Thrillers focused on mental manipulation, unreliable narrators, and psychological cat-and-mouse games.
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Domestic settings (marriages, families) are the most commercially successful.
A 'big twist' is expected; make it surprising but inevitable in retrospect.
Comp titles to Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train help with positioning.
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