Suspense Fiction Quotes

“There were no clues left by the murderer inside the judge’s chambers. No fingerprints. Nothing. The only thing found that was out of the ordinary was a single strand of long auburn hair on the window ledge. A single strand of hair from an unknown female. All dead ends. From my initial perspective, the police were as thorough as they could have been.”
― Behcet Kaya, Appellate Judge

“Heavy clouds obscured the sun and a light mist turned everything damp and gray.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

“Some things, she thought, weren’t worth hiding anymore.”
― D.L. Maddox, Reckoning

“He was running for his life. If he didn’t make it, he hoped Emily would take off and get to safety.”
― Dawn Chalker, Bear Me in Mind

“Because of men like him, God had made warriors like Leif. To do violence on behalf of the innocent.”
― Ronie Kendig, Storm Rising

“I tried to imagine how it might look if there were a fire roaring, giving heat and light to the room.”
― Lo Monaco, Fallen in a Dark Uneven Way

“My father continued to tinker on the lawnmower, repairing or destroying it, it was hard to tell. If curses were magic words, the machine would’ve run like a charm in no time. It probably could’ve mowed the lawn by itself.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher

“The most humble domestic items are always overlooked, especially by men. No wonder witches flew on brooms.”
― Cate Ray, Good Husbands

“He’s so nice, with his waistcoats and French cinema blog—one of those men who women adore, while never actually picturing them naked.”
― Cate Ray, Good Husbands

“What’s going to happen when they find out what they’re really like? And they have to spend the rest of their lives married to each other?”
― Sanjida Kay, My Mother's Secret

“I sure as hell don’t want to be dragged round a mansion by an over-excited single parent downloading bollocks about the Victorians on 4G.”
― Sanjida Kay, My Mother's Secret

“I go downstairs to my bedroom and get out my diary from where I’ve hidden it in the wardrobe under my jumpers.
I write, ‘My mother has a secret.”
― Sanjida Kay, My Mother's Secret

“A movement made a hundred times before, a thousand times before, except this time, instead of muscle and nerve performing their everyday miracle of coordination, I tilted to the right and started to fall.”
― Nicola Griffith, So Lucky

“Truth in itself is simple. We find it by cutting out the complications.”
― Hazel Manuel, Kanyakumari

“As Chloe pulled out of the drive, she realized the weapon next to her made her feel like she was more in control of the situation. As she drove down the Mississippi back roads, a sense of peace settled in her soul. Chloe knew it wasn’t just the .45 resting on her front seat that brought the feeling. It was more of an awareness of being where
she belonged. But that was crazy.”
― Tammy Partlow, Blood Beneath the Pines

“Facts. Just the facts. And logic.”
― Chao C Chien, Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong (in Traditional Chinese Characters): An Epic Crime Thriller with a Wicked Twist.

“Numbers hold the truth to everything.” - Uncle Henry”
― Angela Mullins, Working for Uncle Henry

“John’s laugh made Harold’s blood run cold. “Yes, you do. You saw him cowering on the floor in fear. You wanted him dead. Inside that big chest of yours beats the heart of a murderer. In fact, you’re going to kill again.”
― Gary McPherson, Harold and the Angel of Death

“I’m not crazy, man. I mean, it’s not like I believe Hitler has a base on the dark side of the moon or something. Maybe Iceland but not the moon.”
― Angela Mullins, Working for Uncle Henry

“It’s who’s controlling the Illuminati that I’m more concerned about.”
― Angela Mullins, Working for Uncle Henry

“The value of anything is man-made.”
― Angela Mullins, Working for Uncle Henry

“One has to stay true to one’s beliefs...and mission.”
― Angela Mullins, Working for Uncle Henry

“I’m telling you the government is up to some wicked stuff. Of course, they’ve been at it for over a century now, so…”
― Angela Mullins, Working for Uncle Henry

“They don’t go around talkin’ about it to everybody. People’d think they’re nuts. But you’re only a nut if you’re wrong.”
― Angela Mullins, Working for Uncle Henry

“Isn't this where it is all leading to, anyway? I am simply suggesting we be proactive in taking the next inevitable step here. We've entered a new era of human augmentation, but brain microchips are where you draw the line?”
― Amari Rae Pulido, Chipd

“She was dead because of me, of what I became. I was never meant to heal. I was meant to destroy. And I was going to take the rest of the world with me this time.”
― Lina Hart, Beyond Power: A Supernatural Sci-Fi Romance

“What is death if not a game? Wrath asked.”
― Erika Leigh Agnew, The Besieged Unicorn Army of Ryk: Book 2: Prequel to Dragonsown

“It’s not paranoia if you’re right. And he was right about everything—except who was really watching.”
― Paul John De Matteo, The Neighbours Next Door

“Sometimes the most dangerous secrets are the ones whispered over the fence.”
― Paul De Matteo

“Sometimes the most dangerous secrets are the ones whispered over the fence.— from The Neighbours Next Door by Paul De Matteo”
― Paul De Matteo