Nick Dunne’s wife disappears on the morning of their fifth wedding anniversary physical evidence and the testimony of friends implicates him. This is an absolute must-read for all fans of the genre. The prose is delicious, the pacing perfect, and the twist is masterfully delivered. SJ Watson’s debut took the literary world by storm when it was released in 2011 and with very good reason. But Christine has been keeping a journal and she’s starting to ask questions. Those novels I read in a day because I couldn’t bear to put them down, and that I want to read over and over again because they demonstrate the absolute best this genre has to offer.Įvery morning Christine wakes up in a life she doesn’t remember and her husband, Ben, must fill in the gaps since her accident two decades ago. But what if we throw lock-down and a narcissistic husband into the mix? You’ll just have to read it to find out.īelow you’ll find my own favorite psychological thrillers. Think I’ve just given away one of those twists? Not at all, that only takes us to chapter two! The real fun comes as she tries to get away with it. I’ve used both in HER PERFECT TWIN to tell the story of Megan who kills her identical twin and then tries to cover it up by living both their lives. Personally, there are two main types of twists that will leave me reeling (in a good way, obviously): those that spin the story off in a way I did not expect, and those that reveal a vital clue which turns everything I thought I knew on its head. But, despite my best efforts, there are some incredible novels I couldn’t guess a testament to just how talented their writers are. I love to devour thrillers: keeping one eye on the story and the other desperately trying to figure everything out (and how the writer achieves such alchemy). But I also took advantage of the greatest resource for writers: other authors’ novels.

To achieve this, I utilized an arsenal of tools (including a trusty whiteboard and stack of post-it notes) to assist in the meticulous plotting required.

So, I knew I needed to break the mold and deliver a series of twists that would take the reader on a deliciously dark journey they weren’t initially expecting. My debut novel, HER PERFECT TWIN, is-perhaps unsurprisingly -about identical twins a trope that has been used extensively in thrillers.

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