Suspense (genre)

Patricia Modell, a successful TV and film actress in the 1950s and '60s who became a well-known philanthropist in Baltimore with her husband, former Ravens owner Arthur Modell, died Wednesday at the age of 80. Mrs. Modell was admitted two weeks ago to...

"Call Me Irresistible" by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Avon, $13.99 After Meg Koranda convinces her best friend Lucy Jorik to dump her fiancé Ted Beaudine, everyone in Wynette, Texas, is upset with Meg for breaking up the town's golden couple. Now all Meg...

Former Senator and Florida Governor Bob Graham, like many politicians, is an author as well. But his newest book isn't a memoir talking up his political prowess. Instead, it's a suspense novel about terrorism. He'll be discussing and signing the novel, &#...

Author Dick Francis has died at his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89. Best known for this horse racing mystery and suspense books, Francis wrote 42 successful novels after his career as a jockey in the 1940s and 50s. After working as a racing...

“How in the world did you do this? How did the two of you make this wonderful mother-daughter mystery-book-writing team when my daughter and I can barely make cookies together?” asked Los Angeles Times reporter Mary McNamara with genuine awe.....

Having wrested readers away from mysteries, thriller writers band together to hunt down some literary cachet. As a glance at any bestseller list will attest, thrillers have become America's favorite reads, edging aside their venerable cousins, mystery...