryn Mattingly Copy Share Image
“ “Well, Mr. George, I’d say that’s a long way up for us to be worried about a wee 30 feet from away… — Tom Baldwin Copy Share Image
“In the final analysis, real suspense comes with moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,” he murmured. Thinking of her out… — Yvonne Korshak Copy Share Image
“The search party became zombie silhouettes in shafts of early-morning light, yawning, despondent, and halfway home when a boy’s scream pierced the… — Jake Vander-Ark Copy Share Image
In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
To me, romance and suspense go hand in hand. What's more suspenseful than wondering how two wonderful people can manage to get… — Maggie Shayne Copy Share Image
“ Mary fought a savage impulse to slam the door on the couple. But they were too interesting to ignore in the… — Susan Rowland Copy Share Image
“Whatever’s eating at you, let it go. Emotion leads to poor decisions. Poor decisions lead to scrutiny. Scrutiny is our greatest threat.”… — Ken Cruickshank Copy Share Image
“She was a ray of sunshine, a warm summer rain, a bright fire on a cold winter’s day, and now she could… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
“Being with him was like smashing against a stone wall—shattering into pieces on impact. He stood unshakable, all steel and rage, hearing… — Slava Pilotoff Copy Share Image
“Every single time it was grand. I loved the moment when you announce the stickup and everything suddenly goes brighter and sharper… — James Carlos Blake Copy Share Image
“If there was one thing a former sniper could do well, it was wait. Patiently. Quietly. Without a sound. Barely a movement.… — J. Rose Black Copy Share Image
It is unlike the quintessential thriller where someone is up to something and the audience is speculating. 'Johnny Gaddaar' is the opposite… — Sriram Raghavan Copy Share Image
“She could see the headlines now. ‘Spinster dies alone in her condo. No one discovered her corpse for three days.’ She had… — Diane Merrill Wigginton Copy Share Image
“You may initially find yourself at a point of re-convincing that there could be a positive twist, and that's okay. Suspense naturally… — Chinonye J. Chidolue Copy Share Image
The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
