Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative.

To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun exploding into innumerable shards of gorgeous color.

Hunger is the best seasoning.

Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.

I could fall for you in a heartbeat

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."