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

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

“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

“Let her go… Because that girl has got to die so that you may live.”
― Sanjida Kay, My Mother's Secret

“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

“The birds?’

‘Yes. Brent geese from Svalbard and bar-tailed godwits from the Arctic tundra. Thousands of them, loads of different species. They’ve flown from Scandinavia to spend the winter here. At night, I can hear them honking. Pink-footed geese from Iceland, barnacle geese from Norway. When I lie in bed at night, I imagine I can hear the beat of their wings.
Yesterday I walked along the beach. It was clear, for once, and the sun was starting to set. I saw a murmuration of plovers. Hundreds of them, making these strange, unearthly shapes across the sky; the light caught their wings, and the whole flock shone like gold.

Every day I think about filling my pockets with stones and walking into the sea. I will aim for Iceland. I will never stop. But then I see a flock of golden plovers wheeling in the sunlight and, for a few brief moments, I forget who I am and why I’m here and what I’ve lost.”
― Sanjida Kay, My Mother's Secret

“The birds were starting to leave for Scandinavia and Siberia. Long V shapes trailed across the sky and, at night, flocks of bar-tailed godwits wheeled above the beach. The e icy wind, straight off the Arctic tundra, had abated slightly, and the days were growing longer. One night there was a storm, and in the morning the beach was littered with debris: eel grass torn from the beds around Holy Island, bladderwrack encrusted with barnacles, scraps of fishing net and opaque plastic bottles.

The blaze roared, orange and amber and red; sparks danced in the darkening sky. In the distance, the sea pounded on the shore and the wind wheeled about her; a curlew keened, calling like a lost child.”
― Sanjida Kay, My Mother's Secret

“She doesn’t like alcohol in cakes. That’s Katie’s thing. And she isn’t into gluten-free or, you know, polenta. She doesn’t think it’s right for cake. Anyway, it’s what poor people eat.’ My dad winces, in spite of his best Dr Seuss face. ‘In developing countries like Mexico, I mean. You have to be middle-class to afford it here.’ That didn’t help. When you get stuck, stick to the facts – that’s what Dad always tells me. ‘She’d like a Victoria sponge with lots of cream and some fruit. Raspberries and jam. Something simple.’
He looks disappointed. I can see he wanted a statement of a cake. Like his love.”
― Sanjida Kay, My Mother's Secret

“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