I do love a literary thriller! A couple I find particularly interesting are Tana French's In the Woods and Jane Harper's The Dry -- Both became the first in a series, but to me have a different feel from the later entries. As if they were in kind of the same position you were for writing those books and then just settled into writing thrillers for the following ones. I was a bit disappointed in Kate Atkinson's Case Histories and I think maybe it's because as the first in its series I was hoping for a similar effect that I didn't get? Anyway, I'd be curious to hear about any you end up enjoying.
I love thrillers but often find them too commercial, especially the openings which seem very formulaic. I can’t think of any I would wholeheartedly endorse, except perhaps I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh which I read years ago and really enjoyed. Good twist in the ending which I didn’t see coming.
I'm not normally a thriller person, but I did enjoy The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Good luck with your revision!
I do love a literary thriller! A couple I find particularly interesting are Tana French's In the Woods and Jane Harper's The Dry -- Both became the first in a series, but to me have a different feel from the later entries. As if they were in kind of the same position you were for writing those books and then just settled into writing thrillers for the following ones. I was a bit disappointed in Kate Atkinson's Case Histories and I think maybe it's because as the first in its series I was hoping for a similar effect that I didn't get? Anyway, I'd be curious to hear about any you end up enjoying.
I love thrillers but often find them too commercial, especially the openings which seem very formulaic. I can’t think of any I would wholeheartedly endorse, except perhaps I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh which I read years ago and really enjoyed. Good twist in the ending which I didn’t see coming.
Is your personality reflected in your writing? By that I mean style. .
Put it another way, if people didn't see the byline, would they know it's you?