Books Quote by Sandra Brown

I've always read suspense, so raising the stakes to life and death situations in my romance plots seemed natural.

— JoAnn Ross

The suspense in a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist himself, who is intensely curious too about what will…

— Mary McCarthy

The suspense of a novel is not only in the reader, but in the novelist, who is intensely curious about what will happen to…

— Mary McCarthy

One key to the distinction between mystery and suspense writing involves the relative positions of hero and reader. In the ideal mystery novel, the…

— Carolyn Wheat

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

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

— Marge Piercy

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process.

— Alfred Hitchcock

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

I don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think I have…

— Celeste Ng

Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but high suspense writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.

— Iris Johansen

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

There are two ways to approach the writing of a mystery novel: adhere to the rules, or break them with glee.

— Sarah Weinman