Thriller Suspense Novel Book Review - Kellerman Does it Again at the Clinic

Sometimes you just know a suspense thriller is going to live up to its reputation. And often you figure this out on the first chapter, and you are pleasantly surprised, especially considering the price of a new hardback book when it first comes out and hits the New York Times Bestseller List.

Interestingly enough, many books hit the list, but fail to impress, although there are some authors that, well, let's just say everything they write is good, or in this case great. I'd certainly like to recommend a great book to you, as I've described, the book is;

"The Clinic" By Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware Novel); Bantam Books, New York, NY. 1996. ISBN 0-553-08922-6

There are few great thriller suspense novels like this, a book that is riveting and will have you on the edge of your seat and cause you to cancel dates and events so you can find a cozy place to just sit down uninterrupted and finish it. Jonathan Kellerman, and yes, I know you've heard the name, but this like his book; The Web, is a must read. Clinic makes it happen for the reader.

The victim is found dead having been stabbed, but this is not like any regular crime, this is in a very up-scale safe LA Neighborhood. How could this be, and so the story begins, as expert psychologists are brought in along with Milo Sturgis, our trusty famous LA homicide detective to put the pieces in place. What happens next is going to blow your mind. The suspense is incredible, thrilling and one that will keep you up until you've finished. An awesome read indeed.

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Not What She Seems by Victorine Lieske - A Romantic Suspense Book Review

Not What She Seems is a sweet romantic suspense, appropriate for ages 12 and up. Back blurb: Steven Ashton, a billionaire from New York, and Emily Grant, on the run from the law...and when they meet he can't help falling for her. What he doesn't know is that interfering in her life will put his own life in danger.

Contemporary romantic suspense is my favorite type of book, but I only like it when the plot is complex and unpredictable, and the building tension is balanced out by lighter scenes and/or humorous moments. Victorine Lieske's Not What She Seems scores high in both of these categories for me.

Now, for about the first quarter of the book, I felt disappointed. There were only a few major characters, and I thought I had the whole plot figured out already. But I was wrong. About then, the story underwent the proverbial "plot thickening", like an expertly-made holiday gravy. Many more locations, characters, and plot twists began to unfold, and the seemingly simple storyline turned into a roller coaster ride with no easy exit (I read everything from chapter 2 on, in one 24 hour span). A plethora of potential suspects presented themselves, all with believable motives and reasonable opportunity, such that I was reminded of a lively round of "Clue", where everyone from Miss Scarlett to Colonel Mustard was looking good for the deed.

With all those characters and locations, however, I would have preferred more development of personalities, interrelationships, and setting details. But I may be alone in this; a lot readers prefer the fast-paced, plot-focused novel and find the other elements merely a slow down.

As this is an indie published work, I was not unprepared for formatting and technical issues, but instead, Not What She Seems was as cleanly produced as any traditionally published book I've seen. I only spotted two or three spelling/grammatical errors total. There were a couple minor plot elements that struck me as odd, and I did find the action at the climax scene at Vincent's house a little confusing, but those were minor flaws in an otherwise easily followed story.

Finally, as mentioned earlier, I appreciated Ms. Lieske's moments of humor which helped to soften the otherwise breakneck pace. She made me laugh out loud more than once, memorably at the "Spiderman sheets" comment. If you are a reader who enjoys plentiful action, a complex plot, and prefer to go easy on the life histories and weather reports, your money will not be wasted on Victorine Lieske's Not What She Seems.

Not What She Seems is available for purchase in paper and for the Kindle or Kindle-for-PC (ebook format) from Amazon and Amazon UK.

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Suspense in Writing

Mystery, action/adventure, crime, and detective stories require components which build, add, and/or continue the suspense needed to keep the reader's attention.

The first place to build suspense needed in any writing is the first few sentences. According to Bill Reynolds, The Writer, August 2005, page 7, "A proper opening picks the reader up by his collar and throws him into the story."

The art of suspense means giving the reader something to worry about. In Latin suspendere means to hang, thus suspense, which avoids boredom and losing readers. The reader is compelled to turn pages, the cure for boredom.

Suspense (uncertainly, doubt, anxiety) is a must for all fiction. It should start from the very beginning of a story or novel, should be built into the premise and structure of any fiction writings.

According to The Writer, composition text books, and my own notes and lesson plans, the essential elements for suspense are as follows:

1. State the story's plot as a question (not in the story itself), one that can be answered yes or no in the pre-writing stage. Make a list of all the possible reasons why the answer could be "no." Those "no" answers become the focus of problems and obstacles - suspense.

2. Create a likable and competent - but flawed - protagonist. (Protagonist = hero, good guy/gal)
If the reader doesn't care about the protagonist, then suspense is meaningless. The flaw or flaws will help create needed suspense because the outcome of the struggle/conflict will be in doubt.

3. Give the protagonist a powerful motivation. He/she must have strong desires, needs, wants. The basic and powerful human needs and drives are essential: Love, ambition, greed, survival are examples. Something vitally important must be at stake, or readers can't believe the protagonist would never abandon the quest.

4. Give your protagonist highly motivated antagonists (opponents, villains). "All stories need strong villains. Suspense rests on the possibility - even the likelihood - that the villain will defeat the hero," William G. Tapply writes in The Writer, August 2005.

5. Keep raising the stakes and creating disasters. The formula for building suspense is a bad start that gets worse. Suspense is about problems and obstacles, disasters and failures, small triumphs and big reversals. As Tapply says, "Never make things easy for your protagonist."

6. Choose your story's point of view to maximize suspense. The objective POV allows the attention of the reader to shift from character to character. We, as readers, are allowed to interpret and imagine, to wonder and worry. We are drawn into the story by the changing of point of views from one character to another. The single POV limits only to one character's experiences and thoughts. Anything else is speculation, imagination, and worry.

7. Finally, wind up the ticking clock. Tapply's words express this point best. Suspense depends on urgency. Build a zero hour into your story's arc: Antagonists of all kinds - kidnappers, terrorists and assassins, of course but also teachers and parents and editors, not to mention tides and storms and seasons - create time pressures and constraints. Your story's momentum might build gradually at first, but soon it becomes a race against the clock, and it accelerates as it rushes towards its fateful climax.

The result of the use of suspense in any story becomes a riveting story that the reader cannot put down until finished.

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Suspense Novels Made Easy

Suspense novels are probably the easiest novels to write. Suspense novels require a simple formula that works really exciting. Follow this basic recipe, and you're on track to build a library of successful suspense novels.

Suspense novels Formula Step 1: Decide on your topic. Many people who want to craft the best-selling novels of suspense, struggle with this first step. The biggest problem is that they come up with yet settled in a bid to be somethingthat never happened, assuming that he would land a number one best seller. Forget groped to regulate, so hard, something that did not happen to do, and just something that you know, even if the argument is done. Then work on an interesting twist.

Suspense novels Formula Step 2: Starting the novel of suspense at the end than the beginning. As is the case with all good thrillers successful project is done with the first ending in mind. Then the artist can return toBeginning and the start of construction for this purpose. In this way the quality of suspense novels are created.

Suspense novels Formula Step 3: If you have murderers or conspirators novels of suspense, wait as long as possible in order to reveal the authors. In my first novel, the tension, the League, noted that reveal my publisher, the offender out of six chapters and ninety pages before the end. He loved the story but said it would be greatly improved if I could keep the reader hanging a bit 'more.

So, if they hope to make a fortune with novels of suspense, use this basic formula, and you're on the right track.