Where the Quiet Lingers, the Truth Waits: Why Frank F. Fiore’s Pacing Is His Secret Weapon

In a world addicted to speed, flash, and chaos, there’s something disarming about a man who takes his time.

In Jonathan Smyth Cowboy Sleuth: The Case of the Screaming Tunnel, author Frank F. Fiore doesn’t rush his hero—or his reader. Instead, he builds a world where tension lives in the silence, and the most explosive revelations come not from violence… but from waiting just a little longer than everyone else.

The Power of Pacing

Every scene in The Case of the Screaming Tunnel feels like it’s on the edge of something.A pause too long.A look that lingers.A line of dialogue that trails off instead of ending clean.

Fiore doesn’t write action for the sake of action. He gives you space—to breathe, to wonder, to lean forward because you know something’s coming… you just don’t know when.

That’s where the suspense lives.Not in the gunfight.But in the 20 seconds before it starts.

Smyth Moves at the Speed of Intuition

Jonathan Smyth doesn’t talk fast. He doesn’t run unless he has to.He moves like a man who knows how long a lie takes to crack, and he’s perfectly willing to outwait it.

Frank F. Fiore uses that stillness not as a character flaw—but as a tactical strength.In a town filled with fidgeting liars and nervous glances, Smyth’s stillness becomes terrifying.Because he sees what they’re trying to hide.And worse… he’s willing to wait until they show it.

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The Tunnel Isn’t the Only Thing That Echoes

Silence echoes, too.And in The Case of the Screaming Tunnel, it echoes loudest between people—between truths that don’t match, between stories told too quickly, and between questions no one’s brave enough to ask out loud.

That’s where Smyth lives.That’s where Fiore plants his deepest truths.

This isn’t just a mystery.It’s a lesson in how to tell a story by not telling everything at once.

Conclusion: You Don’t Need to Rush to Be Relentless

Frank F. Fiore writes like a man who knows not every story needs to sprint.

Some stories need to walk, to stalk, to linger until the reader realizes they’ve been holding their breath for pages.

And Jonathan Smyth?He’s the kind of hero who teaches us that the scariest moments are the ones that stretch… just… long… enough.

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