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I meant to finish "Just After Sunset," during 2008 making my total of books read for the year 80, but time ran out and instead it became the first book I finished in 2009. Time is an important element in most stories, but in thrillers it is paramount. It is used primarily to heighten the tension. It doesn't matter if the story is part of a movie or found in a book, the method is the same. I recently watched the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" again. It is a good example of what I mean. The final scene is of Mr. Bond trying to disarm a nuke that is about to go off. There are repeated shots of the bombs timer ticking down. Ultimately, the bomb is disarmed and the world saved with a predictable 007 seconds left on the clock. In Stephen King's short story "The Gingerbread Girl," one...
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