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Literature > Novels > Suspense fiction

Preferred term

Suspense fiction  

Definition

  • Collections of fiction whose prime purpose is to produce a feeling of frightened anticipation and which characteristically involve crime, intrigue and violent action [LCSH]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fiction, suspense
  • Fiction, thrillers
  • Novels, suspense
  • Stories, suspense
  • Suspense novels
  • Suspense stories
  • Suspense tales
  • Tales, suspense
  • Thrillers, fiction

Notation

  • 121917

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-M8FFKC81-C

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