Definition of 'succumb'. succumb. If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
Often by placing their characters in jeopardy. Here are some things that create suspense: 1  when the reader knows something the characters don't. 2  when the reader doesn't know something the characters do.  when the reader knows something is going to happen, but doesn't know what it will be.
There will be still be a mystery to be solved. While the characters' powers may help them to solve the mystery in terms of providing clues to the sleuth, the mystery will not be immediately solved by the powers of the supernatural beings. Level of Suspense. There can be varying levels of suspense in a paranormal mystery. There is always the suspense of learning who the killer is, but there can heightened suspense if the paranormal character is threatened by the revelation of their secret identity. Level of Thriller