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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
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A Murderous Business (Harriman & Mancini Mysteries, 1)
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Something of a Calling
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We're giving away 10 copies of SOMETHING OF A CALLING from the brilliant Zoje Stage, Bram Stoker Award finalist and author of Baby Teeth
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The Saltmere Protocol (Saltmere Subjects #1)
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