The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.
Lee ChildI don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.
Lee ChildHe picked up the wrench and broke the guyโs wrist with it, one, and then the other wrist, two, and turned back and did the same to the guy who had held the hammer, three, four. The two men were somebodyโs weapons, consciously deployed, and no soldier left an enemyโs abandoned ordnance on the field in working order. The doctorโs wife was watching from the cabin door, all kinds of terror in her face. "What?" Reacher asked her.
Lee Child