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๐ท๏ธ Thriller Pacing
3 entries tagged with this trope

๐ Bookโญ 3.6๐ถ๏ธ
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins ยท 2015
Rachel watches the same couple from the train every day. Then the woman disappears. Rachel thinks she saw something. But Rachel drinks. A lot. Unreliable narrator done right.

๐ Bookโญ 3.6๐ถ๏ธ
The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn ยท 2018
Anna Fox is agoraphobic. She spends her days watching her neighbors through the window. Then she sees something she shouldn't. Rear Window for the anxiety generation.

๐ Bookโญ 3.8๐ถ๏ธ
The Guest List
Lucy Foley ยท 2020
A wedding on a remote Irish island. Every guest has a motive. Someone ends up dead. Multiple POVs, escalating tension, and an atmosphere so thick you can taste the salt air. Perfect locked-room mystery.