Most Read This Week In Suspense

Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead up to a big event or dramatic moment, with tension being a primary emotion felt as part of the situation. In the kind of suspense described by film director Alfred Hitchcock, an audience experiences suspense when they expect something bad to happen and have (or believe they have) a superior perspective on events in the drama's hierarch ...more

Most Read This Week Tagged "Suspense"

The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)

The Shadow Friends (The Martini Club, #3)

Peaks and Promises (The Haven Brothers #6)

The First Time I Saw Him (Hannah Hall, #2)

Ironwood (Catalina, #2; Harry Bosch Universe, #42)

The Dinner Party: A Pick Your Poison Adventure

Into the Fading Twilight (Starlight Grove, #2)

The Summer Guests (The Martini Club, #2)

Nightshade (Catalina, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #41)

The Oxford Detective Society (The Oxford Detective Society, #1)

The Bodyguard's Fall (Falling for Autumn)

The Butcher and the Wren (Dr. Wren Muller, #1)

The Hallmarked Man (Cormoran Strike, #8)

The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer, #8; Harry Bosch Universe, #41)

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Quotes Tagged “Suspense”

“ As the taxi entered the intersection, the two drivers in the attorney general’s entourage slammed on the brakes. Both Suburbans fishtailed out of control. Ducking in the back seat, Blake could smell the burning rubber from tires skidding on the asphalt and hear the pedestrians screaming and car horns sounding off in rebuke. ”
― Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

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“ There is a distinct difference between "suspense" and "surprise," and yet many pictures continually confuse the two. I'll explain what I mean. We are now having a very innocent little chat. Let's suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. Nothing happens, and then all of a sudden, "Boom!" There is an explosion. The public is surprised, but prior to this surprise, it has seen an absolutely ordinary scene, of no special consequence. Now, let us take a suspense situation. The ...more ”
― Alfred Hitchcock

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