Suspense holds the power to please
If you like ice cream--and who doesn't--think of suspense in a story like a deep, dark intense chocolate. It permeates your senses and triggers your pleasure centers, melting in a slow release throughout the book.
Surprise, on the other hand, is like the strawberry. Bam! It smacks you broadside with a burst both tart and sweet. And then it's gone.
Suspense and surprise. Both delicious flavors, both important ingredients in a well-told story.
So what's the difference? Watch this short video to find out.
Stick with me as I explore and share the power of Story in future videos. Thank you for watching.
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Story Power: Do You Love a Surprise?
Some of a story's most memorable moments strike us out of the blue, coming as a surprise.
As a story ingredient, surprise's superpower is its ability to focus our attention like no other. Though we don't always appreciate the surprises that occur in real life, in the pages of a book, we love being surprised!
Stick with me as I explore and share the power of Story in future videos. Thank you for watching.
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Crime in the Countryside!
A furtive burial in the woods. National defense secrets trading hands. Desperate spies and encrypted clues. And a legacy left by Oliver Cromwell.
How does a middle-aged mystery writer land right in the middle of it?
Get Cromwell's Echo and match wits with Cathryn Harcourt to find out!
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Intriguing characters, surprising situations, and mysterious twists
Nine thrilling stories from nine masters of suspense!
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Intriguing characters, surprising situations, and mysterious twists—you'll find it all in this spectacular collection of suspense fiction. Grab your copy today!
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Prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase, delivers on three delightful stories
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A classic mystery in Agatha Christie style.
A story of kidnapping gone horribly wrong…or maybe miraculously right.
A tale of superstition and treasure, tempered by the death of a much-missed cat.
Prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase, delivers on three delightful stories.
THE SODDEN SPECTATORS
Mystery novelist Cathryn Harcourt never met a mystery she couldn’t solve…in the pages of her own books.
Faced with a real-life puzzle on which hangs the happiness of two young lovers, can she find a solution before they’re forced apart?
And when the stakes rise higher than anyone imagined, can she outsmart a wily, unsuspected murderer?
Join Cathryn as she travels from Virginia to Kentucky to Brazil on the tracks of a clever killer.
A SIMPLE GLASS OF WATER
Who knew a simple glass of water could hold so much? Or that it could change from half empty to half full in the course of a day?
It carried the seeds of Ruben’s destruction, turned his world upside down, and drowned him in despair.
Might it also offer the key to his salvation?
BLESSINGS AND CURSES ON A CALICO CAT
If curiosity killed the cat, it sat behind the wheel of a white Chrysler LeBaron the day Mrs. Friskers died.
A young woman, raised on a diet of superstition, struggles to chop away the apron strings and
prove her worth to a persnickety, white-gloved mama. The loss of her mouse-killing cat makes the battle twice as hard. And twice as lonely.
A humorous and heart-warming story of a young woman learning to stand on her own.
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Fourteen spine-tingling tales guaranteed to chill and unnerve!
You’ll find spies in training, experts in deceit, and desperate artists struggling under the weight of crushed dreams. You’ll meet disturbed domestics, ambitious chefs, and lowlifes with nothing left to lose.
You’ll thrill at these suspense-packed stories. So catch up on your beauty sleep. Once you start reading, it’ll be No Rest for you!
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The story everyone is clamoring for
It’s not the brushstrokes, composition, or her brilliant use of light and color. It’s not the agonies underlying the paint or the dream of revealing something both momentous and simple with the sweep of the brush.
It’s just the damn story.
They all clamor for it, but every time Leigh is obliged to tell it, it wears away a little piece of her soul.
Soon she will be soulless.
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**Note: Under The Blood-Red Maple is part of the short story collection, No Rest: 14 Tales of Chilling Suspense.
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Follow the bouncing ball...
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A Deadly Game of Lies
She bears a scar that mars her breast. And her soul.
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Adalet sees only one way to overcome the ruins of her life. Entangled in a deadly game of lies, pitted against a ruthless opponent, she stakes every last shred of herself on winning.
But HE holds all the trumps.
In a struggle between revenge and redemption, Adalet balances on a thin crust of sanity. If you love a story full of twists and suspense, spin the wheel with Adalet.
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Thrills and chills!
Psychological suspense, explosive adventure, and riveting twists to keep you reading late into the night!
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More suspense, more mystery, more thrills!
More suspense, more mystery, more thrills!
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One suspicious death. One key to what happened.
One way to get at the truth.
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Innocence and malice, hatched in the same nest, ends in tragedy for one family. Father Tonio Rinaldi helps fold back the layers exposing the rotten egg, standing by to pick up the broken pieces.
One girl holds the key to the truth. Can Father Rinaldi guide her into revealing it?
Fans of Jeffery Deaver, Ruth Rendell, and Daphne Du Maurier's short stories will love reading The Broken Bird. Grab your copy today!
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Suspense Fiction from Joslyn Chase
More suspense, more mystery, more thrills!
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The making of an explosive five-star thriller: Steadman's Blind
Called to a crime scene, caught in a pursuit that will change his life forever. Or end it.
Extortion, a deadly volcano, and a triple homicide mark just the beginning of a long and winding road for Steadman and Frost.
This video is a virtual tour behind the creation of the book.
If you like a story full of twists and nail-biting suspense, get ready to satisfy that craving with Steadman’s Blind.
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Discover what lies beneath Babylon
Beneath Babylon is no longer available, but will be included in a future collection. There are other great FREE bonuses, though, when you join the growing group of readers who've discovered the thrill of Chase!
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Music for this video was provided by Turku, Nomads of The Silk Road
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A bit about Joslyn Chase
Hello and welcome to my channel! I'm Joslyn Chase and I write suspense fiction. I'd like to share a little about myself and why I have such a passion for writing.
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The music for this video was provided by Kevin MacLeod
The Bavarian photo credit goes to Coltyn Giles
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Music school can be murder
Music school can be murder and some people will let nothing stand in the way of ambition...and revenge.
Get the audio version FREE! Visit joslynchase.com and click on the extras tab or go to https://joslynchase.com/audio-samples...
Rachmaninoff's Peasant is part of the Joslyn Chase short story collection, What Leads a Man to Murder, available online wherever books are sold.
Music for this video was provided by Peter Rudenko
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Twelve stories. Countless twists. Lots of suspenseful fun!
For fans of Jeffery Deaver’s short stories with a twist, this collection of diverse tales from prize-winning author, Joslyn Chase, will seize you by the throat and pull you along at a tingling pace!
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◆ What leads a man to murder? Neil Anderson ponders the question over morning coffee and a newspaper report of a missing girl. By midnight he’s found a personally compelling answer, drawing him into the horrifying center of the question.
◆ She bears a scar that mars her breast. And her soul. Entangled in a game of lies, Adalet stakes every last bit of herself on winning, but the odds are not in her favor.
◆ A young doctor, part of an elite medical task force, sets a course for adventure in Bangladesh, where she faces the harsh realities of a killer disease, and the human element which aids and abets it. Dr. Elizabeth Mason’s first tour of duty turns out to be more than she bargained for...but just what she needed.
Suspenseful, surprising, twisted, and provocative, this collection of Joslyn Chase stories demonstrates the dexterity and verve that keeps fans raving for more. Grab your copy today!
The music for this video was kindly provided by Kai Engel.
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The Tower book trailer
One prison. No escape.
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In the uneasy aftermath of WWII in Bavaria, Laura Schreiner must choose whether to help her father nurse an American GI back to health.
The decision she makes changes the course of her life, drawing her into a web of evil spun by a man who learned from the masters.
In the face of his cruel obsession, can she free herself from the entanglement of the tower and embrace a life of love and freedom?
If you love suspense steeped in romance, you’ll revel in The Tower.
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Book Trailer: The Better Part of Valor
Man walks into a bar...
Mark Crandall is a man with a mission. His final mission. If you think you've heard this one before...think again.
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Volcano meets serial killer
Now she's playing for her life!
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With the death of her husband and son, concert pianist Riley Forte’s life and career shattered. Her comeback performance bombs, her sponsor pulls out, and she faces the tattered ruins of a once-happy life.
When Mt. Rainier erupts, isolating her in a small community stalked by a serial killer, it seems like the end of everything, but it brings a new chance for Riley.
If she can evade the clutches of a dedicated killer.
In a riveting action story filled with breathtaking suspense, Riley fights to hang on to the one thing she has left—her life, and the one thing she needs to turn it around—redemption.
Fans of Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner, and Peter Robinson will be captivated by this page-turner. If you like a gripping, suspenseful tale, grab your copy of Nocturne in Ashes and prepare to burn the midnight oil!
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Free books for mystery and suspense lovers
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Music for this video was provided by Steve Combs
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Double Eclipse Book Trailer
One mystery. One thriller. Double the suspense.
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Dark Sky, Full Circle
An eclipse is coming.
An eclipse that will obscure the sun and expose the sins of four guilty men.
When the sky grows dark, they will have come full circle.
Ride over.
Payment due.
Covenant of Peace
Every year, on the 17th of August, Tabitha Wilkins runs nine miles.
Her chest aches, her head hurts, and blisters sprout on the bottoms of her feet, but she endures the pain.
She needs the pain.
Four years ago, on August 17th, police found her sister’s broken body. Tabitha knows someday she’ll find the man who broke it.
Looking into his eyes, she’ll make a choice—forgive him, or kill him.
Two stories, intertwined beneath a total eclipse of the sun—a spectacle you won’t want to miss. Get your copy of Double Eclipse today, for a double round of high suspense! https://amzn.to/2SEp17r
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No Rest Official Book Trailer
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Fourteen spine-tingling tales guaranteed to chill and unnerve!
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This video won the Reader's Choice award to become the Official Book Trailer for No Rest
You’ll find spies in training, experts in deceit, and desperate artists struggling under the weight of crushed dreams. You’ll meet disturbed domestics, ambitious chefs, and lowlifes with nothing left to lose.
You’ll thrill at these suspense-packed stories. So catch up on your beauty sleep.
Once you start reading, it’ll be No Rest for you!
The music for this video was provided by Myuu. The photos were contributed by the generous folks of the Creative Common. My thanks goes out to all who helped make this video possible.
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Masters of Suspense
Nine thrilling stories from nine masters of suspense!
Intriguing characters, surprising situations, and mysterious twists—you'll find it all in this spectacular collection of suspense fiction.
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