Books Quote by JoAnn Ross

I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery…

— Lisa Gardner

Typically, I have a fairly good grip on the plot of a suspense novel before I set about writing it. I must know beforehand…

— Sandra Brown

As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives…

— Andrew Gross

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real…

— Nelson DeMille

Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.

— Marge Piercy

Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always…

— Maggie Shayne

Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

— Sydney Pollack

Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable…

— Ira Sachs

I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and…

— Lisa Gardner

Suspense is like a woman. The more left to the imagination, the more the excitement.

— Alfred Hitchcock

I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm…

— Dan Brown