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    Inside job Crime writers unpick the clues that make a favourite

    Aug 12, 2022 2 minutes

    PAULA HAWKINS

    AUTHOR OF THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

    What makes a great thriller/crime novel?

    Memorable and compelling characters. Plot twists and cliffhangers can feel manufactured, a great character never does.

    What’s your favourite thriller of all time?

    Barbara Vine’s A Dark-Adapted Eye, in which the mystery is not a murder but the puzzle

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