#thriller

She hit the button again, holding her breath this time until she heard it. Soft, sibilant, as insubstantial as the breaths that came before: Shannon. The voice whispered Shannon. The blood rushed out of her head. Her heart knocked hard in her chest. Her knees buckled and she grabbed the counter to keep from falling. She was starting to hyperventilate, had to calm it down before she was taken by a full-blown panic attack. Paper bag. Think. Think! Drawer below the silverware, next to the sink. Over the nose and mouth. Breathe slowly, slowly. Holding the bag against her face, Shane slid to the floor with her back against the cabinets, legs splayed, lungs heaving. It couldn’t be him. It couldn’t be Jordan. Jordan was dead. ↗

— Jane Taylor Starwood

#romantic-suspense #suspense #thrillers #romantic

The terror is trapped inside of him and paralyzes him. He closes his eyes again and tries to drown out the scream - but it keeps ringing and ringing and ringing in his ears. ↗

— Suneeta Misra

#political-intrigue #romantic-suspense #thriller #women #young-adult

Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn’t found a reason to live by the end of the day she would jump from the rig. It felt good to have a plan. ↗

— Adam Baker

#horror #science-fiction #survival #thriller #zombie

Ien stopped her voice with more kisses, more promises of a world filled with only them. ↗

— Christine Fonseca

#psychological-thriller #romance #ya #historical

To Fred, those years seemed to pass like quickly skimming a book and then finding the ending wasn't what he expected. He wished he'd paid more attention to the story. ↗

— Sarah Addison Allen

#magic-realism #thriller #comedy

Annabelle, I'm going to kill you!" I cried, frowning at the mess. Then I glanced down the stairway and gasped. It looked like someone had beaten me to it. ↗

— Cleo Coyle

#mystery #suspense #thriller #thriller

My power grew angry that it was confined to my petite frame and pulled against my taut skin. Growing bolder, it tore through my skin to lay flat against my outer edge. The glowing energy began to solidify against my flesh; it lengthened to mold itself to my frame and contained me in a transparent cocoon. I flexed my fingers against the waxy surface and began to panic. I was cut off from my coven now and could not feel their thoughts. I could see the panic on their faces as I fell onto my side to convulse. ↗

— J.D. Stroube

#cocoon #frame #horror #magic #paranormal

Redemption is for the weak. The strong keep sinning - Antonio Cabrera - The Kiss after Midnight ↗

— Marvin Amazon

#mystery #thriller #thriller

It will be a killer, and a chiller, and a thriller, when I get the gorilla in Manila. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#gorilla #i #killer #manila #thriller

When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#action film #both #brought #cameron #conscience