Quotes About Suspense

She's reading a thriller by David Rosenfelt, one of the great writers of our time,

Detective Bone

But how had he died? Zoe knew that Gingernut was very young, even in hamster years. Could this be a hamster murder? she wondered. But what kind of person would want to murder a defenceless little hamster? Well, before this story is over, you will know. And you will also know that there are people capable of doing much, much worse. The most evil man in the world is lurking somewhere in this very book. Read on, if you dare…

A man. A dead man. A dead man with no arms.

Hey." He glanced away from her, instead looking down at the coffin. He looked back at her and raised his eyebrows. "Want a peek?

Fred said, "Man, I think he's gonna make a fuckin' suit of human skin, using the best parts from each of us." "Holy crap," said John. "He'll be gorgeous.

John trotted up, carrying his satchel. "Yes. Wexler's gone. We need your car." "What? Why?" John circled around to the passenger-side door and said, "Car chase.

What's up. This is Dave, the one you saw in your hallway. He's not a psychotic killer or anything," he lied

Your story should open as a door to the reader, where the action has already begun and they have to run to keep up.

To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching upon the floor.

I slammed the door in her face and applied my bloody shoe to the lurkers in the bathtub,

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She gave a theatrical sigh. For heaven's sake, Julia, don't be difficult. Climb onto the floating buffalo and let's be off. We are meant to cross this river before nightfall.

You must not go into the forest at night," the innkeeper warned, his voice trembling with fear. "Something dangerous walks there in the darkness.

It was entirely possible that Lorenzo's companion that dreadful night was still at large, killing Beatrice to protect himself, eliminating her before she could eliminate him. Or her, I realised with a start. I turned feverishly through the pages again until I came to the sketches of the missing bones from Lorenzo's fossil. And I knew precisely where I had seen them before.

back of that woman's dress that night

All the promise of a movie is in the trailer.

A good preview makes you can't wait to see the whole movie.

In the beginning of a movie, they don't tell you what's going to happen. You just have to wait and go on the adventure with them

De la alcoba salía un olor a carne quemada tan intenso que casi le hizo vomitar. Al pie de la cama había un cadáver que aún humeaba. De la mano que intentara empuñar a Zemal quedaba tan solo quedaban tan solo los huesos de dos dedos ; el resto eran cenizas.

The room marked with a cross is not where the murder was committed, but the one that I occupy.

When at last they begin to move, instead of happiness or relief, they all feel a tentative, miniature suspension of dread.