Question

In "A Simple Way to Create Suspense", Lee Child develops the central idea that writers can develop suspense by revealing answers
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Answer 1

It looks like your sentence is missing its ending. A clear, analytical completion and brief development might be:

Possible completion
- "In 'A Simple Way to Create Suspense,' Lee Child develops the central idea that writers can develop suspense by revealing answers to questions the reader isn’t yet asking—giving small certainties that provoke larger, unanswered questions."

How he develops that idea (briefly)
- He explains the technique directly and gives concrete examples (short scenes or device-level examples) showing how answering one question raises another.
- He uses pacing—short sentences and well-placed details—to model the effect he describes: revealing a fact quickly, then withholding the consequence.
- His tone is practical and authoritative, using imperatives and anecdotes to make the idea memorable and show it in action.
- He points out the psychological effect: readers feel compelled to resolve the new uncertainty, so they keep reading.

One-sentence thesis you could use in an essay
- "Lee Child argues that suspense is created not by total secrecy but by selectively revealing answers that provoke bigger questions, and he develops this claim through concrete examples, controlled pacing, and an instructional, anecdotal tone."

If you want, I can:
- Turn that into a full analytical paragraph or essay outline, or
- Give examples (fictional or from well-known works) that illustrate the technique.