feed your characters / readers a steady diet of... cues that begin to add up to some conclusion... But the pieces don’t quite add up—so the reader must continue on. You keep your reader guessing.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/crime-writing-competition/10159718/Telegraph-Harvill-Secker-Crime-Writing-Competition-masterclass-Alice-LaPlante-on-suspense.html
One of those pieces of writing advice which can apply equally to writing scenes and whole stories.
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